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Purpose & Unity in Academic Communities

“The Person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer's quote is one of my favorites about community. As a leader, who is a visionary and a very enthusiastic one at that, I need to ... Read More

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Growing Gracefully: Introducing New Families to Classical Education

Whenever we get people together around classical education, one thing we can always count on is that each of us is at a different place on that journey with a plethora of diverse experiences. This dynamic adds interest, new perspectives, and beauty to a community but also provides ... Read More

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Three Kinds of Homeschool Communities

For any of us who have been involved with homeschooling for any length of time, we have inevitably heard about various homeschool communities. As the popularity of homeschooling grows, so do the opportunities. The many opportunities also increase the things we must consider to find the right fit ... Read More

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Suffering, Scholé, & Contemplation

A mother’s suffering, A child born, A farmer’s labor, A flower burst forth, A student’s wrestling, A mind illumined, A savior’s death, A people delivered. A sinner’s repentance, A soul freed, And love is made known. -Jennifer Dow, 2019 What does each stanza in the poem above ... Read More

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Using the Eight Principles of Classical Pedagogy to Grow as a Leader

"In his popular talk, The Eight Principles of Classical Pedagogy, Dr. Perrin discusses eight principles that speak to how children learn and therefore how teachers should teach. By moving with the grain of how a student learns, the whole process of learning and teaching becomes more restful because ... Read More

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The Classical Spirit of Inquiry: The Foundation of all Classical Teaching

"Classical education is not, preeminently, of a specific time or place. It stands instead for a spirit of inquiry and a form of instruction concerned with the development of style through language and of conscience through myth. The keyword here is inquiry." – David Hicks, Norms & Nobility In ... Read More

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High School at Paideia Fellowship Homeschool Community

Are you curious to see what a Classical, Charlotte Mason Inspired, High School Humanities class looks like? Well, let us take you on a tour of how we do things in High School at The Paideia Fellowship Homeschool Community. This video tells about the program and below is the outline of how each year ... Read More

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Tension in Morning Time ~ Today on Your Morning Basket

Today I am over at Your Morning Basket Podcast with Pam Barnhill talking about the tension between making time for the good, true, and beautiful in Morning Time and the pull to just get going on the other things on our checklist. Join the conversation!         ... Read More

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French for Children, A Review by Carol Hudson

At the beginning of last year, my nearly 11-year-old daughter started using French for Children, Primer A (FFCA) published by Classical Academic Press after a number of years of informal French study. It proved to be timely for her to commence learning this language using a more formal approach and ... Read More

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