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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Classical Q & A

Friday, December 1st, 2006

What is the goal of the Trivium? The goal of the Trivium is to give the student the necessary tools or skills which make him free from his teacher so that he can learn by himself. That’s why the Trivium tools are called the Liberal or liberating Arts. What vocation or further study does this [...]

The Trivium

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

What is the goal of the Trivium? The goal of the Trivium is to give the student the necessary tools or skills which make him free from his teacher so that he can learn by himself. That’s why the Trivium tools are called the Liberal or liberating Arts. What vocation or further study does this [...]

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