The Well-Trained Mind podcast

Learning Before School -- Teaching Pre-Grammar Stage Students

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In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss creating a positive learning environment for young children, before formal education begins. 


Our Top Recommendations for Preschool Curricula: 

  1. Preschool Math at Home by Kate Snow 
  2. The Toddler Busy Book by Trish Kuffner 
  3. Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood by Pam Schiller and Patt Phipps
  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:14) - Welcome to Season 2! (plus a little Season 1 recap)
  • (00:43) - The Nuts and Bolts of Classical Education
  • (01:28) - What Classical Education looks like before the grammar stage
  • (06:50) - The preschool years at a brain development level
  • (09:15) - The preschool years at a physical development level
  • (11:40) - Laying out some basic principles
  • (11:50) - Don't push into formal education activities
  • (12:44) - Create and environment for reading, math, and thinking
  • (21:27) - If your child does want to do school
  • (24:24) - How to create a learning environment
  • (24:58) - Don't confuse entertainment with education
  • (27:50) - Encourage drawing counter-clockwise circles
  • (29:15) - Incorporate counting into everyday life
  • (31:16) - Talk! (and listen!)
  • (34:21) - Read read read!
  • (38:23) - What your kid should know before 1st grade
  • (42:31) - Outro
    • ...more
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