Classical Christian Education
If you’ve never heard of Classical Christian Education it’s probably not what you think it is. If you’ve not heard about it and you either a) are in the education field, b) have children in public schools, or c) care about the future of our children and the education that we provide for them, then you should do some reading on this topic.
I’m not going to post much on it here, but I will give these two sources. First, an excellent book written by one of the pioneers of this method of education called “Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning.”
Second is this short video about the Logos School in Moscow, Idaho. It is a brief, yet excellent, glimpse into what Classical Christian Education is all about.
Please, if you’re reading this, and want a better future for our kids, then research this method. I know so, so very many of you who could become a part of this and benefit it as it benefits you! I truly believe this is something that God is revealing at this time in history.
Thanks! That’s the first thing I have really heard to help me really understand more about this school!
Jim and I have already been researching this so I really appreciated your post. We’ve been quite impressed with this method of learning. Thanks for sharing!
John and I just watched this. Some of it is similar to our plan, but the rote learning first/theory later is pretty much the opposite of what we’ll be doing. Rote is good, but gifted kids want to know why and are capable of learning the theory. We do plan on maximizing early learning by requiring Mandarin and Spanish for the first few years. We’ve modeled a lot of our stuff on Glenn Doman’s work on brain development. We did their set of Institute classes for well children when I was pregnant with Dante. We don’t do the full program, far from it, but we have some friends who do.
Yes… I think I can see that if a student already had gone through the grammar stage “on their own” that you could move them to the logic stage. The thing I would worry about is that they’re not really truly at that stage yet.
Very interesting stuff though.
Glad you liked the video… and I still suggest the “Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning” book.
I mean if you have till 2013 before you start a school you might as well make durn shore you’re doin’ what you REALLY want to do. Question your questions in other words.