Books About Homeschooling

Why Homeschool

• Homeschooling for Excellence, David & Micki Colfax
  
• The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community, and Self, Linda Dobson
  
• Dumbing Us Down, John Taylor Gatto
  
• Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense, David Guterson
  
• The Home School Reader, Mark & Helen Hegener
  
• Teach Your Own, John Holt
  
• School at Home: Parents, Kids and Learning, Ann Pederson & Peg O'Mara
  

(top) How to Homeschool

• You CAN Teach Your Child Successfully, Ruth Beechick
  
• The Art of Education: Reclaiming Your Family, Community, and Self, Linda Dobson
  
• The Homeschooling Book of Answers, Linda Dobson
  
• The Homeschooling Handbook, Mary Griffith
  
• The Home School Reader, Mark & Helen Hegener
  
• Homeschool: Taking the First Step, Borg Henderickson
  
• Learning All the Time, John Holt
  
• The Relaxed Home School, Mary Hood
  
• Trust the Children, Anna Kealoha
  
• The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook, Raymond & Dorthy Moore
  
• School at Home: Parents, Kids and Learning, Ann Pederson & Peg O'Mara
  
• The Homeschool Manual, Ted Wade
  
• The Well-Trained Mind: A guide to Classical Education at Home, Jessie Wise & Susan Wise Bauer
  

(top)  Homeschooling Resources

• The Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual, Cathy Duffy
  
• Homeschooling Almanac 2002-2003, Mary and Michael Leppert
  
• The Big Book of Home Learning - Getting Started (Volume I, Mary Pride
  
• The Homeschool Source Book - Third Edition, Jean and Donn Reed
  
• The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook, Rebecca Rupp
  
• Homeschool Guide-a-log, Barb Shelton
  

(top) Learning Styles

• In Their Own Way, Thomas Armstrong
  November 5, 2005, Cindy Tobias
  

Homeschooling Styles

Charlotte Mason

• A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning, Karen Andreola
  
• Charlotte Mason Study Guide: A Simplified Approach to a "Living" Education, Penny Gardener
  
• A Charlotte Mason Education: A How-to Manua l, Catherine Levison
  
• For the Children's Sake, Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
  
• Charlotte Mason Original Homeschooling Series, Charlotte Mason
  

• Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum: A Guide to Catholic Home Education, Laura M. Berquist
  
• Catholic Education: Homeward Bound: A Useful Guide to Catholic Home Education, Kimberly Hahn and Mary Hasson
  
• Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson
  
• Classical Education and the Home School, Douglas Wilson
  
• The Well-Trained Mind: A guide to Classical Education at Home, Jessie Wise, and Susan Wise Bauer
  

• What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know, E. D. Hirsch (This series of books continues on through What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know)
  
• Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, E. D. Hirsch
  
• A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Our Children Need to Know, E. D. Hirsch
  
• Books to Build On A Grade by Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers, E. D. Hirsch
  

• Montessori Play and Learn: A Parent's Guide to Purposeful Play From Two to Six, Lesley Britton
  
• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years, Elizabeth G. Hainstock
  
• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years, Elizabeth G. Hainstock
  
• Modern Montessori at Home: A Creative Teaching Guide for Parents of Children Six Through Nine Years of Age, Heidi Anne Spietz
  
• Modern Montessori at Home: A Creative Teaching Guide for Parents of Children Ten Through Twelve, Heidi Anne Spietz
  
• Modern Montessori at Home: A Complete Guide To Teaching Your Preschooler at Home Using the Montessori Method, Heidi Anne Spietz
  
• Montessori Resources for the 1990's: A Complete Guide to Finding Montessori Materials for Parents and Teachers, Heidi Anne Spietz
  

• How to Create Your Own Unit Study, Valerie Bendt
  
• The Unit Study Idea Book, Valerie Bendt
  
• Before Five in a Row, Jane Claire Lambert
  
• Beyond Five in a Row (Volumes 1 and 2), Becky Jane Lambert
  
• Five in a Row (Volumes 1,2, and 3), Jane Claire Lambert
  
• Design-A-Study Guides to History Plus, Kathryn Stout
  

• Free (And Almost Free) Adventures for Teenagers, Gail L.Grand
  
• The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World as Your Classroom, Mary Griffith
  
• Learning All The Time, John Holt
  
• I Learn Better By Teaching Myself, Agnes Leistico
  
• Still Teaching Ourselves, Agnes Leistico
  
• The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Education, Grace Llewellyn
  
• Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go To School, Grace Llewellyn
  
• From Homeschool To College and Work: Turning Your Homeschool Experiences Into College and Job Portfolios, Alison McKee
  
• But What If I Don't Want to Go to College?: A Guide to Success Through Alternative Education, Harlow G. Unger
  
• Better Than School, Nancy Wallace
  
• Child's Work: Taking Children's Choices Seriously, Nancy Wallace
  

• The Curriculum of the Rudolf Steiner School, Roy Wilkenson
  
• The Art of Education, Lawrence Ed.D Williams
  
• How to Release Your Child's Natural Geniu,s, Lawrence Ed.D Williams
  
• How to Transform Your Child, Lawrence Ed.D Williams
  
• Understanding Your Child's Temperament, Lawrence Ed.D Williams
  
• What to Do When Your Child is Bored, Lawrence Ed.D Williams
  

(top)  Older Students

• And What About College?: How Homeschooling Leads to Admissions to the Best Colleges and Universities, Cafi Cohen
  
• Free (And Almost Free) Adventures for Teenagers, Gail L.Grand
  
• Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go To School, Grace Llewellyn
  
• The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Education, Grace Llewellyn
  
• Homeschooling the High Schooler, Diana McAlister & Candice Oneschak
  
• From Homeschool To College and Work: Turning Your Homeschool Experiences Into College and Job, Portfolios, Alison McKee
  
• Senior High: A Home-Designed Form+U+la, Barb Shelton
  
• But What If I Don't Want to Go to College?: A Guide to Success Through Alternative Education, Harlow G. Unger

(top)  Special Needs

• In Their Own Way, Thomas Armstrong
• The Myth of the ADD Child, Thomas Armstrong
• The Learning Revolution, Gordon Dryden & Dr. Jeannette Vos
• I Am The Child, Cecilia K. Freeman, M.Ed.
• Teaching the Three Rs Through Movement, Anne Green Gilbert
• The Child with Special Needs, Stanley Greenspan, M.D. & Serena Wieder, Ph.D.
• Smart Moves, Carla Hannaford
• Homeschooling Children with Special Needs, Sharon Hensley, M.A.
• Learning in Spite of Labels, Joyce Herzog
• Teaching With the Brain in Mind, Eric Jensen
• The Out-of-Sync Child, Carol Stock Kranowitz
• Communicate with Your Child, James D. MacDonald
• Teaching Children with Autism, Kathleen Ann Quill
• Strategies for Struggling Learners, Joe P. Sutton & Connie J. Sutton
• Every Child Can Succeed, Cynthia Ulrich Tobias

(top)  Periodicals

• Family Unschoolers Network News, 1688 Belhaven Woods Court, Pasadena, MD 21122, (410) 360-7330
• Home Education Magazine, P.O. Box 1083, Tonasket, WA 98855, (800) 236-3278,
• Homeschooling Today, P.O. Box 1425, Melrose, FL 32666, (904) 475-3088,
• Practical Homeschooling, P.O. Box 1250, Fenton, MO 63026, (800) 346-6322
• WHO's News