Foundations (K4 - 4th Grade)

Learning GRAMMAR together is fun!

Seriously.

Our Foundations Programs provide a Classical Christian community for homeschool families with students in grades K4-6th. These power-packed programs typically meet once a week for twelve weeks in the fall and twelve weeks in the winter/spring months. Based on the classical model of education, families meet weekly to introduce new memory work (or grammar of a subject) and review old memory work using Classical Conversations’ Foundations Guide as the heart of the curriculum.

What Do We Cover?

A trained tutor creatively introduces the memory work and leads the classroom time. The memory work is divided into 6 subjects: 

• timeline/history
• geography
• math
• science
• Latin
• English grammar

In addition to the memory work, students also participate in a fine arts project/lesson, a science project, and an opportunity to practice oral presentation skills each week.

Fine Arts

During Fine Arts, we cover one of the following: 

• basics of drawing
• music theory
• special art projects
• exposure to orchestra and classical composer

Students enjoy this mixture of hands-on activities and listening skills.

Snack Time Isn't JUST Snack Time
Each week students have an opportunity to practice oral presentation skills, ranging from simple show-and-tell for the younger students to more structured and prepared presentations for the older students. The goal of our presentation time is for our students to become comfortable standing, talking, and presenting in front of their peers.  And this happens during the best time of the day -- snack. 

Weekly Science
Students work with the tutor to have a hands-on science activity time. The goals here are for students to become familiar with the scientific method and to begin to discover God through His creation and order in subjects like chemistry, physics, astronomy, physical science, and more. Students and parents rave about the time they spend together each week.

Need A Bigger Goal?
There is an opportunity to participate in an optional Memory Master track, where a student strives to memorize all the information for that year and recite it to a few adults at the end of the year. Through the Memory Master (MM) track, students are “pounding in” the grammar pegs of history, Latin, English grammar, geography, math, science, and history timeline they learned throughout the year.