Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home
By: John Holt
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The classic guide to teaching children at home for a new generation of homeschooling parents In …
Want to Read $ 12.99"We didn't want our children to waste their time in the same empty rituals of education that we did: passing tests only to forget the subject matter when the grades were given; spending years with passing grades in foreign-language instruction yet being unable to have even a rudimentary conversation in the language outside of the classroom; struggling to learn advanced math skills that were seldom used outside of class; doing lab experiments that were more rote exercises than scientific inquiries. Time and youth cannot be regained, so perhaps, ultimately, the real crisis in education may be one of disillusionment among graduates rather than poor performance among current students."-John Holt, Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home
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1. Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children
By: Angela J. Hanscom
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outd… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
2. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
By: John Taylor Gatto
4.15
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
A highly praised bestseller for over a decade, Dumbing Us Down is a radical treatise on public educ… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
"… nothing important can ever really be boring."-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
"As redes operacionais tornam as pessoas solitárias."-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
"I assign a type of extended schooling called “homework,"-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
"Networks like schools are not communities, just as school training is not education."-John Taylor Gatto, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
3. Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education
By: Susan Wise Bauer
4.23
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Our K-12 school system is an artificial product of market forces. It isn't a good fit for all--or e… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
4. Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
By: Kim John Payne , Lisa M. Ross
3.77
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
Today's busier, faster, supersized society is waging an undeclared war . . . on childhood. As the p… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
5. Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
By: Gabor Maté , Gordon Neufeld
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling a… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
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6. How Children Learn
By: John C. Holt
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
This enduring classic of educational thought offers teachers and parents deep, original insight int… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
7. Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace
By: Sarah Mackenzie
3.81
Format: 225 pages, ebook
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
8. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
By: Peter O. Gray
3.63
Format: 256 pages,
Our children spend their days being passively instructed, and made to sit still and take tests--oft… read more
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9. For the Children's Sake
By: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
4.44
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would l… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
"Pupils whose foundations have been deeply laid on books and things, using narration to lock their knowledge in place, and who learn not for marks and prizes but because learning is its own reward... …"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
"No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,…"-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake
10. Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry
By: Lenore Skenazy
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
FREE RANGE KIDShas become a national movement, sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazy… read more
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11. Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World
By: Ben Hewitt
4.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, th… read more
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12. Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
By: John Taylor Gatto
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
"Gatto draws on thirty years in the classroom and many years of research as a school reformer. He p… read more
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13. How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature
By: Scott D. Sampson
3.00
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved host of PBS Kids' Dinosaur Train,an easy-to-use guide for parents, teachers, and o… read more
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14. Homeschool Bravely: How to Squash Doubt, Trust God, and Teach Your Child with Confidence
By: Jamie Erickson
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Quiet the voices of "not good enough" and step courageously into guilt-free homeschooling Many home… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
15. Island of the Blue Dolphins
By: Scott O'Dell
3.87
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, … read more
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"They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy."-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
"Everyone in our tribe had two names, the real one which was secret and was seldom used, and one which was common, for if people use your secret name it becomes worn out and loses its magic."-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
"Below me Rontu was running along the cliffs barking at the screaming gulls. Pelicans were chattering as they finished the blue water. But suddenly I thought of Tutok, and the island seemed very quiet."-Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
16. The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
By: Sarah Mackenzie
4.47
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Connecting deeply with our kids can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven lives. Reading alou… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
"What better education can we offer our children than the shaping of their hearts to love others as we have been loved by God ourselves?"-Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
"It is tempting to idolize certain aspects of education. We value good grades, high test scores, elite college degrees, and lucrative careers. But out obsession keeps us from remembering what educatio…"-Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
"Truth rises above literal facts... stories, especially fictional ones have the power to speak to the hearts of readers in a profound and lasting way. "Story has been the vehicle for truth for as long…"-Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
17. The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education
By: Ainsley Arment
4.32
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practic… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
18. Modern Miss Mason
By: Leah Boden
4.30
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
19. Until the Streetlights Come On: How a Return to Play Brightens Our Present and Prepares Kids for an Uncertain Future
By: Ginny Yurich
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
It may shock you to learn that we spend an average of 4-7 minutes outside each day--while we spend … read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
20. Raising Worry-Free Girls: Helping Your Daughter Feel Braver, Stronger, and Smarter in an Anxious World
By: Sissy Goff
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
If you have a daughter, it would be surprising if she doesn't struggle with anxiety and worry--eith… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
21. The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
By: Julie Bogart
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A joyful and accessible approach to homeschooling that harnesses children's natural curiosity and m… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
"A lifestyle of learning begins at home - with parents who create a context that is welcoming of children as they are and that offers them happy experiences, accessible tools, and parental involvement."-Julie Bogart, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
"If you send a child to therapy before you've been for yourself, the child rightly discerns that you consider the child the problem. If, however, you've used therapy in your life before asking your ch…"-Julie Bogart, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
"On some intuitive level, I knew that learning had to be more than the mastery of facts. I've experienced it as an adult. I become consumed with a subject like quilting or preparing yogurt cultures, a…"-Julie Bogart, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
22. The Four-Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life
By: Durenda Wilson
3.97
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Giving your child a quality education experience for a life of happiness and purpose is possible--a… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
23. Would You Like to Choose the Race?
By: Arvind Ethan David
3.70
Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio
Henry and Nomi are thrilled to find out they’re going to be parents. There is so much to think abou… read more
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24. Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age
By: Julie Bogart
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in… read more
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- nonfiction
- parenting
- education
25. The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
By: Meghan Cox Gurdon
4.30
Format: 304 pages, ebook
A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and chi… read more
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- parenting
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"Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the eye itself can be coaxed, informed, and persuaded."-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
"There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts. To read a book and surrender to a story is to keep our very humanity alive."-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
"By setting aside time every day, we can leave the pixelated wilds and rest at least for a little while in a place of unplugged, authentic human connection."-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
"Wherever young people are growing up, they deserve to know what went into the making of their world. They have a right to be free to enjoy the richness that history and culture have bequeathed them."-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
26. Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom
By: Kerry McDonald
4.09
Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition
Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes inc… read more
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- parenting
- education
27. Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home
By: John Holt
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The classic guide to teaching children at home for a new generation of homeschooling parents In … read more
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- parenting
- education
"We didn't want our children to waste their time in the same empty rituals of education that we did: passing tests only to forget the subject matter when the grades were given; spending years with pas…"-John Holt, Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home
28. The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
By: William Stixrud
4.35
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
"It is not an overstatement to say that this is one of the most radical and important books on rais… read more
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- education
"Society thrives on the diverse talents of its people."-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
"The reality is that we become successful in this world by working hard at something that comes easily to us, and that engages us."-William Stixrud, The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives
29. The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
By: Natalie Wexler
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle o… read more
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- parenting
- education
30. Hum
By: Helen Phillips
3.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more
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31. Unschool Yourself First: A Parent's Gateway to Self-Directed Learning
By: Mark Beaumont
3.96
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
If you are considering the unschooling path for your child, or know someone who is, this is the bes… read more
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