Homeschooling for Excellence
by David Colfax
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THE COLFAXES DIDN'T START TEACHING THEIR BOYS AT HOME TO GET THEM INTO HARVARD - BUT THAT'S WHAT HOMESCHOOLING ACCOMPLISHED! For over fifteen years, David and Micki Colfax educated their children at home. They don't think of themselves as pioneers, though that's what they became. Unhappy with the public schools, the Colfaxes wanted the best education possible for their four sons: a program for learning that met the evolving needs of each child and gave them complete control of how and what show more their children learned. The results? A prescription for excellence-Harvard educations for their sons Grant, Drew, and Reed. (Their fourth son is still too young for college.) Now the Colfaxes tell how all parents can become involved in homeschooling. In a straight-talking book that reads like a frank conversation among friends, they tell what they did and how they did it: their educational approaches, the lessons they learned, and what materials-books, equipment, educational aids-proved most useful over the years. Best of all, they show you how you can take charge of your children's education-in an invaluable sourcebook that will help you find a rewarding and successful alternative to our failing schools. show lessTags
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This is the book that in leaflet form gave my parents the confidence to homeschool my brother and me beginning in 1983 when homeschooling was unheard of. It is good, inspiring reading of the academic (not religious) perspective of homeschooling.
After reading the Colfaxs' memoir 'Hard Times in Paradise' I was interested in this book, and wanted to read about their 'plan' for organising your child's home education; especially considering they admitted in their memoir they didn't really have a plan.
This is a book very much of its time - most of the resources are out of date, and it even talks about giving your child a typewriter (though it mentions this may become redundant as word processors become more common). It was published before the internet was known to the general public, so many of the book recommendations are for references which you could probably get from the internet, or at the very least there are newer books available.
That said, I am sure it was a great book in show more its time, and at the very least there are a few sections which are more on the philosophy behind how they taught their boys, and that is pretty interesting. show less
This is a book very much of its time - most of the resources are out of date, and it even talks about giving your child a typewriter (though it mentions this may become redundant as word processors become more common). It was published before the internet was known to the general public, so many of the book recommendations are for references which you could probably get from the internet, or at the very least there are newer books available.
That said, I am sure it was a great book in show more its time, and at the very least there are a few sections which are more on the philosophy behind how they taught their boys, and that is pretty interesting. show less
They simplify the argument and illuminate the way. This book is great inspiration and guidance for the aspiring parent.
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- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 649.68 — Technology Home economics & family management Child rearing; home care of people with illnesses and disabilities by family and friends Discipline, Homeschool, and Toilet Training Homeschooling
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- LC40 .C65 — Education Special aspects of education Special aspects of education Home education
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