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Logic is only a boring subject when it does not stir you to wonder at the beautiful order of the world. “Logic is a kind of worship.” - Dan Sheffler

"Good manners are best understood as gifts of thoughtfulness given freely to others." - Leigh Lowe

Kathy Becker reminds us that teaching requires diligence, patience, and hard work, but the fruits are indeed sweet.

"We have seen many hard days alongside the beautiful ones. Lord willing, this time next year we’ll have made even more progress." - Sara Osborne

Who is Man? In his article Becoming Fully Human, Joseph Pearce offers a succinct answer to the age old question.

“The worth and pleasure of an education is in reading, writing, and thinking more deeply than we could at the start.”

Translating Latin requires slowing down and meticulous attention to detail. But the practice will foster diligence and discipline for the future.

Cheryl Lowe, our founder, shares her passion for Latin by presenting the reasons for learning it. “Studying a disciplined, organized language like Latin helps students learn to think in a more disciplined, organized way.”

Martin Cothran compares education to an old building made with quality materials that is worth restoring instead of destroying. Similarly, we should work to reconstruct the education of the past.

Philosophy and wisdom are first of all embedded in the words of the fairy tales read to children in the nursery. These ideas have flowed over into classical education.

"When we return to the books we've read, our marks can show us how our perspective has changed - how we've grown in wisdom and maturity."

"None of this should seem strange to us, we who act out our roles in a story in which the divine Author has cast Himself in the leading role."

“In fairy tales, good is good, and evil is evil.” We must never underestimate the power of the simple lessons found in children’s fairy tales.

Fairy tales teach people of all ages foundational lessons about their society and culture.

"We often think of the 'leap of faith' as something irrational: We have to 'leap' because reason won't take us where we want to go."

Fairy tales usher children into a world of virtue in a way that encourages their own personal goodness.

Chesterton celebrates the literature of nonsense and how it relates to faith. "Religion has for centuries been trying to make men exult in the 'wonders' of creation, but it has forgotten that a thing cannot be completely wonderful so long as it remains sensible."

Now, there are so many phonics programs to choose from it’s enough to make your head spin. How do we know which one to choose? A systematic, logical approach to phonics is the best way to teach students to read and to spell, but how exactly is that accomplished?

Few things light up a child’s eyes more than singing. Let singing start your days, whether as a spontaneous “tra-la-lah“—off pitch or not—or in a gradually implemented program of singing songs together.

This scene offers readers a chance for personal reflection on not only the function and role of the dramatic arts, but on the larger question of what literature has to do with knowledge, with ways of knowing, and the aptitude of literature for engaging in philosophical pursuits.

Little by little, we teach. We do not push too hard or attempt to rush the process.

One of Mortimer's greatest contributions to educational thinking is his “Three Pillars,” an educational taxonomy of teaching and learning.

All the advice Augustine gives on teaching rests on one bedrock precept: There must be a relationship between the student and the teacher.

Teach correct reasoning first, and incorrect reasoning only after correct reasoning is understood.

There are several reasons why Latin should not be taught by the natural method like modern languages often are.