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Classical Conversations meeting in Bolingbrook

Some info from the Naperville Home Educators Yahoo group on an upcoming informational meeting:

What: Classical Conversations Challenge A Info Meeting
When: Tuesday July 24, 2012
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Fountaindale Library, Meeting Room B, 300 W. Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, 60440
Challenge A is coming to Bolingbrook! If you would like more information, join us for this informational meeting. Challenge A uses the tools of memorization and discussion to help kids develop their skills in six different areas: logic, grammar, debate, research, exposition and rhetoric.

Just added a Classical Conversations class in Chicago to the listing on this site, but also wanted to make you all aware of upcoming local events for Classical Conversations Co-ops in the area.

This is the time of year when everyone starts meeting and planning for the coming school year.

Please check the Classical Conversations site for a full listing of informational meetings and open houses coming up in the next weeks.

Here is just a snippet:

January 25 — Sugar Grove

February 1 — Minooka

February 3 — Wheaton and Oswego

And more to follow in Bolingbrook, Rockford, DeKalb, etc. Check it out if you would like more information!

Classical Conversations Practicum

Title: Classical Conversations Practicum
Location: Wheaton, IL
Link out: Click here
Description: Come practice the skills needed to teach your children how to recover the lost tools of learning. Learn to see Him in all you teach. Plan to use your brain and laugh a lot! The CC facilitators love teaching the fundamentals of learning and turning the difficult into the doable!
These Practicums are for parents and teachers of all grade levels. The cost is FREE for adults and teens! The costs listed for children\’s camps are for all three days or any part of the three days. Come when you can, as even part of a Practicum is beneficial. It is important for Children attending to be there on time the first day, as they are taught a lot of foundational material the first day.
Parents attending practicums can relax knowing that their younger students are learning AND having fun, whether they are in the nursery or in one of our academic camps.
Start Date: 2009-06-22
End Date: 2009-06-24

Classical Conversations Practicum

Title: Classical Conversations Practicum
Location: Rockford, IL
Link out: Click here
Description: Come practice the skills needed to teach your children how to recover the lost tools of learning. Learn to see Him in all you teach. Plan to use your brain and laugh a lot! The CC facilitators love teaching the fundamentals of learning and turning the difficult into the doable!

These Practicums are for parents and teachers of all grade levels. The cost is FREE for adults and teens! Parents attending practicums can relax knowing that their younger students are learning AND having fun, whether they are in the nursery or in one of our academic camps.
Start Date: 2009-05-27
End Date: 2009-05-29