Austin Family July, 2003
"For many parents this book is an indispensable handbook for educating their children at home."


Home Schooling Today December 2003
"[An] enduring homeschooling classic...A landmark work...This book is indispensable."


Boston Globe Magazine 03/21/04
"An expansion and revision of the homeschoolers' bible, written by the late, outspoken Massachusetts education reformer John Holt."


Book Description
The classic work on teaching children at home, updated for today's new laws, new lifestyles, and a new generation of homeschooling parents. Today more than one and a half million children are being taught at home by their own parents. In this expanded edition of the book that helped launch the whole movement, Pat Farenga has distilled John Holt's timeless understanding of the ways children come to understand the world and added up-to-the-moment practical advice. Rather than proposing that parents turn their homes into miniature schools, Holt and Farenga demonstrate how ordinary parents can help children grow as social, active learners. Chapters on living with children, "serious play," children and work, and learning difficulties will be of interest to all parents, whether homeschooling or not, as well as to teachers. This new edition is supplemented with legal advice as well as a guide to cooperating with schools and facing the common objections to homeschooling. Teach Your Own not only has all the vital information necessary to be the definitive reference for parents teaching their own children, it also conveys John Holt's wise and passionate belief in every child's ability to learn from the world that has made his wonderful books into enduring classics.


About the Author
John Holt (1923-1985) is the author of How Children Learn and How Children Fail, which together have sold over one and a half million copies. Pat Farenga, writer and president of Holt Associates, lectures all over the country and is the father of three home-schooled daughters.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Rather than proposing that parents turn their homes into miniature schools, Holt and Farenga demonstrate how ordinary parents can help children grow as social, active learners. Chapters on living with children, "serious play," children and work, and learning difficulties will fascinate and encourage parents and help them enjoy each "homeschool" day. John Holt's warm understanding of children and his passionate belief in every child's ability to learn have made this book the bible of homeschooling families everywhere.

SYNOPSIS

Farenga is president of Holt Associates, originally founded by John Holt (1923-1985). This text incorporates portions of Holt's 1981 text, Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education, and sections from Farenga's 2000 text, The Beginner's Guide to Homeschooling, along with new information reflecting today's laws, lifestyles, and a new generation of homeschooling parents. In addition to providing practical information on how and why to homeschool, the text addresses the political, legal, and legislative issues homeschoolers faced in the early 1980s, and are likely to face now and in the future. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

FROM THE CRITICS

Home Education Magazine - July-August 2003

If you haven't read this book before, seize the opportunity. If you have read it, it's time to read it again.

Austin Family