About Our Guest

Diana Cunningham is the founding headmistress of Lindisfarne Hall, a classical Anglican school in Fernandina Beach, Florida.

Learn more about the good work going on at this school at https://www.lindisfarnehall.com.

Notes

In this episode, Diana Cunningham shares with Trae how a homeschool resource center at a church turned into a full-scale classical Christian school.

From a very young age, Diana was touched by the importance of atmosphere within places of education. Now that she serves as a school headmistress, she can intentionally nurture an atmosphere informed by classical principles, aimed at beauty, and structured by tradition and worship.

Some Topics and Ideas in this Episode Include:

• Creating an Atmosphere Worthy of 10,000 Hours of a Student’s Classroom Life
• How Academics Can Create Tunnel Vision
• Designing a School Schedule as a Christian Oasis
• Incorporating a Contemplation Period (An Unexpected Student Favorite)
• How Non-Churched Students Fall in Love With Traditional English Hymns
• The Faculty is the School
• The Church as an Authority
• Learning by Listening to Church Bells
• The “Hidden Curriculum”
• Charlotte Mason’s Principals of Education
• “Socratic Narration”
• Teaching History with Primary Sources
• Avoiding Workbooks (How to “Keep the Words in their Habitat”)
• Initiating Teachers into the Philosophy of Classical Education
• The Limitations of the Scientific Method
• The Church Calendar and the Life of the School
• Sorting Students into Houses (Yes, like Harry Potter)
• The Lives of the Saints

Resources Mentioned / Referenced

• Read More about the Classical Approach at Lindisfarne Hall Here
• Find Academic Plans and Sample Reading Lists Here
• Get a Peak into the Life of the School on Facebook

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