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3.71 AVERAGE
I little too "radical" for my taste. started to get annoying, but still liked it.
This is a very helpful book for unschooling families or for those thinking of unschooling. Essentially a paper sample of what is on Sandra's website, the book is great to just have around and pick up and read when you have time. It is not a "how to" book, but more of a book giving you things to read and think on over time.
What an AMAZING book! I've been interested in the concept of unschooling for a while now, but I've never seen it so well explained as in this book. Like the author says, unschooling is really an extension of Attachment Parenting.
This book isn't only about an educational philosophy - it's about a whole new way of parenting (at least, new to me!). So many of the parents I know - even the Attachment Parents - limit their children's choices in many ways (mostly in the areas of TV and food). But this book makes such a good case for letting your children make as many decisions about their lives as is safe and possible.
After years of feeling guilty about the amount of TV my daughter watches, I'm finally realizing how much she actually LEARNS from the shows. And I'm interacting with her more when she's watching - explaining new concepts and answering questions.
I highly recommend this book to any parent, or anyone who wants to know more about unschooling.
This book isn't only about an educational philosophy - it's about a whole new way of parenting (at least, new to me!). So many of the parents I know - even the Attachment Parents - limit their children's choices in many ways (mostly in the areas of TV and food). But this book makes such a good case for letting your children make as many decisions about their lives as is safe and possible.
After years of feeling guilty about the amount of TV my daughter watches, I'm finally realizing how much she actually LEARNS from the shows. And I'm interacting with her more when she's watching - explaining new concepts and answering questions.
I highly recommend this book to any parent, or anyone who wants to know more about unschooling.
Love her thoughts on peaceful parenting. Lots of wisdom, regardless of your school choices for your kids.
I thought this was a great introduction to Unschooling! It talks about what unschooling is, how it is a bit different from deschooling, and then takes you on a skipping journey about the author's experiences and anecdotes. I viewed it as more of index of learning more so than anything else, but I did find it very useful!
revising this because the author took offense and called me out about what i wrote.
i'm not sure why it's unreasonable to come to the conclusion that this is a copy/paste of her website when the dedication says "For Hema A. Bharadwaj, who said she wanted my whole unschooling website in a book. I said it wasn't possible, but the thought stayed, and here's an artistic impression of my website in a book, for Hema." but i used that word "just" and apparently there are some copy/pasted things, and some new things, and some things that ended up on the website from the book after it was published.
so i read the dedication and skimmed through the book and came to the conclusion that it was the website in a book and wrote that down in my review, with the intention that maybe it would be helpful to someone else. knowing how the book is formatted might be useful information to have. this format wasn't for me.
original review from 2012: i'm not saying this book doesn't have good information to share but i didn't like how it was set up. i didn't realize that it was just a copy/paste from her website before i bought it. i just picked it up at the HSC conference because sandra's name was on it. i gave it to my husband as a reference guide. maybe he'll find it more useful.
i'm not sure why it's unreasonable to come to the conclusion that this is a copy/paste of her website when the dedication says "For Hema A. Bharadwaj, who said she wanted my whole unschooling website in a book. I said it wasn't possible, but the thought stayed, and here's an artistic impression of my website in a book, for Hema." but i used that word "just" and apparently there are some copy/pasted things, and some new things, and some things that ended up on the website from the book after it was published.
so i read the dedication and skimmed through the book and came to the conclusion that it was the website in a book and wrote that down in my review, with the intention that maybe it would be helpful to someone else. knowing how the book is formatted might be useful information to have. this format wasn't for me.
original review from 2012: i'm not saying this book doesn't have good information to share but i didn't like how it was set up. i didn't realize that it was just a copy/paste from her website before i bought it. i just picked it up at the HSC conference because sandra's name was on it. i gave it to my husband as a reference guide. maybe he'll find it more useful.