The Latin-Centered Curriculum - Traditional Classical Education for Today's Homeschooler

Classical Writing Online Tutorials

Drew Campbell — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:51:50 -0400

This just in from the folks at Classical Writing:

The authors of Classical Writing are pleased to announce that Kathy Weitz will be offering online tutorials for middle and high schoolers this fall using the Diogenes books. Our purpose is to assist the home educating parent in providing writing instruction for middle school to high school students. These tutorials are structured both for students who have completed the Foundations levels of Classical Writing and also for middle and high school students who are new to Classical Writing and who need to complete the Foundations and Intermediate levels in one school year. For the 2008-2009 school year, we are offering two tutorials:

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Quote for Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Drew Campbell — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:32:42 -0400

"...the art of teaching consists of tactful condescension. It is finding a point where the inquirer no longer wonders and proceeding from there back to what caused a problem." - Ralph McInerny, A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas: A Handbook for Peeping Thomists, p. 134.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Michelle Foxworthy — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:53:11 -0400

My son wanted to read a book recently that I thought was too violent; his response to me was that the Odyssey that I has him read last year was waaaay more violent than this book?
I'm not sure how to answer this?

Michelle

Quote of the Day

Drew Campbell — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:16:25 -0400

"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through you..." - Mortimer J. Adler

Henle I Puzzle ideas?

fishnoises — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:15:19 -0400

I did some research but could only find what I already have from LCII (the puzzle book to go along with that...)
The kids' lessons were greatly enhanced with those puzzles. So I would love to supplement their first year of Henle with puzzles. It makes all the difference at their ages (10, 8, 6).
Thanks again for any advice! You guys are a treasure!

Artner's guide...ideas for maps???

fishnoises — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:51:17 -0400

I will be starting to use the Artner's guide this fall. We just about finished SOTW series and we are used the maps and coloring pages! I think we will be ok finding books to go witht he guide..but there are no suggestions where to find maps for each unit. Before I go on and do research on-line, has anyone got any ideas or great sites to check out?
Thanks!!! If not, I will look and post some, if any, that I find.

Free literary analysis resource

Drew Campbell — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:03:06 -0400

Here's a terrific resource: a six-page PDF on different aspects of literary analysis. Enjoy!

American Literature collection available

Drew Campbell — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:57:52 -0400

In the new LCC, I mentioned that the 6th and 7th grade Literature selections would be available in a convenient collection from the Barefoot Meandering Lulu storefront. Here it is! Many thanks to Kathy for putting this collection together. It even contains a few extras. :)

New Math DVDs

Drew Campbell — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:35:49 -0400

Kolbe Academy is now offering DVDs to accompany Harold Jacobs' Elementary Algebra and Geometry texts. DVDs for Foerster's Algebra and Trigonometry are due out this Fall.

I need some help with an article about death.

Kathrine — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:28:54 -0400

What I would like to do is write an article about the consequences of purging all mention of death in children's school curriculum and reading material. If children are not made to face their own mortality or the mortality of others, and if all their reading material is about how to save their allowance to buy a new puppy dog etc., what will happen to them? I need to do some more research before I put pen to paper though.