Students aren't just minds. Teach their hearts, too.

In this insightful episode, Jessica, Paul, Tanya, and special guest Jeremy Breland explore how to intentionally shape students' character within and beyond the classroom walls:

_• How morning meditations and formation talks set the tone for the day._
_• The surprising impact of subjects like math and literature on character development._
_• Real-life stories of students' transformative moments._
_• Practical tips for implementing character education in schools and homeschools._

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_Your essential companion to explore Tolstoy's masterpiece in depth:_

*There are three works that are at the source of Western culture: the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid.*
_After you have completed your study of Homer’s two works, Virgil’s epic story of the founding of Rome, the Aeneid, is your next logical Great Book to study:_

[memoriapress]

*What We're Reading* from This Episode:

_Great Expectations_ —Charles Dickens (Tanya)

_All Creatures Great and Small_ —James Herriot (Tanya)

_The Man Who Was Thursday_ —G.K. Chesterton (Jeremy)

_Shop Class as Soulcraft_ —Matthew B. Crawford (Paul)

[deborahracette]

I always come away with great information, but my favorite part of these podcasts is hearing what each of you is reading.

[wewin]

Thank you for this inspiring and timely conversation. It’s the parents and the teachers who need to be first the role models to show virtuous character for their students. It’s indeed a life style, trickling down from above (and Above!). From what I see, most modern schools only put virtues on posters or turn them into slogans. Christian classical education (at least Memoria press) walks the walk, and is the only way to turn this country back to her greatness. God bless you!

[jennyswanson]

Is the “summer reading list” accessible to us? Or are you just referring to all the books on the MP curriculum in general? 😅

[joelturnbull]

With the resurgence of virtue epistemology over the past 50 years or so, there has been some good contemporary work done on intellectual virtues education. The resources that are out there help to connect the ancient ideas of character formation to the modern world.