Tiffany K. Wayne

Hi, all. I am new to the list and new to the idea of unschooling. My
son is just 2-1/2 and my husb. and I just recently realized that
unschooling is what we want for his "education." It was such a
"lightbulb moment" (as Oprah would say!) when I realized what this would

mean for our son, our home life, our careers, and it just feels so
right. I was never interested in homeschooling, i.e. following a school

curriculum at home, but when I started thinking about unschooling I
realized that was really the alternative to education that I was looking

for, but unable to articulate. Thank goodness for the internet and for
all the wonderful resources and communities to help us think about
parenting in the 21st century!! (I just had to stick that in there.)

Anyway, I know about Gatto (sp?) and Holt, but I was thinking of
ordering Linda Dobson's _Art of Education_ because it sounded
interesting - the subtitle is something like Reclaiming your Child, your

Community, your Self?? Does anyone have insights about this book? Do
you recommend it?

Thanks for any feedback,
Tiff

Tiffany K. Wayne

Thanks, David, for your thoughtful and encouraging response.  I'm looking forward to reading all of these books.  And, of course, I had already been directed to your book by friends on another parenting discussion list :)

Tiffany
 

David Albert wrote:

From: David Albert <shantinik@...>

Linda Dobson's "Art of Education" is terrific. It will stretch you in new
ways, as she is clear that real education is far different from the
"conditioning" that takes place under the same name in schools.

I'd also highly recommend Nancy Wallace's "Child's Work: Taking Children's
Choices Seriously".  I know of no book (including my own) which is more
respectful of the knowledge quests of children. (you can read more about it
on my website - www.skylarksings.com)