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New Classical Education Forum — In Spanish

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

The new forum is called Educación Clásica Cristiana en Casa‎ and can be found at The Classical Mommy web site.

Written Narrations for Eight Year Old?

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

I recently received a copy of your book Teaching the Trivium. I have read it through and am reading it again. I am very interested in the ways that you differ in some of your approaches from the other classical educators. Some suggest written narration by third grade but I have found that my son’s [...]

Issue #500 Soon to Be Sent Out

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Issue #500 of Homeschooling with the Trivium will be sent out sometime this week. This issue will feature several contests and free books. If you aren’t already a subscriber, you can sign up now by adding your name and email address here. You can also view all past issues of Homeschooling with the Trivium here.

Free Seminar Recordings

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

I was wondering if you ever sell MP3s of your workshop seminars at a discounted rate. I would love to listen to some of your audio messages but really don’t like paying shipping. Damascus, MD
You can download all our seminar recordings for free on our Downloads page.

Classical Education and Charles Dickens

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Excerpts from Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens:
[Paul Dombey was the son of a very wealthy businessman. His mother had died shortly after his birth. He had a sister Florence who was 6 years older. Mr. Dombey had great plans for his son Paul. At this point in the story, Paul and Florence were living [...]

Sample Pages Now Available

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Sample pages from Homeschool Greek Volume I (the textbook, vocabulary cards, and lesson guide) and from Teaching the Trivium are now available on our download page.

Table of Contents

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Table of Contents for Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn
Chapter One The Transformation of Classical Education: A Biblical Vision for Homeschooling
Breaking out of the Mold
What is Classical Education?
Classical Humanism
A Classical Model and Method
Christian Limits to Classical Uses
What We Mean by “Classical”
Transformation from the Inside Out
The Steps [...]

10 Things to Do Before Age 10

Monday, March 5th, 2007

The following article first appeared in Bill and Mary Pride’s Practical Homeschooling magazine.

Some Classical Educators focus on the classical method and others focus on the classical subjects. Those who focus on the subjects (Latin, logic, etc.) tend to want to get to the academics as early as possible. Those who focus on the method (the [...]

Advice from the World of Trivium Preceptors

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

With a view to encouraging new homeschooling parents, we would like to publish a compilation of articles/letters/descriptions/essays/book reviews written by our readers and by us describing our experiences using the trivium (classical education) in homeschooling.

how have you benefited from using the trivium
what advice would you give others in starting out using the classical approach
what [...]

An Interview with Martin Luther On Classical Education

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

The Protestant denominations trace their origins back to Martin Luther, the Christian reformer. His reforms touched on many things, not the least of which was education. Here, cast into the form of an interview, and using his own characteristically forceful and animated words, we gather Luther’s views on the importance of classical education and his [...]

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