Bibliograph

The well-trained mind, a guide to classical education at home, Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise

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The well-trained mind, a guide to classical education at home, Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-782) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The well-trained mind

Nature of contents

bibliographyhandbooks

Oclc number

227016761

Responsibility statement

Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise

Sub title

a guide to classical education at home

Summary

This educational bestseller has dominated its field for the last decade, sparking a homeschooling movement that has only continued to grow. It will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school. Two veteran home educators outline the classical pattern of education<U+2014>the trivium<U+2014>which organizes learning around the maturing capacity of the child's mind. With this model, you will be able to instruct your child in all levels of reading, writing, history, geography, mathematics, science, foreign languages, rhetoric, logic, art, and music, regardless of your own aptitude in those subjects. Newly revised and updated, The Well-Trained Mind includes detailed book lists with complete ordering information; up-to-date listings of resources, publications, and Internet links; and useful contact information

Table Of Contents

What The well-trained mind does: an overview -- Practical considerations: using The well-trained mind without losing your own -- Supplementing your child's education: The well-trained mind and full-time school -- Prologue: The story of a classical home education -- pt. I. The grammar stage: Kindergarten through fourth grade -- pt. II. The logic stage: fifth grade through eighth grade -- pt. III. The rhetoric stage: ninth grade through twelfth grade -- pt. IV. Coming home: how to educate your child at home -- Appendices : Taking an oral history ; Home-education organizations ; National science competitions ; Sources

Target audience

adult

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