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Beginners' Guide to Homeschooling: Multcolib Homeschooling

Curious about homeschooling? Just pulled your kid out of school and not sure where to begin? In a rut with home education and need some inspiration? Try these.

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  • Homeschool Hacks

    How to Give Your Kid a Great Education Without Losing Your Job (or Your Mind)

    Knerl, Linsey,
    Linsey Knerl, a working mom six whose own children learn at home, shows how to create a schedule, choose a curriculum, find online resources and become a part of your local homeschool community.
    BookNew York : Tiller Press, [2021] — 371.042 K688h 2021
  • The Homeschooling Starter Guide

    How to Create and Adapt the Best Education Action Plan for Your Needs

    Riley, Gina (Gina M.),
    This beginner's guide introduces homeschool models, provides checklists to help families stay on track with their goals, gives an overview of U.S. homeschooling requirements, and discusses affordable ways to develop custom curriculum.
    BookEmeryville, California : Rockridge Press, [2021] — 371.042 R5733h 2021
  • Montessori at Home

    a Practical Guide for Parents

    Greaney, Tara,
    Written by parents who embraced the methods of Maria Montessori, this guide to homeschooling for children ages 2-6 shows how to implement her ideas at home, on your own schedule and budget.
    BookEmeryville, California : Rockridge Press, 2021. — 371.392 G78611m 2021
  • Educación en casa

    aquí esta lo que los padres necesitan saber acerca del homeschool

    Reding, Paola,
    "Educar en casa es algo distinto y más profundo que trasladar la escuela al hogar: es salir del sistema escolarizado tradicional, para acercarte a tu hijo y definir metas y objetivos de crecimiento. Al implicarte en su desarrollo,…
    BookMéxico : Editorial elementum ; Creativa Independiente, 2020. — SPANISH 371.042 REDING 2020
  • Home Learning Year by Year

    How to Design a Creative and Comprehensive Homeschool Curriculum

    Rupp, Rebecca,
    "Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for…
    BookNew York, NY : Broadway Books, 2020. — 371.042 R946h 2020
  • Homeschooling for Absolute Beginners

    Make Learning at Home Simple, Affordable, Fun, and Effective

    Lippincott, Lorilee,
    Lippincott stresses that homeschooling families don’t need rooms full of books and educational toys or schedules packed full of extracurricular activities and field trips. She introduces readers to different types of homeschooling,…
    BookNew York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2020] — 371.042 L765h 2020
  • Raising Free People

    Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work

    Richards, Akilah S.,
    "Explores examples of the transition from school or homeschooling to unschooling, how single parents and people facing financial challenges unschool successfully, and the ways unschooling allows us to address generational trauma and…
    BookOakland, CA : PM Press, 2020. — 371.042 R5141r 2020
  • The Brave Learner

    Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life

    Bogart, Julie, 1961-
    Author of the Brave Writer curriculum, Julie Bogart focuses on home learning that both develops skill AND creates joy. She highlights the "12 Super Powers of learning" and shows how adults' own learning journeys can be a part of…
    Book[New York, NY] : TarcherPerigee, [2019] — 371.042 B6743b 2019
  • The Call of the Wild + Free

    Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education

    Arment, Ainsley,
    Wild + Free is an online community of homeschooling families that focuses on a love of nature, reading quality great books, pursuing hobbies/interests, viewing the entire world as a classroom, and extending the wonder of childhood.
    BookSan Francisco : HarperOne, [2019] — 372.10424 A7286c 2019
  • The Well-trained Mind

    a Guide to Classical Education at Home

    Bauer, Susan Wise,
    Bauer outlines a classical model of education called the trivium. Children and teens work through three distinct academic stages: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. The theory can be used for any subject, as a main instruction method or as a…
    BookNew York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016] — 371.042 B344w 2016
  • The Everything Guide to Homeschooling

    All You Need to Create the Best Curriculum and Learning Environment for Your Child

    Linsenbach, Sherri
    This general guide includes information on different approaches, setting schedules, choosing (or not choosing) curriculum, and topics like working parents, single parents, multiple children, and children with special needs.
    BookAvon, Massachusetts : Adams Media, [2015] — 371.042 L759eg 2015
  • The Homeschooling Handbook

    How to Make Homeschooling Simple, Affordable, Fun, and Effective

    Lippincott, Lorilee
    You have questions, this seasoned homeschooling mom has answers. This is a balanced read that's especially good if you're in the process of deciding to homeschool or figuring out what in the world you will do now that you've made the…
    BookNew York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2014] — 371.042 L765h 2014
  • What do homeschoolers do all day? This picture book shows schooling at home to a young audience.
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015. — jE BEAN 2015
  • How do you follow your child's lead, yet also guide them toward deep learning? This guide helps you support and mentor your child toward that goal.
    BookUnited States of America : Lori McWilliam Pickert, [2012] — 371.36 P596p 2012
  • Homeschooling 101

    a Guide to Getting Started

    Arndt, Erica,
    If you want to use curriculum, lesson plans, and so forth, this book will help you get started and includes forms and a planner.
    Book[United States] : Erica Made Designs, [2013] — 371.042 A747h 2013
  • Home Grown

    Adventures in Parenting Off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting With the Natural World

    Hewitt, Ben, 1971-
    A memoir of unschooling on a wooded homestead in Vermont.
    BookBoulder, Colorado : Roost Books, 2014. — 371.042 H6112h 2014
  • Homeschooling the Child With Autism

    Answers to the Top Questions Parents and Professionals Ask

    Schetter, Patricia, 1971-
    A child with a disability or learning difference adds another layer to the challenge of homeschooling. This title discusses homeschooling and autism.
    BookSan Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2009. — 371.94 S327h 2009
  • Adventures in Steiner Education

    An Introduction to the Waldorf Approach

    Masters, Brien
    Is nature, art, and handcraft especially important to you? Perhaps Rudolf Steiner's approach, also called Waldorf Schooling, will resonate with your family.
    BookForest Row : Sophia Books, 2005. — 371.39 M423a 2005
  • At the turn of the last century, Charlotte Mason developed methods and theories of education that homeschoolers still use today, such as using living texts, developing good habits of character, and a home atmosphere conducive to education.
    BookBeverly Hills : Champion Press, Ltd., [2000] — 371.39 L6662c 2000
  • The Teenage Liberation Handbook

    How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education

    Llewellyn, Grace
    Teens - unschool yourself! Yes, parents, home education can start or continue through the high school years. Here's one way to do it.
    BookEugene, Or. : Lowry House, ©1998. — y 371.3944 L791t 1998