SS #72: The Grammar of Grammar (with Kevin Clark!)
Our guest on the show this time is Dr. Kevin Clark. Kevin is the founder of The Ecclesial Schools Initiative, an organization that’s partnering with local churches to plant a network of affordable and accessible Christian classical schools. Kevin is an Alcuin fellow with The Society for Classical Learning and a member of the teaching faculty in the Master of Arts in Classical Teaching program at The Templeton Honors College. Most importantly, he is Taryn’s husband and father to Aubrey, Caedmon, Naomi, and Eleanor.
In today’s episode, Mystie and Brandy have a rousing conversation with Kevin Clark about the trivium and grammar sections of the revised edition of The Liberal Arts Tradition. What changes were made to the book for this new edition, and why? You will really enjoy hearing his answers!

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Show Notes:
Scholé Everyday:
- Mystie
Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Eighties by Paul Johnson
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God by Matthew Barrett
- Kevin
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis
Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Alexander Schmemann
For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann
- Brandy
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer
Topical Discussion:
The Liberal Arts Tradition (revised edition) on Kindle by Kevin Clark and Ravi Scott Jain
The Liberal Arts Tradition (revised edition) by Kevin Clark and Ravi Scott Jain
- Books by author, Ernst Curtius
Politics by Aristotle (translated by Benjamin Jowett)
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (translated by Dorothy Sayers)
The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Discarded Image: And Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature by C.S. Lewis
Ourselves (Volume 4 of the Home Education Series) by Charlotte Mason
Lysis by Plato (translated by Benjamin Jowett)
Institutes of Oratory by Quintilian
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian (narrated by Patrick Tull)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Welcome to Homeschooling blog post by Brandy Vencel (Afterthoughts)
In Tune With the World by Josef Pieper
Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contempation by Josef Pieper
Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination by Vigen Guroian
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