The Brave Learner

Publishers Weekly bestseller A joyfuland accessible homeschool guide to making learning a part of everyday lifeParents who are deeply invested in their children''s education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day-to-day grind it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. How do parents nurture a love of learning amid childhood chaos parental self-doubt the flu and state academic standards? In this book Julie Bogart distills decades of experience--homeschooling her five now grown children developing curricula and training homeschooling families around the world--to show parents how to make education an exciting even enchanting experience for their kids whether they''re in elementary or high school. Enchantment is about ease not striving. Bogart shows parents how to make room for surprise mystery risk and adventure in their family''s routine so they can create an environment that naturally moves learning forward. If a child wants to pick up a new hobby or explore a subject area that the parent knows little about it''s easy to simply say no to end the discussion and the parental discomfort while dousing their child''s curious spark. Bogart gently invites parents to model brave learning for their kids so they too can approach life with curiosity joy and the courage to take learning risks.