Writing Products

• 9-12
• Col

All the handouts that a single student needs for watching the student videos and completing the coursework. Binder and tabs not included.

• Tchr

What is a classical education? Studying Latin? Learning logic? Reading The Iliad? Although Andrew Pudewa does not claim to be the expert extraordinaire on the subject, he has been exploring this idea of classical education for the past twenty years and has witnessed the frenzy, the skeptics, and various views of what actually defines a classical education. In this talk, Andrew shares his personal journey, some observations, and his conclusions that have enriched his own teaching at home and in many communities across North America.

• Tchr

Knowing how to teach grammar is especially challenging for the parent who doesn’t feel confident in his or her own grammar proficiency. Grammar programs often consist of piles of workbooks, wasted dollars, and way too much time spent trying to fulfill that subject. Often what is taught in those workbook pages doesn’t translate into success in writing. The results are poor mechanics and a less than stellar understanding of "What is a verb?" or perhaps more importantly, "How do verb choices enhance writing?" If you are asking, "But what about grammar?" Andrew Pudewa has answers to your dilemma.

• Tchr

Join Andrew Pudewa in a contemplation of the fundamental human faculty of memory, examining some of the history and biology of memory and its impacts on language, imagination, joy, and virtue.

• Tchr

Young people asking themselves the big questions—Who am I? Why am I here? What am I supposed to do with this life?—will be inspired to begin finding their life mission and taking ownership of their own education.

• Tchr

Be inspired to rethink your educational perspective in light of the heroic decisions that may soon be required of your children in this volatile era.

• 3-5
• 6-8
• 9-12
• LD
• ELL
• Tchr

Blaise Pascal observed that many of humanity’s problems "stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone." If true in 1654, how much more is it so today in a world where all of us—young and old—suffer from screen-induced attention deficiencies and fractured concentration? Indeed, as we increasingly depend on external stimulation for diversion, our ability to reflect, remember, compare, and contemplate seems to wane. Andrew Pudewa addresses this dependence as well as practical ways we can help our students develop essential thinking skills.

• Tchr

Listening and reading well, speaking and writing clearly, thinking and debating effectively are abilities that most parents hope to cultivate in their children. With that goal in mind, Andrew will explore various environments and activities which will accelerate the development of these language skills, beginning with the youngest students and continuing into the high school years.

• Tchr

What is the nature of culture? the nature of curriculum? How does one affect the other? What single element rests at the core of our success in teaching our children? How can we integrate all these as we work to build community with like-minded fellow homeschoolers, in a time when we all feel an increasing need for it? From his three decades of teaching and parenting experience, Andrew will share useful concepts and humorous stories to answer these questions and help invigorate your homeschool.

• K-2
• 3-5
• Tchr

Narration and dictation are the core of Charlotte Mason and Ruth Beechick methods. Andrew Pudewa provides practical strategies for how to make them work in real practice.Recorded at the 2004 Tacoma Teacher's Conference