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Top Ten Homeschooling Books
So You're Thinking About Homeschooling:
Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do It
 by Lisa Whelchel
Confused and intimidated by the complexities of homeschooling, many sincere parents never get past the "thinking about it" stage.
Now Lisa Whelchel - herself a homeschooling mother of three - introduces fifteen real families and shows how they overcome the
challenges of their unique homeschooling situations. This nuts-and-bolts approach deals with common questions of time
management, teaching weaknesses, and outside responsibilities, as well as children's age variations, social and sports involvement,
learning disabilities, and boredom. Seeing a wide variety of successfully homeschooling families in action will give parents the
confidence to make their own dream of home-based education a reality.
This
book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas:
500+ Fun and Creative Learning Activities for
Kids Ages 3-12
by Linda Dobson
As a homeschooling parent, you're always looking for new and creative ways to teach your child the basics. Look no longer! 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. And even if you don't homeschool, you'll find this book a
great teaching tool outside the classroom. You'll discover fun and educational activities for kids ages 3 to 12, including how to:
- Create maps based on favorite stories, such as Treasure Island or The Wizard of Oz
- Make letters out of French fries as an alphabet learning aid
- Explore architecture by building igloos, castles, and bridges with sugar cubes and icing
- Review spelling words by writing them on the sidewalk with chalk
- And many more!
This comprehensive collection of tried-and-true—and generally inexpensive—ideas provides the best-of-the-best homeschooling
activities that can be done anywhere, anytime, and by anyone.
This
book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 Homeschool.com' s Homeschooling for Success
by Rebecca Kochenderfer and Elizabeth Kanna
Homeschool.com’s book, published by Time Warner and written by the
founders of Homeschool.com, Rebecca Kochenderfer and Elizabeth Kanna is now
available! This cutting edge book includes personal stories from Homeschool.com’s
virtual community, helpful resources and empowering wisdom to help parents
create a superior education for their children.
This
book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 The
Teenage Liberation Handbook:
How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
by
Grace Llewellyn
"The Teenage Liberation Handbook" is undoubtedly dog-eared and sitting on a
close bookshelf of every veteran homeschooling family. Grace Llewellyn presents good
reasons for teens to "drop into life," by leaving school and reclaiming their
natural ability to learn. The book is filled with great advice and personal stories like
how to design a real-life education, how to find volunteer positions, and how to get into
college without going to high school. The Handbook was written with teens in mind. Yet,
its message is true for all ages of homeschoolers; self-taught and self-directed children
are our future leaders and entrepreneurs.
This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 Dumbing Us Down:
The Hidden Curriculum of
Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto
By a former New York state "Teacher of the Year," Gatto's book should be read by
every parent in America before they blindly send their children to school. The author
asserts that the true goal of childhood learning should be to discover the special gift
each child has, and that passion and enthusiasm will lead to other learning pursuits. His
assessment of conventional schooling and what type of citizen it produces is a wake-up
call for anyone concerned about the future of this country.
This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 CarSchooling
by Diane Flynn Keith
What if you suddenly had extra time to help your child learn, AND your family had more fun at the same time! You
do if you get
CarSchooling. Written by Diane Keith, a well-known homeschooling advocate, columnist and homeschooling parent. CarSchooling has
over 350 entertaining games and activities that can turn wasted car time into learning time. Packed full of engaging activities
and recommended resources in an easy-to-use format, this book will never collect dust on your bookshelf! With CarSchooling, your
six-year old will improve her reading skills, your 10-year old will improve her math skills, your teen will remember how much
fun it is to play a game with mom and dad, and your family will giggle all the way
home. More than just improved academics, your
family will create incredible memories that will last much longer than your car
trip. Get this book before you begin your holiday
travel adventure.
This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole
World as Your Child's Classroom
by Mary Griffith
Mary Griffith and thousands of other unschooling parents believe that learning is as
natural to children as breathing. If allowed to pursue their own interests, children will
cover all the subjects taught in school. And, more importantly, they will continue to love
to learn and explore their world. Filled with advice from other unschooling families
(parents and kids), "The Unschooling Handbook" should be on hand for the
inevitable days when you wonder if your kids are really learning. All homeschooling
families, whether they use a curriculum or not, will find inspiring reasons to let their
children have some freedom in how they learn.
This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 The Homeschooling Book of
Answers: The 88 Most
Important Questions Answered by Homeschooling's Most Respected Voices
Edited by Linda Dobson
Linda Dobson enlisted the help of the most respected voices in the homeschooling
community. Every question that new and veteran homeschoolers could ever have is answered
is this book. In the Introduction, after detailing how she collected this information from
around the country, Linda Dobson writes: "You now hold the results in your hand: 500
collective years--half a millennium--of thoughts, observations, philosophies, tips, and
personal stories that can lead you to the personal-empowerment of homeschooling."
What is genuinely interesting about this book is that while you look for answers about
homeschooling, you will find that homeschooling is a way of life and that each family's
journey is different.
This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 Deschooling our Lives
Edited by Matt Hern
The review of this book by Pat Farenga, president of John Holt Associates and publisher of
Growing Without Schooling Magazine says it all: "Deschooling Our Lives is a terrific
overview of all the things people are doing instead of sending their children to
conventional schools. Most importantly, it is a collection of electrifying essays which
challenge our assumptions about education. Read this book to see how you can live and
learn with your children without committing them to a twelve-year sentence of
schooling."
This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
 The
Successful Homeschool Family Handbook: A
Creative and Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling
by
Raymond & Dorothy Moore
The Moores, who are considered to be the "Grandparents" of the homeschooling
movement, use personal experience and extensive research to show readers how to educate
their children at home with low stress, low cost and great success. Part II: Homeschool
Stress: Prevention and Remedy, is covered better here than in any other homeschooling
book on the market. The Moores have helped thousands of parents successfully homeschool
their children and their book is a must-read for all homeschooling families.
This book is available for purchase at Amazon.com
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