Comments on: Five Different Approaches: The Well-Trained Mind

By: Kristin Bush

Kristin Bush — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 23:53:40 +0000

I have come to love TWTM approach to classical education as I’d been trying to replicate this without knowing it and without any sort of guide. And now that I have a this book, it has become an invaluable resource in my planning.

Then I purchased the TWEM to fill the gaps in my own education and I think I will have each of my children read it during their last year of high school to help prepare them for college and the deep level of thinking and comprehension needed.

Another book I’ve been reading is Homework for Grownups. Which seems to be good and useful for again filling in the gaps. I’ve been thinking of reading Leigh Bortins (classical conversations founder) books. I’m just not sure I want to add too much to my plate yet.

By: Sara Dennis

Sara Dennis — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 14:56:44 +0000

In reply to Karen @ The Simply Blog. I totally agree, Karen, that TWTM authors do a wonderful job of making recommendations without being dictatorial. It's been easy to apply TWTM techniques to other curriculum we've used (such as TOG) and form the perfect program for each individual child. :-)

By: Karen @ The Simply Blog

Karen @ The Simply Blog — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:50:02 +0000

I like having The Well-Trained Mind as a resource. One of the things I really appreciated about TWTM was how the author(s) started out by basically saying this is just their recommendations and that you can pick and choose what you want to use. They explained that you could choose to follow one part of the program and not another. This really stood out to me because I had previously come across materials from another philosophy that took on the tone of “this is the only right way to do it” and that just didn’t settle well with me. Reading TWTM was like a breath of fresh air. 🙂