Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work
By: Akilah S. Richards
4.48
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
No one is immune to the byproducts of compulsory schooling and standardized testing. And while refo…
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1. 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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"… 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
2. 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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3. 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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4. The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
By: Louise Erdrich
4.04
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Nineteenth-century American pioneer life was introduced to thousands of young readers by Laura Inga… read more
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"The strong old woman was walking away, and in her step there was the sadness of parting with an old but dangerously foolish friend."-Louise Erdrich, The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
"Although she lived in town, Old Tallow was so isolated by the force and strangeness of her personality that she could have been surrounded by a huge dark forest. She had never had any children, and e…"-Louise Erdrich, The Birchbark House (Birchbark House, #1)
5. The Porcupine Year
By: Louise Erdrich
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Here follows the story of a most extraordinary year in the life of an Ojibwe family and of a girl n… read more
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6. 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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7. 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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8. What is Unschooling?: Living and Learning without School
By: Pam Laricchia
4.62
Format: 290 pages,
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9. Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement
By: Ashley Shew
4.30
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are … read more
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10. 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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11. 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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"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
12. 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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13. A Place to Belong: Celebrating Diversity and Kinship In the Home and Beyond
By: Amber O'Neal Johnston
4.58
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A guide for families of all backgrounds to celebrate cultural heritage and embrace inclusivity in t… read more
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14. The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
By: Ainsley Arment
3.90
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"Ainsley Arment has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in [this] grass-roots community." —… read more
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"The magic of this life isn't found in the hustle and bustle of constant activity but in the intentional, ordinary decisions of our days."-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
"We sacrifice their childhood on the altar of preparing them for adulthood. But what if childhood was the preparation? What if having a whole childhood was the key to a healthy adulthood?"-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
"If anything can be said of our homes, may it be that they are safe places for our children. Places where they can be encouraged in their gifts and comforted in their struggles. Places where they can …"-Ainsley Arment, The Wild and Free Family: Forging Your Own Path to a Life Full of Wonder, Adventure, and Connection
15. 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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16. Low-Demand Parenting: Dropping Demands, Restoring Calm, and Finding Connection with your Uniquely Wired Child
By: Amanda Diekman
4.18
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
"Low-demand parenting requires radical acceptance. It says to the kid right in front of you, I see … read more
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17. 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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"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
18. Trust Kids!: Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy
By: carla joy bergman
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Solidarity begins at home: a primer on freedom and equality in families and households. Trust K… read more
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19. Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work
By: Akilah S. Richards
4.48
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
No one is immune to the byproducts of compulsory schooling and standardized testing. And while refo… read more
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- social justice
- adult
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20. Homeschool Gone WILD: Inspired Learning Through Living
By: Karla Marie Williams
4.18
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
How much further would many of us be if we were given the chance as children to follow our interest… read more
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21. Success Without School: Unschooling My Children from Birth to College
By: Jean Proffitt Nunnally
4.64
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Consequences of the ongoing pandemic have seriously affected educational systems in the U.S. and ar… read more
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