The case for home schooling : free range home education handbook / Anna Dusseau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dusseau, Anna, author.

Series:

Hawthorn Press Parenting Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home schooling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Hawthorn Press, [2020]

Summary:

This homeschooling handbook offers resources for parents homeschooling with their children, by a teacher turned home-educator. Anna Dusseau exploers the purpose of education, how children learn, the benefits of home education, key questions and activities for homeschooling to get started:.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Praise for The Case for Home Schooling

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

Interview: Memories of Homeschool

Foreword by Steve Biddulph

Introduction

Part I: Quitting the School Run

Chapter 1 - The Purpose of Education

love of learning

emotional education

life skills

finding your strengths

engaging with the world

creating space for childhood

embracing autonomy

becoming trustworthy

Chapter 2 - How Children Learn

learning through wonder

observation

experience and aprenticeship

free play

conversational learning

natural curiosity

kinaesthetic learning

recognition

mixed-age play

time to digest

Chapter 3 - The Benefits of Home Education

tried and tested

living better

finding your comfort zone

avoiding tribalism

freedom from bullying

finding focus

whole family benefit

learning without boundaries

Part II: Stories of Home-Educating

Story 1: Welcome to Homeschooling by Emilie Bailey

deschooling finding your feet healing trauma

Story 2: Buckle Up, Buttercup by Anna Dusseau

a homeschool morning then and now marked changes

Story 3: It Takes a Village by Ciaran Sneddon

homeschool memoir rural childhood exams and employment

Story 4: How Did We End up Here? by Nana-Adwoa Mbeutcha

doing things differently large family growth mindset

Story 5: Noughties Home Ed by Diane Westland

homeschool reflection pros and cons balancing work

Story 6: Autonomous Learning by Ceris Brewis

self-directed education scientific family being flexible

Story 7: Pandemic Homeschooling by Simon and Tessa Osbourn

juggling work school expectations lessons from lockdown

Story 8: Hometastic by Livvy Leaf-Grimshaw.

homeschool childhood personal interests daily routine

Story 9: That's It, We're Done by Tammy Palyo

teaching background trusting your instinct saying 'goodbye' to school

Story 10: Scrapping the Vision by Frances Matthews

structure vs freedom embracing Christianity finding the right approach

Story 11: The World Is Our Classroom by Astrid Vijne

worldschooling teens and travel the global classroom

Story 12: Pinkie and the Brain Do Home Ed by Gemma Black

organic learning unschooling seeking the opportunity

Story 13: Thank You, I Did It Myself by Maria Jones

single-parent homeschooling managing my ex rebuilding family

Part III: Further Support

Chapter 4 - Key Questions

Chapter 5 - 101 Ideas for Homeschooling

Afterword

Interview: Why We Homeschool by Anna Dusseau

Further Reading and Resources

References

Hawthorn Press Home Education Resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-912480-41-7

OCLC:

1196258982