How To Do It: Training Your Child’s Mind Without Losing Your Own
Get some guidance here about how your days will look, what outside support groups you should join, how to keep good records, when to ask for help with learning challenges, and what to do when you just want to quit.
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Rethinking School Apprenticeship Opportunities: High School and Post-High School Apprenticeship Opportunities: High School and Post-High School
(as referenced on page 216 of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education, by Susan Wise Bauer)
The United States lags far behind Europe and our neighbors to the north in providing apprenticeship opportunities. Organized apprenticeship programs ... -
Rethinking School Differences, Disorders, and Disabilities Differences, Disorders, and Disabilities
(as referenced on page 37 of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education, by Susan Wise Bauer)
Throughout this website, we offer resources for parents whose children have learning differences, learning disorders, and learning disabilities. These include:- Our Learning Challenges and ...
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Rethinking School Aptitude Tests, Personality Quizzes, and Guides to Self-Knowledge Aptitude Tests, Personality Quizzes, and Guides to Self-Knowledge
(as referenced on page 159 of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education, by Susan Wise Bauer)
Self-awareness is difficult—and essential for every maturing adult. Taking personality quizzes and aptitude tests won’t automatically grant you self-knowledge, ... -
Rethinking School State Requirements for High School Graduation State Requirements for High School Graduation
(as referenced on page 16 of Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child’s Education, by Susan Wise Bauer)
As you plan out your child’s high school curriculum, remember four things:- High school graduation requirements are state-mandated. There are no ...
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Math How to Teach Your Wiggly Preschooler Math Preschoolers are a ton of fun. They’re energetic, curious, and immensely proud of their new skills and abilities. But their short attention spans and high energy levels can make it difficult to get these sweet wiggly little people to sit and focus. That doesn’t mean that you can’t give your preschooler a great ...
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Literature & Reading Teach Your Young Reader how to Choose Books How to Use Home Library Organization to Build Vital Literacy Skills
A woman walks into a book store. She’s in the mood for an escape through an imaginative story, so she browses the fiction section. Within this section, she navigates to the fantasy aisle. Sooner or later, she is ...
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Teaching Techniques & Tips Maturity & The Real Child, Part II: Strategies for the Age-Grade Mismatch If your child's maturity level doesn't happen to coincide with the (artificial) grade level that matches his age, what strategies can you use?
First, do your best to separate out the different “subjects” that make up the child’s curriculum and think of each of them separately.
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Teaching Techniques & Tips Maturity & The Real Child, Part I: The Problem With Ages and Grades On my Virginia farm, I raise livestock; lambs and kids born on the same date rarely clock in at the same size, wean themselves, or eat the same amount of hay and grain on any given day. Daffodils bloom, baby birds fly, and puppies stop chewing on chair ...
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Teaching Techniques & Tips Why Do Six-Year-Olds Go to First Grade? In contemporary education, “What grade are you in?” has become synonymous with “How old are you?” But the age grading system that shoves six-year-olds into first grade, seven-year-olds into second, and so on up isn’t remotely natural.
Nor is it based on sound educational ...
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Finding Others The Well-Trained Mind Community Our online forums (general parenting and home schooling, curriculum advice, special needs, high school and beyond) are a daily gathering place for thousands of parents to share advice, resources, encouragement, and the occasional photo of a celebrity in a kilt. forums.welltrainedmind.com