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: 

1. Preschool Math at Home by Kate Snow 
2. The Toddler Busy Book by Trish Kuffner 
3. 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