by Indy Classical School | Oct 15, 2026 | Choosing a School, Classical Education vs Other Approaches
Picture two classrooms on a Tuesday morning. In the first, a 4 year old is quietly pouring water between two tiny pitchers, completely absorbed, while the teacher watches from across the room and does absolutely nothing. In the second, a group of 4 year olds is...
by Indy Classical School | Oct 14, 2026 | Classical Education Basics
Somewhere in your house there is a child who can recite every word of a 3 minute pop song, including the ad libs, after hearing it exactly twice in the car. That same child cannot remember where they put their shoes, which are on their feet. Classical educators look...
by Indy Classical School | Oct 13, 2026 | Classical Education Basics
Ask a random adult to put the Renaissance, the American Revolution, and the fall of Rome in order, and watch the squinting begin. Most of us learned history as a scattered pile of units, a little Egypt in 3rd grade, a state history project in 4th, the Civil War in...
by Indy Classical School | Oct 8, 2026 | Classical Education Basics
Somewhere around 10th grade, a lot of parents notice that their teenager has developed a remarkable talent for persuasion, usually deployed to extend a curfew by 45 minutes. The arguments are organized, there’s an appeal to fairness, and occasionally a statistic...
by Indy Classical School | Oct 7, 2026 | Classical Education Basics
Around age 11 or 12, something shifts in your kid’s brain, and you will know exactly when it happens because every sentence you say will suddenly get a rebuttal. You ask for the dishes to be done and receive a 4 minute argument about how...
