![]() ![]() They are learning how to debate, how to give speeches, and also how to keep the conversational ball rolling. They are learning how to listen and then speak. What kid will naturally discuss Renaissance art (for example) with the neighbor kids or his church friends? But in class on community day, my kids are learning to verbalize their thoughts and to express themselves efficiently yet effectively. I feel like I know the inner workings of my kids better now.Ĭlassical Conversations is aptly named the kids participate in discussions A LOT. ![]() Reading great literature and discussing it or writing about it gives them that opportunity. I think this is appropriate for the junior high and high school years - teenagers have deep and profound thoughts, believe it or not but sometimes we don’t give them an opportunity to express them. and verbalizing their thoughts either aloud or on paper. I do want to encourage a love of reading in my kids by letting them read many books without any expectation of evaluation, but I also like to see them thinking through characterization and plot, theme and setting, etc. Both kids are reading many great books and being held accountable for that through discussions and papers. I am really happy to have this difficult subject made easier by having accountability and objective judgment outside of my own. I have seen their writing get better and better every week. Each of them writes at least one essay a week, and sometimes two. But my #5 kid, who is in Challenge A, has been getting GREAT instruction about writing a five-paragraph essay from the ground up, and my #4, who is in Challenge 2, has been forced to learn it for himself by having to employ it so much. Neither one had much formal writing experience going into this year - I have always been afraid of teaching and grading writing, as I detail here: Homeschool High School Writing Help. I can’t say enough about how much the frequent writing has been good for my kids. Read on to see what they are.Ĭlassical Conversations Review: What’s Working :-) But that doesn’t mean I don’t have some beefs with it, because I do. (I discussed my reasons for making this switch in the post Why We’re Doing Classical Conversations for Homeschool This Year.) Now that we’ve reached the midyear point, I thought it would be helpful to do a Classical Conversations review, pointing out specific areas that are working and not working for us.Īs a bit of a spoiler, I will say on the front end that Classical Conversations has been GREAT for us in many ways, some of which I’m not able to be really succinct about although I will give it a try. Overview: My own Classical Conversations review as I evaluate at the midyear what things are working for our family and what things are not.Īfter years of eclectic homeschooling, where I hand-picked every curriculum for every subject, this year we decided to go with a packaged curriculum - Classical Conversations.
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