| Classical homeschooling styles are based upon a principal
of educating children in a manner most suitable to their brain’s
capacity for thought and learning based upon a child’s age.
Classical instruction essentially says that young kids
(elementary aged) learn best by rote memorization, and the early
years are best spent creating the foundation of education
essentials such as reading, writing, spelling, basic math, etc.
By the time a child reaches middle school age, their mind has
fairly well mastered the basic facts of their education and is
beginning to desire an understanding of broader concepts. The
middle school aged child will be instructed on the “big picture”
in order to understand the ‘why’ of various processes. Finally,
a high school aged child has mastered the building blocks and is
now preparing for future learning in college and beyond. The
high schooler is best served learning self-expression and will
be introduced to more creative outlets. |
Check out these great resources for Classical
homeschooling.
Bolchazy-Carducci
Publishers has published over 430 titles between 1978 and
2006! 98% of these represent the ancient world: the majority of these
are textbooks for high school and college use, about 25% are in
scholarship.
Circe Institute
is committed to the mission of helping you understand classical
education in its essence. They want to discover what is common to
all classical educators so that we can better understand classical
education itself.
Classical
Academic Press is a publishing company located near Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania. The Press is the product of years of brainstorming,
conversations, thoughtful critiques and classroom application. Their
mission is to produce and supply the finest classical homeschooling curricula to the
market today.
Escondido Tutorial Service
shows you how to teach and study with the use of the great books that
have been the backbone of good education for centuries.
Faithful
bookshop specialized in classical homeschooling and conventional books and
teaching materials.
Lampstand Press
provides carefully selected products that homeschoolers be proud to use
and are written by outstanding Christian authors.
Latin in the
Christian Trivium is a complete four year program using classical
curriculum to increase your students' SAT scores, providing a
fundamental framework for early Christian history.
Memoria Press
is a family-run publishing company that produces simple and easy to use
classical Christian education materials for home and private schools. It
was founded by Cheryl Lowe in 1994 to help promote and transmit the
classical heritage of the Christian West through an emphasis on the
liberal arts and the great works of the Western tradition.
Nothing New
Press books and curriculum materials emphasize the knowledge of the
history of mankind and Western Civilization, beginning with the first
historical act of import, God’s creation of the universe out of nothing.
A complete understanding of where we have been is the only adequate
preparation for facing the uncertainties of the future, as we head into
the twenty-first century.
Peace Hill Press
has extensive experience teaching in schools—both public and private,
“progressive” and classical. We have used and reviewed pretty much
everything on the market for classical education. They are proud to say
that our materials are the best books available for teaching history and
language arts that we have seen..
Veritas Press
specializes in providing educational materials for a classical Christian
education in Christian schools and home schools. It seeks to provide the
best home school curriculum and Christian school curriculum available.
Foundation for American
Christian Education was founded by Verna Hall who began research
that led her to understand that the cause was not economic or political,
social, or even moral—but spiritual. Willing to lay down her life and
focus entirely on God’s call, she compiled and published, and taught
everyone who would listen.
The
Well-Trained Mind serves as a resource for parents wanting to
educate their children according to the classical model of education.
This site complements the information in the book, providing updated
resources, articles, links, and other information useful to parents who
are actively involved in their family's education.
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