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The Call of the Wild and Free

Reclaiming the Wonder in Your Child’s Education, A New Way to Homeschool

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The Call of the Wild and Free

By: Ainsley Arment
Narrated by: Piper Goodeve
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Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality homeschool education.

Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau—”All good things are wild and free”—mother of five Ainsley Arment founded Wild + Free. This growing online community of mothers and families want their children to receive a quality education at home by challenging their intellectual abilities and nurturing their sense of curiosity, joy and awe—the essence of a positive childhood.

The homeschool approach of past generations is gone—including the stigma of socially awkward kids, conservative clothes, and a classroom setting replicated in the home. The Wild + Free movement is focused on a love of nature, reading great books, pursuing interests and hobbies, making the entire world a classroom, and prolonging the wonder of childhood, an appealing philosophy that is unpacked during this audiobook.

The Call of the Wild and Free offers advice, information, and positive encouragement for parents considering homeschooling, those currently in the trenches looking for inspiration, as well as parents, educators, and caregivers who want supplementary resources to enhance their kids’ traditional educations.

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This should be on every homeschoolers shelf. Wonder should be apart of every childhood. Thank you Ainsley for giving us permission to be wild and free and grow according to Gods natural ways and purposes.

Homeschool with wonder

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A great book to get you started thinking about how and if you would like to home school.
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A wonderful reminder of what childhood should be. I will listen to this audiobook over and over for inspiration and direction in guiding not only our children, but ourselves into a life of wonder.

A companion to a life of wonder.

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This book has given me the confidence I need to homeschool my boy. It’s amazing and well worth the read if you ever doubt your ability to homeschool.

The Best Reason to Homeschool!

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Wow, what an incredible book. Real life, practical examples and ideas, deep inspiration and research backed evidence on all the benefits of homeschooling in order to foster a LOVE of learning. I could listen to this again and still glean more inspiration.

If I wasn’t already a homeschooler, I would be after reading this!

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