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"The mere thought of homeschooling can be overwhelming. What curriculum do I choose? What if we can't afford all the books? How do I schedule our time? Will my children become socially awkward recluses? What if I screw up my kids' education?! Lorilee Lippincott, a seasoned homeschooling mom, shows just how simple homeschooling can be. But homeschooling well does require some planning and dedication, and a book like The Homeschooling Handbook to be...
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Our Journey Westward, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
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"Parents, do you need practical support and confidence to meet the academic needs of your bright or twice-exceptional learner? Homeschooling Gifted Kids: A Practical Guide to Educate and Motivate Advanced Learners clearly and concisely teaches you how to homeschool advanced learners! It focuses on special considerations that often go along with gifted children such as providing challenging curriculum, offering outlets for artistic and creative talents,...
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Kathy Oaks
Pub. Date
2018.
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This book is geared toward parents who are thinking about homeschooling their children. It answers many questions these parents might. With plenty of practical advice, mindful parenting techniques, and examples from real homeschoolers, the author shows that you don't have to be super-mom (or dad) to give homeschooling a try.
5) Schooled
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Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.
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Hungry Minds
Pub. Date
c2002
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Approximately 1.5 million American students are currently taught at home. This essential guide offers both new and experienced homeschoolers useful information and insight about the basics of day-to-day homeschooling life and explains the hows and whys of this exciting new alternative to traditional classroom schooling. The book Helps select appropriate curriculum and gives advice on how to help kids survive the not-getting-on-the-yellow-schoolbus-at-the-corner...
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Erica Made Designs
Pub. Date
c2013
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"So you've decided to homeschool but don't know where to start? Don't worry, Homeschooling 101 offers you a step by step practical guide that will help you to get started and continue on in your homeschooling journey. Erica will walk you through all of the steps to getting started, choosing and gathering curriculum, creating effective lesson plans, scheduling your day, organizing your home, staying the course, and more! This book is a must read for...
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WestBow Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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"What was once considered counter culture is now bordering on trendy. Everyday, more and more parents are making the choice to invest in their child's school years by keeping them home. If you are answering God's call to homeschool with fear and doubt, you are not alone. In addition to providing encouragement, this book will give you guidance and direction on how to build your homeschool, including topics on: - curriculum and learning objectives ;...
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Lori McWilliam Pickert
Pub. Date
[2012]
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Project-based homeschooling combines children's interests with long-term, deep, complex learning. This is an essential experience for children: to spend time working on something that matters to them, with the support of a dedicated mentor. This book is an introduction and guide to creating the circumstances under which children can teach themselves. It gives parents concrete tips for helping children do challenging, meaningful, self-chosen work....
17) A shot at normal
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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"Juniper Jade's parents are hippies. They didn't attend the first Woodstock, but they were there for the second one. The Jade family lives an all-organic, homeschool lifestyle, which means no plastic, no cell phones, and no vaccines. It isn't exactly normal, but it's all Juniper has ever known. She doesn't agree with her parents on everything, but to be in this family, she knows you have to stick to the rules. That is, until the unthinkable happens....
18) Home learning year by year: how to design a homeschool curriculum from preschool through high school
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Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
c2000
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Finally, homeschoolers have a comprehensive guide to designing a homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremost homeschookling experts.
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On the last night of summer, Emma and her Maine game warden father rescue a small domestic rabbit stuck in a fence; the very next day Emma starts fifth grade after years of being home schooled, excited and apprehensive about making new friends, but she is paired with Jack, a hyperactive boy, who does not seem to fit in with anyone--except that they share a love of animals, which draws them together, because of the rabbit.
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