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| About the Book | |
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You, too, can find the courage to trust your child and yourself to take the homeschooling journey and create a stronger, happier, well-educated family along the way. Is your child unmotivated, bored, or stressed by attending government schools? Is your child gifted or special needs? Are you worried that what passes for education today appears to little more than test-taking and political agendas? Are you tired of the school schedule dictating your family’s lifestyle? The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community and Self provides a profound and thorough explanation for why homeschooling is so desperately need by so many families today. Fifteen years after it was originally written, educational problems Dobson warned about have reached crisis proportions. The Art of Education clearly shows the changes that need to take place in the way we rear our children in order to stop the unraveling of our spiritual and intellectual fiber. A bonus: Includes a thought-provoking Foreword by John Taylor Gatto, New York State Teacher of the Year and author of The Underground History of American Education. “The Art of Education has stood the test of time as one of the best homeschooling books of the last two decades,” says David Albert, whose latest book is titled What Really Matters. “Everything about this work is just as relevant as the day Linda wrote it,” adds Laura Grace Weldon, author of Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything. “In fact, time proves the prophetic nature of her words. For homeschoolers and those wondering if homeschooling might be an option, this book is a classic.” Inside The Art of Education – 15th Anniversary Edition you’ll discover: • Meet Your Makers • Is That All There Is? • The Education Pyramid • Addicted to Experts • Birds Don’t Go to Flight School: Artificial Learning vs. Natural Education • As You Sow, So Shall You Reap • Examining Priorities • Creating Your Family’s Personal Education Philosophy • Exploding the Top Five Myths About Homeschooling • Imagine • Coping with Being a Pioneer on the Road to Freedom • I am the Captain of My Soul: Benefits for You • Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me: Benefits for Your Children • It Takes a Village: Benefits for Your Community • A Dozen Simple Starting Points • Implications for the Greater Society The Art of Education extends to the Art of Living, leading you to reconsider priorities to discover how you and your family may travel toward more meaningful and happy lives. Homeschooling restores the vital role of family as you realize that delivering knowledge and information to young minds is not a secret art, but can be an act of love between parent and child that produces better scholastic and developmental results in the familiar setting of the family home, using your entire community as your family’s “classroom.” Your family has nothing to lose, and much to gain. With this book, you can begin your homeschooling journey today.
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| About the Author | |
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Dobson’s family started homeschooling in 1985. Since then she has coordinated support groups, provided keynote addresses and advocacy, written dozens of articles, and authored eight books, including the classic The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child. She continues offering news, information, resources, and book giveaways via website, Parent at the Helm. |