"For the Children's Sake"
by Susan Schaeffer Macalay
This is the first book which I read on homeschooling,
without even realising what it was about, (I actually
came accross it in a second hand bookshop! It's a
best-seller in the US and available through Amazon.com
but it's also published by Kingsway in this country, so
you should be able to get hold of it) and it really
turned me on to the whole idea of home education, and in
particular why it might be Christians should seriously
consider home education. Having said that, however, it
isn't at all 'o.t.t.', and contains some very sound ideas
(based on Charlotte Mason's writings) about what
education should really be about.
"A Charlotte Mason
Companion" by Karen Andreola
I am reading this book, which I have borrowed, at the
moment. I am thoroughly enjoying it (although it's a
weighty volume and it's taking me ages to get through)
and hope to get my own copy in due course. It comes
highly recommended, and it really is the book to get if
you're interested in the Charlotte Mason method. Where
"For the Children's Sake" gives you a taste for
Charlotte Mason's theories, "A Charlotte Mason
Companion" shows you how to begin putting it into
practice. Karen Andreola is one of the leading
"experts" on Charlotte Mason and is a prolific
writer. She also runs the "Charlotte Mason Research
and Supply Company" which publishes Charlotte
Mason's original writings.
"The Socialization Trap"
by Rick Boyer
A very interesting look at how far removed the school
model of socialization in segregated peer-age groups is
from the Biblical model, i.e., the family.
"One to One",
"Unqualified Education"
and "You Don't Have to Send Your Child to
School: A Parent's Guide to Home Education"
by Gareth Lewis, Published by Primrose Lane Educational
Press.
"The Next learning
system: why home educators are trailblazers"
by Roland Meighan
It's published by a group called Educational Heretics and
it's quite alternative, saying in effect that 'school as
an educational system has had it's day'.
Also in the same vein and published by
Educational Heretics Press is "Compulsory
Schooling Disease: How Children Absorb Fascist Values"
by Chris Shute
"Learning All the
Time" by John Holt
This is the first book I have read by John Holt, but he
was one of the leading writers advocating home-based
education, and has 7 or 8 books to his name. He is the
founder of the Unschooling movement.
We use Sonlight curriculum as our
literature base, but you might like to take a look around
at different literature selections for ideas. In
addition, the following books are basically literature
lists with reviews:
