Reading and writing are the monarchs of learning. Classical education traditionally aimed at oral and written comprehension and expression. If you do not have command of your own language both to take in what others have expressed and to express … Continue reading
Blog Archives
To New Homeschoolers part I
What is a classical education? Can you buy it in a box? Can you find a simple three step formula on how to teach your kids classically? No. Why not? Because being educated classically is being educated to THINK, and … Continue reading
Modern Minds vs. Minds of Antiquity
How do we think? …about ourselves, about our means of persuation, about what other people say and how they say it? We with our modern heritage think much about ‘self’, about how we come across, about “the real me”, and … Continue reading
Books and Movies
Recently I began to dig into a book called Story. It is a handbook for writing screen plays for movies. No …I have no aspirations towards writing for the silver screen, but in preparation for Classical Writing – Shakespeare, I … Continue reading
About the meaning of words
This weekend I was musing over the word ‘nature’. It struck me that ‘nature’ has to be one of the most abused/over-used/confusing words in the Western languages. When we talk about a person’s ‘nature’, we may mean the essence of … Continue reading
How we write Classical Writing
A lot of people have asked us how we ‘think up’ our lessons and writing projects for Classical Writing. To say we follow the ancient Greek progymnasmata doesn’t ring a bell with most of you. And why should it? Progym… … Continue reading
About Logic and Rhetoric
This is not to scare younger homeschool moms away from Classical Writing or this blog spot, but for the philosophical blog post for the week, I thought I would share the thoughts behind our approach to logic and rhetoric in … Continue reading
CW projects in the works, October 2008
Currently we have more than a few projects going at the same time. I just completed CW Herodotus Core book for beta testing. It is a book that focuses on Judicial rhetoric (the rhetoric of the court room). It teaches … Continue reading
Blogging about CW
I have been asked several times about a blog for CW, a place where people can see what we’re thinking and where we’re going. This is it… We will share some ‘in the works’ posts about what we are currently … Continue reading