And the Skylark Sings with Me - Adventures in Homeschooling and Community-Based Education

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Summary: Moving, Experiential Learning for Children AND Adults
Review: What I like best about this book is the degree to which the author makes clear he didn't go into homeschooling with all the answers, and how much he had to trust to find them along the way. On one page, he lists more than a hundred things he didn't know anything about before he encountering them in educating his daughters (the book focuses on the older one, which is sensible, given that the younger one was only 6 when the book ends.)

Yes, he does give himself a pat on the back, just as any homeschooling parent would when finding something that really works with his or her child. His daughter is undeniably very gifted, but what comes through is how much work he and his wife put in to enable that giftedness to express itself. I learned lots from this book, mainly that I can trust myself and my children to find our own way.