The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition | 
| Authors: Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Upd
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Pages: 800
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 0393059278
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.0420973
EAN: 9780393059274
ASIN: 0393059278
Publication Date: April 2004
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Book Description
"Outstanding...should be on every home educator's reference bookshelf."—Homeschooling Today This book 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: the elementary school "grammar stage," the middle school "logic stage," and the high school "rhetoric stage." Using the trivium as your model, you'll 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 contacts.
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 An Excellent Resource For Parents July 6, 2008
Joanne Scaglione, author:
The Big Squeal: A Wild, True, and Twisted Tail and teaching guide;
Bully-Proofing Children: A Practical, Hands-On Guide to Stop Bullying;
Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook
This is a must-have tool for any parent of a homeschooler or for that matter of any school-age student. Filled with great information on curriculum and strategies; I recommend it very highly.
 Good book July 3, 2008
I found this book to be very helpful in giving me the knowledge to educate my children at home. Very thorough yet I would have loved an update.Some book or reference books were out of date.
My short, simple and to-the-point review June 27, 2008
Since my daughter was a tot I have been hearing about The Well Trained Mind. I explored websites on the trivium and was scared away! My prior thinking was, "I don't want to take my time reading, understanding, thinking, etc. on such a complex school of thought". Boy was I wrong!
I bought the book and in one long sitting read Part I an IV (what applies to me) in its entirety! I perused though II and III with future anticipation of "training" my daughter in this way. I found Wise-Bauer made the complicated trivium simple to understand. I also noticed that I chose books similar to TWTM.
This book is a MUST READ if you are new to homeschooling, interested in the classical approach or just wanting to expand upon your eclectic approach to homeschooling. I can even see this book benefitting those who don't homeschool and want to enhance their child's learning in the summer months.
My suggestion: Buy the book, a highlighter and a notepad...You will be anxious to remember and organize, into your own way of thinking, the wealth of information this book has to offer. ENJOY!
excellent resource June 20, 2008
This book was exactly what I was looking for regarding information on "classical" education. Very Beneficial.
MUST HAVE June 1, 2008
This book is a must have for anyone who is even thinking about homeschooling. It has helped me beyond words.
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