cdrumm4448 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 One of my friends is considering homeschooling her ds who is 7 and dd who is 6. She is really on the fence, so I told her I would send her some links for books and articles to read to help her make the decision. What are your favorite pro-homeschooling articles and books? TWTM, obviously, but what else should she read? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoffeeChick Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks for Homeschooling Curriculum Lisa Welchel's So You're Thinking About Homeschooling Those are my top favorites (well, besides WTM ;)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Anything by John Taylor Gatto? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum; The Catholic Homeschool Companion. I don't know your friend's religious preference, if any, but both of these had good info for this non-Catholic. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I really liked "Help for The Harried Homeschooler" Amazon.com: Help for the Harried Homeschooler: A Practical Guide… it really makes homeschooling look possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CathyT Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 How about something by John Holt? And if your state has a wonderful resource center - we have a great website - that explains the laws of what a school can and can't force you to do and they have some great links on it to other sites about home schooling. The site I am referring to is AHEM - Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts http://www.ahem.info/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firestar Academy Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I AM a friend of a homeschooler and just about 100% sure we are homeschooling next year. tell her to read these forums and listen to you. the best thing that has happened to me is that my FRIEND loaned me tons of her material to try out. She gave me a stack of her failures to try out, as well. who knows, her failure could be my success story! I am kind of doing some of what she does and seeing if it sticks. we started with borrowing her sonlight core 3. it is awesome. love it. we are not religious, but finding it wonderful. I am learning a lot. We purchased TT for math and loving that, too. She uses FLL. I am going with shurley grammer. she has no interest in science. I think she is using sonlight science. We are using apologia. Haven't ordered it yet. just my 2cents Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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