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Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 9 months ago
Playing with the Arts, A Schole Sisters Post
Art. Quick! What came to mind? Chances are there was a variety of responses both positive, negative, and everywhere in … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 9 months ago
Concerning Hobbits & Thoughts
“It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest things he ever did. The tremendous things that … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 9 months ago
To Be Enchanted or Not: 5 more Tips to Transform your Reading
This week in the Expanding Wisdom community we began reading Dante’s Inferno. Someone brought up a comment related to the topic o … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 9 months ago
To Read or Not to Read: 5 Tips to Transform your Reading
As a busy homeschooling mom, it is easy for me to put all of my needs and desires on the back burner. I know that taking care of … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 10 months ago
Five Life-Changing Ideas from the 2014 CiRCE Conference
The Circe Conference was just incredible. After four days of learning, meeting wonderful new friends, and engaging in inspiring … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 10 months ago
The Language Arts
The Language arts of the Liberal Arts are also known as the Trivium. They are Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric. These are also the nam … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 11 months ago
An Introduction to the Classical Curriculum
From the beginning of time societies sought and implemented an education or paideia that reflected reality and the culture, they … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 11 months ago
A Great Opportunity for your High School Student
Hello friends, I know I do not normally post on Saturday, but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about an amazing … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 11 months ago
God & the Trivium Part II: Knowing God as Provider
You can find Part 1 of this mini-series here: Read Part I Throughout history, there have been many uses for the word grammar. L … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 11 months ago
God & the Trivium: Part I
When I first began learning about classical education, I learned about it through the lens of the trivium, as the stages of … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 11 months ago
The Sciences
The Four Sciences of the Classical Curriculum Natural Sciences Concerned with the bodily realm, asks questions about … Read More »
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Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 11 months ago
Training the Body
In ancient Greece education was divided into three main schools. The school training the spirit through music, the school training … Read More »
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Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 11 years, 12 months ago
Training the Spirit
This is an area where it is easy to go really deep and where doctrinal difference can come into play. Therefore, I try to keep it … Read More »
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Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 12 years ago
Starting a Classical Co-Op
It was about a year ago; my husband was still out of work, we had no extra money, and the community I was part of was not … Read More »-
Thank you! Those are great questions. Students enroll in the whole program. All of the classes work together, especially the morning classes, which include history, literature, and composition. You can learn more about our community here: https://paideiaacademics.com/pfhc/. Let us know if you have any other questions.
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Hi! Great question! We started out doing nature study and Shakespeare Charlotte Mason style, art focusing on the elements of art, and the Lost Tools of Writing.
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Yes! I would recommend signing up for the interested families and the Find a Group Page on scholegroups.com. In addition, join any groups on Facebook or other forums for homeschoolers in your area and begin asking around. Often times moms are interested, but not sure where to begin. Some have found that starting a “Scholé Sisters” book club is an ideal way to begin gathering interest. Let me know if I can be of service and good luck!
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Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 12 years ago
Decide to Get Things Done Part II: Lesson Planning
Our final step in Getting Started with Classical Homeschooling is to create your first lesson plan. A lesson plan is simply a … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 12 years ago
Decide to Get it Done Part I: Scheduling
Depending on your personality and experience you may know exactly how to plan for your homeschool or you may have no idea where … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 12 years ago
Principles and Passports: Giving Them Access to Our World
As we approach the next step in getting started with homeschooling, I would like to make a little disclaimer: my purpose is … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 12 years ago
Curriculum & Community
If you are just joining us, we have been discussing 10 simple steps you can take to get started with classical … Read More »-
Hi Lexy! Yes, we like Teaching Textbooks for hands-off math.
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Hi Jennifer, I have been homeschooling for 4 years and mostly through Classical Conversations. I grew up in Italy, therefore I have been taught thoroughly classical-just to give you an idea, I started learning about Dante in elementary school. I also took Latin and 3 other modern languages in high school. I have a MA in International Studies with a minor in international economics. I believe learning never ceases.
I am reaching out since we are moving to Northern Italy in a year or sooner, and I would like to start a homeschool co-op -I think in person community works the best- while using a wide variety of the classical tools and resources – we buy from Classical Conversations, Classical Academic Press, Memoria Press, IEW, Well-Minded Press, Veritas, Sonlight, MFW, Bright Ideas Press, etc.
At this stage in life, I think I want to be even more invested in the process of building the kingdom of God in the educational realm.
My children are still fairly young (10 years old, 8 years old, and 7 years old) but promising and committed to the full knowledge of the all-encompassing God’s Truth and His love that surpasses knowledge so as to be saved.
In essence, I would appreciate if someone could reach out to me with advice and suggestions, and of course if you are in Italy or other close European countries it would be great to visit some day soon. My email address is: [email protected]. I am not on Facebook but can WhatsApp or Skype. Thanks again, God bless you!
“Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.”
(2 Peter 1:2-3, NASB)
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Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 12 years ago
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 … Read More » -
Jennifer Souza wrote a new post 12 years ago
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 S … Read More » - Load More
