None of this means that education has to be dull. If anything, the classical education method encourages the idea that children should gravitate to what they find naturally enjoyable in each phase of their lives.



Take, for example, children in the grammar stage: They're excellent when it comes to memorizing things. They love reciting their ABCs and other songs. They love it so much that they often come up with their own songs. The classical education method capitalizes on this by teaching children concrete facts.

If you have ever had a child in the junior high years you are probably aware that children in this stage are very likely to question and argue. The classical education method applies this tendency to logic and reasoning.

This is when children are prepared to learn how to argue and form judgments based on the facts they learned in the first stage.

Once the child is in the third and final stage (high school years), interests start expanding beyond the internal and dwelling on external concerns.

At this time in life, teenagers start to become very concerned about how others perceive them. It is in the rhetoric stage that children are instructed n how to share thoughts and ideas in a clear, easy to understand way.

The classical education method helps children develop a true sense of success. Because the classical education method holds children to an objective standard, they obtain a better sense of what they can and cannot do. This type of educational method provides a practical and accurate assessment of a child's capabilities.

Hard work, learning, and fun can be successfully mixed together. Learning should be fun and challenging in all stages. When children are able to learn using methods that accommodate their natural development, learning becomes fun.

The right method makes learning exciting for children. The classical education method instills in children a love of learning, and it inspires them to pursue even more knowledge.