the well trained mind by susan wise bauer

Followed carefully, her advice will restore and expand the pleasure of the written word. In The Well-Educated Mind, she takes the same elements and techniques and adapts them to the use. In her best-selling work, The Well-Trained Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provided a parents' guide to classical education for home-schooling children.

The annotated lists at the end of each chapter preview recommended reading and encourage readers to make connections between ancient traditions and contemporary writing. Susan Wise Bauer is a writer, educator, and historian. The book begins with Jessie telling her own story of how she home educated her three children in the early 1970s when homeschooling was virtually unheard of. Including standout works from the twenty-first century as well as essential readings in science, The Well-Educated Mind offers brief, entertaining histories of six literary genres-fiction, autobiography, history, drama, poetry and science-accompanied by instructions on how to read each type. 'The Well Trained Mind' is authored by former public school teacher and homeschooling mother Jessie Wise, with additional commentary from daughter Susan Wise Bauer. The innovative four-year program combines the three essential elements of language learning: understanding and memorizing rules (prescriptive teaching), repeated exposure to examples of how those rules are used (descriptive instruction), and practice using those rules in exercises and in writing (practical experience).

The enduring and engaging guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition. A treasure trove of resources on homeschooling, from specific subject help to organization and preparation, to record-keepingfrom homeschool expert Susan Wise Bauer and the Well-Trained Mind team. Description for The Well-Educated Mind Hardcover.

The well trained mind by susan wise bauer