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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Fourth Edition)
The WellTrained Mind A Guide to Classical Education at Home - Fourth Edition Author:Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise A revised and updated edition of the perennial bestseller that sparked a home school movement. Since its original publication, this now-classic guide to taking charge of your child?s education has been the number-one resource for parents and students who home-school?or want to supplement a classroom education. Veteran home educators Jessie Wise ... more »and Susan Wise Bauer organize learning around the maturing capacity of a child?s mind and define the three stages of learning: the elementary school ?grammar stage,? the middle school ?logic stage,? and the high school ?rhetoric stage.? Using the book?s detailed recommendations, any parent can instruct a student in reading, writing, history, geography, mathematics, science, foreign languages, rhetoric, logic, art, and music?from kindergarten through high school.
This newly revised edition contains expanded curricula recommendations, gives access to a new supplemental website with additional resources, answers questions about home education, and provides advice on vital practical matters such as working with your local school board, preparing a high school transcript, and applying to colleges.« less