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"Our K-12 school system is an artificial product of market forces. It isn't a good fit for all--or even most--students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes children into a rigid set of grades with little regard for individual maturity, and slaps "disability" labels over differences in learning style. Caught in this system, far too many young learners end up discouraged, disconnected, and unhappy. And when...
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Emilie Day believes in playing it safe: she's homeschooled, her best friend is her seizure dog, and she's probably the only girl on the Outer Banks of North Carolina who can't swim. Then Emilie's mom enrolls her in public school, and Emilie goes from studying at home in her pj's to halls full of strangers. To make matters worse, Emilie is paired with starting point guard Chatham York for a major research project on Emily Dickinson. She should be thrilled...
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On the last night of summer, Emma and her Maine game warden father rescue a small domestic rabbit stuck in a fence; the very next day Emma starts fifth grade after years of being home schooled, excited and apprehensive about making new friends, but she is paired with Jack, a hyperactive boy, who does not seem to fit in with anyone--except that they share a love of animals, which draws them together, because of the rabbit.
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Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse....
7) Schooled
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Popular author Gordon Korman pens a funny fish-out-of-water tale that even the most reluctant reader will find impossible to resist. Capricorn Anderson has spent his entire life on a farm with his hippie grandmother. After an accident puts Grandma in the hospital, Cap is forced to attend Claverage Middle School and live with his guidance counselor. The tradition at Claverage is for students to nominate the biggest nerd for class president, and Cap...
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Consequences of the ongoing pandemic have seriously affected educational systems in the U.S. and around the world. School closures and the opportunities or nightmares of remote learning have caused many parents to reconsider options for schooling their children. Alternatives to conventional school are currently hot topics, strongly motivated by growing racism and the social bullying that confront many youngsters and teens in todays school environment....
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To instruct means to draw forward; the educator should draw forward, be that as it may, likewise, should meet the new person at her or his own level. Be that as it may, what does the instructor draw forward from the youngster? Is the educator like the sun that draws forward the plants? Youngsters in all actuality do grow up, and yet, they descend. Imagine a scenario in which one is showing one's own kids.
There are as numerous potential ways to deal...
10) Sunny
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
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Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
11) Listen to HSK2
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Are you looking to ace your HSK2 exam? Good news! Introducing Listen to HSK2. This audiobook contains all the 170 words you need to know for the HSK2 exam. With 17 audio files and 10 words in each, you'll never miss a vocabulary word again!
Each word comes with its English translation, example sentence and the English translation of the example sentences. Our expert teacher reads each example sentence twice – the first time slowly, to enable easier...
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In Raising Kids in Today's Digital World, best-selling author and parenting advice expert Bukky Ekine-Ogunlana draws on many years of experience improving family communication and her own life experience raising Kids of her own to offer you positive parenting that will allow you to overcome common problems in the current age of overstimulation, ADHD and social media addiction, and raise kids that are respectful, helpful and morally strong.
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Answers to the most common-and most controversial-questions about creation evidences.
In The Creation Answer Book, renowned Bible scholar Hank Hanegraaff brings to life the answers God has revealed about His magnificent creation-our universe, light and time, the earth and all who inhabit it. The popular Q&A format provides a clear and concise biblical view of the ordering of events through divine authority since the beginning of time. A must-have...
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"When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, the landscape easily allowed them to envision the self-sustaining family farm they were eager to start. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthplace of their two sons, the main source of family income and food, and ultimately, both classroom and home for their children. Having opted out of formal education,...
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What ever happened to our inalienable rights?
The Constitution was once the bedrock of our country, an unpretentious parchment that boldly established the God-given rights and freedoms of America. Today that parchment has been shred to ribbons, explains Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, as the federal government trounces state and individual rights and expands its reach far beyond what the Framers intended.
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Cultivate a Wild and Free family culture in your home and build wonder and adventure into your children's daily routine with this essential guide from the founder of Wild + Free, packed with practical suggestions and imaginative ideas.
While every family has its own culture, Ainsley Arment believes that being intentional about how we raise our kids is one of the most important things parents can do. Drawn from her own family's stories and those shared...
17) Montessori Toddler Disciplines: A Complete Parenting Guide to Raising your Children in a Healthy
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Are you looking for a different approach to parenting, teaching, and disciplining your little one(s) after trying all manner of things that just leave you feeling as if you are not doing enough as a parent?
And have you come across the Montessori approach to teaching and learning and are curious to introduce it to your toddler but don't know where to start because you don't have the necessary information to make that happen?
If you've answered YES,...
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The newest edition to the top-selling Adventure series, this storybook Bible for kids ages 4-7 will start them on a journey of discovering about the Bible and growing with God as they grow up with the Adventure Bible, at every age and stage, beginning with the Bible Storybook and continuing on through age 12 with the NIV edition. At every twist and turn, the Adventure Bible Storybook is filled with-what else-ADVENTURE! Parents and loved ones can be...
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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...
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If you're going to run for your life, you gotta wear the right shoes. Life is rapidly changing for pre-teen shoe spokesperson Riley Mae. After escaping near disaster at the top of Half Dome in Yosemite, Riley, her family, and her Swiftriver co-workers fly to a secret hideout in Northwest Montana. But when the plane's malfunction leads to a rough landing, Riley wants nothing more than to return to friends, church, and home. Then she meets Sunday, a...
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