Homeschooling is a journey in pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty.

-- What is the purpose of our journey?
-- Where are we going?
-- What is the best route to take?
-- What might we expect to see along the way?
-- What tools will make the journey possible? Productive? Praiseworthy?

Homeschooling - it is the journey of a lifetime, and Caledonia County Classical Conversations would love to partner with you on your exciting adventure.

Caledonia County Classical Conversations is hosting another information meeting at Hardwick Elementary Playground on Tuesday, July 26th at 2:30. Meeting will be informal and fun. Bring your children so they can play while parents chat. I will be supplying popsicles for children of parents who attend at the end of the meeting. Learn for yourself what other parents and educators are saying.

"... the processes of a classical education are so simple that all parents and educators can competently implement a classical education and challenge your child"

"Classical Christian education is unique in that it seeks to faithfully restore the most proven form of education ever developed. This education produced the greatest thinkers, leaders, and scientists in the Western world from the time of the Greeks until the late 19th century, including America’s founding fathers. From the heritage of America’s Ivy League colleges and classical day schools, leaders in every field continue to emerge from the fragmented legacy of classical education. Unfortunately, its pure form, including a Christian worldview, has been lost until its revival in the early 1980’s."

"There is no greater task for education than to teach students how to learn. The influence of progressive teaching methods and the oversimplification of textbooks make it difficult for students to acquire the mental discipline that traditional instruction methods once cultivated. The classical method develops independent learning skills on the foundation of language, logic, and tangible fact. The classical difference is clear when students are taken beyond conventionally taught subjects and asked to apply their knowledge through logic and clear expression."

Please join us for more information.

What makes classical Christian education so effective? First, it is based on what has been called the Trivium. No matter how your child learns, he or she goes through three phases. In grades K-6, students are excellent at memorizing. In grades 7-8, students become more argument-oriented. They are ready to be taught logic and critical thinking. In grades 9-12, students become independent thinkers and communicators particularly concerned with their appearance to others. To this end, classical education teaches them rhetoric, the art of speaking, communicating, and writing.