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Educating the Wholehearted Child

Clay Clarkson

Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 4.33 | 1509 Users | 88 Reviews

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Original Title:	Educating the Wholehearted Child Revised & Expanded
ISBN:	1888692006 (ISBN13: 9781888692006)
Edition Language:	English

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In my sixteen years of homeschooling I have read a lot of homeschool how to and encouragement books. Educating the WholeHearted Child is one I have seen throughout the years but never picked up. The day this new edition came up for review, I was feeling rather discouraged. I'd followed the supposed formula and I wasn't seeing the promised results. I needed encouragement to continue despite disappointment, disillusionment, and fear. Unfortunately, that is far from what I found.

When the book arrived, I began reading with anticipation...and felt like it was something I could have written eons ago when I first began homeschooling. You see, I became a Christian, graduated from Bible college, and began homeschooling all within a few years. I was so excited about everything and wanted to do it all "right". It was oh so easy to slip into legalism in all areas of my life. Following the crowd was much more simple than following the Spirit.

Soon I found myself deciding there was a "right" way to dress, a "right" way to church, a "right" way to educate my children (homeschooling), and a "right" way to homeschool. If you disagreed, you were wrong. Simple as that. Of course, this didn't last too long with me. God has created me to be a somewhat free spirit. I'm naturally independent and I tend to wear my heart on my sleeve. I couldn't live within the box for too long and thankfully found freedom to follow His Spirit rather than someone else's version of what God wanted.

I'm not going to place these motives on the authors of this book at all. I do not know their hearts. What I do know is that the tone of the book brought me back to my legalism of old. The idea that homeschooling is the Biblical way, that if we follow these suggestions our children will turn out a certain way...I've been there, done that, and found it doesn't work. Sheltering, Courtship, and any other X,Y, and Z doesn't always accomplish what you think it will. My parenting is much different now than it was with my older kids and I now rest in knowing that I follow His guiding the best I can and my kids are in His hands. They will make their own choices. They must have their own faith. I can't give it to them by homeschooling or sheltering or getting rid of my TV or whatever. I can teach and live and love God and pray they see Him in me, but there are no guarantees in the end. There are no formulas.

I love much in the methods presented in this book. I'm a huge proponent of literature based studies and reading whole books and real life learning. These ideas are wonderful. But for me, the overshadowing of a "right" way was too much. The tone seemed to be one of spiritual arrogance (again, I would not presume to place that on the authors, this is simply my take away as I read) and therefore I cannot recommend it.

*Disclosure: I received this book at no cost for review purposes. This review originally appeared on my blog.

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Title	:	Educating the Wholehearted Child
Author	:	Clay Clarkson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Revised & Expanded
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	January 1st 1996 by Whole Heart Ministries
Categories	:	Education. Parenting. Nonfiction. Christian. Academic. School

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In my sixteen years of homeschooling I have read a lot of homeschool how to and encouragement books. Educating the WholeHearted Child is one I have seen throughout the years but never picked up. The day this new edition came up for review, I was feeling rather discouraged. I'd followed the supposed formula and I wasn't seeing the promised results. I needed encouragement to continue despite disappointment, disillusionment, and fear. Unfortunately, that is far from what I found.When the book

This is probably my favorite overview on home education! The Clarksons do a wonderful and thorough job of discussing what home schooling is and how to make it a part of your life. It is a book that I've shared w/many folks and they usually hand it back and say "I just ordered it, b/c it's so good"....it is a book that I've revisited every few years. A must read for the home educator, no matter what style of home schooling you prefer. They also have an excellent family devotional, "Our 24 Family

One of the great influences of our homeschool experience!

I think this book really inspired and directed the next steps I took in homeschooling. It also did more than that it helped me see the roles and parts in motion in my home and how to handle them responsibly and with the grace of God. Definitely a must read for any parent even if you are not thinking about homeschooling.

In my sixteen years of homeschooling I have read a lot of homeschool how to and encouragement books. Educating the WholeHearted Child is one I have seen throughout the years but never picked up. The day this new edition came up for review, I was feeling rather discouraged. I'd followed the supposed formula and I wasn't seeing the promised results. I needed encouragement to continue despite disappointment, disillusionment, and fear. Unfortunately, that is far from what I found.When the book

The worst homeschool book I've picked up yet. As soon as I read the first page, I knew this book was not for me. It's written to a very narrow audience, and even as Bible-believing Christian, I did not enjoy this book AT ALL. The "we do it the RIGHT way" tone and legalistic nature of the book caused me to want to scrap this one right away. I skimmed the entire book and could not find anything useful until I reached the book list in the back.