If you are looking at beginning homeschooling, need some ideas or encouragement, here are a few of my favourite books on the topic:
- A Biblical Home Education by Ruth Beechick
- For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
- I Saw the Angel in the Marble by Chris and Ellyn Davis
- Educating the Wholehearted Child by Clay and Sally Clarkson
- Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach by Robin Sampson
- Education in the Heart of the Home by Elizabeth Foss
- Upgrade by Kevin Swanson (although mainly for the later years)
- You Can Teach Your Child Grades 4-8 by Ruth Beechick (later years) and
- The 3 R’s by Ruth Beechick (practical) and
- Before Five In A Row by Jane Lambert (practical)
- Leota’s Garden by Francine Rivers. This book is excellent to teach parents how to use metaphorical language and object lessons in their parenting and teaching.
A few other suggestions AFTER reading the books listed above:
- A Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison
- More Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison
- When You Rise Up by R.C.Sproul Jr.
- Pocketful of Pinecones by Karen Andreola
- The Preschool Years by Valerie Bendt
- Reaping the Harvest – by Diana Waring
- Easy Homeschooling Companion by Lorraine Curry
- Things we wish we’d known by Diana Waring
- Homeschooling: A Patchwork of Days, edited by Nancy Lande
- 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy
- Guerrilla Learning and The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn
Have I missed your favourite? Let me know by leaving the title in the comments.
