Classical Education

[close] Classical Conversations Miami Families growing and learning together!

[close] Are you a homeschool parent teaching Omnibus or interested in Omnibus? Find here a platform for discussing the value of the books studied in the Omnibus I and the methods that may be employed in teaching and using the material in the home, find helpful resources, and receive encouragement and support. Please share some of your thoughts, insights and/ or tips about a book as you study it in order to help others. Share your comments in love and kindness and you will be most welcome here. Kindly introduce yourself in the "Welcome to the Group" section after you join. Note about the editions here: some of the books shown are not the editions recommended by Veritas Press because there may not have had a photo of the correct edition at the time the selection was made.

[close] This group began with a book called The Well-Educated Mind (TWEM) by Susan Wise Bauer, which is a wonderful guide to “The Great Books.” TWEM presents 6 genres–each with a respective reading list (fiction, autobiography, history, drama, poetry, and science). Bauer recommends reading chronologically, in order to read through history. “Writers build on the work of those who have gone before them, and chronological reading provides you with a continuous story…You’ll find yourself following a story that has to do with the development of civilization itself…When you read through the poetry list, for example…[t]he structure of the poetry will change as each poet moves beyond what former writers have done. But beyond these technical differences, the concerns of the poets shift and change as the world itself hurtles toward modernity…When you’ve finished this particular list, you’ve done more than read poetry. You have learned something about the spiritual evolution of the West.” ~Susan Wise Bauer If you'd like to develop a deeper understanding of humanity's continuous story, please join us!

[close] We are working through the reading list provided in Susan Wise Bauer's "The Well Educated Mind." Reading her book first is helpful but not required to participate - you can dive right in with the book lists! The goal is to read the books in chronologically in subject order, but feel free to skip those books which do not resonate with you!