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Coming Fall 2010: What Really Matters by David H. Albert and Joyce Reed,
foreword by John Taylor Gatto, introduction by Wendy Priesnitz - Two veteran homeschool advocates
discuss what learning is really all about.
Here is a
treasury of intelligent, penetrating, and often good-humored
conversations about learning between a mother and a father, each
well-educated and successful, who want the same success for their
own children and for yours...just not by going to school. This is a compilation of correspondence
between two well-known home-based education speakers and writers that
cuts through the academic worries about life learning and
highlights what really matters in family-based education: love,
communication, trust, respect, self-reliance and so much more. ISBN
978-0-920118-20-7, 176 pages, softcover, $24.95. Go
here for more information.
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For the Sake of Our Children by Léandre Bergeron, translated by Pamela Levac (foreword by John Taylor Gatto)
- A fascinating, informative and inspirational memoir in the form of a journal of a year in the life of a rural Quebec
attachment parenting/radical unschooling family.
Léandre
Bergeron is a well-known author and activist who
is a tireless champion for the underdog and has long advocated
for educational, political and social reform and advised parents about homeschooling
their own children.
ISBN 978-0-920118-18-4, 128 pages, softcover, $24.95. Go here for
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Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier edited by Wendy Priesnitz - A unique collection of 30
essays about the philosophy and the experience of living the
unschoolng lifestyle. These are some of the best articles from the
last six years of Life Learning magazine. A great introduction to
this progressive style of education, written by parents and young
people who have experienced it first hand. Includes learning to read
and do math without being taught, the importance of unstructured
play, learning when you’re ready, what’s wrong with curriculum,
trusting children to do their best naturally, a grandparent’s
reaction to unstructured homeschooling, learning in the real world,
parents as role models, self-reliance in life and learning, and much
more. ISBN 978-0-920118-17-7, softcover, 192 pages,
$24.95. Go
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School Free – The Home Schooling Handbook
by Wendy Priesnitz - An updated edition of the best-selling
homeschooling and home-based learning handbook by a well-known
deschooling pioneer. All you need to know to help your children
learn at home. Homeschooling topics covered include: legalities,
guiding self-directed learning, assessment, writing and/or choosing
curriculum, computers and learning, dealing with objections,
socialization, the teenaged unschooler, dealing with school
officials, and much more. An extremely useful, one-of-a-kind guide
to home-based, independent learning. This book has received dozens
of enthusiastic reviews and hundreds of unsolicited testimonials
from parents. ISBN
0-920118-04-6, 142 pages, softcover, $24.95. Go
here for more
information.
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Challenging Assumptions in Education by
Wendy Priesnitz - Why our assumptions about children and
education aren't preparing them for life in the 21st
Century. How our assumptions about many aspects of life are
crippling both our individuality and our collective
well-being. And what parents and policy makers can do to
change the situation. This controversial new book challenges
readers to revolutionize the public education system, using
what homeschoolers have learned about how children learn. ISBN 978-0-920118-15-3, softcover, 128
pages, $24.95. Go
here for more
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