The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom

by Mary Griffith

Overview

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307489708
Publisher:	Crown Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/05/2010
Series:	Prima Home Learning Library
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	958,149
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: What Is Unschooling and How Can It Possibly Work?
2: Resources: Finding What You Need
3: TV or Not TV (and Other Questions of Technology)
4: How Can You Tell They're Learning?
An Unschooling Week One
5: Reading and Writing
6: Math and Problem-Solving
7: Science
An Unschooling Week Two
8: History
9: The Arts
10: Changes As Kids Grow Older
An Unschooling Week Three
11: Practical Considerations
12: Coping with Doubts and Challenges
13: Is Unschooling Contagious?
Contributors
Index

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