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The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas: 500+ Fun and Creative Learning Activities for Kids Ages 3-12
The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas:
500+ Fun and Creative Learning Activities for Kids Ages 3-12
by Linda Dobson
Inside this innovative helper, you'll find kid-tested and parent-approved techniques for learning math, science, writing, history, manners, and more that you can easily adapt to your family's homeschooling needs.
 
Home Learning Year by Year
Home Learning Year by Year:
How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School
by Rebecca Rupp
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.
 
First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start
First Year of Homeschooling Your Child:
Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start
by Linda Dobson
With the constant concern about the safety and quality of our nation's schools, many of today's families are opting to teach their children at home. The first hurdle these families face is getting started.
 
Homeschooling : The Teen Years
Homeschooling : The Teen Years:
Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- To 18-Year Old
by Cafi Cohen
This book reveals the adventure and rewards as well as the special challenges of working with this age group.
 
The Complete Home Learning Source Book
The Complete Home Learning Source Book:
The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic to Zoology
by Rebecca Rupp
Practically three inches thick it is packed with titles, ordering information, and Web site addresses.
 
100 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum: Choosing The Right Curriculum And Approach For Your Child's Learning Style
100 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum:
Choosing The Right Curriculum And Approach For Your Child's Learning Style
by Cathy Duffy
The key to successful home education is determining your educational philosophy and marrying it to your child's learning style. Christian perspective.
 
Homeschooling Handbook (Revised 2nd Edition)
Homeschooling Handbook
(Revised 2nd Edition)
by Mary Griffith
Practical, commonsense advice about homeschooling.
 
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
Unschooling is a homeschooling method based on the belief that kids learn best when allowed to pursue their natural curiosities and interests.
 
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
More families are adopting the homeschooling lifestyle well before legal school age by not sending their toddlers to organized preschools.
 
Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling
Teach Your Own:
The John Holt Book of Homeschooling
by John Holt and Pat Farenga
An expansion and revision of the homeschoolers' bible.
 
The Well-Adjusted Child: The Social Benefits of Homeschooling
The Well-Adjusted Child:
The Social Benefits of Homeschooling
by Rachel Gathercole
Research shows that homeschooled children have stronger self-concepts than children attending conventional schools.
 
Homeschooling the Child With Asperger Syndrome: Real Help for Parents Anywhere and on Any Budget
Homeschooling the Child With Asperger Syndrome:
Real Help for Parents Anywhere and on Any Budget
by Lise Pyles
Parents planning to homeschool their child with Asperger Syndrome will appreciate Lise Pyles' encouraging and practical advice.
 
Learning All The Time
Learning All The Time
by John Holt
Holt is widely considered the father of the modern-day homeschooling.
 
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
The Well-Trained Mind:
A Guide to Classical Education at Home
by Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer
This book will instruct you on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school.
 
Homeschooling the Child with ADD (or Other Special Needs): Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the Child with Learning Differences
Homeschooling the Child with ADD (or Other Special Needs):
Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the Child with Learning Differences
by Lenore Colacion Hayes
Tons of personal insight not only from the author but other parents of differently abled children.
 
Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories
Real Lives:
Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories
by Grace Llewellyn
In this updated edition of the 1993 publication, the author has added information to the original essays about what these teens are doing today.
 
Homeschooling the Child With Asperger Syndrome: Real Help for Parents Anywhere and 
              on Any Budget
Homeschooling the Child With Asperger Syndrome:
Real Help for Parents Anywhere and on Any Budget
by Lise Pyles
Parents planning to homeschool their child with Asperger Syndrome will appreciate Lise Pyles' encouraging and practical advice.
 
The Unschooling Unmanual
The Unschooling Unmanual
by Nanda Van Gestel
Unschooling isn't a technique - it's living and learning naturally, lovingly, and respectfully together.
 
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
by Siegfried Engelmann
DISTAR Method. Twenty minutes a day is all you need, and within 100 teaching days your child will be reading on a solid second-grade reading level.
 
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School
Guerrilla Learning:
How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School
by Grace Llewellyn
Useful for parents and teachers alike, this valuable book closely examines how young people learn and illuminates its practical advice with many stories that make for both insightful and enjoyable reading.
 
A History of US: 11-Volume Set
A History of US
11-Volume Set
by Joy Hakim
"The liveliest, most realistic, most well-received American history series ever written for children."--Los Angeles Times
Can.
 
Crime Scene Investigations: Real-Life Science Labs For Grades 6-12
Crime Scene Investigations:
Real-Life Science Labs For Grades 6-12
by Pam Walker and Elaine Wood
Like real-life forensic scientists, students observe carefully, organize, and record data, think critically, and conduct simple tests to solve crimes like theft, dog-napping, vandalism and water pollution.