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AUGUST BOOK GIVEAWAY

Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything

by Laura Grace Weldon

That’s right…you have the opportunity to win Laura Grace Weldon’s premiere book, enjoying wonderful reviews around the world!

Free Range Learning seeks to restore meaning to a central place in education. It speaks to the importance of educating the whole child.

It takes an empathic look at childhood, emphasizing how a child learns, not just what a child learns. Clear examples show that young people thrive on timetables uniquely suited to their abilities and interests. This authoritative handbook on natural learning provides a wealth of ideas and resources that help to preserve curiosity, awe and intellectual vigor as lifelong attributes.

Free Range Learning confirms and celebrates the promise of each new day. It affirms the value of living each moment, connecting to nature, enjoying free play, finding purpose in work and sustaining one’s ethics.

This gentle book doesn’t shy away from data. It cites research by neurologists, child development specialists, anthropologists, educators, historians and business innovators. It also offers contributions from more than 100 people around the world who are the true experts on alternative learning.

Free Range Learning also takes a look at the personal, family, community and global impact of our educational choices. It asks the reader to consider alternative education as a cultural shift that is redefining success and reshaping the future of schooling. Free Range Learning asserts that innovative and ethical young people who are accustomed to critical thinking will be the best equipped to meet the challenges of our changing world.

Just a couple of many endorsements:

“My heart began to sing after reading the first paragraph of this book. I became thrilled and hopeful as I kept reading. Thrilled that the author so beautifully captures the essence of how children learn and hopeful that more parents will have the opportunity to understand and respect how exciting learning can be for children.

This book should be read by every parent, teacher, and school administrator as the beginning of education reform that includes respect for the learning process of every child.

Therapists might be out of a job if every child could experience an environment where different strengths are understood and respected and failure is never an issue. Homeschooling parents who have any doubts will be filled with confidence and encouragement.

This book is about much more than homeschooling. It incorporates beautiful philosophies such as slowing down, kindness, empathy, cooperation, the dangers of materialism, creating a heart-centered lifestyle, and much more. It is also filled with valuable resources for homeschooling parents. It is a beautiful read.”

~Jane Nelsen

co-author of Positive Discipline in the Classroom

and Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World

“A book of many voices. A swelling chorus of the real life experiences of parents and children, buttressed with science, that powers a fresh, but ancient, way of looking at how children learn.

Laura Weldon shares her view of the rich experiences of children learning in a free range setting.

A resource for parents; an inspiration for all of us.”

~Robert Wolff

author of Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing

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Contest Details

CONTEST DEADLINE: Aug 31, 2010; 11:59PM (EDT)

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER THE PARENT AT THE HELM GIVEAWAY!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONTEST: To enter, submit a comment on the PARENT AT THE HELM August Giveaway blog article.

You are allowed one entry per book, with the exception of BLOGGERS: I know your pain! [g]! Blog about this giveaway, include the link to your post in your comment, and you will receive an extra entry in the contest as a thank you for all of your hard work! PARENT AT THE HELM is not responsible for errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects in part or whole, delays in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for any technical or non-technical network, telephonic, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate or partial transmission of or failure to receive entry information by PARENT AT THE HELM on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet, at any Web site or at any combination of these.

WINNER SELECTION: The winner shall be selected using Random.org’s “Randomizer” on the morning of September 1, 2010.

ODDS OF WINNING: You’ve got great odds! Odds are determined by the number of entries received.

OBTAINING YOUR PRIZE: We will contact winner by email only. PARENT AT THE HELM will make a reasonable effort to contact you on the day you are determined as winner, but we are not responsible for misdirected notification because of problems with the e-mail address you provide to us. If we cannot reach you, you may be disqualified, with an alternate winner selected. In addition, a winner who does not comply with the Official Rules will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected. Return of any prize or prize notification as “undeliverable” will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected.

CONDITIONS: Your participation binds you to these official rules. By participating, you waive any right to claim ambiguity of said rules. All decisions regarding this contest, including, but not limited to, selecting winners, will be made by PARENT AT THE HELM. That decision is final. As winner you are solely responsible for any applicable federal, state and local taxes.

ANNOUNCING THE PRIZE WINNER: We’ll let you know who won on this blog after the September 1, 2010, drawing.

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