Books: Free Range Education

[ailbhe]

Title: Free Range Education (How home education works)

Edited by: Terry Dowty

Publisher: Hawthorn Press

ISBN: 1903458072

I don't often mention books here but I really want to remember which HE books I read and which I like. This is a good selection of essays and articles by parents and children doing home education in various ways and under various circumstances; it has really brought home to me that doing what's most appropriate for one's own family is actually OK, no really it is, and I think I'll want to pick it up again later to reread for reassurance.

It does also have some practical information, such as how to fight the LEA if necessary and what groups you can join to meet other HE families, but I suspect I'll be able to pick that kind of info up anyway.

(In personal news, I have just persuaded Rob to nap while the baby is napping. Goodness knows he needs the rest.)

Comments

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

I've got an excellent book in one of the un-packed boxes about parent-run schools. I read an article on it in the Telegraph & was very impressed with the idea, so I bought the recommended book.

As the local primary school here is excellent, I'm happy in principle for Kate to attend it. She all ready goes to the nursery class.

[cream-t.livejournal.com]

Hiya. Have you come across "Education Otherwise" yet? If you want some more first-hand info on HE, drop me a line (mailto:TRB@brumble.net) and I can put you in contact with my friends in Shropshire, who are home-educating their two boys, now 11 and 13.
Cheers,
T.