What is classical Christian education?

Classical education is designed to develop life-long learners who know what they believe, why they believe it, and how to winsomely communicate it as they impact the culture for Christ.

The classical approach follows the natural development of a child’s intellect. Beginning with the “grammar” level by presenting the basic facts and principles of learning, then progressing to the “logic” level of ordering information, classical education matures in the “rhetoric” stage where students learn to think critically, integrate information, and communicate effectively.

By teaching them to read, we have left them at the mercy of the printed word. By the invention of the film and the radio, we have made certain that no aversion to reading shall secure them from the incessant battery of words, words, words. They do not know what the words mean; they do not know how to ward them off or blunt their edge or fling them back; they are a prey to words in their emotions instead of being the masters of them in their intellects… We have lost the tools of learning…”

Dorothy Sayers