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Classical Education and Autism Guest Post at The Well-Trained Mind

Ingrid @ September 7, 2010 # No Comment Yet

I wrote a guest post for The Well-Trained Mind blog that details how I worked with my children to take them from having no interest in books to enjoying looking through books and being read to called, Learning from Books When Your Kids Could Care Less: Classical Education and Autism. © copyright 2010 www.renegade-scholar.com Classical [...]

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History With The Well Trained Mind

Ingrid @ February 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet

After three chapters of history following The Well-Trained Mind protocol, I’ve decided to share what I think.  We started with the Ancients as the book recommends.  The basic formula is that you do three hours of history per week.  The book gives you sample schedules of how to divide the reading and narration expected for [...]

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Book Review: The Well-Trained Mind

Ingrid @ November 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition is a hefty book that outlines a classical home education from preschool up to the twelfth grade. Susan Wise Bauer, a professor of literature and writing, was homeschooled by her mother Jessie Wise and this book is based on the approach [...]

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