The Language Roadmap
Many people ask us what language, how, and when, we are teaching our children. One of the underlying pillars of classical education is really a study of Latin, which teaches us not only the...
View ArticleSensory Learning
The heart of Classical education at the grammar stage is experiencing life. Not thinking about it, just experiencing and learning it. Putting the pieces together comes later. But, exposing our...
View ArticleSensory Learning: Touch
A few weeks ago, I was blessed to be able to attend the Middle Tennessee Home Educator’s Association convention in Nashville. There, I heard a wonderful man, Mr. Kirk Martin and his son, Casey of Calm...
View ArticleSensory Learning: Taste
This week, we’re going to touch on Taste as our sensory learning experience. This is another one that I think we need to be intentional about, and I’m going to cover it in two different ways. The...
View ArticleThe Importance of Primary Sources
In classical education, heavy emphasis is placed on primary source documents, especially in the Dialectic and Rhetoric stages. For example, instead of studying about the Constitution, Magna...
View ArticleYearly Recap
As the 2012/13 school year comes to a close, it’s time to take a step back, see what worked, and see what didn’t. History: Some things worked really well for us. Story of the World was one of...
View ArticleFun Copywork for the Early Grammar Stage
Copywork. It’s SO easy to put it on the back burner, isn’t it? Does it REALLY need to be done, when the baby’s crying and the toddlers are running around with sharpies and you realize it’s 2:00 pm...
View ArticleDictation in the Dialectic Stage
I have a new Dialectic (or Logic) stage student this year. ((gasp!!)) I KNOW, I’m far too young for this. But, there it is. So, as she moves on through the stages, much to my dismay, we have...
View ArticlePhilosophy Adventure Review and Giveaway!
Do you remember that a few weeks ago, we gave you this review of Philosophy Adventure? Well, now that we’ve been using it for a few weeks, we’re back to update, and we’re here with at HUGE...
View ArticleUsing the New Khan Academy
We signed up for Khan Academy last year, with EVERY intention of using it. After all, it’s free, it’s video, it’s self-grading… what’s not to love?? And, it came highly recommended by, well,...
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