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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Edition)
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Binding: HardcoverBrand: W. W. Norton Dewey Decimal Number: 371.0420973 EAN: 9780393067088 Edition: Third Edition ISBN: 0393067084 Label: W. W. Norton & Company Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company MPN: 9780393067088 Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 864 Publication Date: May 04, 2009 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Studio: W. W. Norton & Company Features:
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Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home 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--the trivium--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. The book includes detailed book lists with complete ordering information up-to-date listings of resources, publications, and Internet links and useful contact information. Author: Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise Format: 864 pages, hardcover Publisher: W. W. Norton amp Co. (2009) ISBN: 9780393067088 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A great resourceGREAT Resoure....Wish I had known about this when our children were first in school.Working with our Daughter and Son in Law we are using this to teach our Grandchildren to read ages 2 & 3 and they are doing well with it. We can no longer count on public schools to take the time a child may need to learn to read. Classes have to teach to the "middle" so there are lots of children who don't get the help they need or are held back because they learn quickly and can't move forward. We are just one family ... Read More Rating: - The most complete, well-thought out, helpful book on homeschoolingIf you want to give your child the best education possible, try this book. It teaches the classical education approach, which runs counter to most public schools and "modern" theories today. By approaching teaching in this way, one is shown the best, most critical way of thinking. There truly is nothing new under the sun and by learning in a way that is guided by history, by the time your child joins the rest of the world as an adult, he will understand that current events and situations that he is put ... Read More Rating: - The most comprehensive guide to classical homeschoolingI recently purchased the 3rd edition of this book. I already own the first edition, which is what I used when we began homeschooling our youngest child two years ago. (That copy is now on loan to my older daughter who is using it to prepare to teach her children.) I have noticed a sharp increase in books and materials being marketed to 'classical' homeschoolers. There are some good ones out there, no doubt about it. This book is the gold standard. I like that this edition incorporates the books that ... Read More Rating:  - The Kindle edition is the outdated 2nd editionI was thrilled when this book was released for Kindle. I bought it back in November, only to find out it was not the third edition. I talked to tech support, and they said they would contact quality control and they refunded my money. Recently, I found the sample carrying the 2009 copyright date, so I bought the book again. The Kindle edition says it is the 3rd edition, has the the 3rd edition cover, but is still carrying the outdated text of the 2nd edition. Rating:  - The Well Trained MindThis is a great starting point for homeschoolers who want to design their own curriculum. It focuses heavily on reading skills and math as the foundation for a superb education. Then it builds into history, geography and the sciences. This book offers methods for teaching your child how to learn, not just what to learn. I benefited from ideas for improving preschoolers' vocabulary and speech. However, if fine arts are as important to you as they are to me then you need to find an additional resource. ... Read More 
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