What are your favourite homeschool books? You know, the ones that, if you’re friends don’t run out to buy immediately after you tell them about it, you assume that they must be negligent and not truly care about their kids.
I have two such books that I purchased over the last year and don’t know what I did before them.
The first is Homeschool Your Child for Free
In the time I’ve had this book, I haven’t been able to read through it because I keep finding interesting links that I MUST go explore then and there, which leads me on my own personal online scavenger hunt as I follow links on to other sites and resources. The problem with this book is that so much is offered, you have to painfully reject some sites or you’ll never have a chance to help your child meet her educational goals!
Topics covered:
- Homeschool How-To’s (from Internet safety to legal issues and support groups)
- Curriculum Scope and Sequence
- Education Essentials
- Language & Literacy
- Mathematics Mastery
- Art Appreciation
- History Highlights
- Music Marathon
- Social Studies Skills
- Humanities Home
- Science Scholarship
- Health Handbook
- Graduation Guidance
Some of my favorite links so far:
Secondly, if you’re always looking for interesting activities for your children to do, purchase a copy of The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas
From the table of contents:
- Helping your child love learning
- Creating your own educational reform
- We have your numbers
- Communicate! The joy of language
- Kitchen Chemistry and backyard bugs
- It’s a big interesting world after all
- Art from the heart
- Because life’s important facts aren’t just academic
- Especially cheap, exceptionally quick and easy, or great for groups
- These hints aren’t from Heloise: organization, homeschooling style
- Across the curriculum
Activity examples include:
- Create your own community
- Spell it in radio code
- Push pin geometry
- The time line game
As to what these activities actually entail, I’ll leave it to you to find out! Which homeschooling books can you NOT live without? Share your favourites with other readers in the comments section below!
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