Season 2 · Episode 12
Season 2 Finale: Questions & Answers
The Well-Trained Mind podcast · Susan Wise Bauer & Susanna Jarrett
June 19, 20241h 12m
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Show Notes
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
- (32:40) - How to transition from Kindergarten to 1st grade?
- (41:09) - How do handwriting and typing compare as learning tools?
- (45:24) - When should a "gifted" child start focusing more on special interests?
- (58:47) - Starting WTM "late"?
- (01:04:22) - Adding AP classes to rhetoric?
- (01:08:59) - Clarification from the burnout conversation
- (01:11:27) - Wrapping up