choose a chapter...

April 17, 2002: I am reformatting the sample chapters!  Links will be operative shortly.

INTRODUCTION to The Well-Trained Mind
    (an overview of what the book covers)

CHAPTER 4
    (teaching preschoolers to read)

CHAPTER 13
    (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
    (introduction to the "rhetoric stage" of classical education, grades 9-12)

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