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Introduction to The Well-Trained Mind — an overview of what the book covers

Chapter 4 — teaching preschoolers to read

Chapter 13 — an introduction to the "logic stage" of classical education, grades 5-8

Chapter 17 — an example of a practical, hands-on chapter — directions for teaching spelling, grammar, reading and writing for grades 5-8

Chapter 24 — an introduction to the "rhetoric stage" of classical education, grades 9-12