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…
Want to Read $ 9.99"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 education is for. Education is for love"-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 as the human race can remember." said author Katherine Patterson"-Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
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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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2. Honey for a Child's Heart
By: Gladys M. Hunt
4.47
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Family favorite now revised and updated, including an annotated list of books for ages 0-12 Ever… read more
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"No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally worth reading at the age of 50."-Gladys M. Hunt, Honey for a Child's Heart
"This savoring of life is no small thing. The element of wonder is almost lost today with the onslaught of the media and gadgets of our noisy world. To let a child lose it is to make him blind and dea…"-Gladys M. Hunt, Honey for a Child's Heart
"What is home? My favorite definition is "a safe place," a place where one is free from attack, a place where one experiences secure relationships and affirmation. It's a place where people share and …"-Gladys M. Hunt, Honey for a Child's Heart
3. 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
4. The Unhurried Homeschooler: A Simple, Mercifully Short Book on Homeschooling
By: Durenda Wilson
4.53
Format: None pages,
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5. The Read-Aloud Handbook
By: Jim Trelease
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
A New York Timesand million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children--rev… read more
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6. 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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"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
7. Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time
By: Jamie C. Martin , Tsh Oxenreider
4.62
Format: None pages,
Young children live with awe and wonder as their daily companions. But as they grow, worries often … read more
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8. The Lifegiving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming
By: Sally Clarkson , Sarah Clarkson
4.00
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
How to make home your family's favorite place to be . . . all year long. Does your home sometimes f… read more
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9. 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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10. Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother
By: Abbie Halberstadt
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps women see how God can us… read more
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11. M Is for Mama: A Rebellion Against Mediocre Motherhood
By: Abbie Halberstadt
4.53
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER Mama of ten Abbie Halberstadt helps women humbly and gracefully ri… read more
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12. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms
By: Justin Whitmel Earley
4.61
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond t… read more
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13. 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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"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
14. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality
By: Emily Morrow
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more
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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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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18. Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy
By: Jennifer Pepito
4.09
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Becoming a better, happier mom starts with the stories you tell your kids As a mom, you want to … read more
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19. Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies
By: Hillary Morgan Ferrer
4.38
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
*Foreword written by Nancy Pearcey* #RoarLikeAMother The problem with lies is they don’t of… read more
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20. 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
21. Let Them Be Kids: Adventure, Boredom, Innocence, and Other Gifts Children Need
By: Jessica Smartt
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
As parents we want to safeguard our children from the pressures and influences of the world, but al… read more
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"The last few years have shown a push for early preschool attendance. So much so that these words may actually sound like heresy. But I will say them anyways: if you do not want to send your kid to pr…"-Jessica Smartt, Let Them Be Kids: Adventure, Boredom, Innocence, and Other Gifts Children Need
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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23. Awaking Wonder: Opening Your Child's Heart to the Beauty of Learning
By: Sally Clarkson
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
As a parent, you want to send your children into the world with healthy minds and vibrant faith. Yo… read more
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"God entrusted our children into our hands as one of the best works for which we answer to Him. He gave us the stewardship of shaping, investing in, and inspiring for His glory these little human bein…"-Sally Clarkson, Awaking Wonder: Opening Your Child's Heart to the Beauty of Learning
24. 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
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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"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. Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families (Helping Moms Experience Peace & Return to Simple Daily Rhythms from Historic Christians like St. Benedict)
By: Jennifer Pepito
4.14
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Frightened by the chaos in society, many parents fear for their children's futures--and end up rais… read more
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27. Raising Boys to Men: A Simple, Mercifully Short Book on Raising and Homeschooling Boys
By: Durenda Wilson
4.58
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
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28. Memory-Making Mom: Building Traditions That Breathe Life Into Your Home
By: Jessica Smartt
4.22
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
What will your children remember of their childhood? Calling all moms who want to break out of mono… read more
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29. Adventuring Together: How to Create Connections and Make Lasting Memories with Your Kids
By: Greta Eskridge
4.09
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
A modern, practical, and inspiring guide to creating deep heart connections with kids by regularly … read more
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"When we embark on a hard adventure with our kids, we must make sure our kids know we believe in them. This not only helps them to believe in their own ability to conquer the challenge but also knits …"-Greta Eskridge, Adventuring Together: How to Create Connections and Make Lasting Memories with Your Kids
30. Becoming Homeschoolers: Give Your Kids a Great Education, a Strong Family, and a Life They'll Thank You for Later
By: Monica Swanson
4.52
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
Monica Swanson helps you navigate your real-world concerns about school, culture, and what it takes… read more
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31. The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can't
By: Erin Loechner
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Discover a new and hopeful path forward as you consider your family's approach to social media, scr… read more
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