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The first stories that teach · Ages 5–7
Two fables a week, read aloud and then talked about. The oldest way of teaching a child what a person ought to do, and still the best.
New this term. Reviews from students and parents appear here once families have taken it.
Thirty minutes is exactly as long as a five-year-old can hold a conversation, so that is how long the class is. Ms. Bell reads the fable aloud, the children retell it in their own words, and then they argue, gently, about whether the fox was right.
No reading is required at home. A child who cannot yet read can take this class in full.
Every meeting of this class stands on its own. Nothing in week six assumes week five, so a student can join in the middle, take the four weeks that fit around a busy month, and stop when they want to. There is no catching up to do, because there is nothing to be behind on.
That is also why there is no grade here and no such thing as an incomplete. The record keeps what actually happened: the meetings attended live and the recordings watched. A student who came to three meetings has a record of three meetings, not a failure.
Weeks 1–2
Flattery, and why it works.
Weeks 3–4
Steadiness against cleverness.
Weeks 5–6
What a lie costs the liar.
Weeks 7–8
Work now, or want later.
Illustrated fable sheets
Odysseus Lyceum
Emailed weekly, free.
None. Any student in the age range can enroll.
The classical moral reading. Fables are treated as arguments about character, not as decoration.
Read our academic philosophyMeetings are recorded and released to enrolled families for fourteen days. Recordings capture the instructor and shared materials; student video is not published.
Full refund up to seven days before the first meeting; inside seven days, everything paid is credited to your Lyceum balance. No refunds or credits once the class has begun. Cancel any section from your parent account.
These describe how this instructor has been trained, reviewed with educators and accessibility specialists. They are not a diagnosis and not a marketing claim.
Students and parents review separately, on different questions, and the two aggregates are never blended. Every review is verified and moderated.
No parent reviews for this class yet.
Reviews from students are published as “Student, age 13”, never with a full name. Photo and short video reviews are supported and moderated before they appear.
Great Books
A whole-book seminar
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Ms. Imani BellNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
$8/wk
$56 in total
$22.40 for add’l siblings
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Reviews appear once families have taken it.
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A short, difficult book about objective value, moral education, and what happens to a civilization that stops believing in either.
Ms. Imani BellNew this term
Reviews appear once families have taken it.
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$48 in total
$19.20 for add’l siblings
