Author: Nicole Olson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780988535220
Category : Home schooling
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Ippie's a barefooted, band-aid covered, free-spirited eight-year old. She's a lot like all the other kids in her neighborhood, except for one thing...Ippie doesn't go to school. She has no teacher and follows no curriculum. So just what is Ippie doing all day? And how can she possibly be learning? Come spend some time with Ippie and find out. Written by former educator and current unschooling mom of four Nicole Olson, this ground-breaking story gives us a sneak peek into the world of unschooling through a child's eyes.
Azalea, Unschooled
Author: Liza Kleinman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939017581
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Liza Kleinman's debut middle-reader novel, the author deftly explores the growing unschooling movement as well as the challenges of moving to a new home, making friends, and finding room for differences within a family.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939017581
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Liza Kleinman's debut middle-reader novel, the author deftly explores the growing unschooling movement as well as the challenges of moving to a new home, making friends, and finding room for differences within a family.
Merriam-Webster's Rhyming Dictionary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780329641788
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"This new edition of Merriam-Webster's Rhyming Dictionary contains over 71,000 rhyming words, about 16,000 more than the first edition. The additions naturally include words that have come into common use since the earlier book's publication -- words such as busk, blog, out-there, dreadlocked, fearmonger, and jaw-dropper. But most of the book's additions are not actually new to the language. For the first time, most of the two-, three-, four-, and five-word entries found in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary have been given their own place in this volume's lists of rhyming words."--Preface.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780329641788
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"This new edition of Merriam-Webster's Rhyming Dictionary contains over 71,000 rhyming words, about 16,000 more than the first edition. The additions naturally include words that have come into common use since the earlier book's publication -- words such as busk, blog, out-there, dreadlocked, fearmonger, and jaw-dropper. But most of the book's additions are not actually new to the language. For the first time, most of the two-, three-, four-, and five-word entries found in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary have been given their own place in this volume's lists of rhyming words."--Preface.
This Is My Home, This Is My School
Author: Jonathan Bean
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374380201
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Drawing from his own childhood experiences, Jonathan Bean takes the autobiographically inspired family he introduced in Building Our House through the special rhythms and routines of a homeschooling day. For young Jonathan and his sisters, Mom is the teacher and a whole lot more, and Dad is the best substitute any kid could want. From math, science, and field trips to recess, show-and-tell, and art, a school day with this intrepid, inventive family will seem both completely familiar and totally unique. Includes a selection of family snapshots and a note from the author.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374380201
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Drawing from his own childhood experiences, Jonathan Bean takes the autobiographically inspired family he introduced in Building Our House through the special rhythms and routines of a homeschooling day. For young Jonathan and his sisters, Mom is the teacher and a whole lot more, and Dad is the best substitute any kid could want. From math, science, and field trips to recess, show-and-tell, and art, a school day with this intrepid, inventive family will seem both completely familiar and totally unique. Includes a selection of family snapshots and a note from the author.
How Children Fail
Author: John Holt
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 9780201484021
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
First published in the mid 1960s, How Children Fail began an education reform movement that continues today. In his 1982 edition, John Holt added new insights into how children investigate the world, into the perennial problems of classroom learning, grading, testing, and into the role of the trust and authority in every learning situation. His understanding of children, the clarity of his thought, and his deep affection for children have made both How Children Fail and its companion volume, How Children Learn, enduring classics.
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 9780201484021
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
First published in the mid 1960s, How Children Fail began an education reform movement that continues today. In his 1982 edition, John Holt added new insights into how children investigate the world, into the perennial problems of classroom learning, grading, testing, and into the role of the trust and authority in every learning situation. His understanding of children, the clarity of his thought, and his deep affection for children have made both How Children Fail and its companion volume, How Children Learn, enduring classics.
The Magic Years
Author: Selma H. Fraiberg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501122827
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A pioneering work on early childhood development that is as relevant today as when it was first published 60 years ago. To a small child, the world is an exciting but sometimes frightening and unstable place. In The Magic Years, Selma Fraiberg takes the reader into the mind of the child, showing how he confronts the world and learns to cope with it. With great warmth and perception, she discusses the problems at each stage of development and reveals the qualities—above all, the quality of understanding—that can provide the right answer at critical moments.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501122827
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A pioneering work on early childhood development that is as relevant today as when it was first published 60 years ago. To a small child, the world is an exciting but sometimes frightening and unstable place. In The Magic Years, Selma Fraiberg takes the reader into the mind of the child, showing how he confronts the world and learns to cope with it. With great warmth and perception, she discusses the problems at each stage of development and reveals the qualities—above all, the quality of understanding—that can provide the right answer at critical moments.
Who's Not in School?
Author: Ross Mountney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993261404
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Who's Not In School? Tim's not because he's got the flu. Katy's not because she has an appointment at the hospital. Little Harry isn't either, because he learns at home. While he's learning he has all sorts of adventures ... some of which he shouldn't!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993261404
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Who's Not In School? Tim's not because he's got the flu. Katy's not because she has an appointment at the hospital. Little Harry isn't either, because he learns at home. While he's learning he has all sorts of adventures ... some of which he shouldn't!
Webster's Compact Dictionary
Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877794882
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Webster's Compact Dictionary gives you fast, easy access to the most commonly used words in the English language. In addition to clear, concise definitions, main entries include pronunciations, part-of-speech labels, end-of-the-line hyphenation points, and inflected forms. Provides over 38,000 entries for common words.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877794882
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Webster's Compact Dictionary gives you fast, easy access to the most commonly used words in the English language. In addition to clear, concise definitions, main entries include pronunciations, part-of-speech labels, end-of-the-line hyphenation points, and inflected forms. Provides over 38,000 entries for common words.
Freeschoolin'
Author: Wendy Elizabeth Hart
Publisher: Hart2hart Art Enterprises
ISBN: 9780995921900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Freeschoolin': Life Is My School is the first book in the beautifully illustrated series of an Unschooled girl and her family's Freeschoolin' life in Ontario, Canada. Follow six year old Hope as she shares how she loves learning every day through passion-led education.
Publisher: Hart2hart Art Enterprises
ISBN: 9780995921900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Freeschoolin': Life Is My School is the first book in the beautifully illustrated series of an Unschooled girl and her family's Freeschoolin' life in Ontario, Canada. Follow six year old Hope as she shares how she loves learning every day through passion-led education.