What if the true aim of classical education is not merely the accumulation of knowledge or the mastery of academic skills, but the initiation of children into the wondrous mysteries of being human?
In The Children's Tradition: The Philosophy of an Embodied Education in Wonder, Amanda Faus invites readers to recover the ancient gymnastic and musical modes of learning that have been handed down through the ages. Drawing upon the insights of John Senior, James S. Taylor, Charlotte Mason, and C. S. Lewis, she expounds how true education begins not with analysis, but with love; not with abstraction, but with Reality itself.
Far from being merely a method for homeschooling, this book explores the deeper questions that underlie every educational endeavor:
What is a human being?
What is knowledge?
What is the purpose of education?
How do children grow in wisdom, virtue, and wonder?
What kind of culture must surround a child for truth, goodness, and beauty to flourish?
Through reflections on poetic knowledge and the cultivation of family culture, Amanda Faus presents a compelling alternative to the fragmented, utilitarian assumptions of modern education. Here, learning is understood as participation in reality, the ordering of loves, and preparation for communion with God, neighbor, and creation.
Whether you are a homeschooling parent, teacher, school leader, or simply someone longing for a more humane vision of life and learning, The Children's Tradition offers an invitation to recover the wonder for which every human being was made.
*This is philosophy is included in the original The Children’s Tradition curriculum. Upon request we have begun offering this format, but know that it is the same substance as you will find in Part 1 of TCT.
What if the true aim of classical education is not merely the accumulation of knowledge or the mastery of academic skills, but the initiation of children into the wondrous mysteries of being human?
In The Children's Tradition: The Philosophy of an Embodied Education in Wonder, Amanda Faus invites readers to recover the ancient gymnastic and musical modes of learning that have been handed down through the ages. Drawing upon the insights of John Senior, James S. Taylor, Charlotte Mason, and C. S. Lewis, she expounds how true education begins not with analysis, but with love; not with abstraction, but with Reality itself.
Far from being merely a method for homeschooling, this book explores the deeper questions that underlie every educational endeavor:
What is a human being?
What is knowledge?
What is the purpose of education?
How do children grow in wisdom, virtue, and wonder?
What kind of culture must surround a child for truth, goodness, and beauty to flourish?
Through reflections on poetic knowledge and the cultivation of family culture, Amanda Faus presents a compelling alternative to the fragmented, utilitarian assumptions of modern education. Here, learning is understood as participation in reality, the ordering of loves, and preparation for communion with God, neighbor, and creation.
Whether you are a homeschooling parent, teacher, school leader, or simply someone longing for a more humane vision of life and learning, The Children's Tradition offers an invitation to recover the wonder for which every human being was made.
*This is philosophy is included in the original The Children’s Tradition curriculum. Upon request we have begun offering this format, but know that it is the same substance as you will find in Part 1 of TCT.