Unschooling Rules by Clark Aldrich

It is hard not to get caught up in all you can do with home school.  There are a lot of products out there and even more fun and good ideas.  But, occasionally I read a book that puts everything back into perspective for me again and helps me remember why I'm home schooling in the first place.

I love books like this that lay out not just ideas, but actually what to do about them.  This book does not elaborate, it is very to the point.  I had to read it slowly in order to grasp all the golden nuggets.  I got a lot of ideas of things to actually include in our home school.  Some of those things for young kids are like starting a microcosm like a fish tank, recycling, having a pet, computer networking, and making a real website.  How many kids have made a fake website in school that was really a piece of junk?  I love having projects that have to do with real situations.  This book gives a lot of ideas for high school too.

I have always been a big believer of meditation.  This book talks about the importance of quiet reflection, something I believe is one of the most important things you can do for your life and character.

This book tells a lot about the flaws of the public school systems.  I'm the kind of person that knows when something isn't quite right by the way I feel, but can't always put it into words when I try to explain it to other people.  I'm working on that, but this book explains so many things for me, like why everyone has nightmares about high school for the rest of their lives.

This book is really inexpensive from ibooks and worth every penny.  I now have an exciting "to do" list for our home school.  Some things that I wished it had included though is the importance of religion and serving others.