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The Well-Trained Mind podcast

By: Susan Wise Bauer & Susanna Jarrett
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  • Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss homeschooling and education.
    © 2024 Susan Wise Bauer & Susanna Jarrett
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Episodes
  • Season 2 Finale: Questions & Answers
    Jun 19 2024

    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
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Teaching Science the Classical Way w/ Courtney Ostaff
    Jun 12 2024

    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
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Homeschooling: The Outside Gaze
    Jun 5 2024
    • 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
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    50 mins

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