Libby Pink, the author of Lotus and the Golden Pearl: A Young Girl’s Peace Odyssey, sent us this book to read and review. The book is about a young girl, Lotus, and her adventures with the animals on the island of Meris. When she arrives on the island, much against her will, the animals explain [...]
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Playful Parenting: My Thoughts
You can put me down as one more voice enthusiastically recommending the book, Playful Parenting!
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It was truly fantastic, forever going in my Top Five parenting books, directly behind Alfie Kohn and Naomi Aldort. The author, Lawrence Cohen, speaks from the same radical view – that children are individuals deserving of respect and patience as they [...]
Rethinking Everything Magazine (And Giveaway)
I was contacted last week and asked to read and review the inaugural issue of Rethinking Everything Magazine. After just a quick glimpse of the website I couldn’t wait to get an early issue, feeling it was right up my alley and exactly what I need as we put a close to 2009 and look [...]
Zeb Reviews: Time4Learning
Time4Learning contacted us about doing a review of their site. We don’t follow a curriculum or do things because we feel they are “educational” (because what isn’t?) but Zeb wanted to do this for the monetary compensation they offered.
This is the honest review from a 10 year old autodidact:
He logged in and seemed to grasp [...]
Weapons of Mass Instruction: Review
I just finished reading John Taylor Gatto’s Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher’s Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling.
It’s been a long time since I’ve read a book so thought-provoking, and not because I necessarily agreed with it all as I assumed I would, because I’m not sure I especially do. But I [...]
