Free To Learn: Why Unleashing The Instinct To Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Selfreliant, And Better Students For Li,Used

A Leading Expert In Childhood Development Makes The Case For Why Selfdirected Learning 'Unschooling' Is The Best Way To Get Kids To Learn.'All Kids Love Learning. Most Don'T Love School. That'S A Disconnect We'Ve Avoided Discussinguntil This Lightning Bolt Of A Book. If You'Ve Ever Wondered Why Your Curious Kid Is Turning Into A Sullen Slug At School, Peter Gray'S Free To Learn Has The Answer. He Also Has The Antidote.' Lenore Skenazy, Author Of Freerange Kidsin Free To Learn, Developmental Psychologist Peter Gray Argues That In Order To Foster Children Who Will Thrive In Today'S Constantly Changing World, We Must Entrust Them To Steer Their Own Learning And Development. Drawing On Evidence From Anthropology, Psychology, And History, He Demonstrates That Free Play Is The Primary Means By Which Children Learn To Control Their Lives, Solve Problems, Get Along With Peers, And Become Emotionally Resilient. A Brave, Counterintuitive Proposal For Freeing Our Children From The Shackles Of The Curiositykilling Institution We Call School, Free To Learn Suggests That It'S Time To Stop Asking What'S Wrong With Our Children, And Start Asking What'S Wrong With The System. It Shows How We Can Actboth As Parents And As Members Of Societyto Improve Children'S Lives And To Promote Their Happiness And Learning.