Parent Resources
At Regina Coeli we strive to create lifelong joyful learners.
Please enjoy our monthly post on the classical method. If you have a book, article, or video you feel our Regina community might enjoy, please feel free to contact Faith Leopold at fleopold@reginacoeliacademy.com for it to be added to our rotation of monthly postings.
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The Wisdom in Wonder: Children at Christmas Time
Elizabeth Anderson
December 20, 2017
At Christmas time so many magnificent events occur, leading up to and highlighting the Cause of our celebrations. Buildings of every kind find themselves bedecked in light and nature’s green; families plant a veritable representative of the forest in their homes, and then proceed to drape it in every brilliance and finery imaginable. Read more
Noticing Your Own Child
John Cuddeback
November 8, 2017
“Something being one’s own and being loved are the two things that most cause human beings to take diligent care.”
Aristotle, Politics Read more
In Defense of Memorization
Michael Knox Beran
Summer 2004
If there’s one thing progressive educators don’t like it’s rote learning. As a result, we now have several generations of Americans who’ve never memorized much of anything. Even highly educated people in their thirties and forties are often unable to recite half a dozen lines of classic poetry or prose. Read more
The Montessori Method: An Education for Creating Innovators
Imagine an education system that trained students to be creative innovators and leaders without the use of grades, tests or homework. It actually exists and it’s called the Montessori Method. Read more