Tier I · Initium sapientiae

Rudiments

91 lessons
Begin lesson 1

The first things. Telling same from different, sorting what belongs together, knowing a statement from a question or a command, and learning that the word because gives a reason.

Unit 1 · Same and Different

  1. Same and DifferentNot started · 5 minBegin
  2. Same in One Way, Different in AnotherNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. Sorting by One ThingNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. Sorting by Something ElseNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. Which Way Did You Sort?Not started · 6 minBegin

Unit 2 · Groups and What Belongs

  1. Naming the GroupNot started · 5 minBegin
  2. Which One Does Not BelongNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. Why It Does Not BelongNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. More Than One Right AnswerNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. Making Your Own GroupNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 3 · Part and Whole

  1. Parts of a ThingNot started · 5 minBegin
  2. What Is It Made OfNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. When a Part Is MissingNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. A Part Is Not the WholeNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 4 · All of a Kind

  1. A Robin Is a BirdNot started · 5 minBegin
  2. Every Robin, Not Every BirdNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. A Group Inside a GroupNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. Are There More Birds or More Robins?Not started · 6 minBegin
  5. Some of the GroupNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 5 · Putting Things in Order

  1. First, Next, LastNot started · 5 minBegin
  2. Bigger Than, Smaller ThanNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. What Comes NextNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. If A Is Bigger Than BNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. Working Out the MiddleNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 6 · Statements, Questions, and Commands

  1. Statements, Questions, and CommandsNot started · 6 minBegin
  2. Which One Can Be CheckedNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. Turning One Into AnotherNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. Sentences That Only Look Like QuestionsNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. Only Statements Can Be TrueNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 7 · True and False

  1. Judging a Plain StatementNot started · 5 minBegin
  2. How Would You Check It?Not started · 6 minBegin
  3. True for NowNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. I Do Not Know Is an AnswerNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. False but Still a StatementNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 8 · The Word "Not"

  1. Adding NotNot started · 5 minBegin
  2. Taking Not AwayNot started · 5 minBegin
  3. Not Everything, and NothingNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. Two NotsNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 9 · Looks Like, Is

  1. It Looks LikeNot started · 5 minBegin
  2. Finding Out WhichNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. Being Wrong Without LyingNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. Two People, Two ViewsNot started · 6 minBegin

Unit 10 · Because

  1. Because: Giving a ReasonNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Finishing the BecauseNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. Two Reasons Are Better Than OneNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. Saying It the Other Way RoundNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. Words That Do the Same JobNot started · 7 minBegin

Unit 11 · Finding the Reason

  1. Pointing to the ReasonNot started · 6 minBegin
  2. Which Part Is the Point?Not started · 6 minBegin
  3. You Said What, Not WhyNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. Asking for the ReasonNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. No Reason Given at AllNot started · 7 minBegin

Unit 12 · Reasons That Miss

  1. A Reason About the Wrong ThingNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. That's True, But It Doesn't HelpNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. Saying Something Mean InsteadNot started · 7 minBegin
  4. Everyone Says SoNot started · 8 minBegin
  5. Which Reason Actually Helps?Not started · 8 minBegin

Unit 13 · If and Then

  1. Following a RuleNot started · 6 minBegin
  2. The If Part and the Then PartNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. When the If Doesn't HappenNot started · 8 minBegin
  4. Rules That Go Only One WayNot started · 7 minBegin
  5. Making a Rule UpNot started · 7 minBegin

Unit 14 · Always, Sometimes, Never

  1. Always, Sometimes, NeverNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. One Time It Didn'tNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. Saying More Than You KnowNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. Making It Smaller So It's TrueNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. Which Word Should It Be?Not started · 7 minBegin

Unit 15 · Opposites and Double Meanings

  1. Finding an OppositeNot started · 6 minBegin
  2. Not Everything Has an OppositeNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. In BetweenNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. One Word, Two MeaningsNot started · 6 minBegin
  5. Which Meaning Did You Mean?Not started · 8 minBegin

Unit 16 · Listening Well

  1. Saying It BackNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Saying It Back FairlyNot started · 8 minBegin
  3. What Do You Mean?Not started · 7 minBegin
  4. That's Not What Was SaidNot started · 8 minBegin
  5. The Subject MovedNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 17 · Liking and Being So

  1. I Like It, and It Is SoNot started · 7 minBegin
  2. Two People Can Both Be RightNot started · 7 minBegin
  3. Two People Cannot Both Be RightNot started · 8 minBegin
  4. How Would We Settle It?Not started · 7 minBegin
  5. Some Things Are Not Worth Arguing AboutNot started · 8 minBegin

Unit 18 · Stories That Teach

  1. The Dog and the BoneNot started · 6 minBegin
  2. What the Story TeachesNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. Telling It in OrderNot started · 7 minBegin
  4. The Other Side of the StoryNot started · 7 minBegin
  5. Keeping the LessonNot started · 7 minBegin

Unit 19 · The Sound of Words

  1. Words That RingNot started · 6 minBegin
  2. Starting the SameNot started · 6 minBegin
  3. Saying It AgainNot started · 6 minBegin
  4. The Word That Shows MoreNot started · 6 minBegin