Seventh Grade Curriculum Plans

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Next year my children will be in 7th and 5th grades.  I can't believe that my oldest will be entering into the second half of his schooling years! Over the years we have done a variety of schooling options.  We began homeschooling at the beginning.  We did one year of Classical Conversations.  One year I led a Scholé group (I would love to do that again! Any local friends interested?) My kids attended a local classical, Christian school for two years, and the past two years we have been back home just doing our own thing.

I have learned something each year from all of these different options, which I am thankful for! My hope though, as we approach the high school years, is to settle on a path that we can be consistent with.  Right now we are really happy to be homeschooling, and I do think that it is best for our family, but some things I still think are beneficial to do in a group.  I would love to find some like-minded people to so some of these subjects with.  That will take some time to figure out, but at least I've got the basic curriculum planned out.

So far this is what I have planned for my child that will be in 7th grade next year:

Logic

I believe that each of these books covers a semester.  This will be our first year of formal logic study.  We have been preparing this year by reading the Fallacy Detective and the Thinking Toolbox. This seems like a subject that would be more fun more fun together.  If you are a local friend and have a middle school aged child, let me know if you'd like to do this as a group!

Art of the Argument by Classical Academic Press

From the publisher:

"Students who complete The Art of Argument will know how to reason with clarity, relevance, and purpose . . . and have fun along the way! They will study and master 28 logical fallacies, which will provide an essential lifetime framework for filtering good and bad reasoning as well as writing and speaking effectively."

Discovery of Deduction by Classical Academic Press

From the publisher:

"The book emphasizes the practical and real-world application of soundly structured deductive logic. Using methods such as Socratic dialogue, ample discussion, and integration of other subjects, the book teaches formal logic in the best way for dialectic students."

Science

For a few years we have casually made our way through a number of Apologia's elementary science courses. My children loved reading those books, so I figure that we might as well stick with Apologia.  If any local friends want to get together to do the experiments, let me know!

Exploring Creation with General Science by Apologia

From the publisher:

"Specifically designed to be the first course taken during junior high, it was created to give middle school students an understanding of the basic world that surrounds them each day of their lives so that they can appreciate the real-world relevance of scientific inquiry and the beauty of creation."

History, Literature, & Theology

I have had my eye on this curriculum since my kids were little.  I love the idea of intertwining these three subjects.  In the elementary years we mostly used Veritas Press history and I picked literature to go complement those studies. This curriculum progresses chronologically and is based on reading and discussion.  I think we can accomplish this discussion as a family, but I think it would be awesome to have a group of kids contemplating these ideas together.  If you are local to me, have a middle school aged child, and this curriculum looks interesting to you, let me know!

Omnibus I by Veritas Press

From the publisher:

"Designed to help enlighten, train, and develop young minds through the study of everything important, long-lasting, and true: the ideas, arguments, and expression of the Western Canon as expressed in the Great Books. Each chapter covers a Great Book, examining the author, context, significance, main characters, summary and setting, worldview, and providing an in-depth essay analyzing and teaching the important points of the work. Chapters conclude with five sessions that provide questions to consider, optional activities, reading assignments, cultural analysis, biblical analysis, application, summa questions, recitation comprehension questions, lateral thinking, review questions, and evaluation questions."

Books covered:

The Chronicles of Narnia, The Holiness of God, Selected books of the Bible, Epic of Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, Oresteia, Plutarch's Lives, Last Days of Socrates, The Early History of Rome, The Aeneid. Julius Caesar, The Eagle of the Ninth, The Screwtape Letters, Holiness of God

Math

My son loves math, but hates to have to practice concepts that he understands over and over.  Last year we started using this (new to me) program and are loving it!  It is really challenging, and is mostly for the child who really wants to know the why of math. We are finishing the Pre-Algebra book this year and will move on to Algebra by next year,

Introduction to Algebra by Art of Problem Solving

From the publisher:

"The text is structured to inspire the reader to explore and develop new ideas. Each section starts with problems, giving the student a chance to solve them without help before proceeding. The text then includes solutions to these problems, through which algebraic techniques are taught. Important facts and powerful problem solving approaches are highlighted throughout the text."

Latin

I have thoroughly enjoyed studying Latin with my children.  We started with Song School Latin and then moved on to Latin for Children.  I have not used any curriculum other than what Classical Academic Press publishes, so I do not have anything to compare it to, but we have been happy so far, so unless I am convinced otherwise, I plan to continue.

Latin Alive by Classical Academic Press

From the publisher:

"Students will be delighted by what they learn in each new chapter of Latin Alive and they will learn to see that Latin is everywhere around them. It is a rigorous and thorough introduction to this great language."

Writing/Grammar

This subject has always been a mix of things for me.  Spelling, Grammar, Writing, Poetry, Readers. Each day we would do one or two of those things.  I think next year we will drop spelling and the McGuffey Readers that I have always loved.  We will focus on writing skills and still do some grammar.  We have typically done poetry memorization and studying as a part of our morning time, so I think we will continue doing that.

Writing & Rhetoric by Classical Academic Press

These books are intended to take less than a year.  I think we will be in book 5 at the beginning of next year, but I'm not sure yet.

From the publisher:

"In this book, students will learn to identify and refute, or criticize, parts of a narrative that are unbelievable, improbable, unclear, or improper. A confirmation is a short essay that defends certain parts of a narrative. When students see parts of a narrative that are believable, probable, clear, or proper, they will confirm them. After learning to identify the parts of a story that can be attacked or defended, students will practice writing refutations or confirmations using sound arguments to explain their opinions."

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Planning is my favorite part of homeschooling =) So, it feels nice to have worked on this and have it mapped out.  Things may change, and I'm sure that I've missed some things (like things we don't do every day...music, art, map drawing, skillwork, etc.), but this is at least the general idea.

I would love to hear what is working for you, what things you are thinking of changing, and if you made any major changes as your children entered the second half of their schooling years!

Expandable Book of Centuries - A FREE Timeline for You!

I am so excited to be sharing this with you today!

Do you use a timeline in your homeschool?  I have seen so many different kinds of timelines offered through curriculum companies, on Pinterest, and on other blogs.  You've got wall charts, timeline cards, notebooks, and so much more!  My problem is that I can never find exactly what I'm looking for.  Since my kids and I are starting back at the beginning of time this year, I thought it would be a good time to get serious about a timeline =)

We have done a timeline before, but even my oldest was too young to really benefit from it and definitely too young to take care in adding events to it.  I am glad we started one before though, because it showed me what I wanted in a timeline.

• I want a L-O-N-G timeline - I love to see the vastness of history.  I love to see proportionally how much time passes between events.  I love a beautiful, long timeline displayed on a wall.

• I don't want to have to put my timeline on a wall - Yes, I love displaying a timeline, but realistically I don't have a wall that is long enough to do this.  Maybe in the basement, but that isn't very handy.

• I want to be able to easily see things from different topics that are happening at the same time - That wasn't a very clear heading =)  What I mean is, I want a timeline that is orderly and easy to read.  I want to be able to see what developments in math are happening during different times in history.  I want a record of what time period fiction books are set in.  I want it all in one place...neatly.

I'll tell ya, I almost found want I wanted.  Have you heard of Add a Century?  They have a really neat system over there, and I almost just went with it, but I decided to customize my own thing instead.  If you want the ease of buying a physical product (instead of downloading, printing, taping, etc.) definitely head over there to see if you like their timeline!

So here is what I created for me...and you!

It is a 65 page download (62 of which are the actual timeline).  Print out the whole thing, or just enough to cover the time period you are currently studying.

I printed mine on card stock for durability.

Tape the pages together (on the back) with a strong tape (I used packing tape).  This allows the pages to fold together like an accordion and be stored in a binder.

Insert the cover page into a plastic sleeve (hole punch the sleeve if it doesn't already have holes) and fold the rest of the pages behind it accordion style.  This allows you to be able to flip through your timeline like a book, or S-T-R-E-T-C-H it out across your table/floor/wall.

Now look closely at the pages.  Across the top you will find dates.  They start at 4000 BC and have 100 years of time on each page.  Down the sides you will find labels.  These are so that you can keep an orderly account of what was happening in different segments of history.  The labels are:

• People - record the life spans of specific individuals
• People Groups - record the rise and fall of empires
• Historical Events - record important events in history
• Science/Math - record advancements in these categories
• Arts - record the creation of famous paintings, the writing of beautiful music, or just the types of art that were prevalent in different time periods 
• Literature - record when books were written
• Fiction - record when your favorite fictional stories took place

Seeing all of these types of categories together helps your student have a holistic view of the world and it's history.   Of course if you want to change any of these categories to suit your needs, feel free.

There is a little space at the bottom of each page for you to write anything you might want to add.  I am thinking of color coding the different people groups, so I might use that space as a legend (anything having to do with the Egyptians - orange, anything from the Bible - blue, etc.)

You can have your child write information on this timeline, draw pictures, paste pictures that you have printed out, or a mix of all those things!  My kids are pretty young, so I am sure that there will be many pictures in their books!

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Conversational Latin? Yes, with Mango Languages!

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We are classical homeschoolers over here, and I know many of you are too.  That means that many of us are teaching Latin to our kids.  The biggest problem with learning Latin is that it is not very easy to get a feel for how the language sounds.  With other languages, you can watch a movie, visit the country it is spoken it, or even just hear it spoken in the grocery store, but with Latin being a dead language you can't do that.

When I heard about Mango Languages, I was excited because it is a program that teaches over 60 languages by having students listen to the spoken language and repeat it back.   At first, I figured that the dead languages wouldn't be a part of the program, but I was thrilled to find Latin, Greek, and even Hebrew!

Mango Languages for Homeschool

Mango Languages lets you be as hands on or hands off as you want to be.  Personally, I sat with my son each time he did a lesson because he is only 6 years old, but if you have older children they could easily do the program themselves, freeing you up from having to teach a subject!  My son really enjoyed doing each lesson, saying the words and combining them into sentences.

First, you pick your language.  Like I said, there are over 60 languages available and within each language there are even different course options and dialects to choose from.  I think that it is really neat that you don't have to stick to one language.  While it would be smart to focus on one, you are free to browse other languages.  What a neat way to familiarize yourself with what is out there.

Then you get started on your lesson!  Some courses have pre-tests and placement tests (Latin did not, but I think the more common languages do) to ensure you are doing the right lesson, and curriculum outlines for you, the parent.

Each lesson is guided by a voice that reads slides and instructs the student what to do.  I love how simple it is to follow.  At first I thought I was missing something because I didn't really need to navigate to start the second lesson, but then I realized that it just knew where I left off and took me right there.  It even keeps track of how many minutes you child has spent on their language lessons.  It's nice to see that, as visual proof that they have been working hard!

 

How Does Mango Help you Learn Another Language?

Mango Languages teaches in a really nice, no pressure, confidence building way.  For our Latin lessons, the speaker would read a sentence and we would try to read it back.  Then she would break apart each word or phrase and explain what it was and we would repeat it again.  Sometimes she would have us guess how to say something based on previous rules we had learned.  If we weren't sure, we would guess and then click the button to hear the right answer.  If we thought we knew it, but needed more time, we would just add time to the clock!  If we needed to hear a pronunciation again, no problem, just click the replay button.  It is completely your pace.

From time to time, a mini grammar lesson was interjected.  These were helpful and answered just the questions that were starting to come up in my mind.  There are also cultural incites, given at just the right moment.

In Latin, the word order in a sentence can often be mixed around.  That can make it confusing to figure out which word is which.  Mango solves this problem by color coding the words they show you.  If there is an English and a Latin sentence on the same screen, each word will be in a different color and the corresponding word in the other language will have the same color.  Neat!  Plus, if you hover over a word, it will show your the way to pronounce it and even give you the option to have it spoken.

I give it an A+ for being intuitive and easy to use.

Here is a little peek at how the lessons go.  My son was controlling the mouse, so forgive the slow navigation =)

Who should try Mango Languages?

Have I mentioned that you can try Mango Languages for free?!   You can also use discount code: HS5PM to get $5 off of your monthly rate.  Or if you are really lucky you can win a Kindle Fire with Mango already loaded onto it! (Enter the giveaway at the end of the post.)

So who should take advantage of these offers?

• Parents, Mango is perfect for you if you want to understand the language your child is studying on their own.  It is also the perfect way to familiarize yourself with a language that you plan on teaching your child.

•  Teenagers who want to study a language on their own, or maybe even try out a few!

•  Moms who want one subject to be taken off of their plate, or who just don't feel qualified to teach a foreign language.

• Younger students who want to hear what the fruit of their labor can accomplish and who want to be able to say sentences right away (not just random vocab).

• Families with multiple students who want to learn different languages.  Mango has it all in one place and you can register up to 6 kids in their homeschool program!

 

• Anyone who wants to learn ancient Greek or Hebrew in order to study the Bible more deeply.

• Classical homeschoolers who want to be able to hear the dead languages spoken and increase their ability to read original works.

• Anyone who is planning on traveling to a foreign country.  Mango has it all, including mini courses designed for specific purposes like medical terminology or food.

Definitely take advantage of the free trial or jump right in and use the discount code (HS5PM).  Mango Languages would make a great supplement to what you are already using, or would perfectly fill the language gap in your homeschool curriculum.

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10 Things To Do With Your Children Ages 13-15

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Welcome to another week of the Teaching the Trivium book club!  I am so excited to read and discuss this book along with you.  I loved the discussion last week and would love to hear from more of you!  Today we talk about teaching children in the Logic Stage.

Chapter 13 - Ten Things To Do With Your Children Ages Thirteen Through Fifteen

The Bluedorns place the logic stage from ages 13-15.  As I read this chapter I had to keep reminding my self that we were still in the logic stage, because typically when I think of 15 year olds, I'm thinking rhetoric stage.  Just like in the previous chapter, they go through ten things to be focusing on with your children that are in the 13-15 year age range.  Early in the chapter they state,

"Early teens are developing into thinking, reasoning, questioning creatures.  They are no longer content to know what happened; they want to know why."

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What age have you noticed your children transition from the grammar stage to the logic stage?

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Before getting into the meat of the chapter, the Bluedorns give an encouragement to parents to keep on keeping on with homeschooling, even as their children get older.  They note that as children grow and the material they need to learn gets harder, many parents give up or assume that the children would be better served in a classroom school.  I loved what they said on page 394:

Homeschooling is for parents...We now have another opportunity to learn these things as we teach them to our children.

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What are your homeschooling plans as your children get older?  

Do you want to continue homeschooling or do you think you will send them to school?

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Instead of going through each of the 10 things one-by-one this time, I am going to just pull out some key points.  As we get to these older levels, I feel less able to comment and more like I'm just soaking in information!  I hope that some of your with children in (or past) this stage will provide some further insight!

Logic Stage Students Should Be...

• Developing theologically.  "He does not just know what the Bible says...he is developing an idea of what it means."  (pg 394)


• Continuing in oral narration


• Using maps and timelines to orient themselves to events in history


• Transitioning to written narration. Just a few sentences at first, then progressing to passages.


• Writing essays and creative stories


• Speaking in front of other, either by doing speeches or debates


• Continuing in their Greek and/or Latin studies


• Continuing in their Math


• Increasing their science discoveries by beginning a systematic study of the difference fields of science


• Learning to play an instrument, draw, or at least appreciate the art and music of others

The Father's Role

At the end of the chapter, the Bluedorns take a page to talk about the role of the father in the homeschool family.  I really liked a few things they had to say in this section:

The classical homeschool is not just Latin and Logic.  It is a way of life. (pg 409)

So true!  I'm sure any of you could second  that statement.  I think most homeschoolers in general could affirm this, whether they are classical in method or not.

Daddy only has so much time with the children, so make the best use of it. (pg 409)

I'm trying to remember this one =)  Sometimes I get a little nervous when my husband starts teaching the kids something, simply because it is not on "The Plan."  After the initial nervousness, I realize how awesome it is that my son loves looking at maps with my husband and what a great asset it is that my husband can teach my son those things in a natural way!

Also, the Bluedorns mention a scenario when a dad might call for his son to help him with something and that would pull the son away from his books.  They say, "by all means, let the lawn mower win."  I was encouraged by that =)

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How is Dad involved in your homeschool?

Are their certain subjects that your husband teaches the kids?

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Thanks for reading along this week!  Leave comments here on the blog post, or share about it on social media (#ClassicalMamasRead).  I'll be sharing too, so follow me on facebook, twitter, or google+ and we can chat about it there as well!  Don't forget, if you want to share your thoughts about Teaching the Trivium on your own blog, link it up below so we can all come and visit!

Next week we will be talking about chapter thirteen of Teaching the Trivium.  If you haven't gotten your own copy yet, make sure you check your library or order one soon so you can be ready for next time!  Also, this is a 600+ page book, so I am only touching on certain points of each chapter.  There is so much great information that I am not covering, so if this discussion interests you, you are going to want to make sure to pick up your own copy so you can read more!

Classical Mamas Read Link-Up

Did you write about Teaching the Trivium on your blog?  Have you been reading and blogging about another book (for you, not a children's book)?  Do you have a book club going on at your blog (once again, not for a children's book)?  I'd love for you link up here so we can all be encouraged by each other and maybe find another great book to read!

I think I'm going to keep this link-up ongoing since there aren't going to be a huge number of posts and then anyone new will be able to be encouraged by the other book reading ideas and discussions.  If the number of posts gets too large, I will fix it.

Please note, all posts must be on topic (about a book you are reading) and appropriate (think family friendly).

 

The Study of Historical Literature - Teaching the Trivium Ch. 9

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Welcome to another week of the Teaching the Trivium book club!  I am so excited to read and discuss this book along with you.  I loved the discussion last week and would love to hear from more of you!  Today we talk about studying historical literature.

Chapter 9 - An Application of Principles for the Study of Historical Literature

In chapter 8 we talked about things we need to consider when reading classic literature.  This week we are looking specifically at history and seeing how the principles we talked about last week apply to historical literature.  The Bluedorns provide us with an awesome timeline at the end of this chapter that synchronizes world events, Biblical literature, and secular literature.  This timeline is specifically for the period of the Ancient Greeks, but it serves as a great example of what can be done for any time period.

An Introduction to the Study of History

Before they get to the timeline, the Buledorns talk a little about history in general.

History is the teller of stories.  It is a narration of events in the order in which they occurred.   (pg. 243)

Historical Fact vs Historical Record

Even when we have primary sources, we do not necessarily have the facts of what happened in history.  I had never really thought about this before, but it makes sense that whoever is recording the event is telling it from their perspective and from their preconceived notions. 

They gave the example of watching a magic show.  The realty (historical fact) of what happened at a magic show will be very different than how an audience member recounts it (historical record). 

This is something good to remember when reading historical literature.


Primary vs Secondary Sources

Primary sources are records from people who actually witnessed an event.  Secondary sources are people who study primary sources (or even other secondary sources) and then share their own record.  Even though historical fact can be different than even a primary source, it is still considered to be more accurate than a secondary source.

The more times a story has been handled, ordinarily the less reliable it becomes, because interpretations and biases are usually attached with each handling.   (pg. 224-245)

I thought it was interesting what they said about ancient literature.  The true primary source records we have only go back so far.  For the early ancient civilizations, we don't have any primary sources (aside from the Bible), so we have to take the earliest secondary sources as our best account.  We call these principle sources (for example, Homer and the Trojan War).

A Literary Timeline (753-698 BC)

The last half of the chapter is a really neat literary timeline for the period of the Ancient Greeks.  Really, it is a chart showing what was going on in each area (Judah, Israel, Egypt, Assyria/Babylon/Persia, Greece, and Rome) for each year, and then what literature (broken down in to Biblical and secular) corresponds. If you are reading along and like this timeline, or if you are just following our discussion here and think this sounds interesting, you'll want to know that the Bluedorns have an entire book dedicated to a literary timeline of ancient history.  I have it and it is a wonderful resource!

Ancient History from Primary Sources, A Literary Timeline

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How do you choose what literature to read along with your history studies?

Do you have any favorite resources that help you decide?

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Thanks for reading along this week!  Leave comments here on the blog post, or share about it on social media (#ClassicalMamasRead).  I'll be sharing too, so follow me on facebook, twitter, or google+ and we can chat about it there as well!  Don't forget, if you want to share your thoughts about Teaching the Trivium on your own blog, link it up below so we can all come and visit!

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Next week we will be talking about chapter ten of Teaching the Trivium.  If you haven't gotten your own copy yet, make sure you check your library or order one soon so you can be ready for next time!  Also, this is a 600+ page book, so I am only touching on certain points of each chapter.  There is so much great information that I am not covering, so if this discussion interests you, you are going to want to make sure to pick up your own copy so you can read more!

Classical Mamas Read Link-Up

Did you write about Teaching the Trivium on your blog?  Have you been reading and blogging about another book (for you, not a children's book)?  Do you have a book club going on at your blog (once again, not for a children's book)?  I'd love for you link up here so we can all be encouraged by each other and maybe find another great book to read!

I think I'm going to keep this link-up ongoing since there aren't going to be a huge number of posts and then anyone new will be able to be encouraged by the other book reading ideas and discussions.  If the number of posts gets too large, I will fix it.

Please note, all posts must be on topic (about a book you are reading) and appropriate (think family friendly).

Teaching Logic - Teaching the Trivium Ch. 6

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Welcome to another week of the Teaching the Trivium book club!  I am so excited to read and discuss this book along with you.  I loved the discussion last week and would love to hear from more of you!  Today we talk about logic.

Chapter 6 - Teaching Logic

"Every subject has it's own logic."  Logic is "the science of correct reasoning."  (pg. 149)

My kids are not to the logic stage, but I really enjoy looking ahead to see what is coming and how the trivium all fits together, so this chapter was very helpful!

What I learned is that logic is basically the idea of getting at truth.  Without logic, words lose their meaning and when words lose their meaning, the line between true and false (or right and wrong) gets blurry.  

That seems to be exactly where we are today in our society.  People have elevated feelings and experiences over truth, thereby losing their logical capacities.  What is left is relativism, and morality goes away.

If truth becomes relative in our thinking, then it follows that morality must also become relative in our thinking.   (pg 153)

If you ask a homeschool family why they choose to homeschool, they probably won't say "because they don't teach logic in public schools" but the sentiment is there.  Relativism is abundant in everything that is controlled by the government. Children are not taught to practice logic in order to find truth.

What is Logic Useful For?

Just like the grammar stage is essential in any learning process, so is the logic stage.  In the grammar stage we learn the facts so we can build upon them in the future.  In the logic stage we learn how to think about all those facts that we learned.

Every science --- whether it be chemistry, physics, geography, history, or theology --- is (or at least is should be) the application of the science of Logic to observations made in that particular field of knowledge.  Hence the study of the exact science of Logic is foundational to the study of every other subject.   (pg 157)

Practically speaking, we want to learn logic (and teach it to our children) because ensures that we will learn everything else well.  It will allow our children to look at 'truths' that are presented to them and assert whether they are truths at all.

As a Christian, using logic helps us to evaluate every new claim or idea that the world throws at us.  We will not so easily get tossed in the wind, but will be grounded in the truth.  "To reject logic is to reject truth, and to reject truth is to reject God."  (pg 158)  I'm no expert on logic yet, but I think the opposite of that statement would therefore be true as well: To embrace logic is to embrace truth, and to embrace truth is to embrace God.

Principles and Observations for Learning Logic

The rest of the chapter goes on to share the breakdown of the actual study of logic.  There is formal logic (the study of the systematic form of argument), and informal logic (less theoretical and more practical).  The Bluedorns do a great job at explaining the different types of reasoning and many types of fallacies.  They give many examples that really make clear a challenging subject matter.

They also give some tips for how to actually teach logic in your home, including what to do at the different ages.  Before age 13 they recommend playing great mind strengthening games, reading quality literature, and continuing working on memorization and narration which also build the mind.  They recommend starting formal logic training at age 13, starting with informal logic and then moving on to the study of formal logic at age 15 and above.

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Do you have logic age children in your home?

What ages have you found your children ready to begin the logic stage?

What are your favorite resources for teaching logic?

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Leave comments here on the blog post, or share about it on social media (#ClassicalMamasRead).  I'll be sharing too, so follow me on facebook, twitter, or google+ and we can chat about it there as well!  Don't forget, if you want to share your thoughts about Teaching the Trivium on your own blog, link it up below so we can all come and visit!

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Next week we will be talking about chapter seven of Teaching the Trivium.  If you haven't gotten your own copy yet, make sure you check your library or order one soon so you can be ready for next time!  Also, this is a 600+ page book, so I am only touching on certain points of each chapter.  There is so much great information that I am not covering, so if this discussion interests you, you are going to want to make sure to pick up your own copy so you can read more!

Classical Mamas Read Link-Up

Did you write about Teaching the Trivium on your blog?  Have you been reading and blogging about another book (for you, not a children's book)?  Do you have a book club going on at your blog (once again, not for a children's book)?  I'd love for you link up here so we can all be encouraged by each other and maybe find another great book to read!

I think I'm going to keep this link-up ongoing since there aren't going to be a huge number of posts and then anyone new will be able to be encouraged by the other book reading ideas and discussions.  If the number of posts gets too large, I will fix it.

Please note, all posts must be on topic (about a book you are reading) and appropriate (think family friendly).

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Come find hundreds of posts from many different blogs, all having to do with Classical Homeschooling.  These posts have been linked up to Trivium Tuesdays here at Living and Learning at Home.  If you have a post that you would like included link it up next Tuesday and I will add it.

These lists are slowly being transferred onto Pinterest boards.  If you are looking for a topic that you do not see below, please check my original All Things Classical Blog Post Index. 

Below you will find each of my Pinterest boards.  They cover all aspects of classical education.  You will find boards specific to the stages of the trivium (grammar, logic, and rhetoric) and then broken down by subject.  There are also boards covering broader subjects (like books lists and curriculum choices).  These boards will be every-growing, so check back often!

Please click on each title picture to take you to the Pinterest board so you can see all the great posts in that category!

Make sure to follow each board so you will be able to see when I add new posts!