N Anyone
Can Homeschool :
How to Find What Works for You
by
Zan Peters Tyler, Terry DorianN The
Basic Steps to Successful Homeschooling
by Vicki A. Brady
Synopsis: Working on the premise that
home education is a wise the reader decision, author
Vicki Brady provides with a practical nuts-and-bolts
approach to implementing a system of home education.
Because of its clear, step-by-step format, this book
serves as an invaluable guide for beginner and expert
alike in the field of home education.
N A
Charlotte Mason Companion :
Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning
by
Karen Andreola
Synopsis: This book
reveals the practical day by day method of how to teach
"the Charlotte Mason way".
*****The
Christian Home School
by Gregg Harris
Synopsis: The Christian Home School is
a classic, easy-to-read introduction that has led
thousands of families into home schooling. Topics include
why to home school, how to get started, answers to
socialization questions, curriculum choices, and much
more. The new 1995 edition includes up-to-date
information and a new chapter on Delight Directed Study.
**** For the Children's Sake
by Susan S. MacAulay
Synopsis: For the Children's
Sake is a book which can help every parent and teacher
awaken the young minds of their children and give them a
new richness, stability, and joy for living. It shows
what education can be--for your child, in your home, and
in your school.
N Government
Nannies
by Cathy Duffy
Synopsis: Confusing stories about
Goals 2000 and outcome-based education have made the
front page of every newspaper in the country. It is a
tangled web of "government-nanny" programs that
invade the privacy of families and destroys the principle
of individual responsibility. This book describes where
we are heading under Goals 2000.
N Home Education Resource
Guide (4th Ed)
by Cheryl Gorder, Don Home
Education Resource Guide Hubbs
Synopsis: A
comprehensive resource guide for the parent-educator.
"If you can afford only one resource directory, this
is the one to buy."--Library Journal. This title is
currently OUT OF PRINT, check back often to see if it has
been reprinted.
****Homeschooling
for Excellence
by David Colfax, Micki Colfax
Synopsis: David and Micki Colfax
provide a step-by-step manual for people who want to
educate their children at home, written by two former
educators who taught all three of their own sons at
home--and saw them accepted at Harvard! An invaluable
sourcebook for improving a child's education.
**** The How and Why of Home
Schooling
by Ray Ballmann, Ray Ballman
Synopsis: This new, expanded text not
only makes a persuasive case for home schooling but gives
practical guidelines for successfully teaching your
children at home. It is also a comprehensive
resource--providing information on available curricula,
support groups, and legal defense organizations, and
highlighting seminars and radio programs for home
educators.
N How to Write a
Low-Cost/No-Cost Curriculum for Your Home-School Child
by Borg Hendrickson
*****Beautiful Girlhood
by Karen Andreola
Synopsis: The book
deals primarily with the Christian character development,
moral virtues and manners of pre-teen and teenage girls.
It is one of the best-selling titles in the homeschooling
community.
**** Charlotte
Mason's Original Homeschooling Series-6 Vols.
by Charlotte Mason
Synopsis: This is the complete works
of the turn-of-the-century British educator, Charlotte
Mason. The six-volume set includes over 2400 pages of the
finest material ever written on education, child training
and parenting. Recognized as the pioneer in home
education and major school reforms, Charlotte Mason's
practical methods are as revolutionary today as when they
were first written.
These are hailed as some of the BEST books about
homeschooling that money can buy!
A little difficult to follow at times, but VERY
good anyway!
A Charlotte Mason
Education:
A How to Manual
by
Catherine Levison
N Family Matters :
Why Homeschooling Makes Sense
by
David Guterson
rating=10:
~The best book on 'why' to home educate that I've read.
~A reader from Redmond, Washington
N The Future of
Homeschooling:
A New Direction for Christian Home Education
by Michael Farris
N Home
Education : Rights and Reasons
by
John W. Whitehead, Alexis Irene Crow
Synopsis: This all-encompassing work
examines such timely home education issues as freedom of
speech, freedom of religion, privacy rights, teacher
certification requirements, and compulsory attendance
statutes. Readers will find practical guidelines for
effective lobbying, plus the current legislative status
of every home schooling program in every state.
N Home
Schooling Children With Special Needs
by Sharon Hensley
Synopsis: It is estimated that 10% of
American families have children with special learning
needs. Sharon Hensley gives her readers a fresh
perspective in facing the challenges of home schooling
children with special needs. Parents will appreciate her
first hand experience dealing with the frustrations and
joys of raising and teaching children with special needs.
N How to Homeschool : A
Practical Approach
by Gayle Graham
***How to
Homeschool (Yes, You!)
by Julia Toto
N And
What About College? :
How Homeschooling Can Lead to Admissions to the Best
Colleges & Universities
by
Cafi Cohen
"As
a homeschool mother, I am glad this book is available for
the sake of the many homeschoolers with children
approaching high school graduation. " ~A reader from
Michigan
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