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book recs for homeschooling

momofmanyinthemittenmomofmanyinthemitten member
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DH came across an interesting article last week about homeschooling and we are now looking into it. Does anyone have any books that they would recommend for a general overview of homeschooling? We aren't on board yet, but are open to the idea.
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Re: book recs for homeschooling

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    mom2onemom2one member

    "Home Learning Year by Year"

    "Homeschooling for Dummies"

    "The Unschooling Handbook"

     

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    SweetBaby2004SweetBaby2004

    Ditto the previous recommendations.  Linda Dobson is one author in particular that we really like.

    I would also check out www.hslda.org  for resources, such as state requirements, etc.  

    We (well, DH actually) homeschool our children (7, 5 1/2, and 23 months) and have since DD#1 was preschool age.  It works well for our family and we have a great network of support of other homeschooling families in our area.

    There are tons of resources on the Internet as well - almost to the point of too much information!

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    sisterjanetsisterjanet member
    We plan to homeschool, and I was actually reading about it before I was even pregnant.  I liked reading The Well-Trained Mind, by Susan Wise Bauer.  It's about the classical method.  Also, I second the recommendation for books by Linda Dobson, she gives a really good overview.
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    rparks8467rparks8467
    We pulled our son out of preschool because the requirements to prepare for kindergarden were not being met in our eyes. I can't reccommend books but we got curriculumm from teachers from moms who teach but also my kids fell in love with the online program abcmouse.com. You pay monthly or yearly and it brings a little extra fun to the home enviornment and they never want to stop playing it.
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    Popple123Popple123

    How Children Fail

    How Children Learn

    by John Holt

     I also enjoy reading anything by Charlotte Mason, and Magda Gerber (infant/toddler development).  

     

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