Nearly twenty years ago, the twelve-year common school variation of classical education was reborn within the home schooling movement.  Inspired by a lecture given by author Dorothy Sayers in the 1940s and rediscovered in the 1980s, a few homeschool educators adopted her premise that the three skills of the classical trivium might correlate with the chronological development of the Read More→

How early can you start an authentic classical home education?  As I share in this quick classical education “Teaching Ideas” video in response to an expectant mom’s email, the skills of the classical trivium can be taught from birth.  From day one, most parents instinctively teach language, thinking, and communication skills to Read More→

In the busy milieu of home schooling, Christians often lose the vision for making Bible study a daily priority for the family.  Sometimes we delegate Bible study to our local church.  At other times, we silently tell ourselves that the kids are too young to benefit from regular Bible study.  Often we don’t think of Bible study as an academic Read More→

If you are familiar with the main tenets of a classical Christian education, you know that you should read whole books aloud daily to your kids.  In fact, books are essential to the effective application of teaching the three skills of the classical trivium.  Well, what you do in your Christian home school is not necessarily what teachers in public schools are doing! Read More→