MaryMak07 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Whats your favorite homeschool book for inspiration? Not so much a how to as a book you've read that ignited (or reignited) your excitement for homeschooling or painted a picture/vision of how you wanted your homeschool to be? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Karen Andreola's book was so inspiring to me before I started schooling. From there, I read the Charlotte Mason series and I was thinking it was all going to be ohmygoshamazing! ... and it mostly has been :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy the Valiant Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Sally Clarkson <3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 There have been a couple. Summerhill encouraged me to slow down and change the emphasis from "throwing marshmallows" to work on really engaging the student. Same with How To Teach What Really Happened (Loewen) and Deconstructing Penguins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX Native Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 For the Children's Sake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 This year so far it's been Classical Education by Veith and Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins. It seems to change year by year for me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertstrawberry5 Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Diana Waring"s Beyond Survivial:Abundant Life Homeschooling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Teaching from Rest Mere Motherhood For the Children's Sake 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targhee Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Abolition of Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Oh! Climbing Parnassus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I planned on Climbing Parnassus for this summer. I started, but keep putting it up for more fluff reading. :) I always go back to WTM or parts of it for summer encouragement. It always reminds me that it's not that hard. If I just follow the plans laid out, it always goes smoothly! So I have been revisiting parts, getting ready for the new year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakg Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 When we were first starting out, Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola and WTM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 I planned on Climbing Parnassus for this summer. I started, but keep putting it up for more fluff reading. :) Yeah it's dense. He used a bunch of excellent quotes!! I took a highlighter to it, to copy those passages into my commonplace and like 7/8 of the book is highlighted and sitting down to copy what I want to copy hasn't happened yet. Maybe today is that day :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchbark Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Real Learning by Elizabeth Foss For the Children's Sake by Macaulay Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Not a book, but I went searching for an old site I used to visit years ago. I *think* I found it, but it looks radically different. The one I was remembering had a yellow page with a cup of tea at the top. Anyway, it's a collection of stories, links, and just general tidbits about homeschooling that was always nice to go back to and read a bit here and there. http://simplehomeschool.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Indeed Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 When they were younger I liked Pocketful of pinecones. Recently though- Mere Motherhood. I do not have as many children as Cindy- but our stories are similar, we are at similar places in life, and I could really relate to that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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