The well-trained mind : a guide to classical education at home
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 725-726) and index.

"This book will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school - one that will train him or her to read, to think, to understand, to be well-rounded and curious about learning. Veteran home educators Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer outline the classical pattern of education called the trivium, which organizes learning around the maturing capacity of the child's mind and comprises three stages: the elementary school "grammar stage," when the building blocks of information are absorbed through memorization and rules; the middle school "logic stage," in which the student begins to think more analytically; and the high school "rhetoric stage," where the student learns to write and speak with force and originality. Using this theory as your model, you'll be able to instruct your child - whether full time or as a supplement to classroom education - 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 also includes sample schedules, detailed book lists with complete ordering information, answers to common questions about home education, and advice on practical matters such as working with your local school board and preparing a high school transcript."--BOOK JACKET.