The Well-Trained Mind, 4th Edition
Thousands of parents and teachers have already used the detailed book lists and methods described in The Well-Trained Mind to create a truly superior education for the children in their care. This extensively revised fourth edition contains completely updated curricula and book lists, links to an entirely new set of online resources, new material on teaching children with learning challenges, cutting-edge math and sciences recommendations, answers to common questions about home education, and advice on practical matters such as standardized testing, working with your local school board, designing a high-school program, preparing transcripts, and applying to colleges.
For those who are familiar with the earlier editions, here’s a list of the major changes:
◾ Completely updated book and curricula recommendations.
◾ Extensive additional material on teaching children with learning disabilities. An entirely new set of online resources, coordinated with the book, which will be located at welltrainedmind.com. These include:
◾Out of the Box: additional resources for children who don’t fit the traditional K-12 progression—because they have leapt ahead, are dealing with learning challenges, or simply process information differently.
◾Apps and More: a continuously updated list of popular apps, web-based learning games, and online enrichment activities, all in line with the classical principles described in the book.
◾More Options: alternative curricula to top recommendations, not included in the book because they were too complicated, expensive, specialized or quirky—but all of which have enthusiastic support among many veteran home schoolers. Brand-new maths and sciences chapters. Shift of quickly outdated appendices online. Each chapter has been separated into two sections.
Hardbound. 848 pages.
