The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life

Publishers Weekly bestseller A joyful and accessible homeschool guide to making learning a part of everyday lifeParents who are deeply invested in their childrens education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the daytoday grind, it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. How do parents nurture a love of learning amid childhood chaos, parental selfdoubt, the flu, and state academic standards?In this book, Julie Bogart distills decades of experiencehomeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the worldto show parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether theyre in elementary or high school.Enchantment is about ease, not striving. Bogart shows parents how to make room for surprise, mystery, risk, and adventure in their familys routine, so they can create an environment that naturally moves learning forward. If a child wants to pick up a new hobby or explore a subject area that the parent knows little about, its easy to simply say no to end the discussion and the parental discomfort, while dousing their childs curious spark. Bogart gently invites parents to model brave learning for their kids so they, too, can approach life with curiosity, joy, and the courage to take learning risks.