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EPISODE · Jun 19, 2024 · 1H 11M

Season 2 Finale: Questions & Answers

from The Well-Trained Mind podcast · host Susan Wise Bauer & Susanna Jarrett

Here is a link to the standarized test that Susan recommended for students coming into classical education or homeschooling “late”: California Achievement Test (CAT) (00:00) - Intro (00:55) - Reaction to WTM not being "classical enough"? (06:21) - How to teach several ages at once? (14:48) - Logistics of simultaneous at-home and in-school education (21:02) - How to keep the energy up after graduating kids? (28:16) - Confronting the decline of vocabulary (31:52) - How to transition from Kindergarten to 1st grade? (40:21) - How do handwriting and typing compare as learning tools? (44:36) - When should a "gifted" child start focusing more on special interests? (57:59) - Starting WTM "late"? (01:03:34) - Adding AP classes to rhetoric? (01:08:11) - Clarification from the burnout conversation (01:10:39) - Wrapping up

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