The Core : : Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education
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The classical model -- What's wrong with education today? -- Why we need classical education -- How classical education can help you -- The core of a classical education -- Reading -- Writing -- Math -- Geography -- History -- Science -- Fine arts -- Schedules and resources for classical education -- How a classical education gives us skills we need as adults.
"Children are natural learners, and building a core foundation at an early age is critical to their success both educationally and in life. Yet academic excellence is lacking in many school systems throughout the country. In this book, education expert and author Leigh A. bortins incoroprates the best ideas from the ancients and gives parents the tools to revive classical learning" --Cover, p. 4.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xv, 238 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780230100350
023010035X
SUBJECTS
Classical education -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Education, Humanistic -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Home schooling -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Education -- Parent participation -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.