Kindergarten is the ideal entry point for any student – especially in a classical Christian school. A strong foundation is laid in the kindergarten year preparing students for a beautiful journey of virtue formation and discovery for years… Continue Reading
What are the tools of historical reasoning? Most curricular discussions revolve around what topics to cover or what information to deliver. Information is important, yet a classical approach to history is more concerned with forming the… Continue Reading
Charlotte Mason once stated, “Self-education is the only possible education. e rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child’s nature.” is quote has inspired a reevaluation of lesson-planning and teaching. How can we stimulate the… Continue Reading
This session focuses on the particular challenges of teaching logic and how these can be addressed by the teacher’s proper understanding of the unique features of students in the dialectical stage of education. In particular, we must… Continue Reading
How do we infuse the Bible into our various disciplines in accurate and memorable ways? is seminar seeks to equip teachers with interpretive skills, categories and creative inspiration to integrate Scripture with all our subjects. Such… Continue Reading
In part two, we will consider the remarkable similarities and the complementary functions of classical education and Christian discipleship, even as we draw distinctions between them – the most important of which is that as… Continue Reading
Rhetoric is the art of decision-making in community. As a liberating art, many smaller skills culminate in this faculty of truth perception. Teachers often cultivate this art through writing. How can our students slow down to think before… Continue Reading
Teaching God’s Word is a wonderful privilege, as well as a great responsibility. Despite the fact that our specific theological views most likely differ, our commitment to teaching God’s Word faithfully and truthfully should be the same… Continue Reading
Aristotle wrote that man, “when perfected, is the noblest of all animals, but when separated from justice, he is the worst of all.” In the first part of this two-part session, we will contemplate the enterprise of classical education. We… Continue Reading
“Classical Christian Education” is one of the most difficult products to market. A simple and memorable definition eludes most people. We give an elaborate answer that includes Latin, uniforms, old books and the Trivium. The response back… Continue Reading
Let’s face it. School boards get a lot of blame and not much credit. Working from the insight that harmonious leadership requires certain types of competency on both sides of the ledger – boards and heads –this session explores the ways in… Continue Reading
Many a parent has been elected to their school’s board, excited about opportunities to support the mission, exchange ideas with the leadership and instigate growth and improvement. And many a board member has found doing these noble things… Continue Reading
