Ordering Our Affections
One of our primary goals is to help our students order their affections (the things they love) appropriately. Here are some ideas about how to do just that.
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Screwtape Letters Meets Professional Development
Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) Viridis,You are correct. While it’s helpful to understand the purpose of what you are doing as a classical teacher, it actually leads to more questions rather than answers. Now you find yourself asking ‘how’. How do you teach in a way that instructs your students to love what they ought Continue reading
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Can Ought be Taught?
Lindsey Ralls (Summit Christian Academy) One book that has been on my list for a long time is Mere Christianity. I think I read it in high school, but since that was quite a few years ago I’ve been wanting to pull it out again. This weekend I finally made time to pick it back up. Continue reading
What we’re all about
Pai·deia (noun) – The upbringing of a child
Prac·ti·cal (adjective) – Concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than with simply theory and ideas
Paideian – A paideian is an individual shaped by or committed to the principles of paideia,
How can we help?
- Black History Month
- Catechisms
- Chapel
- Encouraging Struggling Students
- Five Common Topics
- Instilling Wonder and Cultivating Intellectual Curiosity
- Integrating the Bible Well
- Latin
- Lesson Plan Examples
- Ordering Our Affections
- Practical Ideas for Grammar School Teachers
- Practical Ideas for Humanities Teachers
- Primary Sources
- Ratus and Viridis
- School Culture
- Student Engagement
- Teachers Need Encouragement Too!
- The Art of Argument
- The Art of Persuasion and Strong Rhetoric
- The Seven Laws of Teaching
- Virtue in the Classroom
Practical Paideia 