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Posted: June 03 2008 at 11:21am | IP Logged Quote hereinantwerp
Has anyone read these books by Gareth Lewis? They look intriguing. "Waldorfy"--it seemed like maybe they actually included ideas for curriculum?? They have a neat website, "Freedom in Education".

I saw them in the F.U.N. catalogue online.

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Posted: June 03 2008 at 3:11pm | IP Logged Quote mom3aut1not
Angela,

I think I still have One to One. If so, you are welcome to it.

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Posted: June 03 2008 at 10:04pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Angela -- they're very unschooly and great reads! I enjoyed one-to-one more than the "sequel" but that may be because their kids were younger and mine are too.

Here's a link to the Lewis Family's website where you can get a better idea of what's in the books ... the daughter runs the web and each of the children has a role in the family company.

Leonie probably knows more about this than I do....

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Posted: June 04 2008 at 12:40am | IP Logged Quote Leonie
I LOVE One-to-One - have used it all the time for maths games, for the booklist, for crafts and drawing ideas.

However, I sold my copy of Unqualified Education - I thought it was too simplistic and played down academics for high schoolers. Yes, we are unschooly but I don't think that means that my high schoolers' education just has to be practical stuff and not university preparation.

My not-so-gentle two cents!

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Posted: June 04 2008 at 1:14am | IP Logged Quote hereinantwerp
Thanks for your opinions, I had not heard of the book until a few nights ago.
I've been exploring some of the unschooling books, always such intriguing reading---I probably would have made a great unschooler myself!

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Angela,

I think I still have One to One. If so, you are welcome to it.

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Deborah I pm-ed you!

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Posted: June 04 2008 at 8:07am | IP Logged Quote Lauri B
I own both books as well as the newsletters, as we were subscribers for years. Both are terrific unschooling books, which give not only the theory of it all but also very practical, specific things to do, make, bake, etc. with illustrations. I really like the books (and newsletters) and I think the whole Lewis family offer a lot we can learn from, or at least a lot we can think about and consider.

However, it's possible there are better books out now; books which might fit the bill for you better. These are several years old, they are very secular, and they're European. So, perhaps there is something newer which would suit you and your family better? I'm not up - I'm sorry to say - on the latest homeschool stuff. We've been homeschooling for a long time, and most of my materials tend to be stuff I acquired a while ago, liked, and therefore still use - if you KWIM?

Hope it helps...

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