Season 2 Finale: Questions & Answers The Well-Trained Mind podcast

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Season 2 Finale: Questions & Answers

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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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