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Title: Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves by Alison McKee ISBN: 0-9657806-2-7 Publisher: Bittersweet House Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Not quite what I had hoped for
Comment: As someone spanning the bridge between unschooling their own children and working in the school system, Allison brings great insite into why the school system can't, by its very nature, provide the flexibility and nurturing qualities of home education. However, I wish the book had been a little more well-ordered, not subject-wise, but chronologically, so that we could more easily join the family on their journey through the unschooling process. Still, a worthwhile and enjoyable read, and a good book to share with others to help explain why we homeschool out children.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Instructive
Comment: The most convincing evangelist is a reformed sinner, and Alison McKee, herself a practicing teacher, comes across as a most credible proponent of homeschooling in this consistently insightful book. No vapid cheerleading here. Like many another anxious parent, McKee and her husband suffer from uncertainties while seeking that elusive balance between structure and free exploration as their two children progress through the elementary and high school years. Readers of this book will come to understand how great a gulf lies between the initial decision to school ones children at home - which for many parents simply replaces one set of rigidities with another - and the real leap off the precipice to unschooling. Whether or not one is prepared to go all the way, as McKee ultimately does (with successful results), the book will undoubtedly bring the reader face to face with one of the most fundamental, and generally unasked, questions of education: what (if anything) does what children learn have to do with what they become? This is a great pick-me-up for home-schooling parents, and a thought-provoking explanation for those who seek to understand homeschooling. But anybody who is interested in learning will find grist for her or his own mental mill here.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb book!
Comment: This is a wonderful inspirational story of one family's journey through unschooling beginning at their decision to homeschool. This book is not really about the hows of homeschooling, but more about the whys. Reading this book completely reaffirmed our decision to homeschool. It helped us see that a traditional mode of education isn't necessary to help our children become happy well-rounded educated people. This would be a great book to give to others who wonder why we homeschool.
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Title: Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery by David Albert, David H. Albert ISBN: 1567512321 Publisher: Common Courage Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling by John Holt, Patrick Farenga, Pat Farenga ISBN: 0738206946 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School by Valerie Fitzenreiter ISBN: 0972941606 Publisher: Unbounded Publications Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith ISBN: 0761512764 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 29 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn, Amy Silver ISBN: 0471349607 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 03 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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