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What is classical education? If you’re confused about the meaning of this phrase, don’t think there’s something wrong with you. It’s probably because you’re a reasonable person who’s able to see some obvious problems. Classical Education: Modern Rip-offs With the widespread dissatisfaction with modern schools, it is easy to promote something different. Unfortunately, many have sought to take advantage of parents and students who don’t know any better (thanks to their modern education) and have sold them a modern education program that called by a different name, and dressed up a little. They sprinkle some literature and history on top … Continue

In this lesson, we study the third prayer to be learned by students, going deeper into the details than we did in Baltimore Catechism II. To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks: Study the lesson for mastery. Work to memorize the answers to each question. Complete the lesson assessment. Lesson Q. 49. Say the Apostles’ Creed.A. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified; died, … Continue

Apollo is represented as a beardless youth, with long hair, comely and graceful, who wears a laurel crown, and shines in garments embroidered with gold, with a bow and arrows in one hand, and a harp in the other. He is at other times described holding a shield in one hand and the Graces in the other. And because he has a threefold power in heaven, where he is called Sol; in earth, where he is named Liber Pater; and in hell, where he is styled Apollo; he is usually painted with these three things: a harp, a shield, and … Continue

When a student sees a lesson in the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, they usually see a nice, clean lesson in a modern format, or a carefully chosen book in English translation. That is the end result of the work of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy’s mission of researching, restoring, publishing and teaching the classical liberal arts. Thirteen years, before the CLAA started, these studies were nowhere to be found. They are not taught in modern colleges or universities, and certainly not in an schools or homeschool programs. Today, they are available to students around the world (for free!) and, to … Continue

Many of our most interesting experiences arise from observing the actions of others. A written description of what we have observed will gain in interest to the reader, if, in addition to telling what was done, it gives some indication of how was done. A list of tools a carpenter uses, and the operations he performs during the half hour we watch him, may be dull and uninteresting; but our description may have an added value if it shows his manner of working so that the reader can determine whether the carpenter is an orderly, methodical, and rapid worker or … Continue

Let us study the sentence below. Read it carefully, then read through the discussion that follows. “A man of wealth rode by our house.” What does the group of words “of wealth” modify? It modifies the noun, “man“. What element is this group of words? It is an adjective element. Why? Because it modifies a noun. What does the group of words “by our house” modify? It modifies the verb “rode“: it tells where he rode. What element is it? It is an adverbial element. Why? Because it modifies a verb. Look now at the word “of” in the sentence. … Continue

Lesson In this lesson, we begin our study in Petty School Reading. In our first lesson, we will study what words are and how they are made. 1. What is an Idea? An Idea is an image in our mind of anything we have seen, smelled, tasted, touched, or heard. 2. What are words? Words are symbols used to share ideas. 3. What are Spoken Words? Spoken words are symbols of ideas. 4. What are Written Words? Written words are symbols of spoken words. 5. What are Words made of? Words are made of Syllables. 6. What are Syllables made … Continue

In this lesson, we will learn about one important class of definitive adjectives called “articles“. When we say, “A horse was stolen,” the word “a” denotes that one horse is meant, but it does not point out any particular horse. When we say, “The horse was stolen,” the word “the” denotes that a particular horse is meant. The words “A ” and ” The,” in these sentences, are definitive adjectives, because they limit nouns without denoting any of their qualities. They are also called “Articles.” A and an are different forms of the same word. A is used when the … Continue