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We are secular homeschoolers, so MOST of these books are from that viewpoint. Some are how-tos, others are how-to-copes, and still others are how-to-rethinks. In some seasons, I need the moral support of the A Gracious Space series, and other days I need to know if the kids know what they are supposed to know, you know?
Here are some of my favorite and most-consulted books concerning homeschooling and parenting.
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I wish I had discovered this book sooner! It explains how to incorporate writing with other subjects - my kids are all in favor of streamlining our schooltime, plus it helps to reinforce what they are learning in other subjects. Win win!
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Parents want their children to love learning, but how do you sustain this enthusiasm amid childhood chaos, parental self-doubt, the flu, and state academic standards? In The Brave Learner, leading homeschool expert Julie Bogart distills decades of experience to show parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids.
Enchantment is about ease, not striving. By making room for surprise, mystery, risk, and adventure in their family's routine, parents can create an environment that naturally moves learning forward. The Brave Learner is full of practical guidance on how to teach all manner of subjects hidden within children's passions and activities to kick-start learning for students of all ages. Bogart gently invites you to model brave learning for your children so they, too, can approach life with curiosity, delight, and courage.
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Finally, homeschoolers have a comprehensive guide to designing a homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremost homeschooling experts. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan to ensure that your children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it, from preschool through high school.
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Donalyn Miller is a dedicated teacher who says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a read. In The Book Whisperer, Miller takes us inside her 6th grade classroom to reveal the secrets of her powerful but unusual instructional approach. Rejecting book reports, comprehension worksheets, and other aspects of conventional instruction, Miller embraces giving students an individual choice in what they read combined with a program for independent reading. She also focuses on building a classroom library of high-interest books, and above all on modeling appropriate and authentic reading behaviors. Her zeal for reading is infectious and inspiring, and the results speak for themselves. No matter how far behind Miller's students may be when they start out, they end up reading an average of 40 books per year, achieve high scores on standardized tests, and internalize a love for reading that lasts long after they've left her class.
Travel alongside the author as she leads her students to discover the ample rewards of reading and literature. Brought to life with Miller's passionate voice, The Book Whisperer will help teachers support students of all levels on their path to reading success. it also includes an invaluable list of books that Miller's students most enjoy reading.
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In Reading in the Wild, reading expert Donalyn Miller continues the conversation that began in her best-selling book, The Book Whisperer. While The Book Whisperer revealed the secrets of getting students to love reading, Reading in the Wild, written with reading teacher Susan Kelley, describes how to truly instill lifelong "wild" reading habits in our students.
Based, in part, on survey responses from adult readers as well as students, Reading in the Wild offers solid advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess five key reading habits that cultivate a lifelong love of reading. Also included are strategies, lesson plans, management tools, and comprehensive lists of recommended books. Copublished with Editorial Projects in Education, publisher of Education Week and Teacher magazine, Reading in the Wild is packed with ideas for helping students build capacity for a lifetime of "wild" reading.
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Over a hundred years ago, Charlotte Mason said that education is "an atmosphere, a discipline, a life." Today, drawing on more than a decade of experience homeschooling her own four children, Emily shares how she has taken the major tenants of Charlotte Mason's homeschool philosophy and brought them into the modern age. You'll read about how to choose living books, why and how to read aloud, how to inspire creativity in your children, and how to study nature in the 21st century.
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A love of books. A love of reading. A love of the world.
What parent doesn't want that for their kids?
Thankfully, you have at your fingertips a global reading treasury that will books you children's academic skills, give them a global perspective, and strengthen your family's values while also increasing faith and building character.
More than just a book to read once and return to the shelf, this inspiring resource includes over 600 children's book recommendations from around the world. The carefully curated reading lists are organized by region, country, and age range (ages 4-12). Each listing includes a brief description of the book and its themes, as well as any content of which parents should be aware. Four indexes sort the recommendations by author, title, country, and historical time period.
Build your kids' lives on a story-solid foundation, and you'll give them armor to sheild themsevels from the world's cynicism. You'll give them confidence to persevere in the face of life's conflicts. You'll give them a reservoir of compassion that spills over inot a lifetime of love in action.
Introduce your children to the globe from the comfort of home by simply reading books together, then watch as they grow up to change this world in the unique ways only the can.
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Primary educators know that little kids can do big things, so why teach the same old lessons when we can expose students to impactful, interesting, and beautiful ideas about the real world? In an era of heightened political tensions and narrowed curricular focus, superstar educators Naomi O'Brien and LaNesha Tabb have found a surprising way to expose our youngest learners to more perspectives, center culture in the primary classroom, and take the need - and potential - for teaching about citizenship seriously: social studies!
By laying out their revolutionary approach to teaching social studies, O'Brien and Tabb explain how to provide students with a deep but achievable understanding of global social systems as they're transformed by history, sociology, economics, geography, and civics. And, because the Unpack Your Impact curriculum can be folded into existing lessons for almost any topic, students garner an inclusive and interdisciplinary appreciation for how all learning shapes, and is shaped by, a diverse array of human cultures. Inspiring, optimistic, and empowering, Unpack Your Impact shows that primary teachers can make a positive impact -- individually and globally.
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