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May. 31, 2006
BOOK REVIEW: The Latin Centered Curriculum
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The Latin Centered Curriculum
by Andrew Campbell
My Book finally arrived yesterday... no, it was not that it took
forever to get here, just that I am incredibly impatient and had to
await the arrival of the book at the distributor I chose... oh well...
at least mine was in great shape thanks to Adoremus Books!
I
spent the last day reading it... only a day because half of today was
wasted on being distracted by Harry Potter on audio tape... why did I put that in the living room??
The book is fantastic... better by far than the rough draft I got to read a while back and definitely bedside table material.
Basically a how-to manual on giving your child the best education you
possibly can, the Latin Centered Curriculum (LCC) is a book that bases
it's ideology on the education the Greeks and Romans gave to their kids.
It starts out with apologetics... why you should follow the LCC, and puts forth great arguments both for it and against it's detractors.
Then it tells you how to do it... giving outlines, sample schedules and in depth descriptions of the courses of study and recommended texts.
The most amazing aspect of the book is that it fits all this into 160
pages... (not including the appendices) but then, that is the beauty of
of the LCC... the ideal of Much, not many... about which you can read more either in the book itself or here at the Memoria Press Site 
I found myself agreeing with the book, nodding my head and thinking
with pleasure of all the things my children and I will be learning in
the years to come!
It was hard not to get up and start right away... so I planned next year instead 
I made a booklist, I ordered some from the library to test them... and I am planning many more things!!
I Rate it a good ***** 5 Stars... a must read for all Classical
Homeschoolers! Drew Campbell has provided us all with an amazing
resource.
FWIW... yesterday I linked to the JTG article, and had a couple of
comments, one of which recommended reading the JTG 'Dumbing us Down'
and 'A Thomas Jefferson Education'.
I have
read the TJEd, and in fact do recommend that you try to get hold of a
copy of it. If nothing else, TJEd will tell you why you
as a parent should try to improve your education... and when you read
the plans in LCC mentioned above, you'll know why I'm telling you to
read it!
A parent as a mentor is something we should strive to
achieve for our children... and we cannot be mentors if we do not read
the books our children read.
And what a list we have to read!
HAPPY READING!!
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May. 31, 2006 - Point well made!
To read the books your children are reading...to have conversations with people long gone but they have left their hearts, thoughts and even souls for you to explore. To be able to discuss with your child the ins and outs of an argument in a book, to see the passion in your child's words and understand. There are few things in this world that are priceless. These moments are, priceless. Why don't you want to learn about your world, your culture, your past? Who will be your child's mentor? They will find one. Who will teach them to love learning or to hate learning?
Just expanding a little on Rachel's comments. Jessica