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There are are hundreds of books available
in the US on home educating, but I have only read a very small
selection so far. The following are books which I have read and
which I would personally recommend.
Christian Titles
- "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.
- "Homeschooling"
by Blumenfield
Although written by a Christian, it is aimed at anybody
interested in homeschooling. It has some very useful and
interesting chapters on reading, writing and arithmetic,
as well as a comprehensive resources & contacts
section in the appendix. I managed to get this one out of
the library.
- "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.
Non-Christian Titles
- I
have managed to get all of the following books out of the
library. A really useful book which gives some tips on
how to homeschool is "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.
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categorised by age.
I haven't seen either of the following
books, which contain lists of recommendations of books for
children, but they are both recommended by Charlotte Mason
Educators:
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I would be glad to receive recommendations
from other home educators, (especially Christian titles) and
would be happy to receive books from publishers for review here
& return, or to exchange books with other home educators. E-mail me at littlebears@tesco.net
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Update: 26 December, 1999