May 12th, 2008

The Complete Guide to Home Schooling - by John Perry, et al Quickly becoming the choice of more and more American families, home schooling a child can be a daunting and exhausting task. When John and Kathy Perry decided to withdraw their sons from public school and teach them at home, they found much information decrying the state of education but little on how to develop a program to ensure academic success. The Complete Guide to Home Schooling presents step-by-step instructions for tailoring a curriculum to the individual, integrating academic home schooling with public school extracurricular opportunities, maintaining family energy and peace, and developing diverse community-based enrichment studies.

What Do I Do Monday? by John Holt When teachers listened to Holt's talks, or wrote him letters as hundreds did, invariably they would say something like: "I understand what you're saying, but what can I do about this in my own classroom? What do I do on Monday?"

Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School - by Rebecca Rupp - Finally, homeschoolers have a comprehensive guide to designing a homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremost homeschooling experts. , Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan to ensure that your children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it, from preschool through high school. Based on the traditional pre-K through 12th-grade structure, Home Learning Year by Year features:

The integral subjects to be covered within each grade

Standards for knowledge that should be acquired by your child at each level

Recommended books to use as texts for every subject

Guidelines for the importance of each topic: which knowledge is essential and which is best for more expansive study based on your child's personal interests

Suggestions for how to sensitively approach less academic subjects, such as sex education and physical fitness

Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery by David H. Albert - Are children empty boxes into which we pour knowledge and wisdom? Or are they naturally predisposed to acquire these things? David H. Albert presents a collection of articles laden with gems, -including the single most important lesson to teach a child. -Topics include:

How children learn to read.

"Perfection" -- Why children are perfectionists and how to respond.

How to encourage your child to seek greater challenges and achievements.

Teens and what to do about them.

Why the testing is destroying our schools.

Homeschooling Your Gifted Child: Language Arts for the Middle School Years by Lee Wherry Brainerd, Wendy Moss (Introduction) Many families choose to homeschool their children when they realize that they are more advanced than their classmates. Some parents have already made the homeschooling choice for other reasons. Regardless, homeschooling parents need challenging material to teach their gifted children.Students who learn at home will use this book to build on their already solid base of language arts and math skills as they prepare for the challenges of high school and beyond. This book brings together advanced skills practice for Math, Reading Comprehension, vocabulary, Writing, Grammar, and Spelling û targeted specifically for the middle school student. Clear, straightforward, and engaging, parents find the lessons and practice questions to be the perfect supplement for standard middle school textbooks.

Homeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook: Preparing Your 12- to 18-Year-Old for a Smooth Transition - by Cafi Cohen - The transition from homeschooling children to preparing them for success in college deserves both planning and preparation. As the parent of a homeschooler, you have many issues to consider besides academic excellence: fulfilling other people's expectations and standards, tackling standardized tests and application essays, and introducing your homeschooler to the atmosphere of a college campus.

Homeschooling: The Teen Years : Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- to 18- Year-Old - by Cafi Cohen - Discover the Rewards of HHomeschooling Your Teen

And What About College?: How Homeschooling Can Lead to Admissions to the Best Colleges & Universities - by Cafi Cohen, Patrick Farenga (Editor) - The newest edition, completely revised, updated and expanded for 2000-2001.