The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming the Wonder in Your Child's Education, A New Way to Homeschool By Ainsley Arment

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Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality homeschool education.Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau—”All good things are wild and free”—mother of five Ainsley Arment founded Wild + Free. This growing online community of mothers and families want their children to receive a quality education at home by challenging their intellectual abilities and nurturing their sense of curiosity, joy and awe—the essence of a positive childhood. The homeschool approach of past generations is gone—including the stigma of socially awkward kids, conservative clothes, and a classroom setting replicated in the home. The Wild + Free movement is focused on a love of nature, reading great books, pursuing interests and hobbies, making the entire world a classroom, and prolonging the wonder of childhood, an appealing philosophy that is unpacked in the pages of this bookThe Call of the Wild and Free offers advice, information, and positive encouragement for parents considering homeschooling, those currently in the trenches looking for inspiration, as well as parents, educators, and caregivers who want supplementary resources to enhance their kids’ traditional educations.

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I like books with substance. This has none. It's 3/5 trying-to-be-inspirational pep talk, 1/5 quotes from other authors, 1/5 humble bragging anecdotes. I like books written by someone with expertise. This author's eldest child was in 9th grade at the time of writing. Get back to me when you've guided at least one kid (preferably more) into adulthood, and then I might be more receptive to your pep talk. I like books with original thoughts/research or a new/interesting slant on a topic. This is basically a collection of fluff which could be found on any generic homeschool blog.The three positives are as follows: 1) The photography in each chapter. Nice. As expected from an Instagram influencer. 2) There's a brief description of several methods of homeschooling--Waldorf, Montessori, Charlotte Mason, etc. Decent, but not exhaustive or comprehensive. You can easily get this info by googling homeschool methods. 3) The authors she quotes throughout Wild+Free are worth reading. I've read most of them; just skip this book and go to Arment’s sources. You'll be much more informed without wasting time and money on this book.My friend loaned me this book as I've been going through a rough patch homeschooling my kids. She loves all the Wild+Free stuff, and hoped it would encourage me. I'm a second generation homeschooler, have 5 school-aged kids plus 2 younger ones and another on the way, and have been homeschooling about 7 years. Maybe I'm not the target reader for this book, but it's just stuffed full of platitudes and the whole idea of "just go into nature and your kids will have a fairy-tale life and you'll be so happy together". I have a degree in outdoor recreation (so I'm huge on the outdoors), lean very Charlotte Mason with a touch of unschooliness (so I'm huge on living books, short lessons, real life experiences, interest-led learning, etc.), and I'm always on the lookout for good community (i.e. friends for my kids and other parents with whom I can talk shop). So you'd think I'd be able to identify with the book. But there absolutely nothing new in here, and very little practical advice. "Build boats and float them down the gutter on rainy days" is fabulous for preschoolers, but where is the advice for encouraging a love of the outdoors in your 13 year old who hates being outside and complains about her daily hour of outside time? Where's the acknowledgement that not all (or even many) homeschoolers are wealthy, white, and have access to all the amazing aspects of life that this author evidently does? Where's the advice for when you already live the way this book describes, and you are still burned out from facilitating the magic, the kids still push back against their already short school days, your kid has patiently struggled through every word of the phonics book and still can't read, etc.? "You might face a revolt from your kids at first, but persist, dear mama. Integrate these treasures into your regular routine without making a big deal of it, and watch your children fall in love with a new family culture in time."Oh yeah, and WHEN they don't? Please don't "dear mama" me...tell me what you do when your child doesn't like the family culture. Never mind, your oldest child is about 15, so you don't really know yet, do you? Why are you writing a book again?Some other irritations: 1) She implies that some older popular homeschoolers are part of the Wild+Free "movement". I find that misleading as Leigh Bortins, Julie Bogart, and others mentioned here were blogging/writing long before Arment even started homeschooling. So maybe they now have some connections to Wild+Free but they certainly would have influenced Arment, not the other way around. 2) The book needs an editor, like most popular books. She uses the word "curriculums" instead of curricula. And there is page after exhausting page of ideas of how to spend your time with your kids. But no index, and it's very unorganized, so you'd have to skim the whole book again if anything did stand out to you. Her writing style (Lots of short sentences. Put together. Like this.) is obnoxious after a couple pages. And there are so many paragraphs of nice-sounding words that don't mean anything. "In reclaiming motherhood, we are reclaiming a natural connection to our purpose, our calling, and our children". Huh? And so on. 3) If you're an experienced homeschooler, you'll get nothing out of this book. Actually, you probably could have written a better version of it. If you are a new homeschooler, you'll probably be discouraged or confused by this book. You know that it's not all rainbows and fairy dust and sparkly streams, but this book paints a completely unrealistic picture of how parenting and educating your kids the Wild+Free way will give you a fulfilling life as a mother and your kids the childhood they deserve. So if you feel like a failure since your life doesn't probably doesn't look like this book says it will, just remember it's not you, it's the book. If you are thinking about homeschooling, just skip this and read something more realistic so that you can go into homeschooling (or whatever educational method you decide on) with your eyes open. I suspect the majority of 5 star reviews were written by friends or fan-girls of the author. 4) The author pointedly says her book is for women, not men, which is really weird to me. I could not homeschool without my husband's extensive support. Maybe I could with fewer children, but I don't think I'd want to. Maybe most homeschool families are headed by a mom (hopefully with support from her spouse), but there are plenty of single parents and homeschool dads and parents who split the homeschool load evenly and non-traditional families out there. So it's really odd to hear an author say her book is only for "mamas". It's her book, and she explains that she's trying to promote women, but I think she just ends up alienating potential readers. 5) There are many mini-ads throughout the book for the Wild+Free "movement" and "community". I live in a state where it’s easy to homeschool and there are a lot of homeschoolers. However, I signed up for two Wild+Free groups within an hour's drive, and there is absolutely no activity. No ready-made community. And again, nothing for kids older than preschool/early elementary age. Yet some friends of mine in a similar state have wait lists for their local Wild+Free groups. I don't know why the discrepancy, but if you are interested in a group, it might not be as rosy and easy to find like-minded community as the author implies.Anyway, I obviously hated this book, so here are few authors I do recommend (if you are newer to homeschooling. My eldest is only 13 so I don't feel qualified yet to recommend much past that, other than my own experience as a homeschooled teen):Outdoors/nature/play: Peter Gray, Richard Louv, Florence Williams, Charlotte MasonShort lessons/minimal formal schooling: John Holt, John Taylor Gatto, Charlotte MasonCommunity/place based education: David Albert, David SobelReading real books: Charlotte Mason, Donalyn MillerAutodidactism: Grace LlewellynInspiration from people who've actually finished raising kids: David & Micki Colfax, Linda Dobson, Ruth Beechick, Leila Lawler (blogger)and so many others. Anything but The Call of the Wild+Free :)

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