Recent News and Articles
Laura Berquist discusses the merits of homeschooling and how its goals fundamentally differ from those of a brick and mortar school.
MODG Students in the St. Monica Rocketry Club recently travelled to the NASA Space Center in Alabama to compete in the 2018 NASA Student Launch.
We are very proud to display the results of our Spring 2018 Art Contest. Over 350 students submitted work in a variety of methods. Enjoy browsing these beautiful submissions! You can also view results from our yearly contests for the past decade!
MODG has compiled a set of 76 Latin & Greek root cards to help students build a Latin (and English) vocabulary, and exercise the student’s memory. Available in our bookstore.
We are so proud of to have 3 of the National Awards Recipients for the CLT Exam from Classic Learning Initiatives! Congrats to Mary Aumen, Gwynith Hayden, and Samuel Milliken! This honor means that these students are in the top 1% of the thousands of students taking it nationally, and as a result they all receive $2,500 scholarships to the CLT partner school of their choosing. To see their favorite authors, quotes, and where they plan to attend college!
We are pleased to announce our new Second Grade Art Book is now available for purchase in our bookstore. The paintings in this 56 page text are accompanied by questions to help the child observe and appreciate art. The activities include matching games, guessing games, and other activities to achieve the formation goals of observation and memorization. The text can be used for many years.
Laura offers a series of pre-recorded parent classes on the different stages of formation. These classes provide an excellent overview of the MODG methodology and can be a great way to begin planning for the new school year. Laura's curriculum classes provide valuable information about methodology and course content at each grade level. These classes are free for enrolled families.
In my last article I talked about various techniques that can help to motivate our home schooling children to learn. Eventually, of course, our students should be motivated by knowledge itself, or by the end to which knowledge is ordered, God Himself, but often as he moves to that goal, there are intermediate steps. I mentioned some of the techniques involving material rewards, like stickers, and some involving immaterial reward, like praise. The effectiveness of this last motivation depends on something else, however.
Laura Berquist & Margaret Hayden will be speaking at Christ the King Catholic Church in Ann Arbor, MI on March 17th. Early registration: $15.00 Late registration (after March 3rd): $20.00. Register here. Contact Denise (248-345-9086) with questions.