Synopses & Reviews
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-discipline, and discover the joy of learning throughout life.
If you've ever felt that your child wasn't flourishing in school or simply needs something the professionals aren't supplying, you're ready to become a "guerrilla educator." Revolutionary and inspiring, Guerrilla Learning explains what's wrong (and what's useful) about our traditional schools and shows you how to take charge of your family's education to raise thinking, creative young people despite the constraints of traditional schooling.
Filled with fun and exciting exercises and projects to do with children of all ages, this remarkable approach to childhood, education, and life will help you release your child's innate abilities and empower him or her in the wider world that awaits beyond the school walls.
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"Useful for parents and teachers alike, this valuable book closely examines how young people learn and illuminates its practical advice with many stories that make for both insightful and enjoyable reading." Library Journal
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"Read this book and decide what you want your children to get from their education....Reading this book will help you realize that schools may not necessarily provide exactly what your child needs. See what you think!" Parent Council Reviews
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"One of the most important books yet written on education and our current school-child crisis. Written with a clarity and simplicity that makes it available to any and all parents, it is a delight to read and remarkably informative." Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of Magical Child and Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence
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"A big-hearted book of important ideas. Be prepared to have your eyes opened to secrets the classroom hasn't learned!" John Taylor Gatto, author of The Underground History of American Education
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"Guerrilla Learning takes embattled parents out of the trenches where they've been all too often waging a frustrating war against antiquated school methods, and empowers them with skillful tools to help their kids develop their natural genius and engage in learning at its best: through inquiry, enthusiasm, and passionate engagement with self, others, and the world." Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D., author of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius, In Their Own Way, and The Myth of the A.D.D. Child
Synopsis
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-discipline, and discover the joy of learning throughout life.
If you've ever felt that your child wasn't flourishing in school or simply needs something the professionals aren't supplying, you're ready to become a "guerrilla educator." Revolutionary and inspiring, Guerrilla Learning explains what's wrong (and what's useful) about our traditional schools and shows you how to take charge of your family's education to raise thinking, creative young people despite the constraints of traditional schooling.
Filled with fun and exciting exercises and projects to do with children of all ages, this remarkable approach to childhood, education, and life will help you release your child's innate abilities and empower him or her in the wider world that awaits beyond the school walls.
About the Author
Grace Llewellyn is the author of the classic
Teenage Liberation Handbook and speaks widely on the subject of homeschooling.
Amy Silver teaches parenting workshops. Her children have been homeschooled and have also attended traditional and alternative schools.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. The Broken Sword: Real Education in Our Lives and the Lives of Our Children 15
2. What We Can Do: Guerrilla Learning 33
3. The Five Keys to Guerrilla Learning 61
4. Key #1: Opportunity 69
5. Key #2: Timing 103
6. Key #3: Interest 121
7. Key #4: Freedom 131
8. Key #5: Support 149
Afterword: A More Beautiful Question 171
Appendix A Testing Our Patience: Standardized Testing in the School System 173
Appendix B Alternatives to Traditional Schooling 183
Index