Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.: Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love (Hardcover)

~ David H. Albert (Author)

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Product Description

Education is not so complicated! Gently and passionately, homeschooling advocate and author David H. Albert insists that the curriculum of love is not about externals. It is about what is essential in each individual human being and in every child. Its code words are communication, inquisitiveness, acceptance, joy, honesty, courage, and, curiously, perhaps above all, intimacy. It demands that we assist our children in seeking to embrace a world that is their own.

Internationally renowned homeschooling speaker, magazine columnist, author, and father of two, David H. Albert carries forward the ideas of John Holt and John Taylor Gatto and empowers parents in the process. He lives in Olympia, Washington.

About the Author

Internationally renowned homeschooling speaker, magazine columnist, storyteller, author, and father of two, David H. Albert carries forward the ideas of John Holt and John Taylor Gatto to a new level, and empowers parents in the process. He is the author of Homeschooling: A Voyage of Self-discovery

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Common Courage Press (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567513719
• ISBN-13: 978-1567513714
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,039,673 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Remember why we do this..., January 11, 2006

By	J. Ball (Upstate NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.: Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love (Paperback)

David Albert is without a doubt, one of the most refreshing voices in the alternative education movement. He shows you what is possible in educating our children; and does it with infectious joy and good humor. Life should be fun! Learning should be fun! Why do we make such a drudgery out of it? Why do we torture our children so? I am speaking mostly to myself here, lest anyone take offense. David's book are the first ones I grab off the shelf when I am having a drag out the workbooks and sample tests kind of day. I just pray that I will have the courage to keep fighting against (and it is a fight) the old tired ways of doing things that I was subjected to. I hated it; and David's books help me remember that. I am lending, and/or buying copies for all my homeschooling friends. God Bless you David.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have fun! Read stuff! Glow!, October 23, 2005

By	M. Bayless (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.: Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love (Paperback)

As a homeschooling mom, I always find David Albert's writing nourishing and inspiring in a way that 'how-to' books never are. Do you ever have those grey days of burnout, where you feel like you're just fitting your feet in yesterday's footprints? Ever feel like you're running your life like a triage station, trying to decide between this crisis, that crisis, the laundry, your work, and -- oh yes, the kids? If so, then you'll find your focus and inspiration again with David's book. He doesn't give readers a long list of learning outcomes or lesson plans for us to force on our children. Instead, with wit and thoughtfulness, he lights our imaginations again so that we can forge ahead.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captures the Essence of Nurturing Children, October 11, 2005

By	Wendy Priesnitz "Editor of Life Learning maga... - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.: Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love (Paperback)

David Albert has written perhaps his most important book yet about children and learning. His gift is to capture the complicated in a simple way, describe the complex in understandable terms, lighten the onerous with humor and unmask the obvious truths in the obfuscations of the so-called "experts". David understands that education is a personal and often private matter, which can't properly be accomplished with the interference of other people's agendas (no matter how well meaning or professionally vetted), standardized tests, grading and all the other managerial tools foisted on kids in the name of systematized education. So he eloquently describes a better way. The essays in Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow. communicate the essence of how parents can lovingly nurture their children in life and in learning, and that is to recognize them for whom they are and to take them seriously. Feel able to do that, and you and your children are well equipped to embark on the adventure of education without school.