Little Bears Family Homeschool
Reading and Resources List
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who knows me personally will be aware that I am a
confirmed bookaholic, and our house is filled to bursting
with books and bookcases in every room, but I usually
have a large wish-list at Amazon and at Sonlight
curriculum, as well as regularly scouring charity shops
for rare treasures! If you're that way inclined, home education can end up costing a fortune (I've rationalised my spending by the fact that I'll be re-using books and curriculum several times). My #1 piece of advice to new home educators, however, (unless you love books like I do and don't mind spending more on books than clothes and food!) is to 'try before you buy' - use the library, charity shops and borrow from friends if that option is available. A perfectly good education can be had by using free resources. In some areas the local authority will even make the schools library service available to home educators (though sadly not in Milton Keynes yet.) And tip #2 is "relax and have fun"! If I were starting out again with nothing, and couldn't afford Sonlight, but still wanted to use a literature approach to education, I would still want to invest in these books: A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola is a guide to home education the Charlotte Mason way. It's a book I refer to often. The Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer is a guide (with a recommended literature list) for classical education. This is something I aspire to and look to as an 'ideal' guide. And although I've tried to combine the Charlotte Mason method with Classical education to a degree, we are essentially relaxed, delight-directed unschoolers. So I'd recommend reading widely on unschooling as well. For my top recommendations for invdividual subjects, see the subject pages. |
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© Shoshana - Updated: August 30, 2008
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