Classical Curriculum Trials – How to Teach a “difficult” Child

How to teach a struggling learner at home

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 …

Latin – The Mother Tongue

Why you should study latin

Why Learn Latin? This is the question that every parent or student asks themself at one time or another.  Isn’t it a dead language? What use is it today? Let me give you some great reasons to learn latin– especially in the way that we are learning it – through studying Scripture. I would make them all learn English: and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honour, and Greek as a treat. ― Winston S. Churchill, My Early Life, 1874-1904 The GREATEST Reason: Latin is Read More …