Training the Mind

Training the Mind

In my last post, I looked at C.S. Lewis’s advice for educating the grammar stage student: feed the young child’s natural inclination to absorb and imitate with the true, the good, and the beautiful. By teaching the young student to love and appreciate...
Training the Heart

Training the Heart

  Our theme for the year–“Love. Think. Speak.”–gives us three areas to focus on as educators: the heart, the mind, and the mouth. As noted previously, these three areas line up nicely with the classical trivium’s grammar, logic, and...