Foundations: Typically between ages 4-8 years. You learn primarily through play and exploration. Key in this stage is learning the difference between right and wrong, good and bad. You are learning the "foundations" of language and mathematics and ideally you are learning about your world (history, science) through stories, biographies etc. Your parents and teachers read Classical Children's Literature to you because they know that morals and values are taught there and that hearing rich language at a young age improves your ability to write well and also gives you a good "foundation" in vocabulary to help you read more difficult Classics in the future including Biographies, Autobiographies, and original writings from great thinkers, leaders, and statesmen/women of the past.
Love Of Learning: Typically ages 9-12 (but you can stay in any stage for much longer). You want to know everything about everything! You are constantly asking questions and seeking for the answers through your parents and mentors. You are reading Classical Children's Literature like the because you love it and you want to know more. You are pouring through Visual Atlas's, Science books and History books. Dorling Kindersly or Usborne's visual histories and atlas's are a particular favorite. You've become more aware of the world around you and you're trying to find your place in it. You're beginning to develop talents and interests which are a big clue to your life's mission. Your writing, spelling, math skills, and vocabulary are greatly expanding. You still are not self driven, but you have a great interest about a lot of things!
Pre-Scholar: Roughly ages 13-15, this is extremely individual! I've seen 12 year olds in this phase, but rarely. You are more focused and determined to receive the best education you can and you are starting to begin to see and feel comfortable with the fact that to the extent that you put forth the effort, you will receive a good education. You are excited about the fact that you've been given more freedom to study what you are interested in and when your teacher is teaching, you take notes on the things that you don't know and make time later when you get home to look it up, check out a library book, or ask your teacher where you might find more information about that topic. You don't wait for an assignment from your teacher to learn and to study. You are largely self driven in your studies and you are reading more difficult Classics like, Treasure Island, Little Women, The Arabian Nights, Don Quixote etc. because you know that reading difficult books like these that teach incredible things about history, morals, values etc. are also rich in the language necessary to further read other writings by the greats like Einsteins journal, or other important documents like the U.S. Constitution, The Federalist Papers etc. in your scholar phase. You are working with a mentor who is making suggestions as to what you should read, and you are discussing these classics with this mentor and writing papers related to what you've read and learned and how you will apply these things in your life. You are also involved in the arts and are improving in the areas of talent and interest that you may be involved in, like dance, painting, musical instrument etc., and spend a significant time practicing and improving.
Scholar: Approximately 15-19, but again this is an individual thing and a student may fluctuate between pre-scholar and scholar phase. This is the phase that the above stages have been preparing you for. This is the time where you are completely driven to learn more by reading original sources, documents, and coming face to face with greatness by reading the more significant works ever written. You are willing to take significant time to read, discuss and write about what you have learned and you have mentors helping you with this. You are also continuing to improve in other areas of art, music, physical improvement etc. All of this is to help you to learn the things that you will need to know to be a leader and to fulfill your life's mission, so it will look very different from one student to another.
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