Guest post: Ross Mountney’s home ed reading list
I’m very happy to be hosting Ross Mountney on her blog tour. When we started thinking about home ed, Ross’s book Learning Without School was the first I read. I […]
Category Archives: Book reviews
Growing Up Social by Gary Chapman and Arlene Pellicane
BOOK DESCRIPTION In this digital age, children are spending more and more time interacting with a screen rather than a parent. Technology has the potential to add value to our families, but […]
The Secrets of Happy Families
I really enjoyed this book. The premise is that rather than speaking to parenting experts, Bruce Feiler talked to ‘creative minds’ in various disciplines to see what techniques they use […]
The Element by Ken Robinson
I absolutely loved this book. If you’ve watched Sir Ken Robinson’s TEDTalk, you’ll know why. He’s down to earth, he’s clear, he’s funny. I’d actually marked dozens of pages with […]
How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
This book isn’t about home education, nor is much of it applicable to home education, but I found it fascinating all the same. The subtitle is ‘Grit, curiosity and the […]
Happy Home Ed. 