Trust the Children: An Activity Manual for Homeschooling and Alternative Learning (Paperback)

by Anna Kealoha (Author)

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Amazon.com Review
For some families, homeschooling or alternative learning is a better option than traditional school. In Trust the Children, Anna Kealoha provides parents and teachers with a wide range of activities and approaches to teaching a comprehensive list of subjects, from "Addition" to "Zoology," with an emphasis on creative art, music, and natural science, as well as the more traditional school curricula. Throughout the text, Kealoha emphasizes fostering a love of learning and self-motivation.

Kealoha, a long-time proponant of homeschooling, reviews the history and philosophies of the alternative learning movement, gives details on how to create a homeschool, and generally makes a strong case for taking control of your children's educational process. For those considering homeschooling their children or just exploring educational options, this book is an excellent resource. For parents sticking with more traditional forms of schooling, Trust the Children provides wonderful, fun, supplementary activities to do with your kids.

Product Description
Kealoha, a self-described "mom, homemaker, teacher, writer, and musician," has successfully home-schooled four bright, happy children with Sensory Walks, Library Games, Spackle Art, and much more. Offering guidelines for everything from ocean activities to astronomy, this book is proof that if children are provided with inspiring ways, they will learn on their own.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Celestial Arts (November 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890877483
• ISBN-13: 978-0890877487
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #884,312 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My favorite "burn out" healer!, May 24, 1999

By A Customer

You will not find repeats from homeschool help books here! It is a fun and extremely creative book full of educational games, most used spelling words, fantastic quotes, play-dough recipes, teaching ideas, writing ideas, memory tips, art ideas, much much more! A really fun fun and stimulating book for all ages and all experience levels. It is not strictly from a Christian perspective and I find myself mentally replacing her few references to a high power with the words "God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob" but not a problem. Very non-denominational. My favorite part is where she has you visualize your perfect learning space....as a project for planning but with involvment from kids. Describe the lighting, the art, the books, the colors, the nature stuff, the seating, the work space, etc. and with her own helpful ideas. This is a "learning space" and not a "classroom". A real inspiration for that hs burn out that sets in once in a while. Not a book that you read from cover to cover, but one you keep going back to often and skipping all around. Especially for those with a desire to incorporate some unschooling ideas. Worth buying!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic resource for parents and other educators, October 23, 1998

By A Customer

Anna Kealoha provides as a successful mother of four and homeschool teacher provides an insightful ideology of teaching. Her experience also crafts this book as a resource that is abundant with a myriad of wonderful ways to learn.

As a pioneer of the home and school method, what Kealoha calls blend schooling, she offers a revolutionary way to look at education. She accomplishes this noteworthy task in a very practical and straightforward manner, drawing on academic theories, but only engaging that which is crucial to a parent's or educator's knowledge.

The result of this conglomerate of philosophy and practical wisdom is a wealth of information sure to assist any person concerned about their child's education.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recomended!, March 24, 1999

By A Customer

As a homeschooling mother of four, the best testament for this book came the day the children began to use it for ideas and inspiration. Anna Kealoha has a beautiful and thoughtful attitude about how, why and when to teach our own whether homeschooling or not.