Lady Q Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Now that summer is here, I can get started on fat stack of books about homeschooling, child development, teaching skills, educational philosophy, etc., to prepare me for the year(s?!) ahead. So, what are your favorite homeschooling/teaching books? I've read the WTM, The Charlotte Mason Companion, Family Matters, and just got Dumbing Us Down from the library. I'm more interested in books that will help me be a better teacher to my little ones at this point. Thanks. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 The Wholehearted Child by Clay & Sally Clarkson (may be OOP) What Smart Students Know by Adam Robinson Nebel's Elementary Education: Creating a Tapestry of Learning by Bernard J. Nebel Using Science Notebooks in Middle School by Klentschy Nurturing Inquiry: Real Science for the Elementary Classroom by Charles R. Pearce The Complete Handbook of Science Fair Projects by Julianne Blair Bochinski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I just started reading "Deconstructing Penguins" (http://www.amazon.com/Deconstructing-Penguins-Parents-Kids-Reading/dp/0812970284) and am enjoying it and getting some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Susan Schaffer Macauly- For the Children's Sake Ruth Beechick - ANYTHING!!!! :D If I'm Diapering a Watermelon, Where's the Baby - Ack! I forget the Author, but its a great read. Blessings! Dorinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 For the 5 and under crowd, I would focus on these: Ruth Beechick - definitely the 3Rs Charlotte Mason - and read more about it at Ambleside online a book or two on Montessori - Hainstock's are good Doug Wilson - Classical Education and the Homeschool Teaching the Trivium - just the parts that pertain to age 10 and under for now The Seven Laws of Teaching - I read it every year as I get ready for the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well, my reading runs along the lines of: Better Late Than Early (by the Moores, whose parenting advice I am not in agreement with but whose educational advice I enjoy and like to think about) Reclaiming Childhood (William Crain) The Unschooling Handbook (Mary Griffith) ...stuff that favors a more relaxed approach and/or a delayed approach to academics. It might not be your 'thing' but I think it's nice to get that sort of viewpoint too as maybe you'll find a balance of your own somewhere in there :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Q Posted June 16, 2010 Author Share Posted June 16, 2010 What a lot of fun-looking titles, Techwife! JoMama, Deconstructing Penguins has been on my list for a while, but I might wait till next summer, before my oldest goes into second grade. *sigh* I have to be realistic about how many books I can cram into one summer! I'll definitely add Seven Laws of Teaching to my list, and try to get in at least one book from each of the various educational philosophies: classical, Charlotte Mason, unschooling, Montessori. Does anyone have any books to recommend about teaching math (besides the Liping Ma one that I've already read :D) and writing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeefreak Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Does anyone have any books to recommend about teaching math (besides the Liping Ma one that I've already read :D) and writing? Ruth Beechick's The 3r's. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Does anyone have any books to recommend about teaching math (besides the Liping Ma one that I've already read :D) and writing? http://www.mathsolutions.com Marilyn Burns writes some of the most terrific books on teaching math EVER. The ones on using questions and discussion in the math classroom are great. Any of the lesson replacement units are wonderful because they give specific examples of how to move away from workbook/drill/test and engage students in problem-solving activities and thinking, and then incorporate more conventional math into that. I also like Overcoming Math Anxiety by Sheila Tobias. And one of my favorite books -- which I frustratingly can't find at the moment -- is a book about the original Boston Math Circle and how its teachers approached math for young children. (This is NOT a book about math competitions.) Also, it's mind-opening to compare Japanese, German, and American methods in teaching math in The Teaching Gap by james Stigler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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