The brave learner : finding everyday magic in homeschool, learning, and life /

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Publishers Weekly bestseller A joyful and accessible homeschool guide to making learning a part of everyday life

Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day-to-day grind, it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. How do parents nurture a love of learning amid childhood chaos, parental self-doubt, the flu, and state academic standards?

In this book, Julie Bogart distills decades of experience--homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world--to show parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether they're in elementary or high school.

Enchantment is about ease, not striving. Bogart shows parents how to make room for surprise, mystery, risk, and adventure in their family's routine, so they can create an environment that naturally moves learning forward. If a child wants to pick up a new hobby or explore a subject area that the parent knows little about, it's easy to simply say "no" to end the discussion and the parental discomfort, while dousing their child's curious spark. Bogart gently invites parents to model brave learning for their kids so they, too, can approach life with curiosity, joy, and the courage to take learning risks.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Foreword (p. xv)
• Introduction (p. xix)
• Part 1 The Enchanted Landscape of Learning
• Chapter 1 Exchanted Living: Creating the Context for Magic in Our Homes (p. 3)
• Chapter 2 Sparks Fly: Igniting a Passion for Learning (p. 11)
• Chapter 3 Magic Doors: Lessons from Monsters and Maps (p. 17)
• Part 2 Casting the Spell: The Superpowers of Brave Learning
• Chapter 4 The Four Forces of Enchantment: Surprise, Mystery, Risk and Adventure (p. 33)
• Chapter 5 The Four Capacities for Learning: Curiosity, Collaboration, Contemplation, and Celebration (p. 64)
• Chapter 6 The Four Ports of Entry: Mind, Body, Heart, and Spirit (p. 97)
• Chapter 7 Applying the Superpowers: Practical Help in Core Subjects (p. 125)
• Part 3 Sustaining the Magic
• Chapter 8 Liberation from School: To Schedule or Not to Schedule, That Is the Question (Answers Inside!) (p. 165)
• Chapter 9 House-schooling: Recruit Your Home to Help You Educate (and That Pernicious Topic: Chores) (p. 187)
• Chapter 10 The Pixie Dust of Reasonable Expectations: Embracing Our Limits (p. 202)
• Chapter 11 Awesome Adulting: Expanding Our Horizons (p. 218)
• Part 4 Breaking the Spell and Rekindling the Magic
• Chapter 12 The Invisible Education: The Power of Family Dysfunction to Sideline Learning (p. 235)
• Chapter 13 The Disenchanting Power of Doing It Right: The Dangers of Ideological Alignment and True Belief-ism in Home Education (p. 254)
• Chapter 14 Reverse the Curse: How to Rekindle the Magic (p. 266)
• Acknowledgments (p. 275)
• Notes (p. 279)
• Index (p. 283)

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