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Classical Schooling
As of 2007, we enrolled
our daughter in a Latin-based classical school, while we
are still pursuing a classical homeschooling education
for our son. We've also started a classical education
blog
here
where we'll collect our resources and post updates to
anyone who might be interested.
We are eclectic, incorporated different elements of
The Well-Trained Mind,
Mortimer Adler's
Paideia Program,
Logos School,
Veritas Press, and
Memoria Press
Other resources that we have used and enjoyed included
Charlotte Mason,
materials from
Touchstones,
Critical Thinking Press (like
You Decide), and
Fallacy Detective.
Our son took a few classes
at Great Books Academy (Socratic seminars) and one
science course at
Regina Coeli. Early on
in our history studies, we found
Tapestry of Grace and
Ambleside Online helpful. Our son also read
Trial and Triumph for
Church history. Our son
has also started Latin, using
Ecce Romani and its teacher's manual and
Latin for Dummies and
501 Latin verbs to help with conjugation.
At first, the classics
didn't seem to interest our daughter as much as our son.
She wasn't as interested in history, so the information
didn't seem to stick. This has changed completely since
returned to school, though! She was very motivated
learning with her class, and excited to share all the
historical tidbits she was learning from school. We did
find that she loved Mythology, though, and
Age of Mythology was
her favorite gift from Christmas.
We have started Progymasnata for our writing program - this is a
ancient system of teaching rhetoric that involves
paraphrasing, then elaborating on simple statements or
arguments. The fourteen exercises that students pass
through are: Fable, Narrative, Chreia (Anecdote),
Proverb, Refutation, Commonplace, Encomium,
Vituperation, Comparison, Impersonation, Description,
Thesis, and Defend or Attack a Law. We'll post more
references on the Progym when we get a chance, but some
starting places might be at this
Rhetoric site or at
The Art of Persuasion.
Examples of progym exercises can also be found
here.
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