When teaching my own boys or when tutoring classical conversation students, I always ask myself this question: if I only had a stick and sand, could I engage and effectively dialogue with my students about the concept I want to teach them? Spend Time with Adults—Not Peers, Not Machines...
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Hello from the great state of Louisiana, where we love good food, good friends, and good books! A number of famous authors have called our beautiful bayou country home, including Anne Rice, William Faulkner, and Alcée Fortier, and that’s probably where I got my love of great literature—and great...
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If you’re reading this, chances are your season of life and mine look pretty similar. I have littles (ages six and three), and I’m starting to think about what we’ll be doing over the summer break. Full disclosure: at the time of this writing, I’m seven months pregnant with...
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In celebration of World Homeschooler’s Day this June 2, 2023, we would like to highlight one South African mom’s experience as a homeschooler. Although it’s spring in the United States, it’s winter in South Africa. While we’re enjoying warmth and sunshine, let’s remember also that our brothers and sisters...
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Sadly, the significance of Memorial Day is often lost amidst cookouts, parades, and American flag decorations. Of course, there is nothing wrong with any of these fun celebrations. But easily, Memorial Day can become just another holiday to us, a day off from school or work. This year, we...
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My only child graduates in 2024 . . . and then what? What comes next? These are the questions I have asked myself for the past four years. I see the end in sight, I want to finish well with her, but then what happens to me? I reluctantly...
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When people ask me what I do, I excitedly answer that I get to hang out with kids all day and talk about the books they read! Does it get any better than that? Rare are the students that even read real books anymore, but these students’ books are...
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For our friends in Mexico, this article will appear on Mother’s Day 2023! If you live in the UK, we trust these words will still be applicable nearly two months after your Mother’s Day observance. To the families down under, we look forward to celebrating this year’s Mother’s Day...
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In the pamphlet “Of Education,” John Milton, a seventeenth-century Christian poet, thinker, and statesman, wrote that “the end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be...
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I was chatting with a friend recently about how difficult and overwhelming it can be to start something new. We often want to be perfect before we even begin! Homeschooling littles for the first time can definitely feel this way. One of the challenges or hurdles of homeschooling is...
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Ever wish you could write a letter to your younger self or go back and take the lessons you’ve learned and use them when your kids were younger? Well, that’s me! Here are three homeschool tips I’ve learned after eighteen years of homeschooling my two oldest children and the...
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Each year, we invite Classical Conversations® families from communities across the nation to get together in one place for two large events sponsored by the non-profit organization the Classical Conversations Foundation—National Conference and National Commencement. Now, with the 2023 National Conference and National Commencement fast approaching, we’d like to share what you...
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