by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Trivium & Classical Education
Our relatives are not supportive of our homeschooling and are always criticizing us. How much contact should we have with them? Mary Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were surrounded by our own parents, and grandparents, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters? And...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Trivium & Classical Education
Question: What is the goal of the Trivium? Answer: The goal of the Trivium is to give the student the necessary tools or skills which make him free from his teacher so that he can learn by himself. Thats why the Trivium tools are called the Liberal or liberating Arts....
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Trivium & Classical Education
Question: Our oldest son (in fifth grade) has been anxious about public school from the time he started kindergarten, so now we are thinking about homeschooling him. Our youngest son (in third grade) loves school and is at the top of his class, so we’re leaving...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Articles for Beginners
This is only a brief overview of our Suggested Course of Study. A more thorough discussion can be found in our Teaching the Trivium book, in our seminar tapes, and on our Homeschooling with the Trivium Email List. Early Knowledge Level Before age ten, the child is...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Articles for Beginners
We taught our oldest son to read 20 years ago, and since that time we have been doing all the schooling of our children at home. At that time, there were only a few thousand children being homeschooled in the United States. But today that number has swelled to perhaps...
