Classical Homeschooling
A Solid Education

Are you wondering what it means to follow a classical homeschooling approach? Just what kind of education is a classical education? There are many people out there who believe that this is the best kind of education you could give your child. In the Catholic homeschooling arena one of the more widely known people is Laura Berquist. She has written a book called "Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum" that explains how you can put together your own curriculum and give your children a solid education.

When you follow this method, you are basically giving your children the same kind of education that the Founding Fathers of our country received. Another more common term for it is a liberal education. If you choose to follow this method of homeschooling, your children will be studying things like:

A classical education is broken down into three stages:

Each stage builds upon the one before it. In each stage, students are learning and exploring and expanding their base of knowledge.

Common things you will see with this method are:

If you are intrigued by this method you could either sign up for a program, such as Mother of Divine Grace, or you could do some research and design your own classical curriculum. Either way, if you follow a classical homeschooling approach, your child is sure to get a very solid education.