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Installment #4

 

Books for Homeschoolers

These are just the ones off my shelves at home. There are so many out there but these are just my chosen picks that I felt were worth purchasing for future reference.

 

The Moore Foundation

* Home Grown Kids: A Practical Handbook for Teaching Your Children At Home - Raymond and Dorothy Moore

* School Can Wait - Moores

* Better Late Than Early - Moores

* The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook: A Creative and Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling - Moores

* Minding Your Own Business: A Common Sense Guide to Home Management and Industry - Moores

 

Charlotte Mason Resources

* The Original Homeschooling Series - Volumes 1-6 with titles on Home Education, Parents and Children, School Education, Ourselves, Formations of Character, A Philosophy of Education

* Charlotte Mason Companion - Karen Andreola

* Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To Manual - Catherine Levison

* More Charlotte Mason Education - Catherine Levison

* Nature Activities for Early Childhood - Janet Nickelsburg

* Keeping a Nature Journal: Discovering a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You - Clare Walker Leslie and Charles E. Roth

 

General Homeschooling

* The Big Book of Home Learning by Mary Pride Volumes 1-4

* Learning At Home - Ann Ward

* The Family Night Tool Chest Series - Jim Weidmann and Kurt Bruner

* Beyond Survival - Diana Waring

* Helping Gifted Children Soar - Strip and Hirsch

* Teaching the Gifted Child At Home - Maggie Hogan et. al.

* The Educated Child - William J. Bennett

* Teaching Children - Diane Lopez

* The Organized Homeschooler - Vicki Caruana

* Educating Your Gifted Child - Vicki Caruana

* The Homeschooler's Guide to... - Vicki Caruana

* How to Raise a Reader - Elaine K. McEwan

* A Field Guide to Home Schooling: A Practical Guide for Parents - Christine M. Field

* You Can Teach Your Child Successfully (grades 4-8) - Ruth Beechick

* Mini books by Ruth Beechick: A Home Start In Reading (K-3), An Easy Start In Arithmetic (K-3), & A Strong Start In Language (K-3)

* The Way They Learn - Cynthia Tobias

* You Can't Make Me, But I Can Be Persuaded - Cynthia Tobias

* The Homeschool Journey - Susan & Michael Card

* The New Read-Aloud Handbook - Jim Trelease

* Honey for a Child's Heart - Gladys Hunt

* In Their Own Way - Thomas Armstrong

* The Unofficial Guide to Homeschooling - Kathy Ishizuka

* Bringing Up Boys - James C. Dobson (you can also find many other HSing resources at www.family.org . They are willing to provide tapes and pamphlet as well as lists of resources and addresses both online and offline for your convenience)

* The Christian Eclectic Readers - Volumes 1-4 and study guide by William M. McGuffey

 

Add to all this:

* Nature Field Guides

* Classic Literature and Poetry

* Beautiful and fun picture books

* Tons of Biographies

* Field trips to local places

* Trips to the library each week or two

* Lots or drawing paper and art supplies

* One on one time with each child

and you have a wonderful start to great homeschooling.

 

We have added more reading to this but I will have to save all those updates for another time.  Blessings!