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
• (32:24) - How to transition from Kindergarten to 1st grade?
• (40:53) - How do handwriting and typing compare as learning tools?
• (45:08) - When should a "gifted" child start focusing more on special interests?
• (58:31) - Starting WTM "late"?
• (01:04:06) - Adding AP classes to rhetoric?
• (01:08:43) - Clarification from the burnout conversation
• (01:11:11) - Wrapping up

Here are all the curricula we talk about in the episode, so you can check them out for yourself:

Elemental Science

Real Science Odyssey

Nancy Larson Science

Blossom and Root

Scientific Connections Through Inquiry

Online Courses/Well-Trained Mind Academy

Elemental Science (CK12)

Build Your Library

CK12 Foundation

Centripetal Science

• (00:00) - Intro with Courtney Ostaff
• (01:17) - The goals of a science curriculum
• (24:17) - Searching for the perfect homeschool science curriculum
• (28:11) - Elemental Science
• (30:59) - Real Science Odyssey
• (32:33) - Nancy Larson Science
• (36:19) - Blossom and Root
• (41:01) - Scientific Connections Through Inquiry
• (47:56) - Online Courses/Well-Trained Mind Academy
• (52:59) - Elemental Science (CK12)
• (54:48) - Build Your Library
• (56:14) - CK12 Foundation
• (57:48) - Centripetal Science
• (01:01:11) - Wrapping up

• What About Socialization? Via Well-Trained Mind
• VIDEO: Should I Join a Homeschool Co-Op?
• Recommended Book: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
• Susan's Book: Rethinking School

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:44) - How to prepare for the Outside Gaze
• (03:27) - Peer pressure when homeschooling
• (13:06) - What is your "Why"?
• (22:57) - Homeschooling groups and co-ops
• (33:10) - What about socialization?
• (48:09) - Stay true to yourself
• (49:35) - Outro

Check out Kate Snow's Website: https://kateshomeschoolmath.com/!

You can purchase Kate's curricula, Math with Confidence and Facts that Stick on our website, welltrainedmind.com.

• (00:00) - Check out 4th Grade Math with Confidence!
• (00:25) - Intro with Kate Snow
• (02:28) - Kate's background
• (06:30) - The problems with math curriculum
• (12:23) - Ripping apart Saxon
• (15:34) - Conceptual math vs procedural
• (20:06) - Break
• (20:55) - Math You See & manipulatives
• (30:44) - Math with Confidence
• (34:30) - Recommendations for teaching varying levels of math interest
• (44:44) - Outro | Visit kateshomeschoolmath.com

Summary: In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss how a classical education prepares students for university education and what adjustments may need to be made to ensure your student is a competitive applicant.

Show Notes:

• Recommendations for transcript creators
• A Sample High School Transcript
• Assigning High School Credit Hours by Susan Wise Bauer

Tests We Discuss:

• SAT website
• ACT website
• CLT exam
• AP exams
• CLEP exams

Timestamps:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:31) - Starting off with a piece of advice
• (04:39) - Preparing for college at the rhetoric stage
• (10:57) - Seven tips (and a bonus!) for making the transition to college
• (11:28) - Tip #1: Identify a range of potential colleges
• (12:49) - Tip #2: Get credits on a transcript
• (29:18) - Tip #3: Practice receiving instruction from multiple sources
• (33:53) - Tip #4: Decide whether to take standardized tests
• (40:48) - Tip #5: Look into achievement based testing
• (46:54) - Tip #6: Get used to using a checklist and planner
• (50:37) - Tip #7: Start collecting letters of recommendation
• (52:53) - BONUS!: How to align classical courses to a high school transcript
• (58:33) - Outro

ANNOUNCEMENT: We will record a Q&A episode at the end of this season. If you have questions for Susan or Susanna, send them to podcast@welltrainedmind.com.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:25) - Defining "burnout"
• (06:02) - Burnout is normal
• (15:19) - When to ask for help
• (18:43) - Susan's story of burnout
• (21:34) - Break
• (22:19) - Dealing with burnout
• (31:50) - What to do next
• (48:34) - Outro

Clarification on online class types:

Live = Students attend video call classes at a set time. During class they can interact with their instructor and peers. They may complete additional coursework on their own, but must submit it by a particular deadline.

Asynch = Students watch video instruction on their own. There are no set meeting times. They may or may not have deadlines for coursework.

Delayed (unique to WTM Academy) = Students can watch lectures on their own time (within 24hrs of the live class), but must complete all other coursework on the same timeline as live students. Here is a video about how delayed classes work at the WTM Academy.

Things to Look For When Choosing an Online School:

1. Is there an administration?
2. Is the school accredited?
3. Tuition
4. How much do you want to be involved?
5. Delivery method/Time online
6. Socialization opportunities
7. Viewpoint Diversity and/or Worldview
8. Website design

Nationally Recognized Accrediting bodies

MSA

(Also check out the agencies they cooperate with)

WASC

Cognia

• (00:00) - Intro with Julia Collier
• (02:39) - What are the benefits of online school?
• (12:50) - Types of online programs
• (27:23) - Break
• (28:16) - Types of online programs
• (34:32) - What a diploma does and whether or not it's important
• (36:52) - What are *you* looking for in an online school?
• (43:13) - Green flags, red flags, and things to look for in an online school
• (01:02:28) - Wrapping up
• (01:03:22) - Outro

German: Goethe Institute

Spanish: Instituto Cervantes

French: Alliance Francaise

Well-Trained Mind Academy

Beth Gibbons – singing Penderecki/Gorecki Symphony #3

ANNOUNCEMENT: We will record a Q&A episode at the end of this season. If you have questions for Susan or Susanna, send them to podcast@welltrainedmind.com.

• (00:00) - Intro with Elizabeth Weber-Edwards
• (01:59) - A brief introduction to learned languages
• (08:15) - How do you learn languages?
• (14:06) - Some principles for choosing a way to teach a language
• (21:52) - Which language should you pick?
• (30:41) - Break
• (31:34) - How language learning fits into classical education
• (41:23) - What to look for in a quality online language class
• (54:51) - It's never too late to learn a language!