The Christian Education Blueprint (That Launched 500 Schools)

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The tools that helped Christians stop wringing their hands about their kids' educations and actually do something about it.

Published almost twenty years ago, Douglas Wilson’s Case for Classical Christian Education is a call for parents and educators to do more than just teach kids how to read or to do math and science. Instead, parents and teachers need to educate children’s minds, hearts, and imaginations.

Both homeschooling parents and Christians seeking to build schools will find a lot of guidance from this book. Wilson explains the benefits of an education that is both distinctively classical and distinctively Christian and what such an education might look like. He also draws on years of educating and pastoring to talk about how parents and teachers can manage schools well and train their children’s hearts.

Education is not just preparing kids for the job market, but should be about instilling discipline, character, and love for God and the world He has made.

Thirty years ago, Doug Wilson wrote Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning so that Christian parents could stop wringing their hands at the deterioration of American education and actually do something to resist it.

That resistance begins with getting our children out of public secular schools, but it doesn't end there. We must also give our kids a thoroughly biblical education with the lordship of Jesus Christ at the center. The best structure for that education, Wilson argues, is the classical structure.

And so the classical Christian education movement in America was born. Since the publication of this book, hundreds of classical Christian schools have been started (both nationally and internationally), and hundreds of thousands of homeschooling families have turned to classical Christian education as well.

Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning , originally published by Crossway in 1991, has been republished by Canon Press.



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Excellent read. I listened to the audiobook this past summer and wanted a copy for my classroom.

Incredible.

I'm going through stage 4 cancer right now and this book has been a true help to me. Short enough chapters to consume, yet rich in depth and application.

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The Stench of Death is the Perfume of Life

I never noticed my children trying to catch dust mites until after this book. Nathan is an incredible writer and writes in a way where his words are almost palpable. At the wrap up of this book I can't help but slow down my life and enjoy the youth of my children. This isn't going to be just a shelf book, but a yearly read and then an inheritance.

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Love it

Excellent and as described. Fast shipment to England. Well made, Stiff upright front half & long stiff cap canopy. A greatly detailed & constructed Hat.

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Fantastic quality.

Fluffy and Comfy

A very classy-looking cap. It is wool, so I wouldn't recommend wearing it in the summer, but for those cool fall days it works great! And, of course, the money goes to a great cause. Buy and enjoy, O Alumnus!

Great books with amazing illustrations and morals to the story, worthy of being produced into movies, only complaint is I wish they were longer so I could enjoy more of the world and characters 🙏🏽

To a Thousand Generations: Infant Baptism - Covenant Mercy for the People of God

Wonderful read so far

I’m about half way through the book. Love it. Terrific style. Much to learn.

Very comfortable & well constructed. It is definitely a cold weather hat (50% wool & dark blue). I won’t be wearing in the summer while fishing in TX. But I am wearing it now.

Our son has devoured this (and the rest of
N. D. Wilson’s books). We listen to SASF during weekly car rides from the White Mountains of NH to coastal ME visiting grandparents. This is how he learned about Silent Bells: Ashtown Burials #4.

Oh, NOW I understand.

I ordered this book for help in reading Much Ado About Nothing. The chapter on that play alone was worth the price of admission.
I was NOT classically trained. I am a public school graduate. I learn, almost daily, how much I missed in my education! We homeschooled our kids, Christian and classical. And now our grands are being homeschooled. Doug and Nancy Wilson have supported us from the very beginning, nearly 30 years ago! We are so very grateful for your faithfulness, your hard work and your contagious joy! You all bless us, daily! May God continue to richly bless you and increase your tribe!
Thank you!

Great new take on learning ABCs

My four year boy loves it but takes issue with letter J. He believes he CAN run faster than a jaguar and needs to demonstrate every time we read it. Thanks for another great book!

Math Mammoth - Grade 5

Solid

Good aid for group discussion to augment a great book!

Essential reading for present and future Pastors , Elders and Deacons

While we expect the unbelieving world to challenge us in our devotion to Christ, when it comes from the church community itself, it's like a knife in your heart. The book was very well written and insightful. Unity among the leaders and a commitment to support God ordained roles for men are paramount to a functioning New Testament church.

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Jennifer J.
Highly Recommend!

A wonderfully convicting book that lived up to high expectations! I was skeptical that the book would be as good as it was- and it far exceeded my hopes! I laughed, I cried, I cringed with conviction and prayerfully considered my own sinful tendencies with each chapter. A wonderful work that is much needed in the lives of Christian women today. Highly recommend!

BEST Book on Biblical Marriage I’ve ever read!! and I’ve constantly been reading books since highschool on Biblical Marriage, Biblical Womanhood, Biblical Parenting - so that’s saying something! :)

It’s ALL meat! Solid foundation on scripture at every turn. There are things in this book I’ve never read or understood before - I read through the whole book with a pen, using my marking system, and listening to it by audio in addition whenever I’m doing errands or driving somewhere. Then I go back through the whole book with a highlighter using my highlighting code. Now I’m going through each chapter and writing a summary page just for my benefit to know if I REALLY understand it. Some of it is hard to grasp! But TRUE, and the knowing of it will benefit our marriage, and give us sound words of counsel for fellow christians in our circle. It’s quite amazing! I wish there was a list of questions for each chapter to use in a mentoring bible study.

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So fun!

I loved the humor, and I can’t wait to share it with my grandchildren. My husband is a retired military helicopter pilot, and he is known in our family for safety briefings, so I am giving the book to him. Even he hasn’t warned the children of some of the dangers in this book, so it should be fun!

Definitely met our expectations

We watched the Makers video on Canon plus, and my husband was so impressed he wanted to order it. We were both very impressed with the quality of the book, the story and of course the illustrations. We are gifting it to our grandson for his seventh birthday.