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Hungarian Translation of Teaching the Trivium

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Our friend Eszter just finished translating portions of our book Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style into Hungarian. You can view the translation here and here.

Year 2003 Homeschooling with the Trivium

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Best of Homeschooling with the Trivium E-Letter Year 2003 now on our web site.

Edward Deering Mansfield and The Political Grammar of the United States

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Edward Deering Mansfield — Born New Haven, Connecticut, August 17, 1801; graduate of Yale; mathematical genius; lawyer; author; newspaper journalist; professor at West Point.
Edward spent his early years in primitive Cincinnati where he received a total of two-quarters of schooling by age ten. His formal education — in private schools — began after age [...]

The Classical Pedagogue

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

The Classical Pedagogue is a new website that acts as a guide to Christian Classical Education. Here you can find lists of teaching tools, book reviews, curriculum reviews, a pedagogue spotlight, comments by college professors on how to be prepared for attending university classes, and a forum for classical home educators to discuss issues [...]

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.

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