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My Favorite Homeschooling Books
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The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right StartThe First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start by Linda Dobson
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $5.00
Love this series divided into suggestions for different age groups!
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and EducationThe Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace Llewellyn
Buy new: $14.40 / Used from: $12.96
Eye-opening guide to seeing all the possibilities there are for teenagers and even younger kids.
Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High SchoolHome Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School by Rebecca Rupp
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.49
Wonderful resource! We used this all the time.
Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old ChildHomeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child by Linda Dobson
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $2.93
Love this series divided into suggestions for different age groups!
Homeschooling: The Middle Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 8- to 12-Year-Old Child (Prima Home Learning Library)Homeschooling: The Middle Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 8- to 12-Year-Old Child (Prima Home Learning Library) by Shari Henry
Buy used from: $0.10
Love this series divided into suggestions for different age groups!
Homeschooling Handbook (Revised 2nd Edition)Homeschooling Handbook (Revised 2nd Edition) by Mary Griffith
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $1.89
The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's ClassroomThe Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.50
What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge Series)What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge Series) by E.D. Hirsch Jr.
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.25
Controversial, but good series for knowing what basics are covered in school.
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy LessonsTeach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $7.38
We used this combined with Bob Books and it worked well for us.
Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling OurselvesHomeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves by Alison McKee
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $9.95
Ideas for unschooling and lots of reassurance.
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory SchoolingDumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto
Buy new: $9.20 / Used from: $7.27
Wonderful read from a former N.Y. state winner of teacher of the year.
Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of HomeschoolingTeach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling by John Holt
Buy new: $16.20 / Used from: $8.10
By John Holt, educational reformer - A Classic
What Do I Do Monday? (Innovators in Education)What Do I Do Monday? (Innovators in Education) by John Holt
Buy new: $24.75 / Used from: $4.95
By John Holt, educational reformer - A Classic
How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development) by John Holt
Buy new: $11.21 / Used from: $3.54
By John Holt, educational reformer - A Classic
Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning ReadersBob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $8.28
Funny and sweet. These books make an early learn-to-read curriculum.
Bob Books Set 2-Advancing BeginnersBob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $8.10
Funny and sweet. These books make an early learn-to-read curriculum.
Bob Books Set 3- Word FamiliesBob Books Set 3- Word Families by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $9.33
Funny and sweet. These books make an early learn-to-read curriculum.
Miquon Math All Six Student WorkbooksMiquon Math All Six Student Workbooks
The only math texts our daughter would use when she was young.
CUISENAIRE RODS INTRO. SET WOODCUISENAIRE RODS INTRO. SET WOOD
Buy new: $13.33 / Used from: $9.00
Beautiful manipulatives for fun, hands-on math work.
Homeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook: Preparing Your 12- to 18-Year-Old for a Smooth TransitionHomeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook: Preparing Your 12- to 18-Year-Old for a Smooth Transition by Cafi Cohen
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $2.39
Helpful guide for making sure you have what you need and when you need it.
And What About College?: How Homeschooling Leads to Admissions to the Best Colleges & UniversitiesAnd What About College?: How Homeschooling Leads to Admissions to the Best Colleges & Universities by Cafi Cohen
Buy used from: $3.99
Another helpful guide for preparing to go to college. This one is more from an unschooler's viewpoint.