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Title: A great introduction to educating with the classics
Review: This book helped shape a reading program for my kids (and it helped me focus my reading as well!). Based on the "great books" method, DeMille encourages parents and teachers to dig into the classics as a means of teaching.DeMille differentiates between teaching and educating, claiming that only the student can educate himself, and that no matter how passionate the parent or teacher is it is up to the student to learn. You cannot force knowledge or understanding into someone else's head.A little light on the "how", DeMille offers a lot of motivation to engage the classics as a means for learning, but does not give you a nuts and bolts approach. In this sense, this book is a lot more theoretical than practical. He does, however, point to numerous references that can be useful in shaping your curriculum.We used this book to help supplement our kids' public school education which we felt was lacking.
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