The Da Vinci Road : Observation and the Art of Learning [Kindle Edition]

Rebekah Anast (Author)

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I wrote this for my son. For my brother. For you. It's a bunch of stories about learning to see and hear--about learning to learn. And about dragonflies, broken legs, adobe mansions and child kings . . . If you can learn to observe yourself, the world, your teachers, and God--you won't need me any more. You won't need the system.

The truth can only set you free if you can find it. I hope these stories will show you how to find it.

Most of all, I hope you will lay this book aside to go outdoors to look at the stars, take a walk in the forest, or crank up some great music and let the tears run down your face. I hope you go on to live with your senses wide open and thrilled with the gift of experience.

Love, R.A.

From the Author

I wrote this for my son. For my brother. For you. It's a bunch of stories about learning to see and hear--about learning to learn. And about dragonflies, broken legs, adobe mansions and child kings . . . If you can learn to observe yourself, the world, your teachers, and God--you won't need me any more. You won't need the system.
The truth can only set you free if you can find it. I hope these stories will show you how to find it.
Most of all, I hope you will lay this book aside to go outdoors to look at the stars, take a walk in the forest, or crank up some great music and let the tears run down your face. I hope you go on to live with your senses wide open and thrilled with the gift of experience.
Love, R.A.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 205 KB
• Publisher: Birthright Media LLC; 1 edition (January 5, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006U67N4Y
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #379,867 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #82 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Education > Education Theory > Contemporary Methods > Experimental

More About the Author

Rebekah Joy Anast started writing when she was eight years old and had exhausted all the fun reading material in her hometown library. Story telling was her super power, and she frequently used it to manage her younger brothers and parents. It was her mother that first suggested writing those stories down on paper. At the time Rebekah was flattered and eagerly responded with notebooks full of dramatic fiction. Years later she realized her mother's super power was self preservation and the notebooks had been a diversion. "But," she says, "at least I learned to spell and developed legible handwriting."

Rebekah was homeschooled during an era in which homeschooling was unheard of. Her parents were pioneers and extremists. That is, they are extremely odd and homeschooling was a natural outflow of that condition. Thirty years later, as a mother and homeschool educator herself, Rebekah encourages students of all types to think outside the box of curriculum.

If you ask her about her own education, Rebekah will tell you that the most educational parts of her life include world travel, way too many farm animals, and constant experimentation with fermentation. She'd like you to know that an overripe banana is about 2% alcohol, but not nearly as satisfying as a glass of tart cherry mead made with raw honey and fermented to 12% perfection.

Rebekah also writes screenplays and hopes to give her fans a thriller or two on the silver screen one of these days.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughts on The Da Vinci Road: Observation and the Art of Learning, January 31, 2012

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This review is from: The Da Vinci Road : Observation and the Art of Learning (Kindle Edition)

This book is a must read for the mom/family that wants to break out of the general government school mindset.

This book is not only encouraging in that the author uses real life examples of her method of teaching her children but its liberating!

I was personally edified and inspired. The Da Vinci Road: Observation and the Art of Learn opened wide the door of a home school education that I've only been able to get a glimpse out of before.

The book is about more than home education. It is about living with your children. Walking and talking with them in every aspect of life. It is about learning together.