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Should we stay or should we go? Millions of parents with children in public schools can't believe they're asking this question. But they are. And you should be asking it too. Almost overnight, America's public schools have become morally toxic. And they are especially poisonous for the hearts and minds of children from religious families of every faith-ordinary families who value traditional morality and plain old common sense. Parents' first duty...
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Montessori at Home or School: How to Teach Grace and Courtesy is a bit like "Montessori meets Miss Manners." In Montessori, grace and courtesy is seen as an important part of a child's education and an important part of meeting a child's inner needs. The Montessori method provides a framework that can effectively be used with one child or a group of children. Part I talks about grace and courtesy for preschoolers and elementary-age children. Suggestions...
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Traditional schooling systems are proving to be suboptimal learning environments for many students of color. Black parents bear witness to the myriad of problems their children face at school and are becoming increasingly frustrated with the inability to implement positive and constructive change. Many understand the immense value an education provides and understand its empowering effects in the lives of their children. However, as traditional systems...
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Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors, immersed in nature and handling natural objects and collecting experiences on which to base the rest of their education. She discusses the use of training in good habits such as attention, thinking, imagining, remembering, and performing tasks...
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Hace no muchos años, un grupo de personas de distintas partes del mundo se reunieron y crearon los "Derechos del Niño", buscando que todos y todas tuvieran las mismas oportunidades para ser felices y vivir su infancia tranquilos/las. ¿Sabes cuáles son tus derechos? En este libro podrás conocer los diez más importantes, que deben ser respetados por todos los seres humanos que habitan el mundo.
En La isla más feliz del mundo existen 10 aldeas...
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'Towards a Philosophy of Education' is Charlotte Mason's final book in her Homeschooling Series, written after years of seeing her approach in action. This volume gives the best overview of her philosophy, and includes the final version of her 20 Principles. This book is particularly, directed to parents of older children, about ages 12 and up, but is a valuable overview for parents of younger children as well. Part I develops and discusses her 20...
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Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child's education—by doing it yourself.
The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school—one that will train him or her to read, to think, to understand,
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Children should not just read about history, they should live it. In The Story of Civilization, the stories that have shaped humanity come alive like never before. Author Phillip Campbell uses his historical expertise and story-telling ability together in tandem to present the content in a fresh and thrilling way. The Story of Civilization reflects a new emphasis in presenting the history of the world as a thrilling and compelling narrative. Within...
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Homeschool planning is about more than wishful thinking.
Do you worry you won't cover the subjects your children need? Or maybe you create elaborate plans but never seem to be able to follow through with them. Do your lesson plans end up being a mishmash of crossed-off dates, arrows, and erasures?
You need a new way to look at homeschool planning.
Plan Your Year is a practical approach to homeschool planning that breaks free of grids and unrealistic...
50) The Story of Civilization Volume 4: The History of the United States One Nation Under God Text Book
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Children should not just read about history; they should live it. In The Story of Civilization, the stories that have shaped humanity come alive like never before. Author Phillip Campbell uses his historical expertise and story-telling ability together in tandem to present the content in a fresh and thrilling way. The Story of Civilization reflects a new emphasis in presenting the history of the world as a thrilling and compelling narrative. Within...
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After years of working to change schools from within-testifying before Congress and addressing audiences around the world about how to make schools better places for children-John Holt founded Growing Without Schooling magazine in 1977 to support self-directed education and learning outside of school. Each issue is a lively exchange among readers and Holt, packed with useful advice, resource recommendations, and all sorts of legal, pedagogical, and...
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"One-on-One 101" confronts longstanding and often hidden roadblocks to successfully getting through to students. Modern education must address how to positively inspire students on a One-on-One level, as the system pivots towards emerging methods, such as "flipped" and blended learning, homeschooling, independent study schools, and One-on-One academies. Traditional classroom models must also cultivate positive One-on-One dynamics as well, as they...
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Be part of the fun as we join Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear as they cook up a holiday feast for friends and family with the all-new The Berenstain Bears' Holiday Cookbook. Filled with holiday favorites like Frosted Sugar Cookies, Pumpkin Pie, Hot Apple Cider Punch, Cranbery Stuffing, and Papa Bear's Paw-Lickin' Good Chicken Wings, this kid-friendly cookbook will help Bear Country families and families and friends everywhere have the...
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The second volume of GWS issues covers the years 1981 and 1982, when homeschooling gained attention in the media after John Holt's Teach Your Own was published and he made a second appearance on national TV's Phil Donahue Show, which resulted in thousands of letters to Holt regarding homeschooling. Each issue of GWS in this volume is a lively exchange among readers and Holt, packed with useful advice, resource recommendations, and all sorts of legal,...
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This book takes you through all 13 of America's wars in the last 245+ years, from the Revolutionary War to the War in Afghanistan. This amazing and well-researched collection of stories, insights and patriotic encouragement is second to none. It not only gives statistics of how many Americans served in each campaign but gives the amount of wounded and died in combat of each of these challenging times throughout our history. But this outstanding record...
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When the topic of homeschooling comes up, there often seem to be various assumptions as to why we homeschool our children, which are simply wrong, or, at the most, inadequate. Yes, the government schools have bullies; yes, the government schools might be bigger targets for armed shootings; and yes, the government schools (even the ones in good school districts) have kids or teachers who will teach our children language or experiences that we would...
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"A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age". Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and opinions, parents and teachers worry how students will interpret what they read and see. Amid the noise,...
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'Parents and Children' consists of a collection of 26 articles from the original 'Parent's Review' magazines to encourage and instruct parents. Topics include The Family; Parents as Rulers; Parents as Inspirers; Parents as Schoolmasters; The Culture of Character; Parents as Instructors in Religion; Faith and Duty (a secular writer has useful suggestions for using myths and stories to teach morals; along with the Bible, these can give examples of noble...
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Filled with up-to-date information, fascinating & fun facts this book " UKRAINE: 100+ Amazing & Interesting Facts You Didn't Know Before" is the best book for kids to find out more about "The Breadbasket of Europe". This book would satisfy the children's curiosity and help them to understand why Ukraine attracts millions of visitors annually and what makes it different from other European countries. This book gives a story, history & explores the...
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