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Three Tools of Learning
Any explanation of classical education includes an unusual word -- trivium -- but don't let the Latin put you off. The trivium consists of three tools of learning:
Substitute these terms for knowledge, understanding and communication, and it starts to make sense. Armed with these tools, your child will be equipped for life-long learning.
Grammar (Preschool to 6th Grade)
Grammar involves the
facts and rules
of each subject -- the accumulation of knowledge.
Wired for discovery, children at this stage amaze adults with
their ability to memorize. We build students' confidence and
acquaint them with the basics of subjects by teaching them the
way they love to learn.
At
Liberty, youngsters learn through a
range of exciting, multi-sensory tools:
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Songs, chants, sound-offs, skits, memory games, reading aloud, field trips, experiments, poetry recitation, history festivals and art projects.
Logic (7th to 9th Grade)
Logic defines the search for understanding. Most parents can pinpoint the day their child progressed to the logic stage -- teens are compelled to question, challenge, and debate! Classical education trains them to think critically and construct arguments that hold up under scrutiny.
Liberty teaches formal logic and incorporates understanding-building techniques such as:
Self-authored skits, historical impersonations, dioramas, debates, speeches, essays, research papers, literature adaptations, field trips, experiments, and art projects.
Rhetoric (10th to 12th Grade)
Rhetoric is the clear and persuasive communication of one's understanding.
High school students are eager to express their own opinions as their awareness of societal and ethical issues begins to grow. Liberty trains young communicators with formal rhetoric and exercises such as:
Debates, speeches, creias, essays,
research papers, lesson planning and teaching exercises, self-authored
literature, field trips, labs, and
the crowning
achievement of all Liberty graduates:
the
junior and senior thesis paper and presentation.
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