This is our first year with the program and I absolutely love it.My husband and I made the decision in 2007 to begin home schooling. In August of that year, I resigned from my career in Information Technology, and came home to begin this wonderful journey with my children.
In our research of home school curriculum and methods, we came across the Trivium Pursuit website and were extremely inspired. After reading that website, listening to their audio seminars, and much prayer, we committed to the classical model of education.
For two years, I tried applying this model, but I found it difficult to stay on track and complete all the memory work I planned.
In our research of home school curriculum and methods, we came across the Trivium Pursuit website and were extremely inspired. After reading that website, listening to their audio seminars, and much prayer, we committed to the classical model of education.
For two years, I tried applying this model, but I found it difficult to stay on track and complete all the memory work I planned.
Memory work and "training the brain to retain" is at the heart of the classical method of education, so if I wasn't able to fully take advantage of that aspect, I didn't feel like I was truly educating them classically.
When I heard of Classical Conversations, I liked it but wasn't sold right away. We also did not have a CC community near us. In early 2008, the the nearest campus was almost an hour away from our home!
When my husband and I attended an Information Meeting for a CC community near us, the following year, HE was sold. He told me it is exactly what I needed to give me support and accountability to help us succeed.
The 2009-2010 school year has been our first year with the program, and I can't express my appreciation and satisfaction enough!!
2 comments:
I heard about CC from Dawn at My Home Sweet Home Online... I am intrigued. I have more of an eclectic style-- a mix of Charlotte Mason and Classical. I should check into CC more... I see the benefit of training the brain but man, my follow through and sticking with it? Ummm... not so good!
I absolutely love CC!!! I am pretty eclectic as well. I needed CC (my husband told me) to ensure that I had something to track from year to year, and something that had a plan for me to follow, and one I could see the plan long term. I can be assured that our children will learn everything in that curriculum guide!!
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