Wouldn’t it be a strange thing if, in the 21st century, God provides that the best education available anywhere would be available as a free Catholic homeschool curriculum? While it may seem strange, it is, in fact, the reality. The classical Catholic curriculum, studied by saints and wise men throughout … Continue
The words of the English language are drawn from a number of different sources: Latin, Greek, French, German, Old English, Middle English and more. Below, you can find over 200 English, Latin and Greek roots from which many English words are constructed. The knowledge of the roots below will be … Continue
When I started researching classical education, the first thing I noticed was that the old Latin Grammar textbooks taught the Grammar in Latin. The first textbook I studied was William Lily’s “Brevissima Institutio” which was the textbooks Shakespeare studied when he was a child and referred to in several of … Continue
If a Catholic student needs a driver’s license, he does not study the classical liberal arts to get one. The requirements for a driver’s license pertain to driving and require special preparation and testing. The same is true of a high school diploma. A high school diploma is a certificate … Continue
When we kept sheep, we used electric fencing to control their grazing. They’d learn where the fences were and eventually stay away from them. However, when we wished to move the sheep, we’d take down a line of the electric fencing and give them access to an area of fresh … Continue
Normally, when we consider the people of Israel we think of the ceremonial traditions they zealously maintained–and rightfully did they do so. We fail to compare and contrast this nation with the rest of the world. We take them for granted in the same way we take Moses for granted. … Continue
Thales is said to have been born in the first year of the 35th Olympiad, which would have been approximately 640 BC. He was a Phoenician by descent, and he was the first man to whom the name of “Wise” was given, when the famous seven wise men of Greece … Continue
