Before homeschooling my children, my educational experience was limited to how I was taught, which I would generally characterize as traditional. I grew up attending a private, Christian school and later graduated from a Bible university with degrees in social work and Bible. I had no experience and very little information...
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Have you ever noticed how many times in the Book of Psalms the words lovingkindness and truth appear together? For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens and Your truth to the clouds (Psalm 57:101). I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation (Psalm 40:10). Lovingkindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed...
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As I traverse history with my Challenge III and IV students, I have noticed a very important trend. Those who are remembered in history are those who are able to write well. Our goal, of course, is not to be remembered but to glorify God, but if a person...
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Many classical educators, writers, and homeschool parents have associated classical education with the chronological study of history or literature. Sadly, this limits what is involved in a classical education. Instead, we want to train our students in the skills that will enable them to approach all subjects. It has...
Read the Full ArticleAs I have visited with parents over the years about the classical, Christian model of education, many have been overwhelmed by what seems to be “way too much to learn.” Many people have read books about classical education and found their heads swimming with thoughts of Latin, Greek, logic,...
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A lawyer, a medical student, a teenager, and a mom of three gather at a public park. No, this is not the beginning of a joke; it is the start of a weekend Ultimate Frisbee tournament. In 1968, three high school students, one of whom would go on to...
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“You mean I’m going to do this math book again next year?” my son complained as his father and I broke the devastating news to him last spring. “Yes, son. You haven’t mastered the concepts in this book yet and you need to have this down before we move...
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In my previous article discussing Phillip Johnson and Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds, I made a strong case for why a Christian should reject materialism in very strong terms. One issue, however, that is often brought forward regarding science is the question of methodological materialism (also called methodological naturalism)—the idea that we can,...
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I need to tell a story, a true story from our own history. This story will help us to answer some questions we have about the content which we use to educate our children. It may also shed some light on the decisions that our government makes with regard...
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To me, a professor asking a question is a professor expecting a response. In my Classical Conversations seminars, students rarely failed to provide some kind of comment when asked. More often, in fact, tutors had to help choreograph the admittance of so many eager answers. I remember innumerable occasions on which...
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Latin is alive and well at the college level, and Challenge III and IV (equivalent to junior and senior years of high school in the traditional education system) will prepare your student to join the conversation. In fact, the conversation could turn out to be a lot more familiar...
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Chapters Six through Eight – Math, Geography, and Logic What’s Your Big Hairy Monster? by Cara McLauchlan “Teach your student to use these resources to find information about a concept he does not understand. Parents can model this habit for their students simply by being willing to say, ‘I...
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