Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life General (see also headings under Animals For more than 30 years

For more than 30 years

Written by Jennifer Adams and illustrated by Alison Oliver

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Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life General (see also headings under Animals For more than 30 yearsA leading expert in childhood development makes the case for why self directed learning "unschooling" is the best way to get kids to learn. In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that in order to foster children who will thrive in today's constantly changing world, we must entrust them to steer their own learning and development. Drawing on evidence from anthropology, psychology, and history, he demonstrates that free play is