Publisher's Synopsis
Aidan and Amanda are 8-year-old twins who are homeschooled, using the "unschooling" method. On one particular Monday morning, they planned to help their mom bake cookies for the Library Open House, and then go to their homeschool gymnastics class. But, when their mom loses her watch around breakfast time, their plans are put on hold while they help search for the lost watch. While searching for the watch, the twins make some interesting discoveries in their own backyard. Driven by their curiosity, Aidan and Amanda embark on a day filled with adventure and learning. The Lost Watch is the first book in this series. "With this book, and series, unschooling receives a new boost toward cultural acceptance as a perfectly normal educational alternative. We see here two normal children and their mom living a normal day, and we see how learning inevitably happens." -- Peter Gray, author of Free to Learn: How Releasing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life."This book presents unschooling as a seamless part of life and shows how conversation, getting things done together, and being playful are inextricably linked to learning. The Lost Watch is the first book in the series of The Unschooled Adventures of Amanda and Aidan; I look forward to reading the next ones."-- Patrick Farenga, co-author Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling.
