New parents 05 -- Children Flying Out of School Under the Blue Sky: Children Flying Out of School Under the Blue Sky

Author: Fang Jie
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: Around the world, over 10 million parents choose to educate their children at home. In every corner of the globe, an increasing number of parents are no longer believing that attending school is the only way to educate their children well. They prefer to let their children learn at home—in an environment close to an ideal one, at their own pace and in their own way, using abundant learning energy to cultivate themselves. For parents who are dedicated to children's education and genuinely care about their growth, many of the ideas in the book indeed offer a direction for reflection. As the book states: Even if there are only a few scattered nights in a week or just ten minutes a day, as long as you start, you can discover the endless surprises brought by home education! However, the author also reminds: people should not reduce this educational approach to a machine for producing gifted children. Its essence lies in providing children with a learning environment and motivation different from the conventional one, not confined by existing learning mechanisms, and thus limiting their uniqueness and developmental potential! If a child is learning to fly, and there is a cloud suitable for the child's weight, home education might be that special cloud created just for the child. For some children, leaving school can lead to better learning. Without school, the entire world becomes a classroom, and birds, animals, insects, and fish become teachers. He writes poetry, makes friends with nature, spends the whole day in bookstores and museums, and learns autonomously whatever he wants to learn. This is a story of home education, as well as an experimental plan for allowing a child to grow happily in their own way. This book, Children Flying Under the Blue Sky, describes the real-life story of a mother and son engaged in home education, breaking through the traditional path of compulsory school education. Their personal experiences provide modern parents with choices and reflections on alternative parenting methods.