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Sep 30, 2011

Challenge A: A is for “As unto the Lord”

Taking the leap from Foundations and Essentials into Challenge A can be intimidating for parents and students. We want more than just to survive Challenge; we want to excel, and we would like to excel without too much stress. Challenge A requires the student to do more thinking, researching,...

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Sep 14, 2011

Faring Well or Welfare

I’m a simple guy. When I find complex issues, I try to boil things down to simple terms. Lately I’ve been thinking about the American welfare state. Something about it bothers me. Well, more than one thing, actually. But what is the real problem here? People (children!) don’t have...

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Sep 09, 2011

Dolphin Tale (2011)

This past spring we had the privilege to partner with Grace Hill Media and The Homeschool Movie Club on their new movie Dolphin Tale. We were really excited to partner with them, but cautious as we needed to make sure it was a movie that we could get behind....

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Sep 01, 2011

Getting Organized: Garlands of Hosannas

There is a period of craziness in my house between summer vacation and the start of the school year when I try to get organized. My school room is in what is supposed to be the formal dining room. Unfortunately, it is right by the front door so anyone...

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Aug 30, 2011

Back To School (Part 2): 1st Day of Class

I may have a college degree, I may have managed a mechanical team and engineering budget at my old job, and I may have been a little nervous my first day of school. Tuesday was my first official Foundations and Essentials class. Monday night, I called my mom in...

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Aug 19, 2011

Bryan College Note to Challenge III Parents

Dear Challenge III Parents, I hope you have heard by now that Classical Conversations has partnered with Bryan College to begin offering dual enrollment credit to students in the Challenge program. Students seeking dual enrollment credit will be registered directly with Bryan and will complete additional assignments beyond those...

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Aug 09, 2011

Why I Love Classical Conversations’ Latin

I hope that everyone is getting excited to start Classical Conversations this month! I myself am getting excited. I love Cycle 3 (especially because I live in Virginia—field trips!) and I am tutoring Challenge III this year (American History–field trips!). After looking at the entire Latin program of Classical...

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Aug 04, 2011

Ecclesiastes: An Apology for the Classics

To some, the phrase, “classical Christian education” seems like a misnomer, paradoxical even. The idea that we could educate and raise up Christian children by teaching them the ideas of pagans seems impossible. Yet, hundreds of classical Christian schools and thousands of homeschooling families use classical curriculum in their...

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Jul 29, 2011

Beefing Up Sixth Grade

In more and more Classical Conversations communities, sixth graders start their final year in Foundations already knowing a lot of the memory work. Many of these students began Foundations sitting on mom’s lap and soaking up the timeline cards as early as age three. How do we keep them...

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Jul 26, 2011

Back to School

As you may know, Classical Conversations began when I was in high school. I was a student in the original Challenge I, II, and III programs with about eleven other students. It was just shortly before that time when my mom heard about classical education, so I missed the...

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