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Classical Phonics Instruction: How The Writing Road to Reading Complements Homeschool Curriculum

How does phonics instruction fit within classical education? For homeschool parents seeking a phonics curriculum that complements the classical method of learning, understanding this connection is ess...

Oct 20, 2025

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From Root to Fruit: Cultivating Growth in Foundations with New Grammar

Every week, students gather in Classical Conversations Foundations communities to sing songs, chant facts, and recite memory work-this is CC Foundations grammar. If you peek into the room, you might s...

Oct 13, 2025

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Finding God in Music: A Classical Homeschool Music Curriculum Approach

We value music in classical education because it reveals God’s creative nature and provides a pathway for children to worship their Creator through learning. For Christian homeschool families seeking ...

Oct 8, 2025

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How to Become a Memory Master

‘Memory Master’ is an honor bestowed on a Foundations student who has mastered all of the memory work from the current year. To receive this honor, a student must recite all the information from histo...

Sep 22, 2025

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Preparing for College as a Christian: A Theological Mindset

Finding the right college isn’t easy. After all, who really likes thinking about transcripts, test scores, entrance essays, and application deadlines? While these are undoubtedly important, they are o...

Sep 15, 2025

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Top 5 Common Sense Skills Every Student Should Learn Before College

As you settle into college, many of the skills you develop will come as you learn by doing. However, you can take a few practical “common sense” steps right now to prepare for college and build your c...

Sep 15, 2025

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How to Get Kids to Love Reading: Raising Bibliophiles in a Screen World

One of the most important milestones of your child’s education is learning how to read. Unfortunately, another increasingly common mile marker seems to be when your child ceases to read - usually imme...

Sep 11, 2025

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Mastering the 15 Classical Skills: A Parent's Guide to the Trivium

The 15 classical skills are the Five Core Habits of Grammar, Five Common Topics of Dialectic, and Five Canons of Rhetoric, which teach students how to learn anything for life. Most homeschool parents ...

Sep 10, 2025

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The Trivium and the 15 Tools of Learning in Classical Education -

At Classical Conversations, we are always working to refine our language and intent with our words. We have updated this blog article to reflect these refinements so you can be equipped to homeschool ...

Sep 10, 2025

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Host an Excellence in Education Event!

An Excellence in Education event allows the community to share the blessings of classical, Christian education with legislators, civic leaders, clergy, grandparents, and neighbors. To say Classical Co...

Sep 8, 2025

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Homeschool Science: Data Collection & Analysis Starts with Attending

Science often begins with wonder: watching ants scurry across a sidewalk or sketching a flower in bloom. But as we move from the wonder of discovery, our classical learning skills help us build a deep...

Aug 25, 2025

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Sacred Creativity in Classical Education: Finding God in Art

Using the classical skills of learning, you can help your children find God in art through appreciation, imitation, and reflection . Read on to discover how. Teaching art in your homeschool is about m...

Aug 18, 2025

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