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Written by Kayley Kenzie   
Friday, 14 March 2008
How your children see the world and how they deal with life are influenced by their education. So is the strength of their personal character. The choice of determining where and how your children will be educated is one of the most difficult to make.
by KayleyKenzie

All schools, regardless if it is public, private, charter, home, non-sectarian, and religious, all have something to offer. Christian Classical Education is different from others because it tries to reinstate the most proven form of education ever established.

Many of our greatest thinkers, scientists, and leaders were the result of Christian Classical Education. In fact, some of these very people were also the Founding Fathers of America.

Leaders in every field persist to surface from the shattered heritage of classical education. Sadly, in its untainted form, classical education included a Christian world-view.

The reason Christian Classical Education is so successful is because of its basis in Trivium. Children go through three learning phases, regardless of how fast they learn.

Through kindergarten to grade 6, memorization is the focus. Logic, critical thinking, and forming arguments are the focus in grades 7 and 8. Independent communication and thinking become the focus in grades 9 through 12. This creates the Trivium, which effectively teaches children to communicating through writing and speech.

Christian Classical Education involves a variety of subjects, but usually covers history, literature, art, language, science, and math. Students are also assigned to read works that cover Western literature and Western philosophy.

Classical languages, such as Latin and Greek are common elements in a classical curriculum. Some of the most well-known classical teaching methods include class lectures, debates, and Socratic teaching.

There has never been a greater need for Christian Classical Education. The world has become a constantly shifting, changing place: We leap from one technology and pop culture to the next. These along with geopolitical forces are constantly restructuring our daily lives.

The skills we need in order to get and keep a job are always changing. No matter what the future holds, we will always need great thinkers and speakers. We need people who can acquire new skills swiftly and through their own devices, regardless of their field. Christian Classical Education is proven to produce exactly the kind of students we need in this ever-changing world.

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