Reddit reviews The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Edition)
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After a bunch of looking at all of our books, I think the single most helpful reference is a book called the Well Trained Mind.
Once you read it you will be overwhelmed....it's that sort of book. Just don't obsess about it, and find the resources that will work for you. We've maybe completed 60% of what it dictates each year.
Oh, and feel free to pm me with any questions, anytime.
If you haven't read it yet, you might consider The Well-Trained Mind. It's view is that you should not do much too early -- you may kill off any love of learning before it has a chance to sprout.
She is closer to my younger daughters age for penpal :) but i know my oldest would love pictures as well
You can do it. It seems a bit overwhelming at first cause it is unknown to me and so many options. Also wading through the options of secular and religious is very time consuming. Not sure if I want to buy a full curriculum or go the unschool route. We are in kindergarten this fall and she already knows 80% of what is expected for them to know here. So we are moving on to grade 1 stuff.
Just a tip if your teaching ABC's teach the sounds first. Before the names of the letters. This makes phonics a lot easier later on. Also the book teach your child to read in a 100 easy lessons is awesome!
This book is awesome as well and these are great for history
I find the hardest part at this age is finding a group. A lot of groups in my area are heavily religious or meant for 6+ years. Periodically someone will put together a pre school age one, which is lovely. In Toronto there was a huge group that met a few times a week. It is natural the community here is smaller. I can't wait till they are pre teen age. The University here has weekly science labs set up specific for home school kids. Get the run of a well set up lab. The same for the Museum. The University and the local vocational college as well has it set up so kids being home schooled can start attending at age 16, just general studies. But it's great that they don't have to worry about having the diploma. After a year or two in general studies they will be happy with those gpa's for whatever program they want to apply for.