{"id":154,"date":"2009-04-30T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T19:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=154"},"modified":"2009-08-27T10:03:11","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T17:03:11","slug":"the-well-trained-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/the-well-trained-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Day 4:The Well Trained Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.welltrainedmind.com\/\">This <\/a>Educational Resource is on my top 5 list because it outlines very clearly how to educate a children at different ages. I don&#8217;t agree with everything in this book, but here is a list of books I use because they were recommended by the authors:<\/p>\n<div class=\"postie-image-div\">\n<ul>\n<li>Saxon Math<\/li>\n<li>Writing Strands<\/li>\n<li>Abeka Grammar<\/li>\n<li>English for the Thoughtful Child<\/li>\n<li>The Story of the World (History)<\/li>\n<li>Spelling Workout Series<\/li>\n<li>Mudpies to Magnets Science books<\/li>\n<li>Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postie-image-div\">Here are educational methods and subjects that I teach because I like this book:<\/div>\n<div class=\"postie-image-div\">\n<ul>\n<li>copy work<\/li>\n<li>dictation<\/li>\n<li>narration<\/li>\n<li>outlining<\/li>\n<li>timelines<\/li>\n<li>memory work<\/li>\n<li>compositions<\/li>\n<li>language study in the elementary school years (They recommend Latin. We&#8217;re going for German and Spanish)<\/li>\n<li>history notebooks full of drawings, writing, timelines, and maps<\/li>\n<li>language notebooks full of rules, spelling lists, exercises, memory work and compositions<\/li>\n<li>classic literature<\/li>\n<li>logic (I&#8217;ll start this in the 2009-2010 school year&#8230; I promise!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This book gives me a framework and specific texts to work with. From there, I adapt the curriculum to meet our needs, beliefs, and schedules. This is my How-To Guide. Tomorrow I&#8217;ll tell you\u00a0about the book that really shapes my educational philosophy.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Educational Resource is on my top 5 list because it outlines very clearly how to educate a children at different ages. I don&#8217;t agree with everything in this book, but here is a list of books I use because they were recommended by the authors: Saxon Math Writing Strands Abeka Grammar English for the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/the-well-trained-mind\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Top 5 Day 4:The Well Trained Mind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curriculum","category-homeschooling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}