Honorable Mention, Sex & Gender Section Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association The surprising reasons parents are opting out of the public school system and homeschooling their kids Homeschooling has skyrocketed in popularity in the United States: in 2019, a record-breaking 2.5 million children were being homeschooled. In The Homeschool Choice, Kate Henley Averett provides insight into this fascinating phenomenon, exploring the perspectives of parents who have chosen to homeschool their children. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Averett examines the reasons why these parents choose to homeschool, from those who disagree with sex education and LGBT content in schools, to others who want to protect their children's sexual and gender identities. With eye-opening detail, she shows us how homeschooling is a trend being chosen by an increasingly diverse subset of American families, at times in order to empower-or constrain-children's gender and sexuality. Ultimately, Averett explores how homeschooling, as a growing practice, has changed the roles that families, schools, and the state play in children's lives. As teachers, parents, and policymakers debate the future of public education, The Homeschool Choice sheds light on the ongoing struggle over school choice.

Ready for Adventure? Embark on a fun, exciting journey through God s Word with the NIV Adventure Bible---now in full color throughout Along the way you ll meet all types of people, see all sorts of places, and learn all kinds of things about the Bible. Most importantly you ll grow closer in your relationship with God. Features include: Full color throughout makes learning about the people, places, and culture of the Bible even more engaging Life in Bible Times---Articles and illustrations describe what life was like in ancient days Words to Treasure---Highlights great verses to memorize Did You Know?---Interesting facts help you understand God s Word and the life of faith People in Bible Times---Articles offer close-up looks at amazing people of the Bible Live It ---Hands-on activities help you apply biblical truths to your life Twenty special pages---Focus on topics such as famous people of the Bible, highlights of the life of Jesus, how to pray, and the love passage for kids, all with a jungle safari theme Book introductions with useful facts about each book of the Bible Dictionary/concordance for looking up tricky words Color map section to help locate places in the Bible Complete text of the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible Recommended by more Christian schools and churches than any other Bible for kids "

Join Fiona the hippo, the adorable internet sensation from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, as she and her friends find a soccer ball and decide to play a game. But what happens when the ball gets stuck up a tree and lost in a pond? Young readers will enjoy learning more about Fiona and her friends in this Level One I Can Read book about the little hippo that has captured hearts around the world with her inspiring story and plucky personality. Fiona Plays Soccer is: An endearing animal book that's a perfect gift from parents and grandparents A sweet story about teamwork and playing together A Level One I Can Read story geared for children just learning to read Created by New York Times bestselling artist Richard Cowdrey of Fiona the Hippo; A Very Fiona Christmas; Fiona, It's Bedtime; Legend of the Candy Cane; Bad Dog, Marley; and A Very Marley Christmas fame ?Fiona Plays Soccer is one title in the I Can Read brand that focuses on Fiona the hippo. Other titles include:? Meet Fiona Fiona Saves the Day Fantastic Fiona Fiona and the Rainy Day Fiona's Train Ride Fiona Goes to School Fiona Gets the Sniffles

In responding strategically to the need to increase online enrollments at a time when enrollments for traditional face-to-face delivered courses are declining annually, higher education institutions recognize not only that they urgently have to develop faculty capacity to teach online but also leverage the affordances of a now bewildering array of new technologies. This book constitutes a guide to the wide range of new and emerging transformative learning technologies, to give leaders the context they need to position their institutions in the changing online environment. It is intended for campus leaders and administrators who work with campus teams charged with identifying learning technologies to meet an agreed upon program- or institution-level educational needs; for those coordinating across campus to build consensus on implementing online strategies; and for instructional designers, faculty developers and assessment directors who assist departments and faculty effectively integrate learning technologies into their courses and programs. It will appeal to faculty who take an active interest in improving online teaching. The contributors to this volume describe the potential of artificial intelligence algorithms, such as those that fuel learning analytics software that mines LMS data to enable faculty to quickly and efficiently assess individual students' progress in real time, prompting either individual attention or the need to more generally clarify concepts for the class as whole. They describe and provide access to a hybrid professional development MOOC and an associated WIKI that curate information about a wide range of learning software solutions currently available; and present case studies that offer guidance on building the buy-in and consensus needed to successfully integrate learning technologies into course, program- and institution-level contexts. In sum, this book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the technological capabilities available to them and identifies collaborative processes related to engaging and building institutional support for the changes needed to provide the rapidly growing demand for effective and evidence-based online learning.

In responding strategically to the need to increase online enrollments at a time when enrollments for traditional face-to-face delivered courses are declining annually, higher education institutions recognize not only that they urgently have to develop faculty capacity to teach online but also leverage the affordances of a now bewildering array of new technologies. This book constitutes a guide to the wide range of new and emerging transformative learning technologies, to give leaders the context they need to position their institutions in the changing online environment. It is intended for campus leaders and administrators who work with campus teams charged with identifying learning technologies to meet an agreed upon program- or institution-level educational needs; for those coordinating across campus to build consensus on implementing online strategies; and for instructional designers, faculty developers and assessment directors who assist departments and faculty effectively integrate learning technologies into their courses and programs. It will appeal to faculty who take an active interest in improving online teaching. The contributors to this volume describe the potential of artificial intelligence algorithms, such as those that fuel learning analytics software that mines LMS data to enable faculty to quickly and efficiently assess individual students' progress in real time, prompting either individual attention or the need to more generally clarify concepts for the class as whole. They describe and provide access to a hybrid professional development MOOC and an associated WIKI that curate information about a wide range of learning software solutions currently available; and present case studies that offer guidance on building the buy-in and consensus needed to successfully integrate learning technologies into course, program- and institution-level contexts. In sum, this book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the technological capabilities available to them and identifies collaborative processes related to engaging and building institutional support for the changes needed to provide the rapidly growing demand for effective and evidence-based online learning.

Improving Schools with Blended Learning is specifically designed to address the important issues needed to successfully modernise education within the context of technological change. It does this by first providing a clear roadmap for designing Blended Learning environments able to respond to the technological imperatives challenging schools at present, and then illustrating this roadmap via specific, original research that details the 'how to' aspects of a successful technology-based design process. School leaders, teachers, teacher education students and researchers will all find highly relevant information about how to manage for disruption in the new and informative approach to Blended Learning (BL) they will discover in this book.

This book arose from two different research projects the authors have been pursuing over the last 3–5 years, including school improvement research and Blended Learning research designed to investigate the role of technology in effective teaching and learning. By combining the insights gained from these two different research areas, this book is able to present a novel understanding of BL that is both insightful and clearly evidence-based.

Improving Schools with Blended Learning also provides several original contributions to specific knowledge in the areas of BL and school improvement that most educators will find highly useful, including the use of BL schemas, a clear and extended BL continuum, how to measure and evaluate the success of BL, how to scaffold teacher ICT knowledge and skills, and a specific process for contextualising applied BL in relation to the ‘disruption’ imperatives of the Knowledge Economy.

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Chapter 1: Education and schooling in the digital age. Chapter 2: The case for education reform. Chapter 3: Educational disruption: Why all the fuss about Blended Learning? Chapter 4: What does the research evidence say about effective schools? Chapter 5: Exploring the key role played by school leaders in relation to educational change Chapter 6: What does the research evidence say about Blended Learning? Chapter 7: A Vision for the future of schooling: Positioning Blended Learning in relation to School Improvement. Chapter 8: Using embedded Blended Learning to create the outstanding school. Chapter 9: Taking stock of Blended Learning as a school-based reform journey

This book provides instructors with a holistic way of thinking about learners, learning, and online course design. The distinctive strategies derived from an integrated framework for designing the online learning experience help create an experience that is more personalized, engaging, and meaningful for online learners. The focus of this book is on the learners and the design of their online learning experiences. The authors refer to learning design instead of instructional design - which focuses on instruction and places the instructor at the center stage of the process. Therefore, the focus is on approaching a learner's online course experience as a journey consisting of a combination of learning interactions with content, instructor, and other learners. In most online courses, instructors and learners are separated in time and space and depend on technology to facilitate interactions that often lack a strong personal dimension. As online learning continues to proliferate and mature, the emphasis on simply making content available to students online is no longer acceptable. Creating online courses now requires a new way of thinking that incorporates new design ideas and approaches from a variety of fields; it also requires a new set of learning design skills for instructors and course designers. Organized into eight chapters, this volume focuses on enhancing online learning experiences for each of the major aspects of an online course, providing evidence-based principles and strategies to promote learner engagement and deep learning. The concluding chapter provides an example illustrating a real-world application of the principles and strategies covered in the book, using Design Thinking to create learning experiences. This book provides strategies for approaching the learning experience from an integrative perspective for both experienced online instructors and those new to online course design. These strategies are based on evidence-based learning design principles and encourage the reader to adopt an empathic mindset focused on the experience of the learner.

This book provides instructors with a holistic way of thinking about learners, learning, and online course design. The distinctive strategies derived from an integrated framework for designing the online learning experience help create an experience that is more personalized, engaging, and meaningful for online learners. The focus of this book is on the learners and the design of their online learning experiences. The authors refer to learning design instead of instructional design - which focuses on instruction and places the instructor at the center stage of the process. Therefore, the focus is on approaching a learner's online course experience as a journey consisting of a combination of learning interactions with content, instructor, and other learners. In most online courses, instructors and learners are separated in time and space and depend on technology to facilitate interactions that often lack a strong personal dimension. As online learning continues to proliferate and mature, the emphasis on simply making content available to students online is no longer acceptable. Creating online courses now requires a new way of thinking that incorporates new design ideas and approaches from a variety of fields; it also requires a new set of learning design skills for instructors and course designers. Organized into eight chapters, this volume focuses on enhancing online learning experiences for each of the major aspects of an online course, providing evidence-based principles and strategies to promote learner engagement and deep learning. The concluding chapter provides an example illustrating a real-world application of the principles and strategies covered in the book, using Design Thinking to create learning experiences. This book provides strategies for approaching the learning experience from an integrative perspective for both experienced online instructors and those new to online course design. These strategies are based on evidence-based learning design principles and encourage the reader to adopt an empathic mindset focused on the experience of the learner.

This volume brings together advanced concepts from leading academic scientists, educationalists, administrative policymakers, and researchers on their experiences and research results on many aspects of digital educational methods and teaching practices. It provides an interdisciplinary compilation of recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as the challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of digital pedagogies and educational design. It is becoming increasingly important to develop adaptive, robust, scalable, and digital teaching-learning mechanisms in academics. This volume addresses this need by discussing the advancements in flipped and blended learning, student- and teacher-centric learning in technical institutes, critical digital pedagogies, and the complex analyses and collaborations with organizations outside the academy. This book also deals with protocols for educational and administrative policies, IoT-based teaching-learning methodology, teaching education and the process of assessment, testing and evaluation, integration of technology with digital education, and different case study-based approaches in digital teaching-learning methodology.

Critical Mobile Pedagogy is an exploration of mobile technologies for designing and delivering equitable and empowering education around the globe. Synthesizing a diverse range of projects and conceptual frameworks, this case-based collection addresses the ambitions, assumptions, and impacts of interventions in under-researched, often disadvantaged communities.

The editors and authors provide a nuanced and culturally responsive approach to showcasing:

indigenous, nomadic, refugee, rural, and other marginalized communities

emerging pedagogies such as curation, open resources, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and self-directed learning

contextual factors, including pedagogy, ethics, scaling, research methodology and culture, and consequences of innocuous or harmful implementation and deployment

the nature of participation by global capital, multinationals, education systems, international agencies, national governments, and telecoms companies.

Scholars, academics, policymakers, and program managers are increasingly using mobile technologies to support disadvantaged or disempowered communities in learning more effectively and appropriately. This book’s diverse research precedents will help these and other stakeholders meet the challenges and opportunities of our complex, increasingly connected world and work with greater cultural and ethical sensitivity at the intersection of education, research, and technology.

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Introduction 1. The Ju|’hoan of Nyae Nyae: a case of exclusion and Ka jan 2. Combining robust technology and gamified learning to democratize access to growth mindset 3. Our Town: Towards creative mobile learning in community focussed place-based education 4. Digital Inequities in Rural Alaska 5. Mobile Device Literacy: Status and Needs of Women in Senegal 6. Supported mobile learning in the "Third Spaces" between non-formal and formal education for displaced people 7. Towards Participatory MOOCs 8. Mobile information literacy and public access in the era of post-truth: reflections from community curricular experiences in Latin America. 9. Awakening Sleeping Languages in Saskatchewan with Culturally Appropriate Curricula and Technology 10. Empathy-driven mobile app development (MAD) without coding: A case of citizen developers 11. Technology-Enhanced Higher Education for Refugees 12. Disadvantaged learners and the digital contractor: a critical perspective on mobile learning in the Global South with reference to Paolo Freire. 13. Mobile Learning project reports: a contractor delivery review of three services for disadvantaged and marginalised Global South learners 14. Post-Critical Mobile Pedagogy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Contexts 15. Mobile Assisted Third Space (MATS) in the margins: A tool for social justice and democracy Conclusion: Breaking Hegemonic Structures and Conventions in Looking Toward a Critical Mobile Pedagogy

"What does a new instructional designer need to know to find her or his feet when working with faculty to create online classes?" This is a practical handbook for established and aspiring instructional designers in higher education, readers who may also be identified by such professional titles as educational developer, instructional technologist, or online learning specialist. Jerod Quinn, together with a team of experienced instructional designers who have worked extensively with a wide range of faculty on a multiplicity of online courses across all types of institutions, offer key guiding principles, insights and advice on how to develop productive and collegial partnerships with faculty to deliver courses that engage students and promote enduring learning. Designing and developing online classes for higher education takes a combination of pedagogical knowledge, the ability to build trust with faculty, familiarity with frameworks on how people learn, understanding of accessibility and inclusion, and technical skills to leverage a learning management system into an educational experience. Coming from diverse backgrounds, few instructional designers enter academia well versed in all of these aspects of creating online classes. This book provides the foundation on which instructional designers can build their careers. The guiding principle that animates this book is that the student experience and successful learning outcomes are paramount, and governs discussion of course design, pedagogy, the use of multimedia and technological advances, as well as the use of different forms of interactive exercises and group assignments. The succinct, informally written chapters offer ideas and means to apply theory to the daily work of instructional design and cover the four key components that drive thus work in higher education: Defining the scope and main design approaches of our work Building trust with the faculty we work with Applying frameworks of how people learn Mastering common online instructional practices

"What does a new instructional designer need to know to find her or his feet when working with faculty to create online classes?" This is a practical handbook for established and aspiring instructional designers in higher education, readers who may also be identified by such professional titles as educational developer, instructional technologist, or online learning specialist. Jerod Quinn, together with a team of experienced instructional designers who have worked extensively with a wide range of faculty on a multiplicity of online courses across all types of institutions, offer key guiding principles, insights and advice on how to develop productive and collegial partnerships with faculty to deliver courses that engage students and promote enduring learning. Designing and developing online classes for higher education takes a combination of pedagogical knowledge, the ability to build trust with faculty, familiarity with frameworks on how people learn, understanding of accessibility and inclusion, and technical skills to leverage a learning management system into an educational experience. Coming from diverse backgrounds, few instructional designers enter academia well versed in all of these aspects of creating online classes. This book provides the foundation on which instructional designers can build their careers. The guiding principle that animates this book is that the student experience and successful learning outcomes are paramount, and governs discussion of course design, pedagogy, the use of multimedia and technological advances, as well as the use of different forms of interactive exercises and group assignments. The succinct, informally written chapters offer ideas and means to apply theory to the daily work of instructional design and cover the four key components that drive thus work in higher education: Defining the scope and main design approaches of our work Building trust with the faculty we work with Applying frameworks of how people learn Mastering common online instructional practices

Thriving as an Online K-12 Educator is the perfect all-in-one guide to taking your K-12 class online. We know, now more than ever, that teachers have not been equally or systematically trained and resourced to make a sudden transition to online or blended instruction. This concise, accessible book collects time-tested strategies and fresh perspectives from experienced educators to help you smooth out even the most abrupt shift to technology-enhanced teaching and learning. With these insights into institutional supports, effective digital tools, equitable practice, social-emotional considerations, and beyond, you will be better prepared than ever to help your students thrive in online and blended learning environments.

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1. Distance Education in K-12: Guiding Practice through a Shared Definition and Framework 2. Understanding Online Education Environments: The Landscape, Where We Are, and Where We Want to Be 3. What if You Had A Second Teacher Brain? 4. Don’t Put the Digital Cart Before the Horse 5. Student Engagement in both Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Learning 6. Open Education Resources 7. Flipping the Online Classroom 8. Teaching for Equity, Inclusion, and Representation Online 9. Social-Emotional Learning in an Online/Blended Environment 10. Balancing the Home/School Connection 11. Balancing and Staying Connected with your PLN

Learn how to keep the rigor and motivation alive in a remote learning or hybrid K–12 classroom. In this essential book,bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn shares frameworks and tools to help you move online without compromising the rigor of your instruction. You’ll learn…

how to create a remote culture of high expectations;

how to scaffold so students reach higher levels of learning;

how to have students collaborate in different settings; and

how to provide virtual feedback and deliver effective assessments.

You’ll also discover how common activities, such as virtual field trips, can lack rigor without critical thinking prompts. The book provides practical strategies you can implement immediately to help all students reach higher levels of success.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Rigor and Remote Learning

Chapter Two: Planning for Rigorous Learning in the Remote Classroom

Chapter Three: Expectations in the Remote Classroom

Chapter Four: Scaffolding and Support in the Remote Classroom

Chapter Five: Demonstrating Learning in the Remote Classroom

Chapter Six: Rigorous Assessment in the Remote Classroom

Chapter Seven: Challenges Related to Rigor and Remote Learning

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Young readers will understand the true meaning behind Christmas in this addition to the Living Lights (TM) series of The Berenstain Bears books. In this abridged board book edition of the bestselling The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving, little ones will discover that Christmas is more than receiving gifts when they read about Brother and Sister Bear at the Christmas Eve pageant. In The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving for Little Ones, Brother and Sister Bear explore the value of generosity and gratitude during the holiday and Christmas season. Children will discover ways to implement traditional values and share God's goodness in Zonderkidz The Berenstain Bears Living Lights (TM) series of books. The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving for Little Ones is perfect for: Sharing the valuable lesson of giving and receiving with young ones ages 0-4 Sparking conversations about the joy of giving to others and having an attitude of gratitude Stocking stuffers, holiday gifts, and read aloud moments with children The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving for Little Ones: Features the hand-drawn artwork of the Berenstain family Continues in the much-loved footsteps of Stan and Jan Berenstain as part of The Berenstain Bears series of books Is part of one of the bestselling children's book series ever created, with more than 250 books published and nearly 300 million copies sold to date Look for additional inspirational children's picture books in The Berenstain Bears Living Lights (TM) series.

Tools such as Blackboard and Google Classroom have seen wide-scale adoption and standardized implementation in colleges and universities. So why is K-12 a step behind? This book will not only answer this question, but it will provide the solution. This is a roadmap that will allow you (yes, you) to become the champion of advanced curriculum development for your school / district and achieve the promise of technology in the classroom.

This book explores foundational theories that have been applied in open and distance education (ODE) research and refined to reflect advances in research and practice. In addition, it develops new theories emerging from recent developments in ODE. The book provides a unique and up-to-date source of information for ODE scholars and graduate students, enabling them to make sense of essential theory, research and practice in their field, and to comprehend the gaps in, and need for further enquiry into, theoretical approaches in the digital era. It also offers theory-based advice and guidelines for practitioners, helping them make and justify decisions and actions concerning the development, implementation, research and evaluation of ODE.

The higher education sector is being disrupted through the effect that technological innovations have on the educational market. As digital and mobile technologies are developing further, higher education institutions must embrace these developments to meet the needs of their learners and to not become irrelevant. In higher education, disruptive effects are mainly visible on a program/product level, with an increasing number of programs including some element of online education. Disruptive effects also become evident on a pedagogical level, where student engagement, collaboration and social learning, gamification and serious games, competency-based learning, teacher training, and overcoming geosocial divides are high on the agenda. This book considers the effect of online elements and their design on university business models and internationalization, course design, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and the scalability of online programs. It also explores how higher education institutions across the globe respond and react to the challenges and opportunities evolving in online education.

This book is intended to help practitioners in adult education become better informed about assessment, evaluation, and accountability as these are critical functions of administering and running adult education programs. The book is for adult educators who have been asked to serve on assessment committees, produce detailed reports for funders and accreditors, create a culture of assessment within their program and organization, and/or develop reports for accountability purposes. Section one presents an introductory overview of assessment and evaluation in adult education. Section two gives guidance on practices for specific areas of adult education practice, such as army military education, human resource development, and continuing professional education. Section three provides assessment practices for adults in higher education, with chapters dedicated to distance learning, health professions education, and graduate education.

This book is intended to help practitioners in adult education become better informed about assessment, evaluation, and accountability as these are critical functions of administering and running adult education programs. The book is for adult educators who have been asked to serve on assessment committees, produce detailed reports for funders and accreditors, create a culture of assessment within their program and organization, and/or develop reports for accountability purposes. Section one presents an introductory overview of assessment and evaluation in adult education. Section two gives guidance on practices for specific areas of adult education practice, such as army military education, human resource development, and continuing professional education. Section three provides assessment practices for adults in higher education, with chapters dedicated to distance learning, health professions education, and graduate education.

The Emotionally Intelligent Online Tutor foregrounds the tutor within online and blended learning environments, and focusses on desirable skills, qualities and attributes for effective tutoring. It analyses these qualities in relation to prominent psychological constructs, such as emotional intelligence, and the exploration of their value in practice. This book is focussed on the tutoring of adult learners undertaking study within higher education, commonly on a part-time basis whilst studying vocationally relevant degree programmes. However, the contents are applicable and generalisable to those tutoring within informal environments, such as Massive Open Online Courses. Prominent social constructivist models of e-learning are critiqued with alternative actions provided for tutors now practicing in a digital age. The book provides a conceptual model that represents an interpretation of effective practice in a blended learning context. This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and postgraduate students in the field of education and for e-tutors delivering online and blended courses. Furthermore, it will be useful for those undertaking teacher training, psychology and counselling courses.

Take early readers on an adventure through God's Word with the #1 Bible for kids! Includes thumb-indexed tabs to make finding the books of the Bible easier. The bestselling NIrV Adventure Bible (R) for Early Readers gets kids 6-10 excited about God's Word! They will be captivated with the full-color features that make reading Scripture and memorizing their favorite verses engaging and fun. Along the way they'll meet all types of people, see all sorts of places, and learn all kinds of things about the Bible. Most importantly, they'll grow closer in their relationship with God. This Bible includes the complete New International Reader's Version (NIrV) which is written at a third-grade reading level and based on the accurate, readable, and clear New International Version (NIV). The NIrV is perfect for children learning to read and explore the Bible for the first time on their own. Over 10 million copies within the Adventure Bible (R) brand have been sold. The Adventure Bible is recommended by more Christian schools and churches than any other Bible for kids! Features include: Complete text of the easy-to-read New International Reader's Version (NIrV) of the Bible Full-color design throughout - Makes learning about the people, places, and culture of the Bible even more engaging Life in Bible Times - Articles and illustrations describe what life was like in ancient days Words to Treasure - Highlights great verses to memorize Did You Know? - Interesting facts help you understand God's Word and the life of faith People in Bible Times - Articles offer close-up looks at amazing people of the Bible Live It! - Hands-on activities help you apply biblical truths to your life Twenty special pages - Focus on topics such as famous people of the Bible, highlights of the life of Jesus, how to pray, and the love passage for kids, all with a jungle safari theme Book introductions with useful facts about each book of the Bible Dictionary/concordance for looking up tricky words Color map section to help locate places in the Bible Thumb indexed with fun, brightly colored tabs to make it easier to find each book of the Bible Satin ribbon marker 9-point font size

"Ainsley Arment has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in [this] grass-roots community." - New York Times As parents, we dream of creating a magical childhood for our kids, yet it can be so easy to slip into autopilot. Ainsley Arment-a mother of five, founder of the thriving community Wild + Free, and bestselling author-is no stranger to the barrage of decisions, opportunities, and daily tasks that each day brings. But what Ainsley has discovered is that the magic of life isn't found in the hustle and bustle of constant activity but in the intentional ordinary decisions of our days. And when we assume that a family has to look or act a certain way, we miss the opportunity to build a meaningful and fulfilling life together. Drawn from her family's stories and those shared by the Wild + Free community, The Wild + Free Family explores how to create a family culture that breaks the mold by seeking to connect with our children, unleash their gifts, pursue a shared vision together, and redeem generational brokenness, among so much more. Inside these pages are Ainsley's words of encouragement, honesty, and wisdom, guiding all parents to create a home where families can forge their own path to love stronger, live more fully, and grow closer to each other.