The Unschooling Handbook
How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom
1st Edition
Published on 5. May 2010
240 pages
978-0-307-48970-8 (ISBN)
Description
To Unschoolers, Learning Is As Natural As Breathing
Did you know that a growing percentage of home schoolers are becoming unschoolers? The unschooling movement is founded on the principle that children learn best when they pursue their own natural curiosities and interests. Without bells, schedules, and rules about what to do and when, the knowledge they gain through mindful living and exploration is absorbed more easily and enthusiastically. Learning is a natural, inborn impulse, and the world is rich with lessons to be learned and puzzles to be solved.
Successful unschooling parents know how to stimulate and direct their children's learning impulse. Once you read this book, so will you!
Did you know that a growing percentage of home schoolers are becoming unschoolers? The unschooling movement is founded on the principle that children learn best when they pursue their own natural curiosities and interests. Without bells, schedules, and rules about what to do and when, the knowledge they gain through mindful living and exploration is absorbed more easily and enthusiastically. Learning is a natural, inborn impulse, and the world is rich with lessons to be learned and puzzles to be solved.
Successful unschooling parents know how to stimulate and direct their children's learning impulse. Once you read this book, so will you!
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04/1998
Prima Publishing,U.S.
€19.50
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Mary Griffith is the author of The Unchooling Handbook (Prima) and a long-time activist with the Homeschool Association of California. Her two children have always been homeschooled.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - What is Unschooling and How can it Possibly Work?
- Chapter 2 - Resources: Finding What you Need
- Chapter 3 - TV or not TV (and Other Questions of Technology)
- Chapter 4 - How can you Tell They're Learning?
- Part 1 - An Unschooling Week One
- Chapter 5 - Reading and Writing
- Chapter 6 - Math and Problem-Solving
- Chapter 7 - Science
- Part 2 - An Unschooling Week Two
- Chapter 8 - History
- Chapter 9 - The Arts
- Chapter 10 - Changes as Kids Grow Older
- Part 3 - An Unschooling Week Three
- Chapter 11 - Practical Considerations
- Chapter 12 - Coping with Doubts and Challenges
- Chapter 13 - Is Unschooling Contagious?
- Contributors
- Copyright
