Classical Conversations
Classical Christian Community
- Website
- classicalconversations.com · all feeds from this site
- Feed URL
https://www.classicalconversations.com/feed/
Read it in your FeedListing reader
Or add to: Feedly Inoreader Raw feed
Latest posts
-
Can I Really Homeschool My Child? Encouragement from CC Parents
If you are asking whether you can really homeschool, you are in good company. Almost every Classical Conversations parent started with the same question. Some were nervous. Some were sure they would mess it up. They started anyway. Then thousands of them went back and wrote…
-
Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas Traditions for Homeschool Families
Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas traditions give homeschool families a way to pass faith, wonder, and the story of God’s faithfulness down to the next generation. When Israel crossed the Jordan River, God told Joshua to stack twelve stones by the riverbank so that “when your…
-
Classical Conversations October 2026 | Parent Connections Newsletter
Classical Conversations October 2026 | Parent Connections Newsletter Every October, we invite Classical Conversations parents to fall in love with classical education all over again. The leaves are turning. Community days have found their rhythm. And somewhere around Week 7, a…
-
The Ultimate Homeschool Holiday Gift Guide for Classical Learners
Homeschool Gift Ideas for Christmas: A Classical Gift Guide for the Whole Family The best homeschool gift ideas invite a family to keep learning together: beautiful books to read aloud, simple instruments and games that sharpen young minds, and small reminders of the faith and…
-
Waiting for the Ah-Ha Moment: What Advent Teaches Our Children
The purpose of Advent is to prepare our hearts for Christ’s coming, remembering His birth and waiting in hope for His return. In this reflection, Robert Bortins, CEO of Classical Conversations, shares what that waiting has taught his family about faith, presence, and the…
-
Homeschooling in Canada: A Classical Conversations Story
Homeschooling in Canada stretches from sea to sea, with families learning together at kitchen tables from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic shore, and it is legal in every province and territory. Dawna Ferguson has been one of those families since 1993. A mother of seven living…
-
What Are the Five Core Habits of Grammar?
The Five Core Habits of Grammar are practices of the classical model of education, like the Five Common Topics of Dialectic and the Five Canons of Rhetoric, that can be applied to all areas of learning. With our Classical Conversations curriculum, we introduce these habits to…
-
Graduation Thinking
A homeschool graduation ceremony starts with the intention that began when your child took their first steps. It is a milestone that brings memories and hope together in a beautiful bouquet of learning and love, but families finishing the Challenge program often carry practical…
-
Cycle 3 Geography Activities: Hands-On Fun for Foundations Families
Classical Conversations Cycle 3 geography gives your Foundations student a real, working map of the United States. A few hands-on activities alongside the memory work help that map take root even deeper. As your family spends the fall singing through fifty states and capitals…
-
How to Schedule Your Homeschooling Day: A Challenge-Level Homeschool Schedule
A Challenge-level homeschool schedule moves a family from hands-on instruction toward mentoring, one year at a time, as a parent works toward the goal of every homeschool parent: teaching a child how to learn anything. That shift is something Classical Conversations families can…
-
Classical Conversations September 2026 | Parent Connections Newsletter
The September 2026 Parent Connections newsletter covers five things CC families asked about most this month. Robert Bortins lays out the five convictions behind America’s 250th anniversary. Concurrent enrollment registration for spring and summer opens September 8. A…
-
Beyond Graduation: Why Community Service for Teens Matters for a Christian Life
The following article is a guest contribution from our partner, Samaritan’s Purse. Please enjoy this article written by Lynda Casto, Manager of Children and Family Partnerships for Samaritan’s Purse through Operation Christmas Child. Community service for teens is often measured…
-
5 Keys to Finding a Homeschool Routine
A homeschool routine that actually works can feel like a moving target, especially when curriculum, ages, and seasons keep shifting under your feet. After more than twenty years of homeschooling and testing nearly every method, template, and schedule along the way, Laura…