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Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World

Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World

by Katherine Hannigan

Who is Ida B. Applewood? She is a fourth grader like no other, living a life like no other, with a voice like no other, and her story will resonate long after you have put this book down. How does Ida B cope when outside forces—life, really—attempt to derail her and her family and her future? She enters her Black Period, and it is not pretty. But then, with the help of a patient teacher, a loyal cat and dog, her... (more)

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition

The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition

by Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer

"Outstanding...should be on every home educator's reference bookshelf."— Homeschooling Today This book will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school. Two veteran home educators outline the classical pattern of education—the trivium—which organizes learning around the maturing capacity of the child's mind: the... (more)

For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School (Child-Life Book)

For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School (Child-Life Book)

by Susan S. MacAulay, Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

For the Children's Sake is a book about what education can be--for your child, in your home, and in your school. It is based first on a Christian understanding of what it means to be human and on the Christian meaning of life.

Homeschooling for Excellence

by David Colfax

It show you how you can take charge of your child-ren's education--in an invaluable sourcebook that will help you find a rewarding and successful alter-native to our failing schools.

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto

This radical treatise on public education has been a New Society Publishers' bestseller for 10 years! Thirty years of award-winning teaching in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory governmental schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders as cogs in the industrial machine. In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of Dumbing Us Down and to keep... (more)

Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling

Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling

by John Holt, Pat Farenga

The classic work on teaching children at home, updated for today's new laws, new lifestyles, and a new generation of homeschooling parents. Today more than one and a half million children are being taught at home by their own parents. In this expanded edition of the book that helped launch the whole movement, Pat Farenga has distilled John Holt's timeless understanding of the ways children come to understand the... (more)

Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series

Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series

by Charlotte Mason

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.

How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)

How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)

by John Caldwell Holt

"Children do not need to be made to learn," Holt maintains, because each is born with what Einstein called "the holy curiosity of inquiry." For them, learning is as natural as breathing. First published in 1967, How Children Learn has become a classic for parents and teachers, providing an "effective, gentle voice of reason" (Life).

Pocketful of Pinecones: Nature Study With the Gentle Art of Learning : A Story for Mother Culture

Pocketful of Pinecones: Nature Study With the Gentle Art of Learning : A Story for Mother Culture

by Karen Andreola

This unique book actually has a two-fold purpose. It's a story written especially for moms who get discouraged and feel like giving up on homeschooling, as well as a guide to nature study. It's writte

Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School

Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School

by Rebecca Rupp

Finally, homeschoolers have a comprehensive guide to designing a homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremost homeschooling experts. , Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan to ensure that your children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it, from preschool through high school. Based on the traditional pre-K through 12th-grade structure, Home Learning Year by Year features: The... (more)

A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century

A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century

by Oliver Van DeMille

Is American education preparing the future leaders our nation needs, or merely struggling to teach basic literacy and job skills? Without leadership education, are we settling for an inadequate system that delivers educational, industrial, governmental and societal mediocrity? In A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century, Oliver DeMille presents a new educational... (more)

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

by Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner, Siegfried Engelmann

* Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? * Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? * Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms? * Did you know that early readers hold an advantage over their peers throughout school? * Do you want to help your child read, but are afraid you'll do something wrong? SRAs DISTAR® is the most... (more)

The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom

The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom

by Mary Griffith

To Unschoolers, Learning Is As Natural As Breathing Did you know that a growing percentage of home schoolers are becoming unschoolers? The unschooling movement is founded on the principle that children learn best when they pursue their own natural curiosities and interests. Without bells, schedules, and rules about what to do and when, the knowledge they gain through mindful living and exploration is absorbed... (more)

The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education

The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education

by Grace Llewellyn

An estimated 700,000 American children are now taught at home. This book tells teens how to take control of their lives and get a "real life." Young people can reclaim their natural ability to teach themselves and design a personalized education program. Grace Llewellyn explains the entire process, from making the decision to quit school, to discovering the learning opportunities available.

A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning

A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning

by Karen Andreola

A thorough chapter-by-chapter overview of the inspiring teaching principles of Christian educator Charlotte Mason, this book reveals the practical day by day method of how to teach "the Charlotte Mason way". The author offers friendly advice, and humor, along with the joys and struggles of real homeschool life. The book covers education, parenting, homeschooling and lots of encouraging advice for mothers.

So You're Thinking About Homeschooling: Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do It

So You're Thinking About Homeschooling: Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do It

by Lisa Whelchel

Discover the Diversity of Homeschooling Confused and intimidated by the complexities of homeschooling, many parents assume it could never work for them. Now an updated edition of So You’re Thinking About Home Schooling by Lisa Whelchel—herself a homeschooling mother of three—introduces to readers fifteen composite portraits of homeschooling families who show how every family can successfully face the unique... (more)

Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves

Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves

by Alison McKee

A compelling story about one family's journey into the unknown territory of homeschooling, told with skill by Alison McKee, a gifted teacher with a wide experience in traditional education and a special sensitivity to the individual needs of children. Trusting her own children to "show me the way" was a difficult challenge - but one that gave unexpected and rich rewards. Anyone familiar with the writings of John... (more)

A Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion

A Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion

by Oliver DeMille, Rachel DeMille, Diann Jeppson

The core unit of society is the family, and it is in our homes that the principles must most deeply take root and flourish. Regardless of where your children sit to learn, your home can be transformed into a Leadership Education Home, a Thomas Jefferson Education environment. This volume offers something new, something which we all need: a view of Leadership Education from many angles, from the education of... (more)

Teaching the trivium: Christian homeschooling in a classical style

Teaching the trivium: Christian homeschooling in a classical style

by Harvey Bluedorn, Laurie Bluedorn

How can you give your children the tools they need to teach themselves? Long ago students were first taught how to learn. Today, students are taught an encyclopedia of subjects trivia but they are not taught the basic skills of learning: to discover, to reason, and to apply. They are not taught the trivium. Can you homeschool in a classical style without compromising your Christian principles? Classical... (more)

Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child

Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child

by Linda Dobson

Discover the Rewards of Homeschooling Your Young Child Young children are full of curiosity, imagination, and a sense of wonder. They're willing to try new things and possess a natural joy of discovery. Yet in a traditional school, these natural behavior traits are too often squelched. That's why more and more parents just like you are choosing to teach their children at home during these critical years—the years... (more)

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by Katherine Hannigan

by Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer

by Susan S. MacAulay, Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

by David Colfax

by John Taylor Gatto

by John Holt, Pat Farenga

by Charlotte Mason

by John Caldwell Holt

by Karen Andreola

by Rebecca Rupp

by Oliver Van DeMille

by Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner, Siegfried Engelmann

by Mary Griffith

by Grace Llewellyn

by Karen Andreola

by Lisa Whelchel

by Alison McKee

by Oliver DeMille, Rachel DeMille, Diann Jeppson

by Harvey Bluedorn, Laurie Bluedorn

by Linda Dobson