Discover more on Featured in media types.
Classical Conversations Cycle 3 geography gives your Foundations student a real, working map of the United States. A few hands-on activities alongside the memory work help that map take root even deeper. As your family spends the fall singing through fifty states and capitals and the spring naming mountain...
Read the Full Article
A Challenge-level homeschool schedule moves a family from hands-on instruction toward mentoring, one year at a time, as a parent works toward the goal of every homeschool parent: teaching a child how to learn anything. That shift is something Classical Conversations families can look forward to. The years spent...
Read the Full Article
The following article is a guest contribution from our partner, Samaritan’s Purse. Please enjoy this article written by Lynda Casto, Manager of Children and Family Partnerships for Samaritan’s Purse through Operation Christmas Child. Community service for teens is often measured in hours logged for a resume, and their academic...
Read the Full Article
A homeschool routine that actually works can feel like a moving target, especially when curriculum, ages, and seasons keep shifting under your feet. After more than twenty years of homeschooling and testing nearly every method, template, and schedule along the way, Laura Kooistra has found five keys that hold...
Read the Full Article
Classical Conversations Cycle 3 walks Foundations students through American history, Latin translation, chemistry, geometry, and much more, all set to memory-work families recite together for 24 weeks. With blog posts, podcasts, videos, and printables scattered across so many corners of the community, finding the right one for this week’s...
Read the Full Article
Classical Conversations Protocol is the etiquette and cultural capstone event for the Challenge II academic year, and it always includes two required parts: a formal meal and a cultural event, such as the symphony, ballet, or opera. For many Challenge II parents, the real question is not what Protocol...
Read the Full Article
A homeschool schedule works best when it is built from vision to details: start with the academic year, then narrow to the week, then to the day. Jennifer Courtney learned this firsthand as a state manager and Practicum speaker for Classical Conversations, fielding this exact question from parents again...
Read the Full Article
National Memory Master celebrates the memory work that a Foundations student has practiced for years, with a final tour before Challenge A. This year, that celebration set sail. Sixteen finalists gathered aboard the CC Family Cruise in the Caribbean, and after two rounds of heats, maps, and stories pulled...
Read the Full Article
Classical Conversations Capstone Events: A Parent FAQ Every level of Classical Conversations, from Foundations through Challenge IV, ends its year with a capstone event. Here is what that means, why it matters, how the events connect to each other, and what each one actually looks like. What is a...
Read the Full Article
At some point, you’ve probably heard the question asked (or maybe you’ve asked the question): why homeschool when your child can go to a public school funded by the government? But perhaps we should flip that question around. Homeschooling has grown in popularity with families throughout the United States. Several...
Read the Full Article
America turns 250 this year, and as we celebrate, we carry forward the viewpoints and values the founders built. Modeling community service for kids is one of the most tangible ways a family can answer that call. Robert Bortins, CEO of Classical Conversations and homeschool dad, draws five convictions...
Read the Full Article
Classical education in India is growing, and the families who have found it are not going back. Namitha, a Classical Conversations mom homeschooling in the foothills of the Dhauladhar ranges, writes from the middle of that story. In this article, Namitha traces how four years of classical Christian education...
Read the Full Article