- ISBN13: 9780471349600
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
GUERRILLA LEARNING IS CREATING A HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT FILLS YOUR CHILD WITH THE JOY OF LEARNING Let your daughter read her library books instead of finishing her homework . Ask your eleven-year-old’s beloved third grade teacher to comment on his poetry. Invite a massage therapist to dinner because your daughter wants to go to massage school instead of college. Give your child the freedom to pursue his interests, develop her strengths, cultivate self-discipli… More >>
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School
Tags: education, Freedom, Give, grade teacher, Guerrilla, home environment, homework, kids, learning, library books, massage therapist, poetry, Real, real education, remainder mark, school, Without
#1 by Jarik25 on January 27, 2010 - 7:35 am
I read this book in time to help me remember to remember unschooling. As an adult, I have unschooling for a bit. Unschool, I believe works for adults too! It has helped me very much. Although, I enjoyed this book, I enjoyed her Teenage Liberation Handbook much more. But it is packed with plenty of ideas. Unschool can work.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Harry Tuttle on January 27, 2010 - 9:12 am
As a certified teacher and a Homeschool mom I found this book to be a great work cumlinating many important aspects of Education in general. Many of the suggestions offered to Homeschoolers in the book are attainable and filled with basic common sense. The basic premis of the book is Learning happens naturally every minute of every day (Life is one big school) we as parents and eductors need to remind ourselves and others of this basic fact. For anyone interetsed in the foundations and history of American Education I suggest John Gatto’s Book The Underground History of American Education. Knowledge Protects
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by R. Phelps on January 27, 2010 - 10:32 am
This book provides a good, practical view of children’s education and learning, regardless of where this takes place. The authors prompt readers to think about their values regarding education, along with their history, biases, and goals. They are balanced in not advocating for traditional schooling or homeschooling, while speaking plainly about each. They give examples from families who have chosen each option, or have gone back and forth between the two to meet kids’ needs at different ages. So good to read something that is not trying to push a particular program or agenda.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by JCB on January 27, 2010 - 11:32 am
Like someone else said, I read this because we homeschool. I had heard what a great book this was but when I got it I was honestly a little disappointed. I’m sure if my kids were still in public school it would have been more useful but it just wasn’t any help to us as homeschoolers/unschoolers.
I’d still recommend it to people who are disenchanted with the public school system but I know now not to recommend it so much to my fellow homeschoolers.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Cynthia Smith on January 27, 2010 - 12:24 pm
I am new to the homeschool idea, and my daugther is 15 and hates high school. I found so many useful ideas in this book that I recommend it to anyone considering homeschooling and obtaining a better education for their kids in general.
Rating: 5 / 5