Programs
Children learn the facts first, then how facts fit together, then how to say what they think. Each stage has its own class.
Reading aloud every day, and being read to
Poems, chants and number facts learned by heart
Latin words and endings, sung and said
Teachers and families talk in the spring about the next class.
Latin sentences, and the English roots they explain
Asking what follows, and how we know
One long book at a time, with short written answers
Teachers and families talk in the spring about the next class.
A seminar on a great book, four mornings a week
Writing an argument and answering one
Speaking to the room, in turn and without notes
Eighth graders lead parts of the seminar and write a longer essay.
Sample levels.
Every child moves at their own pace.
Classes
Each grade band is taught as one class. The size of each class is on its row.
Kindergarten to grade 2
Read-alouds, poems by heart and Latin words each day.
Grades 3 to 5
Latin, logic and the first long books.
Grades 6 to 8
A seminar on a great book, four mornings a week.
Sample programs.
The subjects
Each subject has its own teacher and its own hour, and the same few books and ideas turn up across them.
A book at a time, read in full, and talked over around one table.
Every day from kindergarten: words, endings, then sentences.
Asking good questions and checking the answers, from grade 3.
Copying a fine sentence, then writing one, then arguing for it.
Number facts by heart, drawing with a straightedge, and a bench in the science room.
Singing together, drawing from objects, and a morning outdoors each week.
A visit day is a morning in the grade your child would join.