Goodreads Doesn't Have It, Data Migration: The Call of the Wild, Reclaiming Wonder In Your Child's Education
This book didn't do it for me. Essentially, it gets you in with the "play in nature and let kids explore, the classroom shouldn't be a place repressive of the macrosystem/environment" and then leaves you dozing. It speaks on interesting points like most homeschooling conferences being mainly populated by men despite 97% of homeschooling parents being women. It tells you to bring back childhood, meaning not technology...okay, we've heard that many times. Finally, it just is more of a homeschooling cheerleader. What I did appreciate is that it encourages people who work with younger kids to follow their intuition. I was particularly disturbed that a book told a mother to ignore her child's sobs "because it was better that way". I think that's disgusting and really am proud that she followed her intuition. And I also agree being unable to vet peers or being subject to adult financial pressures or teachers jealous of your child's talent can be really toxic. But I don't think that's anything a normal homeschooling book wouldn't say/do for you. This was a really easy read that didn't leave me with anything particularly original except for a few good points. I should've checked out "Building a Foundation for Scientific Thinking" instead because it uses nature specifically to learn.