Laura Berquist answers a variety of questions related to Catholic Classical Education and homeschooling. How can parents teach subjects they are not experts in and continue to learn themselves? What are good reading lists and what are some transformative books to read? What are some favorite elementary and high school texts and courses? How to homeschool within a large family with all ages of children? How is homeschooling a lifestyle? What are the benefits of memorizing poetry.
Laura Berquist is the Founder and CEO of Mother of Divine Grace School, a Catholic, Classical Distance-Learning School centered around the Church’s teaching that parents are the primary educators of their children. Laura was a pivotal player in the early homeschooling movement in the United States, publishing Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum in 1994, which drew from her homeschooling experience with her children as well her educational background from Thomas Aquinas College, and became the foundation of MODG. Laura’s husband, Marcus Berquist, was a founder of Thomas Aquinas College, and Laura was a member of TAC’s first graduating class.
Recorded at the Catholic Classical Education Conference in Lincoln, NE in August, 2022
