"Education is the process of living, not the preparation for future living."
                                                                           --John Dewey

Books

The beginning homeschooling parent is often initially overwhelmed by the responsibility of educating a child.  There are several excellent books recommended by our members that give insight into the different approaches and philosophies of homeschooling.

John Holt is the pioneer unschooler.  Anything he has written is worth a read.  His books include:
How Children Learn
How Children Fail
What Do I Do Monday?
Learning All the Time

Better Late Than Early: A New Approach to Your Child's Education by Raymond and Dorothy  Moore
This title is out of print.  The Moores have written several successful books on homeschooling over the last three decades.

The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon by David Elkind, Ph.D.

The Discovery of the Child by Maria Montessori

Reading Without Nonsense by Frank Smith

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto

Better Than School: One Family's Declaration of Independence by Nancy Wallace
(out of print)

Homeschooling the Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year Old Child by Linda Dobson

A Sense of Self: Listening to Homeschooled Adolescent Girls by Susannah Sheffer
(out of print)

The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach by Howard Gardner