"Unschooling: The case for setting your kids into the wild"
"How to bore the children"
Recommended Reading
The following authors have greatly influenced my philosophy and practice of education.
Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
To Educate the Human Potential and From Childhood to Adolescence by Maria Montessori
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew Crawford
Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks
Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
Project-based Homeschooling: Mentoring Self-directed Learners by Lori Pickert
Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World by Ben Hewitt
Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv
Useful links
ck-12.org is an extensive resource library for learners with customizable e-texts, interactive lessons and activities, for a variety of topics.
Duolingo.com is an excellent resource for learning and practicing world languages.
more to come...
