Learning Before School -- Teaching Pre-Grammar Stage Students The Well-Trained Mind podcast

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett discuss creating a positive learning environment for young children, before formal education begins. 
Our Top Recommendations for Preschool Curricula: 
Preschool Math at Home by Kate Snow The Toddler Busy Book by Trish Kuffner Complete Daily Curriculum for Early Childhood by Pam Schiller and Patt Phipps
(00:00) - Intro

(00:14) - Welcome to Season 2! (plus a little Season 1 recap)

(00:43) - The Nuts and Bolts of Classical Education

(01:28) - What Classical Education looks like before the grammar stage

(06:50) - The preschool years at a brain development level

(09:15) - The preschool years at a physical development level

(11:40) - Laying out some basic principles

(11:50) - Don't push into formal education activities

(12:44) - Create and environment for reading, math, and thinking

(21:27) - If your child does want to do school

(24:24) - How to create a learning environment

(24:58) - Don't confuse entertainment with education

(27:50) - Encourage drawing counter-clockwise circles

(29:15) - Incorporate counting into everyday life

(31:16) - Talk! (and listen!)

(34:21) - Read read read!

(38:23) - What your kid should know before 1st grade

(42:31) - Outro