Whether you're a prospective parent, a current LLS family, or simply curious about the value of classical learning, we would love to share some of our favorite resources with you.
Resources
A Short Introduction to Classical Christian Education
What is classical Christian education? A Short Introduction to Classical Christian Education by Joshua Gibbs is a short, readable pamphlet for parents and teachers which aims to answer this question. Click below to download your copy or access a podcast where Joshua reads and discusses the pamphlet.
The Classical Parent
The goal of the Classical Parent is to help parents dig deeper into why giving your child a Christian, classical, and traditional education is so very worth the sacrifices it entails. At LLS it is our desire to walk with you as you help your students receive a beautiful, faithful education that—by God's grace—will help them toward a beautiful, faithful life.
Mr. Freeman, the author of The Classical Parent, teaches in the Upper School.
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Well-Rounded
"Instead of focusing only on important vocational or skills training, classical education offers a broad education that seeks to develop a whole, thoughtful human being—with a developed heart, mind, and soul—willing to act and serve." To read more, click here.
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Repetition, Memorization, Recitation
"The student is grounded and comfortable and he knows exactly where he is headed. This frees him to release some anxieties and concerns about practicalities and lift his thoughts in contemplation of bigger ideas. Structure, repetition, and order are, ironically, the requisites of freedom." To read more, click here.
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How To Have Biblically Literate Children
"Students who have a firm foundation in the ancient roots of their faith are prepared for the advanced study of Christian history and culture, in which they will come to understand the radical change in human history that is symbolized by the abbreviations B.C. and A.D." To read more, click here.
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How Latin Develops the Mind
"There have been no more influential languages in history than Latin and Greek. It is true that they are no longer used for everyday conversation, but it is completely false to characterize Latin and Greek as dead languages. They are not dead—they are truly immortal." To read more, click here.
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Why Should Christians Read the Pagan Classics?
“Like the Israelites who grabbed some Egyptian gold on their flight from Egypt, we Christians too can grab some useful tidbits from those pagans. They got some things right, and since all truth is God’s truth, it belongs to us Christians anyway—or so the argument goes.” To read more, click here.
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Is Learning Fun?
"The trouble with saying that learning should be fun is that it isn’t. It is work. Children know what fun is. Disney World, video games, cartoons, and playing with friends are fun. When you interject the word fun into learning, you have set yourself up for failure because you have created expectations that you can’t fulfill." To read more, click here.
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The Nature of Science
"Before children learn how to manipulate laboratory instruments, they need to know what things are." To read more, click here.
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The Noblest Monument of English Prose
“Without the King James Bible,” says theologian Alister McGrath, “there would have been no Paradise Lost, no Pilgrim’s Progress, no Handel’s Messiah, no Negro spirituals, and no Gettysburg Address … Without this Bible, the culture of the English-speaking world would be immeasurably impoverished.” To read more, click here.
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Why Johnny Can’t Add
"Arithmetic is not something you learn—it is something you should have learned. It has no value other than as a tool for learning other things, namely more advanced, conceptual math." To read more, click here.
The Classical Teacher
The Classical Teacher is free and published by Memoria Press. Memoria is a family-run publishing company that produces simple and easy to use classical Christian education materials for home and private schools. It was founded by Cheryl Lowe in 1994 to help promote and transmit the classical heritage of the Christian West through an emphasis on the liberal arts and the great works of the Western tradition. Memoria Press is currently developing a K-12 classical curriculum at Highlands Latin School in Louisville, Kentucky, where its popular Latin, logic, and classical studies courses are developed and field-tested.
Reading Resources
Reading is a valuable learning activity. The number of books is not as important as the quality of books and the time spent reading.
Older students share the love of reading with their Book Buddies on Spirit Days.
