Foundations Directors may be breathing a sigh of relief over the completion of six weeks of children painting in the church building. While I, too, am glad we managed to retain favor with our host church by not tracking paint down the carpeted hall, I would enjoy talking about...
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I was the helper in my five-year-old daughter’s Foundations class this week when her tutor demonstrated Newton’s First Law of Motion with a tennis ball and a super bouncy ball–very high tech and expensive science equipment! First, she recited the law several times and asked the children to repeat...
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Through history, we see God’s unfolding plan for humanity. We learn about both the incredible triumphs and the failures of humankind. As American historian David McCullough wrote: “History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” We...
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One of the easiest subjects to love is history. Events happened in order. Literature bringing those events to life is easy to find. Discussions about the people and events are fairly easy to negotiate…but what about Latin? Could I ever learn to love Latin? Yes! through Classical Conversations, your...
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All conceptualization of abstract ideas is an important ingredient in loving to learn. Challenge III is conceptualization of abstract ideas. Therefore, Challenge III is an important ingredient in loving to learn. Whaaaaat? Could it be? Under strict logical analysis, as studied in Advanced Logic, the above is a categorical...
Read the Full ArticleRaise your hand if you had a course in geography in school. I suspect that very few of us would be able to raise a hand honestly. My own encounters with geography were spotty at best. I once made a map of the state of Oklahoma out of Jell-O...
Read the Full ArticleWould you call yourself a math person? Years ago, I would have called myself a literature person or a language person. I graduated with a degree in English and a minor in French. I always liked math, but, after high school Calculus, I never took another course. Now, at...
Read the Full ArticleClassical Conversations, Inc. announces CEO and author Leigh A. Bortins will be taking your questions. Leigh Bortins will answer questions on the dialectic stage of learning. The dialectic stage, the second stage of learning in classical education’s three-stage trivium, will be the focus of her next book. West End,...
Read the Full ArticleI hope this article finds you enjoying some good books and some pleasant fall weather. In Part 2 of our series on Leigh’s book The Core, we will look at teaching your children to read. Leigh discusses reading instruction in depth in Chapter Four. In future articles, we will address...
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Greetings from the State Manager of Oklahoma! The school year has officially begun. In our home, this means that we have the privilege of diving into an inviting pile of new books. Every year, I make it a personal goal to read a book about classical education, and I...
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I hope that this article finds you collecting fall leaves with your children, wandering through corn mazes, and savoring great books with a mug of apple cider. My family has leaped fully into the joys of autumn! This article is part 3 in a series of articles looking at...
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The Core Chapter 10: The Core of a Classical Education: Fine Arts by Jennifer Courtney “Why should my children learn about painting and music when they are really not interested?” You may have had a friend ask you this question about homeschooling, or perhaps you have even asked it yourself....
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