Grasping the Trivium
An Overview of Classical Ed. from Foundations to Challenge
Classical Conversations Exists to Assist Parents In Educating Their Children
Trivium is Latin for "where three roads meet". These three roads are the natural stages of learning: the Grammar Stage, the Dialectic Stage, and the Rhetoric Stage. CC has constructed a comprehensive curriculum to guide parents and students through the Trivium, starting with Foundations and culminating with Challenge IV. Graduates of CC have come to master the art of learning through the Trivium and are prepared to embrace knowledge at any stage of life.
Grasping The Trivium
RSVP to Danielle Gross at drgrcc@gmail.com with the number in your party, including children.
You will hopefully walk away from this evening encouraged and excited to continue home schooling with and through CC! It is our desire that you will have a better understanding of the what, why and how of classical education and CC's curriculum. There will be catalogs and other resources available to further your knowledge of CC's method, mission, and model.
We encourage you to bring your children who are in (or near) the Challenge years in hopes to further the conversation about CC and classical education at home.
An area with materials for quiet play will be provided in the meeting rooms for young children. Families will be able to hear the lecture and participate in the Q&A time from this area. Feel free to pack snacks and drinks.
Saturday, Feb 27, 2016, 06:00 PM
Tri State Fellowship, Cearfoss Pike, Hagerstown, MD, United States
Evenings Agenda
5:45 - Arrival
6:00 - 6:30 - Welcome and Trivium Overview
6:30 - 7:30 - An In Depth Look at the Trivium, Foundations to Challenge
7:30 - 8:30 - Q&A Time
Must Read: Foundations
Must Read: CH A & B
Wondering what to do with all the facts your children have memorized in Foundations? In her second book on classical education, Bortins explains how to foster an inquisitive spirit and challenge students with rigorous academics in the middle and early high school years. The Question guides parents through the five essential question types that help students become analytical thinkers. The Question provides both inspiration and specific goals that encourage parents to walk with their children through an engaging and challenging study of core subjects.
Must Read: CH I - IV
Why do so many families stop homeschooling when their children reach high school? Why, when young adults are mature enough to apply their knowledge and communicate wisely, do we emphasize silence, lectures, and multiple-choice tests? In The Conversation, her third book on classical, home-centered education, Leigh Bortins looks back on thirty years of homeschooling as she makes a compelling case for parents to stay the course through high school and experience the rich conversations that emerge during the rhetoric stage of learning.