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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone enrolled their child into a private that has Trivium curriculum?

I found this school to have a strong English, Grammar yet not too much emphasis on Sciences. [/quote]

Hi - my two children were enrolled in a Classical Christian school for most of elementary school. I thought the early years (K-3) were great for them. These schools generally follow the "traditional" line of teaching philosophy, with a lot of memorization during early elementary years. There is a huge emphasis on reading and writing; my second child started Pre-K at the school, barely knowing their alphabet, but they were reading those Bob books on their own by winter break. During second semester of their Pre-K year, they were bringing home spelling words that their older sibling was learning in public school ... in the second grade ... so we moved our oldest to the same school for third grade. They had done well in public school but got a C in Reading their first quarter at the new school because the teacher figured out they were only reading, not comprehending. As such, the teacher spent a lot of one-on-one time with them to improve their reading comprehension skills, for which I am thankful. Both kids learned Latin early on and, again, had a lot of memorization. Some may be useless - why they had to memorize dates of certain events that transpired in Europe 1000 years ago is beyond me. Maybe it helped train their brains or something. But their math skills were advanced quite quickly b/c in math class, they had timed worksheets to hone their basic skills (similar to what I did in school many eons ago). That really helped them build up a solid foundation in math.

Most Classical Christian schools are very small in size; as such, I pulled our kids out when the oldest started 7th grade and our second child started 4th grade. Our oldest was lucky in that their 4th and 5th-grade teachers were very good; however, I noticed that they were getting too comfortable in such a small environment (their 6th-grade class had 15 students). Thus, we moved both of them to a larger private school.

I think Classical Christian education has its strengths but it's certainly nowhere near perfect. Tuition is much lower than most other independent private schools so the facilities are not that impressive (which is why I would not recommend for older kids; for instance, there was no dedicated science lab in the high school but it may have changed now since we left almost 10 years ago). If you have truly dedicated, focused teachers, they can do wonders for your child b/c class sizes are so small. Yes, they do teach a lot of religion as well but I didn't let that bother me and I am an atheist. I chose the school for the education and just talked up evolution at home and how not every religion is the same and we should respect people for their personal beliefs, not judge them b/c they are not Christian. We have some interesting dinner table discussions at our house, haha.

Hope this helps; happy to provide more insight on our experience with Classical Christian education if you have any specific questions.
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