This comprehensive resource for homeschoolers blends how-to essays from parents who have successfully homeschooled their children with a useful catalog and directory. Creative resources for constructing exercises and lessons for every age group are provided with tips for teaching special-needs children. Many of the most prominent homeschool resources are reviewed including games, kits, globes, hands-on learning projects, and books for all standard curricula. This work also provides an extensive collection of free resources useful for teachers or parents supplementing public education at all learning levels.

The Home School Source Book

Education & Teaching

Reed, Jean

Dobson, Linda

Reed, Donn

Schools & Teaching

Brook Farm Books

<p>This time-tested reference contains everything needed to create a successful school at home and provides information on where to get the very best materials available. Everything from philosophy and technique to resources for creating lesson plans and learning aids-many of them free-can be found or accessed using the thorough references provided. Personal essays pepper the pages with humor, understanding, and firsthand know-how so parents are supplied with the support they need from the day they first consider home education until they send their child off to college. Also included are resources for adult learners of all levels. Sections on each school subject are paired with sections on how to conquer and enjoy the day-to-day process of learning at home.</p>

<p>Distilling a lifetime of passion for homeschooling and self-directed learning, this collection gathers the very best of the author's essays and articles from a variety of sources. Addressing all ages and a wide variety of subjects, it offers the most comprehensive overview available of the many options for schooling outside traditional channels. Laced with insight and humor, the topics include educational resources, special needs, chronic illness, discipline, and transitioning to adolescence and beyond. Both novice and experienced homeschoolers will be challenged and inspired by this expert guide to the complex challenge of learning outside traditional schools.</p>

The Lifetime Learning Companion

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