HOMESCHOOL BOOKLIST

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Booklist for homeschooling methods, learning styles, and parenting
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Links to Homeschool Blogs 

​HOMESCHOOL METHODS

Bell, Debra. The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling. Tommy Nelson, Inc., 1997.​ Revised and updated.

Griffith, Mary. The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World as Your Child’s Classroom. 1998. Amazon.com Editorial review: “...Written in a conversational, salon- style manner, The Unschooling Handbook is liberally peppered with anecdotes and practical advice from unschoolers, ... [and] includes resources such as one teenager's sample "transcript," a typical weekly log of a third-grader's activities, and helpful lists of magazines, online mailing lists, Web sites, and catalogs....”

Wise, Jessie and Bauer, Susan. The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home. W. W. Norton and Company, 1999. Revised 2016.  A step-by-step, grade-by-grade, subject-by-subject guide to the classical pattern of education, along with curricula recommendations, book lists, and more.
 
​Well-Trained Mind has a full selection of their books and other resources.

ON LEARNING

Armstrong, Thomas. 7 Kinds of Smart. Penguin Books, 1993.
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Holt, John. How Children Learn. (Revised Edition) by DaCapo Press, 1983. (An insightful book on the nature of early learning.)

Moore, Dr. Raymond and Dorothy. Better Late Than Early. Reader's Digest Press, 1989

​Tobias, Cynthia. Every Child Can Succeed: Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style. Focus on the Family Publishing, 1999.

Tobias, Cynthia. The Way They Learn. Tyndale House Publishers, 1994.

Willis, Mariaemma and Hodson, Victoria. Discover Your Child’s Learning Style. Prima Publishing, 1999.

PARENTING

Colorosa, Barbara. Kids Are Worth It! Quill Press, 1995.  About parenting styles and how to create and model a strong, flexible parenting toolkit.

Farris, Vickie and Metzgar, Jayme Farris. A Mom Just Like You: The Homeschooling Mother. Broadman and Holman Publishers, 2002.

Glenn, Stephen, (Ph.D.) and Nelsen, Jane, (Ed.D.) Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self- Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People. Prima Publishing, 2000.
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Hinckley, Gordon B. Standing for Something. Three Rivers Press, 2000.

Tobias, Cynthia. You Can't Make Me (But I Can Be Persuaded): Strategies for Bringing Out the Best in Your Strong-Willed Child. Waterbrook Press, 1999.

Morin, Amy.  13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do: Raising Self-Assured Children and Training Their Brains for a Life of Happiness, Meaning, and Success.   William Morrow, 2017

CLASSICS

Colfax, David and Micki. Homeschooling for Excellence. Warner, 1988 (Role models for generations of homeschooling families, this is the account of a homeschooling family that sent three sons to Harvard.)

Gatto, John Taylor. The Underground History of American Education. Oxford Village Press, 2001.  New York State Teacher of the year who became a strong advocate for home education.
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Griffith, Mary. The Homeschooling Handbook. Prima, 1999. (Author of the Unschooling Handbook below.)

Holt, John and Farenga, Patrick. Teach Your Own. Perseus Publishing, 2003, orig. pub. 1981.

HOMESCHOOL BLOGS

Family Style Schooling Wonderful book reviews, articles, and ideas for teaching classical education from Betsy Strauss and family!

A collection from Hip Homeschool Moms -  Everything from choosing curriculum to homeschooling high school.

HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS and ACTIVITIES!! From Holly Homer at Kids Activities Blog.

Real life strategies and encouragement from The Autistic Mama. 

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