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This book is written by a mom and former homeschooled daughter from the late ’70s.  They introduce the reader to theclassical education method, a greek influenced liberal arts education  which involves training children based on the “Trivium” (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric stage / age progression).  A complete curriculum, including implementation advice and book lists, is laid out from kindergarten [...]

1.  Philosophical.
 Process of forming concepts or categories as “Appearance and reality,” “Form and change,” etc.
2. Educational .  Method of dialogue tending to reach the formation of a general truth relating to conduct or life.
3. Psychological.  Formation of concepts from percepts.
4. Logical.  Resolution of a species into a genus or the reverse.
5. Scientific.   Induction of general principles [...]

What are the 3 components of the Trivium? Grammar, Dialectic (also known as Logic), and Rhetoric. What are the 4 components of the Quadrivium? Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, Astronomy.

363 page free public domain book written in 1893.  Download it here.
From the Preface:
It is the purpose of this book to make good writers.
The extensive and constantly increasing use of the work as a text book demonstrates the confidence of teachers in the method which is its distinguishing feature. Based upon the educational maxim “Learn [...]

EVERYTHING in nature takes place according to laws.
This which is true of material things is also true of the operations of the mind. These follow laws of which we are not always aware. Language for instance follows laws of grammar and these laws in any particular language are the same whatever the subject may be [...]

Rhetoric is both a science and an art.
It is a science when it discovers and establishes the laws of discourse, an art when the laws are applied in practice. Rhetoric is therefore the science of the laws of effective discourse or the art of speaking and writing effectively.
The word Rhetoric was first applied to spoken [...]

The following 152 page textbook, Greek for Beginners, was published as a companion lesson text for 1884 Hadley-Allen Greek Grammar, a standard “classical text book”, used in the bygone days when all higher educated Americans learned Greek and studied the classics.  It was designed for the older beginning greek student (high school and beyond) includes [...]

This engaging, teacher-friendly guide provides the latest research on strategies, ideas, and resources for teaching Greek and Latin roots-prefixes, suffixes, and bases. It introduces the vocabulary learning strategies that will improve comprehension and content vocabulary knowledge. Change the way you teach vocabulary with this book and start students on the path to a lifelong enjoyment [...]

This scarce antiquarian book is included in the special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and [...]

The following article was found in the 1908 public domain book, A History of the Middle Ages By Dana Carleton Munro.  You can download this entire book for free by clicking on the link above!
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DURING the early middle ages teaching was done wholly by the clergy. In some of the towns and villages there were elementary [...]

Chronicles the history of man and civilization from primitive beginnings to the current day.
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The Story of Mankind
By Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Published by Boni and Liveright, 1921
489 pages
 
Read this entire book for free online here.

By Dorothy L. Sayers
Historical Note:  This essay spawned the re-birth of classical education training in America, specifically among the homeschooling movement.
That I, whose experience of teaching is extremely limited, should presume to discuss education is a matter, surely, that calls for no apology. It is a kind of behavior to which the present climate of [...]

The best thing about homeschooling is the freedom that families have to tailor their education to their children’s individual needs.  Because of this, many people do not devote themselves to just one method - but instead incorporate a wide variety of methods based on their child’s learning abilities in each subject.  For instance, many families [...]

The classical method evokes the midieval style of learning that focuses on the Trivium.  It is a liberal arts education, with loads of reading some of the “best works in literature in the western world”. 
This method focuses on teaching children according to ages and their mental stages - building upon one another as the child reaches [...]