Classical Homeschool Curriculum
A Homeschool Community for Classical Educators
The goal of any classical scholar is to love what is good, true, and beautiful and to seek out wisdom and virtue. But how does this look in a homeschool setting? What exactly is this wisdom and virtue? Let me back up and first explain how I got here. I first found Memoria Press when I was searching for a Latin curriculum. Their award winning latin kept coming up on multiple sites, enough to make me take a second look. I kept teetering between this idea that I wanted school Read More …
We have a cursive crisis going on right now (can you tell I’m totally having a blast with the “c” alliterations right now? Crucial cursive…cursive crisis….okay taking my nerd hat off right now–well never completely 😉 Let’s continue on…..) Many states and schools are discontinuing cursive and it starts to make a homeschooling mom wonder if cursive is really necessary. After all, we already have so much to do. I know I feel like every day I’m pressed to “fit it all in.” Could skipping cursive ease up a bit Read More …
Here in Arizona I feel extremely blessed NOT to have to take standardized tests. And by standardized tests I am not talking about the PSAT, SAT or ACT that get you accepted to college, but rather the ones we all had to take during our school years that teachers would prep us for and then it took over a day to administer. And every year it seemed like they added more and more tests. Those ones. However, even though we are exempt in AZ, I still know many homeschoolers here Read More …
With all there is to learn in the world…typing class…foreign languages…soccer practice…why do we give so much focus on literature? We all read literature in school, as did our parent. It is has always been taught. But does it have a role and a purpose in todays culture–one that at times feel stretched, tense, and chaotic? Good literature can speak to our souls and minister. Good literature – Great Books – as we call them, have stood the test of time and imparted wisdom and virtue for generations. 4 Criteria Read More …
I have now officially taught 5 of my children to read, and the 6th is well on her way. We have struggled, we have made mistakes, we have learned from our mistakes and through time and testing I have found that the classical way is really the best way. So what is the classical way? The classical way is phonics! Phonics is teaching children the sounds of words and teaching children the sounds so if they encounter any word they can “decode” it and figure. You teach them the basics Read More …
By Dorothy Sayers Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893-1957) is a leader in the neo-classical education movement. Neo meaning new–she led the way as a new resurgence of classical educators took up the banner and followed her stride. Today, many look to Sayers for a practical methodology of classical curriculum. Others sneer at the idea of taking the trivium (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) and turning it into an educational methodology. I fall somewhere in the middle. I have believe that classical education is far more than a methodology. But I also find Read More …
I felt the Lord move me to encourage someone today. Perhaps it is you. When I was a newer homeschooling mom there were many days I felt overwhelmed. We got behind and I felt stuck. Days where I wanted to throw in the towel and put them in public school. If that is ever you just remember this, If you do nothing else today but teach your children about Jesus –then it was a good homeschooling day. That’s it! That’s all there is too it! If you are having a Read More …
I put “difficult” in quotes because I don’t like to label children as “difficult.” I don’t think they are difficult in their core or in their being–I think we have just not found out what is the best way to school them and they are letting us know by being very honest! So here we are with our children, trying to give them this beautiful education, and you are experiencing kickback. Perhaps it is in the form of “wiggly willies.” A child who just can’t sit still. Or maybe it’s Read More …