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