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Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School
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 ch...more
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 ch...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
August 1st 2001
by Wiley
(first published January 1st 2001)
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As I go through the internal debate of whether or not to home-school my children, I've begun the process of researching learning, education, the current school systems, and anything else I can reasonably get my hands on. This book is for parents in all "schooling" situations who want to give their children the chance to really learn--with Home being the central place in which to do that. I have found some good reminders and some new ideas about how to create a learning environment in our home an...more
Mar 03, 2008
Shawna
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
home-schooling-about,
non-fiction
The target audience for this book is parents who have not contemplated homeschooling, but who would like to make a difference in their kids' education. There are plenty of suggestions for ways to support your kids while they are in school and then every once in a while they will make a passing comment about how this would be even easier to accomplish if the kids were homeschooled. I actually found it to be quite useful, despite not being part of the target audience. They focus on supporting real...more
“Education is about the only thing lying around loose in the world, and it’s about the only thing a fellow can have as much of as he’s willing to haul away.” George Lorimer, Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
John Holt quote: “Teaching does not make learning...organized education operates on the assumption that children learn only when and only what and only because we teach them. This is not true. It is very close to one hundred percent false. Learners make learning. Learners create lear...more
John Holt quote: “Teaching does not make learning...organized education operates on the assumption that children learn only when and only what and only because we teach them. This is not true. It is very close to one hundred percent false. Learners make learning. Learners create lear...more
After reading John Taylor Gatto's book, "Dumbing Us Down," I went through a crisis of cognitive dissonance--believing that I was doing my kids a disservice by keeping them in the public school system, but being unable and unwilling to try homeschooling (summer vacation only increased my unwillingness!). If I had a million dollars, I would love to form my own school: one for children of parents like me--parents who disagree with the format, structure, and material taught in public schools; but do...more
This book is rocking my world right now and totally shifting my homeschooling philosophies. I have experimented with child led learning for the past month and my we have never EVER felt so much joy learning together. This is what LIVING feels like.
Have I mentioned that fact that we haven't even taken one step into our school room or pulled out any workbooks?
Favorite quote so far:
"It is... nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy...more
Have I mentioned that fact that we haven't even taken one step into our school room or pulled out any workbooks?
Favorite quote so far:
"It is... nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy...more
Apr 30, 2011
Christina
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2011-christina,
homeschool
This is a must read for any parent with school age children. It's recommended for both traditional school and homeschooling parents, but there is a definite bent towards homeschooling. There is quite a bit in the beginning about the breakdown and problems in schools and an appendix on "teaching to the test", so if you are supporter of public schools or a teacher, you might be offended.
I love helpful books and this one is full of great ideas, further resources and one of the best sections I've s...more
I love helpful books and this one is full of great ideas, further resources and one of the best sections I've s...more
This is a great introduction to ideas about learning that pretty much everyone in my generation didn't get until too late.
It's an empowering read for parents and kids considering homeschooling or for those beginning to realize that school isn't where most actual learning occurs.
Education outside of (and often in spite of) the classroom is a vast, open and sometimes scary place, this book gives some starting points and some confidence to people starting on that journey.
It's an empowering read for parents and kids considering homeschooling or for those beginning to realize that school isn't where most actual learning occurs.
Education outside of (and often in spite of) the classroom is a vast, open and sometimes scary place, this book gives some starting points and some confidence to people starting on that journey.
This book was recommended to me when my daughter was considering returning to school after one year of unschooling (she decided not to). It was slow at the start for me but as the book progressed it became really great for me. It's packed with a lot of good ideas, quotes, and resources for any parent who is interested in giving their children the best educational experience they can. I will be returning to this book quite a bit for the resource info. I definitely recommend it.
This book was basically a condensed, how-to version of The Teenage Liberation Handbook, written for parents.
I enjoyed the book, but found myself skipping pages as I had already read the above mentioned title. This book shows how, no matter what educational choice you have made for you children, you can create an excitement for learning in the real world using whatever you can find.
Sep 14, 2012
Tara
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Tara by:
Melissa E
I really liked this book. Part of my mind tells me homeschooling is crazy, run away from it, etc. But the other part really agrees with becoming a life long learner and along with my children, taking over (or at least being super involved) in their education. I felt like I got a lot of little reminders (because really the information wasn't totally revolutionary to me) of how I can enrich my children's lives. Here are the 5 keys to Guerrilla Learning: 1) Opportunity 2) Timing 3) Interest 4) Free...more
Straightforward with plenty of resources for additional reading. This book was pretty much perfectly written for my family. My son is currently 4 in a public montessori program and we have the long term goal of sending him to the same residential high school my husband and I attended. I think this book summed up how we should (and do) treat school, education and learning in our family in order to raise a educated adult who can learn for a life time. This book will not appeal to all families, esp...more
Was annoyed because this was much more of a self-help book than a concrete "real educational" plan. But I suppose that it much harder to objectively write about. Although I have no children, I wrote down quite a few suggestions for my future attempts to "unschool" myself and get back in touch with the things that interested me back when I was a child.
My family was looking for some info on different ways to give my brother an education. This book could have been more creative for families with single parents or any other situations. Not everyone can spend 4 hours a day homeschooling children, but that also shouldn't mean that the only other option is public school. Unfortunately, this didn't give the answers we were looking for. The authors also seemed to go on for too long about how bad that public education system is in America. We already...more
Have to say this really isn't a book for most of the home schooling families I know. The idea of child-led activities is what our homeschooling experience is all about. For school families, it offers lots of wonderful tips, suggestions and strategies for making sure school is working for you and not the other way around. It is well written and entertaining and reinforces so much of what I believe is right for my children. Definitely has something to offer everyone wanting to keep that spark of c...more
Interesting ideas. Basically this book is about if you are not a home-schooler, how to continue learning in the world, outside of school. I felt thought that this book should have somewhere said "if you are reading this book, you are already doing what this book will tell you to do..." Anyhow, good reminder of things I want to be doing!
I enjoyed much of this book because it was the first homeschooling book I ever read and it opened my eyes to many things I had never considered before. However, it had an obviously biased tone to it, and the author clearly put down public schools and used exaggerated and uncommon success stories of homeschoolers. I do not doubt that those stories were true, however I don't believe they were the norm.
I would recommend it as a beginner's introduction to homeschooling as long as readers understand...more
I would recommend it as a beginner's introduction to homeschooling as long as readers understand...more
Written by two homeschool advocates who recognize that most of us will NOT homeschool because of finances, time, or temperament, this book was eye-opening for me. Good anecdotes from real life, plus research and suggestions for further reading. It's written in an engaging style and serves as a real wake-up call about what is REALLY important in life (it ain't A's, maybe it's not even academics--a hard pill for me to swallow as someone who has done extremely well in the traditional academic world...more
I really like this book. It gives you clear guidelines as to how to help your kids learn how to learn. It doesn't assume you want to homeschool, or are able to homeschool. It is for any family who wants to help their kids succeed, but in life, not necessarily in school.
I guess I really only skimmed this book. Most of it was stuff that seemed obvious to me. For example, you should talk to your kids a lot, ask them questions, explore, turn off the tv, and don't take everything the school says as the truth or even as important.
Highly recommended for parents of school-aged children. A positive way of looking at and redefining our notions of "education" and "success." Lots of great resources for further reading at the end of each chapter.
This is a great book for figuring out how to encourage authentic learning when a child is attending formal school all day. My kids aren't, so it was less relevant, but definitely worth reading.
Warning: If you are afraid to choose homeschooling for your kids, don't read this. It will turn you immediately and you will have no choice but follow your gut.
Mostly written for folks who are not homeschooling but want more out of public education. Lots of good ideas and insight into expanding traditional education.
Interesting read. Pretty much validates what we are already doing, but gives me some ideas for improving our public school experience.
a good book on education. i really liked the idea of not worring so much about grades but letting your kid learn what they really want.
Good information to make you think out-of-the box about learning and where/how kids really learn.
Totally helped me get a grip on the whole schooling "thing".
Good overview of child-led learning.
Jun 02, 2009
Karlita
added it
opening doors for my life!
Jun 25, 2012
Megan
marked it as to-read
So far, it's not as cheesy as the title and blurb would lead one to believe ...
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