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201 reviews for:
The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
Julie Bogart
4.16 AVERAGE
201 reviews for:
The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
Julie Bogart
4.16 AVERAGE
funny
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
The Brave Learner is less a book about "how to" homeschool, but how to embrace the spirit of curiosity, discovery, and joy that will ignite a child's passion to learn more. More of a mindset and principles book, really.
I found it inspiring and exciting to consider the possibilities that homeschool affords us. My biggest take away was to embrace bursts of interest and creativity, as these are the forces of enchantment which breathe life into the homeschool, and can help carry the kids through other subjects that they're decidedly not "enchanted" with.
I'd recommend this book for anyone starting or considering homeschooling. It was a pleasure to read. Julie Bogart's tone is friendly, conversational, and very much on-your-level. She is open about her struggles, joys, and ah-ha! moments along the way. She offers broadly applicable advice with specific examples so it's easy to imagine how you might put these principle to use in your own family.
I found it inspiring and exciting to consider the possibilities that homeschool affords us. My biggest take away was to embrace bursts of interest and creativity, as these are the forces of enchantment which breathe life into the homeschool, and can help carry the kids through other subjects that they're decidedly not "enchanted" with.
I'd recommend this book for anyone starting or considering homeschooling. It was a pleasure to read. Julie Bogart's tone is friendly, conversational, and very much on-your-level. She is open about her struggles, joys, and ah-ha! moments along the way. She offers broadly applicable advice with specific examples so it's easy to imagine how you might put these principle to use in your own family.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Incredibly written book with so many great ideas and inspiration. I listened to the audiobook and then had to buy a physical copy!
SO GOOD. Not just for homeschoolers but for any parents interested in cultivating a love of learning at home. Also, it's totally free of religious references, which is hard to find in books about homeschooling.
Plan to read again and again! This book is so encouraging, practical, and full of ideas!
This is hard for me to rate! I got a lot out of certain chapters. 3.5 really.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
2.5 stars really. I wanted so badly to like this book much more than I did. It reads like a collection of notes or blog posts under a theme rather than the well-constructed book that I was expecting. I will say that there are absolutely some gems to cherry pick from this, but as often as I put a little page flag for a great idea, I wrote 'disagree!' or '?' in the margin.
I'd say my over-arching philosophy is quite different...I would rather be my child's parent than their best friend (not saying that I don't wish to one day see them as peers...but right now...there is just a different dynamic and that is fine!).
I also heartily disagree about housework...I actually interviewed my children about this, being sure not to frame it in any particular light. They disagreed with her philosophy just as strongly as I had, which was reassuring! I would love to see the same realisation that she had about infant nutrition in the field of clean houses (which, shock horror, even without a cleaner CAN provide ample learning opportunities...yes, even when tidied up afterwards!).
A friend had to give her book away as she found the entirety far too discouraging....which in the context of the average British home educator's life, a lot of it really is, which is why it took me so long to slog through it! We simply do not have the same type of community when it comes to learning, nor quite the same therapy and magic background, apparently.
Definitely some worthwhile gleanings, but I would rather have read them under a hashtag or on a podcast than in a disjointed and ultimately frustrating book.
I'd say my over-arching philosophy is quite different...I would rather be my child's parent than their best friend (not saying that I don't wish to one day see them as peers...but right now...there is just a different dynamic and that is fine!).
I also heartily disagree about housework...I actually interviewed my children about this, being sure not to frame it in any particular light. They disagreed with her philosophy just as strongly as I had, which was reassuring! I would love to see the same realisation that she had about infant nutrition in the field of clean houses (which, shock horror, even without a cleaner CAN provide ample learning opportunities...yes, even when tidied up afterwards!).
A friend had to give her book away as she found the entirety far too discouraging....which in the context of the average British home educator's life, a lot of it really is, which is why it took me so long to slog through it! We simply do not have the same type of community when it comes to learning, nor quite the same therapy and magic background, apparently.
Definitely some worthwhile gleanings, but I would rather have read them under a hashtag or on a podcast than in a disjointed and ultimately frustrating book.
There are some absolute gem quotes in this book but I also disagreed with some of the things she wrote. Give me a few years of homeschooling and maybe I'll read it again.