Logic
Classical Christian Education is organized according to the “Trivium,” a three-phase approach to education, Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric. Each of these three areas is specifically suited to the stages in a child's mental development. Classical Christian education seeks to tailor the curriculum subject matter to a child’s mental development.
Logic Stage (grades 7 – 9): focuses on organizing facts learned in the Grammar stage while helping students address the question, “Why?” A formal study of logic gives focus to the naturally argumentative nature of students in this stage. Other tools of learning include research and persuasive writing projects.
During the second period, the Logic period, the child begins to understand that which he has learned and begins to use his reason to ask questions based on the information that he has gathered in the Grammar stage. It is during this stage that the child no longer sees the facts that he learned as merely separate pieces of information but he starts to put them together into logical relationships by asking questions. Formal logic classes are taught in the 9th grade.
