Free to Learn
Adult. Price $27.99
Basic Books
Free to Learn is
a hard cover book that will show parents and teachers how removing play from
childhood, in combination with increasing the pressures of school,
paradoxically reduces the very skills we want our children to learn.
In Free to Learn Peter Gray discussion topics such as:
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How play
is crucial to children’s intellectual, social, and emotional development
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What
hunter-gather societies can teach us about raising children
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How
children’s natural instics to educate themselves can function today if we
provide appropriate environmental conditions
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Reasons
for the decline in trustful parenting and children’s freedoms and how to become
a more trustful parent
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How the
decline in play and increased school
pressure have led to a continuous rise in psychological disorders among
children and adolescents
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How play
has changed in today’s technology-filled world and parents’ role in the decline
of outdoor play
According to the author,
other cultures can show us that when children spend time with others of mixed
ages, they learn, grow, and develop naturally and positively. Dr. Gray, a
developmental psychologist, says that spending time in self-directed play and
development leads to the development of socially, intellectually, and
emotionally healthy adults.
Included in Freedom to Learn are extensive notes
and bibliography in case you want further information. Recommended for
teachers, homeschoolers, and parents.
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