Explore how narration can be flexibly and compassionately adapted for special needs learners, without sacrificing the beauty and richness of the method. Whether your child has ADHD, dyslexia, speech delays, autism, or other learning differences, this talk will offer practical encouragement and tools to help narration become a joyful, confidence-building part of your homeschool or classroom day.
Narration has many modes that can and should be practiced at all levels. Discover these variations within a framework that helps students progress from beginner to advanced levels of fluency.
Headmaster, John Heitzenrater discusses the problems and solutions of living in an unreal age and how administrators set the tone not only for learning, but, more importantly, for raising children to be conquerors of the jungle of lies and deceptions around them.
Mariah Martinez introduces two main branches of classical pedagogy - mimetic pedagogy and Socratic pedagogy. She explores ways in which they can be practically implemented in every classroom at any level.
Mariah intoduces the nature and purpose of recitation in the PreK-12 classroom with practical lesson examples for multiple age levels.
Aaron Mitchell examines the differing assumptions behind a Pre-Modern approach to Mathematics and a Post-Cartesian one. He uses Euclid as a model to explore practical ways to recover a more Classical form of Math instruction for K-12th students.
John Heitzenrater leads a session on why fantasy literature is important to a deep and meaningful education not only for all students, but especially for Christian students.
Adrienne explains the importance of being able to define the practical application of the transcendentals (truth, goodness, and beauty) and what they look like applied through the intellectual, moral, and physcial virtues of a child’s learning environment.
Kiernan Fiore presents on the importace of a logo-centric education and how to implement a joyful pedagogy. This session explores the meaning and centrality of living books as the center-piece for a holistic education.