Review: Great Ideas for Home Schooled Kids and Kids in Traditional Schools as well
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2012
As a parent who works full time I know that I would never have the time (or patience) to teach my children on a full time basis. However I read the book out of sheer curiosity to see what a teaching parent had to offer in way of ideas and information. I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised as I was expecting it to be a mundane topic that would not offer much in the way of beneficial information. I am pleased to say that I was way off base and it just goes to show that you cannot judge a book by its cover! While I will never home school my children, Dr. DuCloux gave me some amazing ideas that I can use to work with my child outside of their public school. Learning at home is just as important as learning in the classroom and the good doctor provided me with so many fantastic ideas that I can use on my children to help them to advance in their school work.  I plan to put her information to use and figure out the results from her descriptions. Once I know the results I can conference with my son's teacher (he is in kindergarten which is the best time to get started on this type of thing IMO) about his learning style and main interests so that we can work together to ensure that he gets the best education possible in a way that he understands and enjoys best. I think that knowing this information will make school more interesting to him and maybe he will not be as resistant to learning and doing his homework if we know how to approach him properly. I think that every parent, homeschooler or not, will benefit greatly from reading this book. I know that I have high hopes for what it will do for my child!