If you are just joining us, we have been discussing 10 simple steps you can take to get started with classical homeschooling. The next three posts will be about curriculum, planning, scheduling, and logistics. I can’t lie, I love lists, organizing, planning, and scheduling. Sometimes I ... Read More
Getting Started: Commit to Developing Style & Conscience
"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.” –David Hicks, Norms & Nobility, page 18 We have talked about a ... Read More
Forms of Instruction Part III: Socratic Instruction
In our last post, we discussed mimetic instruction, one of the two modes of teaching classically. Today we will go into Socratic instruction, also called Socratic dialogue. Socratic dialogue is the most misunderstood of the classical modes of teaching, but also incredibly powerful for ... Read More
Forms of Instruction Part II: Mimetic Instruction
There are several carpenters and woodworking enthusiasts in my family. One of the lessons they always taught me is that you must sand with the grain of the wood. Likewise, if we are to create something beautiful in our teaching, we must work with the grain of both the thing we are learning about and ... Read More
Forms of Instruction Part I: Survey the Subjects
The next step for Getting Started with Christian Classical Homeschooling is to take a look at what to teach and how to teach it. David Hicks mentions this in his definition of Classical education as the “forms of instruction." Today we are going to survey the subjects of the Christian classical ... Read More
Getting Started: Embrace a Spirit of Inquiry
Have you ever read Psalm 78? It is a long story-telling Psalm known as A Maskil of Asaph. (A maskil is a Hebrew word that communicates the idea of skillful, wise, and inspired instruction.) Psalm 78 tells the story of God’s mercy and wrath towards the Israelites during the wilderness wanderings all ... Read More
Getting Started: Start With Why
Have you ever wondered “Is what I am doing enough?” Most homeschool moms have, I know I have, especially in the areas of curriculum and classes. I have often wondered why this is such a common and unresolved problem for so many homeschool moms. I have also wondered if it is even possible to have ... Read More
10 Steps to Getting Started with Classical Homeschooling
Whether you heard a talk at a convention, went to a classical co-op informational meeting, or you read something online you find yourself drawn to Christian classical homeschooling. Each of us has come to learn about this way of homeschooling in a variety of ways. If you haven’t read it already, you ... Read More
Locusts & Redemption ~ A Homeschooling Story
I wanted to start out by sharing a bit about myself. Of course, there are a million stories I could tell, but since this a homeschooling blog, I thought I would focus on how we came to homeschool and more specifically how we came to homeschool classically. I remember like yesterday when ... Read More