THE LOGIC STAGE: 7th - 9th
Early adolescent children become argumentative. Their ability to draw conclusions from a series of facts begins to develop. This is called the dialectic or logic phase, and the students become practiced in the science of accurate thinking.
The “why” behind what they learned in grammar school
Every child who is entering or already entering their teen years have one thing on their mind… “Why?”
That is the answer for most everything they have learned. Logic students love to research and determine if what they know is correct and why it is correct.
Debate based on credible information is the order of the day in logic school classes, even in math class.
Our teachers critical reasoning by…
asking guiding questions to help the child formulate their thinking
having the students apply their thinking to their worldview
applying logic to bring about thoughtful conclusions
helping the students to identify fallacies in what they read or their thought processes
encouraging independent thinking for each students
In logic school your child will…
survey the entire Old Testament
persevere in their Christian walk as they recognize God’s grace in the lives of His people
identify formal logic and logical fallacies
learn how to justify why something is beautiful or not
speak Latin in class
perform a play, either Shakespeare or a Greek tragedy
use deductive logic in the experimental sciences
Books your child will read
The Odyssey (7th)
Epic of Gilgamesh (7th)
Early History of Rome (7th)
Plutarch’s Lives (7th)
The Last Days of Socrates (8th)
Code of Hammurabi (8th)
Till We Have Faces (8th)
How to Read a Book (8th)
The Last Battle (8th)
Plus many more classics