Homeschooling
Resources
Books Available at
Brighton District Library
Teaching
Techniques
- Bennett,
William J. The educated Child: A Parent's Guide.
- Berquist,
Laura. Designing Your Classical Curriculum: A Guide to
Catholic Home Education.
- Dobson,
Linda. Homeschooling, the Early Years: Your Complete Guide
to Successfully Homeschooling the 3 to 7 Year Old.
- Cohen,
Carl. Homeschooling: The Teen Years, Your Complete Guide
to Successfully Homeschooling the 13 to 18 Year Old.
- Faber,
Adele. How to Talk So Kids Can Learn at Home and In School.
- Farenga,
Patrick. The Beginner's Guide to Homeschooling.
- Gorder,
Cheryl. Home Education Resource Guide.
- Green,
Lawrence J. 1001 Ways to Improve Your Child's Schoolwork:
An Easy-to-use Reference Book of Common School Problems and
Practical Solutions.
- Green,
Lawrence J. Finding Help When Your Child is Struggling
in School.
- Griffith,
Mary. The Homeschooling Handbook: From Preschool to High
School.
- Henry,
Shad. The Middle Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully
Homeschooling the 8 to 12 Year Old Child.
- Hubbs,
Don. Home Education Resource Guide: a Comprehensive Guide
for the Parent-Educator to Curriculums.
- Jones,
Claudia. More Parents are Teachers too. Encouraging your
6 to 12 year old.
- Pride,
Mary. The Big Book of Home Learning.
- Rupp,
Rebecca. Good Stuff. Learning Tools for all Ages.
- Spietz,
Heidi Anne. Modern Montessori at Home: A Creative Teaching
Guide for Parents of Children Six through Nine Years of Age.
- Spietz,
Heidi Anne. Modern Montessori at Home: A Creative Teaching
Guide for Parents of Children Ten through Twelve Years of
Age.
- Wade,
Theodore E. The Home School Manual: Plans, Pointers, Reasons,
and Resources.
Guidelines/Resources
- Blumenfeld,
Samuel L. Homeschooling; A Parent's Guide to Teaching Children.
- Deckard,
Steve. Home Schooling Laws and Resource Guide for All Fifty
States.
- Gorder,
Cheryl. Home Education Resource Guide. [1996 ed.]
- Hendrickson,
Borg. Home School; Taking the First Step; a Program Planning
Handbook.
- Hirsh,
E.D.
- What
Your Kindergartner Needs to Know; Preparing Your Child
for a Lifetime of Learning.
- What
Your First Grader Needs to Know; Fundamentals of a Good
1st grade Education.
- What
Your Second Grader Needs to Know; Fundamentals of a Good
2nd grade Education.
- What
Your Third Grader Needs to Know; Fundamentals of a Good
3rd grade Education.
- What
Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know; Fundamentals of a Good
4tn grade Education.
- hat
Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know; Fundamentals of a Good
5th grade Education.
- What
Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know; Fundamentals of a Good
6th grade Education.
- Hood,
Mary. The Relaxed Home School: a Family Production.
- Moore,
Raymond S. The Successful Home school Family Handbook:
A Creative and Stress Free Approach to Homeschooling.
- Polly,
Jean Armour. The Internet Kids and the Family Yellow Pages.
Books
For Home Schooling Parents
- Colfax,
David. Homeschooling for Excellence.
- Gorder,
Cheryl. Home Schools; an Alternative; You Do Have A Choice.
- Guterman,
David. Family Matters; Why Homeschooling Makes Sense.
- Mothering
Magazine. Schooling at Home; Parents, Kids, and Learning.
- Pedersen,
Anne. Schooling at Home; Parents, Kids, and Learning.
Books
For Home Schooled Kids
- Lurie,
Jon. Allison's Story: A Book about Homeschooling.
- Llewellyn,
Grace. The Teenage Liberation Handbook: how to quit school
and get a real life and education.
- Voetberg,
Iulie. I am a Home Schooler
History
of Home School Education
- Cutler,
William W. Parents and Schools: the 150-year struggle
for control in American education.
- The
Homeschooling Book of Answers: the 88 most important questions
answered.
- Klicka,
Christopher J. The Right Choice: the incredible failure
of public education and the rising hope of home schooling.
- Whitehead,
John W. Home Education: rights and reasons.
Magazines
Using Literature in the Home Classroom
- Barstow,
Barbara. Beyond Picture Books: A Guide to First Readers.
- Best
Books for Children: Preschool through Grade 6.
- Ehlert,
Lois. Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A
to Z.
- Freeman,
Judy. Books Kids Will Sit Still For: The Complete Read-Aloud
Guide.
- Gunnings,
Thomas G. Best Books for Beginning Readers.
- Odean,
Kathleen. Great Books for Girls: More than 600 Books to
Inspire Today’s Girls and Tomorrow's Women.
- Odean,
Kathleen. Great Books for Boys: More than 600 Books for
Boys 2 to 14.
- Reed,
Arthea J.S. Comics to Classics: A Parent's Guide to Books
for Teens and Preteens.
- Trelease,
Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook.
Making
Mathematics Fun
- Burus,
Marilyn. Math for Smarty Pants.
- Kaye,
Peggy. Games for Learning: 10 minutes a day to help your
child do well in school.
- McMillan,
Bruce. Eating Fractions.
- Sharp,
Richard M. The Sneaky Square & 113 Other Math Activities
for Kids.
- Stienecker,
David. Addition. Division. Fractions. Multiplication. Numbers.
The
World Around Us/Geography
- Weitzman,
David L. The Brown Paper School Presents My Backyard History
Book.
Hands-On
Science
- Hauser,
Jill Frankel. Super Science Concoctions: 50 Mysterious
Mixtures for Fabulous Fun.
- Rockwell,
Robert E. Hug a Tree and Other Things to do Outdoors with
Young Children.
- Simon,
Seymour. The Brain: Our Nervous System.
- Simon,
Seymour. Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids.
- Simon,
Seymour. The Heart: Our Circulatory System.
- Simon,
Seymour. Muscles: Our Muscular System.
Notable
Series and Books of Interest
-
America the Beautiful Series.
- Brown Paper School Series.
- Eye Opener Series.
- Eyewitness Series
- Celebrate the States Series.
- Enchantment of the World Series
- DK Publications
- Science for Every Kid Series
