Poetics

Nature Study

Students learn to stop and smell the roses. As Charlotte Mason writes in Home Education, “…until we get as much as a nodding and naming acquaintance with the things of Nature, they are a cause rather of irritation and depression than of joy.”

Contemplation

Students appreciate and commit to memory beautiful works of art, music, and Scripture. Again, Charlotte Mason in Home Education reminds us that, “The question is not,—how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education—but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?”

Trivium Arts

English

Students read the great literature from the great authors. They practice writing through narration and rhetoric. Students also commit a catechism from their literature to memory.

Latin

Students learn Latin and its grammar by actively listening, reading, speaking, and writing the Latin language. From the youngest to oldest, students directly use comprehensible Latin, not translating into English.

Dialectics

Students practice thinking well by learning the forms and functions of arguments and reading excellent, classical dialogues.

Poetics

Latin

Students start learning to listen, speak, and understand spoken latin.

Narration

Students learn to attend by carefully listening to and repeating stories.

Art

Students imitate great artists and their techniques.

Contemplation

Students appreciate and commit to memory beautiful works of art, music, and Scripture. Again, Charlotte Mason in Home Education reminds us that, “The question is not,—how much does the youth know? when he has finished his education—but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?”