Classical Methodology Children acquire facts, they memorize efficiently and love the amiability of repetition and practice, packing away data to be later used in the learning curve. Thus, our early courses stress the particulars of Bible characters and history. Here the objective is to establish a foundation and background. Middle school children begin to see the implication and meaning of the data. They can grasp more detailed accounts and more subtle nuances of interpretation.
Questions begin to pop up with increasing force.
Junior and senior high children are getting ready to constructively examine and evaluate what they are being taught. They may have begun to experience the tug of cynicism or the challenge of temptation. Experiencing darkening clouds of doubt and folly that float in with a malignant tide, they sometimes wish to challenge God's sovereignty and revelation. A valuable and recommended tool of the classical method is the Westminster Shorter Catechism. This document is made up of over one hundred brief outlines of Scriptural truth.