Classical Education Books and Materials

The Why and How of Literature….Free online viewing

The Why and How of History….Free online viewing

The Why and How of Latin….Free online viewing

The Why and How of Logic….Free online viewing

Nationally broadcast story about Classical Christian education (Produced by CBN, March 2006) …Free online viewing

CARPE Diem – Education at CLA …Free online viewing (feel free to print out)

Postcards describing education at CLA …Free online viewing (feel free to print out)

THE LOST TOOLS OF LEARNING by Dorothy Sayers…Free online viewing (but please don’t print out)

CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONS:  The Unique Benefits of a Classical Christian Education – Wesley Callihan Lectures (Oct. 7-8, 2005)…Free

• Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
• The Priority of Classical Languages
  • Intro1
  • Intro2
  • Classical Languages
• The Priority of the Great Books
• Question & Answer Session

RECOVERING THE LOST TOOLS OF LEARNING
215 pages…$16.25

In order to be Christ-centered, Christian education must be more than a baptized secularism. In this book, Wilson explains the theology and practice of a classical, Christian education and sets it forth as a helpful alternative. [Crossway]

REPAIRING THE RUINS: The Classical and Christian Challenge to Education
272 pages…$14.25

Classical and Christian education is moving into high gear. This collection of essays from teachers and administrators extends the discussion beyond the basics. It not only delves deeper into foundational issues, it focuses on practice, providing concrete instruction for dayschool and homeschool teachers, administrators, parents, and students.Divided into three major sections, the book first sets the framework of Christian worldview thinking. The second section develops the more practical side of the classical model, focusing on specific disciplines. The final section explains how to make this model work in this century.

THE PAIDEIA OF GOD: And Other Essays on Education
160 pages…$10.25

And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.— Ephesians 6:4In this passage, Paul requires Christian fathers to provide their children with a paideia of the Lord. To the ancient world, the boundaries of paideia were much wider than the boundaries of what we understand as education. Far more is involved in paideia than taking the kids to church, having an occasional time of devotions in the home, or even providing the kids with a Christian curriculum.In the ancient world, the paideia was all-encompassing, and involved nothing less than the enculturation of the future citizen. He was enculturated when he was instructed in the classroom, but the process was also occurring when he walked along the streets of his city to and from school. The idea of paideia was central to the ancient classical mind, and Paul’s instruction here consequently had profound ramifications.T

THE CASE FOR CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
256 pages…$16.25

Building upon Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Wilson updates and expands the case for classical and Christian education. [Crossway]