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...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Articles for Beginners
And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 122) What is Classical Education? Is Classical Education reading Homer and Plato, or Caesar...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Articles for Beginners
The trivium model for child development may be explained in computer terms. Children are: • “Booting up” at the Pre-Grammar level (birth through ~9). • “Keying in” the information at the Grammar level (~10 through 12). • “Processing” at the Logic level (~13 through...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Articles for Beginners
When children reach the logic stage, homeschooling becomes interesting! Early teens are developing into thinking, questioning, reasoning creatures. They are no longer content to know what happened; they want to know why. To put this all in computer terms: children...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Articles for Beginners
Consider this basic maxim of homeschooling: “There is only so much time in the day.” Keep this idea in mind as you decide which of the many subjects your child will study throughout his school-age years. What’s the best use of each day’s time?...
by Trivium Pursuit | Mar 7, 2022 | Articles, Articles for Beginners
Some classical educators focus on the classical method and others focus on the classical subjects. Those who focus on the subjects (Latin, logic, etc.) tend to want to get to the academics as early as possible. Those who focus on the method (the trivium) tend to slow...
