Grace Llewellyn & Amy Silver 
Guerrilla Learning 
How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School

GUERRILLA LEARNING IS CREATING A HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT FILLS YOUR CHILD WITH THE JOY OF LEARNING


Let your daughter read her library books instead of finishing her homework . Ask your eleven-year-old’s beloved third grade teacher to comment on his poetry. Invite a massage therapist to dinner because your daughter wants to go to massage school instead of college. Give your child the freedom to pursue his interests, develop her strengths, cultivate self-discipline, and discover the joy of learning throughout life.


If you’ve ever felt that your child wasn’t flourishing in school or simply needs something the professionals aren’t supplying, you’re ready to become a ‘guerrilla educator.’ Revolutionary and inspiring, Guerrilla Learning explains what’s wrong (and what’s useful) about our traditional schools and shows you how to take charge of your family’s education to raise thinking, creative young people despite the constraints of traditional schooling.


Filled with fun and exciting exercises and projects to do with children of all ages, this remarkable approach to childhood, education, and life will help you release your child’s innate abilities and empower him or her in the wider world that awaits beyond the school walls.

Tabella dei contenuti

Acknowledgments.


Introduction.


The Broken Sword: Real Education in Our Lives and the Lives of Our Children.


What We Can Do: Guerrilla Learning.


The Five Keys to Guerrilla Learning.


Key #1: Opportunity.


Key #2: Timing.


Key #3: Interest.


Key #4: Freedom.


Key #5: Support.


Afterword: A More Beautiful Question.


Appendix A: Testing Our Patience: Standardized Testing in the School System.


Appendix B: Alternatives to Traditional Schooling.


Index.

Circa l’autore

GRACE LLEWELLYN is the author of the classic Teenage Liberation Handbook and speaks widely on the subject of homeschooling.

AMY SILVER teaches parenting workshops. Her children have been homeschooled and have also attended traditional and alternative schools.