mathmarm Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Hubby and I are interested in learning more about teaching subject A, B or C. We're looking for books that better equip *us* to teach/facilitate/guide a student through a topic or skill than just a curriculum that we can administer. We need The Hives help with compiling a booklist of such resources for a wide variety of subjects. Please, if you know of books that are more for parents/teachers to read and understand insights into a topic please share it. We are getting a lot of book-centric giftcards and would like to put them to good use. Math: Marshmallow Math Kitchen Table Math vol 1-3 Art: Drawing with Children Literarute Deconstructing Penguins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Uncovering the Logic of English by Denise Eide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 How to Tutor by Sam Blumenfeld The Three R's by Ruth Beechick. Train Up a Child. About Amish schools. How do teenaged girls without even a highschool education teach non English speaking children to be prepared for adulthood in an English speaking world in just 8 years? http://www.amazon.com/Train-Up-Child-Mennonite-Anabaptist/dp/0801884950 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 No Regrets. The book is getting a bit outdated, but it is an example of using a boxed curriculum with success. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0962361100/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1450274675&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=No+regrets+homeschooling&dpPl=1&dpID=41E1n7OfGSL&ref=plSrch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Eclectic Manual of Methods. It is free at Google. It is worth reading even if you are not using the McGuffey Readers, Ray's Arithmetic, and Harvey's Grammar. https://books.google.com/books?id=FMkKAQAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) My favorites: Math Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics Simply Charlotte Mason's Mathematics book & DVD set Phonics/Spelling Writing Road to Reading--although it's not the easiest book to navigate! Science Handbook of Nature Study Natural Science Through the Seasons--lots of ideas for nature study, organized into seasonal units General The Living Page--lots of ideas for incorporating notebooks into your child's education Planning The Well Trained Mind ;) Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education Edited December 16, 2015 by Holly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 1. How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare. http://www.amazon.com/How-Teach-Your-Children-Shakespeare/dp/0307951502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450295499&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+teach+children+shakespeare I'm in the middle of reading it, but it looks good so far. Like anything, I'll probably tweak it. 2. Mindset. http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Psychology-Success-Carol-Dweck/dp/0345472322/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450295619&sr=8-1&keywords=Mindset Eta: corrected grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Ivy Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) Arithmetic for Parents by Ron Aharoni was VERY helpful for me. The War Against Grammar... great book for understanding why we should teach grammar, its role in history, and why it's not emphasised nowadays. How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare. The Well Trained Mind. The Liberal Arts Tradition by Clark and Jain. Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding. Not only helpful for understanding how to teach science, but a good tutorial for how to use the socratic method in general. Edited December 16, 2015 by Ms.Ivy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debi21 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I'm not ready to give it my full endorsement yet, but I just picked up an old, used copy of "About Teaching Mathematics" by Marilyn Burns. This is focused on K-8 and directed towards (I think) actual elementary teachers but might be what you are looking for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Teaching the Classics (DVD seminar with workbook) From the description: By using short stories as the models and the Socratic approach as the method, the authors systematically prepare you to teach character, plot, theme, and other elements of fiction and literary analysis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 My list of Educational Influencers Also, sign up for the Circe and Memoria Press magalogs for free. Tons of outstanding articles in every issue. A sub to Biblical Archeology Today, Science News, Artifax 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) nm Edited December 28, 2015 by w11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 One more: How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster or, by the same author, How to Read Literature Like a Professor: For Kids Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Climbing Parnassus WTM and WEM The Writing Road to Reading Unicorns Are Real Upside Down Brilliance A Charlotte Mason Education and More Charlotte Mason Education Miquon TM and First Grade Diary The Most Wonderful Writing Lessons Ever The Private Eye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Some of the best were the teacher manuals - RightStart, Singapore HIG, and Lab Notes (Miquon) for math. MCT grammar books and Denise Eide's teaching notes/video for LOE Essentials. Also Synthia Ulrich Tobias books "They Way They Learn" and the other (Every Child can Succeed??). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahjokim Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 The Writer's Jungle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 For the Children's Sake - My mom put this one in what we jokingly refer to as the required reading box she loaned me when she learned I was pregnant with my first. Or maybe it was in the recommended reading box that she gave me after I had finished the required reading box. Every writing book I could get my hands on. Teaching From Rest by Mackenzie This would have been very good to read before I started. I came around to much of what she says but maybe this would have saved me some of the mistakes I made. This book encouraged and challenged me even now after 18 years of experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsbrack Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 My personal favorites: "The Well Trained Mind," of course, "For the Children's Sake," "Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics," and "The Handbook of Nature Study." I recently added "How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare" to my library but haven't implemented much of it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchbark Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Consider This (Charlotte Mason philosophy) Why Don't Students Like School? Books by Ruth Beechick. Bonnie Landry's booklets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teacher Mom Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 My favorite resource to see if my grading is up to par is Writing Assessment Services with Cindy Marsch. She acts as a writing tutor and grader for my dd's history and English papers. She also read my dd's Common App admissions paper. I grade the papers and send her random ones to make sure my grading stays impartial and that I am looking at all the things I should be evaluating. She has other services but the above are the ones I have used for years and am very happy with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsbrack Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Climbing Parnassus WTM and WEM The Writing Road to Reading Unicorns Are Real Upside Down Brilliance A Charlotte Mason Education and More Charlotte Mason Education Miquon TM and First Grade Diary The Most Wonderful Writing Lessons Ever The Private Eye Do you have an author for The Private Eye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Do you have an author for The Private Eye? I'm not the one you asked, but the author is Kerry Ruef. (I enjoyed the book, also.) Here's a link to the website. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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