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Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart
Veritas Classical Homes Studies
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart
WHY HOMESCHOOL?
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
A SACRED TRUST
AND RESPONSIBILITY
FROM THE LORD
• Prov. 22:6~ “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
• Psalm 127: Children=“Assigned gift” of God (v.3)
• Deut. 11:19~ “And you shall teach them diligently to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”
• Deut. 4:9~“Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren.”
EVERYONE home schooled originally
(Israelites did not send their children to the Canaanite Schools!)
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
WHAT IS A WORLDVIEW?
Basic belief system
(impacts how we live our lives
and engage the world)
Answers major questions in life such as: – Does God exist and is He Good?
– What can be known for sure?
– Who am I; why am I here; where am I going?
– What do I value; what is important to me?
– Is there purpose and direction to life?
– What wrong with the world?
– How does it get fixed?
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
Values Respect for life Wealth
Truth “Fruit of the Spirit” Happiness Health Loyalty
Worldview
A set of beliefs or ideas / a system of thought
Ethics Biology Psychology
Philosophy Theology
Politics Economics History
Law
Sociology
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7
Behavior
www.summit.org, Summit Ministries
-Manitou Spgs. CO
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
"Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism, and every American school is a school of humanism. What can a theistic Sunday school's meeting for an hour once a week and teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?"
"Humanism: A New Religion,"
by Charles F. Potter 1930
Why Homeschool? -Secular Humanism in Public Education
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
“…faith in the prayer-hearing God is an unproved and an outmoded faith. There is no God and there is no soul. Hence there is no need for the props of traditional religion. With dogma and creed excluded, then immutable truth is also dead and buried. There is no room for fixed, natural law, or moral absolutes.”
“Teacher Magazine”
by John Dewey
Architect of Modern Education
Why Homeschool? -Lack of God in Modern Education
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
"The battle for humankind's future must be waged and won in the public school classroom by teachers who correctly perceive their role as the proselytizers of a new faith: A religion of humanity -- utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to carry humanist values into wherever they teach. The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the new -- the rotting corpse of Christianity, together with its adjacent evils and misery, and the new faith of humanism."
Humanist Magazine, “A New Religion for A New Age,”
by John Dunphy (Jan/Feb, 1983)
Why Homeschool? -Lack of God in Modern Education
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
Original Motto
“Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae”
Truth for Christ and the Church
Current Motto
“Veritas”
Truth
Harvard University
Why Homeschool? -Foundation of Education drifted
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart
WHY
VERITAS CLASSICAL
HOME STUDIES?
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
OUR MISSION
Veritas Classical Home Studies assist
homeschooling parents by partnering with
them to . . .
1. Communicate the Truth (John 18:37)
2. Train the Mind (Romans 12:2), and
3. Cultivate the Heart (Matt 6:21)
. . . in a Christ-honoring atmosphere.
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
Partner with Parents to . . .
I. Communicate the Truth
– We believe truth is absolute
– Postmodern culture> truth is relative or there is
no truth
– We believe that all truth is God’s truth, and
should point all to glorify God
– Veritas =L. “Truth”
MISSION: Communicate the Truth
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
MISSION: Train the Mind The Trivium
The three aspects of the Trivium correspond with the three stages of a child’s development.
The Latin word Trivium means "where three roads meet." All education, up until the 20th century, was structured around these three roads of learning. The ancients called them:
Teaching the Trivium, Harvey & Laurie Bluedorn, (web:http://www.triviumpursuit.com/articles/three_pillars.php)
Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric The Bible calls them simply:
Knowledge, Understanding, and Wisdom
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. —
Proverbs 2:6
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
Partner with Parents to . . .
II. Train the Mind Grammar (Knowledge) Stage (Grades K-4)
Logic (Understanding) Stage (Grades 5-8)
Rhetoric (Wisdom) Stage (Grades 9-12)
Development of core knowledge
• Bible, Character Development, Literature, Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary, History,
Geography, and Fine Arts incorporating Charlotte Mason Methodology
• Students study 2 artist and 2 composers each year for Cultural Literacy
Understanding of core knowledge/logic and proper argumentation.
• 5th and 6th – Study Greek and Latin roots, Geography, etc.
• 7th and 8th – History>Biographical Study, Formal Logic,. etc.
Cultivating the art of expression and the science of
communication (4 year rotation)
1. Logic 2. Critical thinking 3. Speech 4. Debate
MISSION: Train the Mind
The Trivium
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
MISSION: Cultivate the Heart
Partner with Parents to . . .
III. Cultivate the Heart
Teachers impact the hearts of student
– by developing godly relationships
– modeling Christ
– applying biblical principles to all of life, so they can impart truth to the students in an understandable manner
– integrate faith and learning in all of the different subjects
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
Veritas Classical Home Studies provides:
• biblically integrated core curriculum
• regular assignments to outline the student's weekly work at
home
• accountability for completed assignments
• teaching of advanced subjects with enrichment activities
not frequently included in homeschool studies
• evaluation of the student's progress by experienced educators
• weekly classroom peer interaction in an academic
environment
OUR APPROACH
Communicate the Truth • Train the Mind • Cultivate the Heart Phone 310.993.3862
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