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The home school source book / Jean and Donn Reed.

By: Reed, Jean, 1943-.
Contributor(s): Reed, Donn.
Publisher: Bridgewater, Me. : Brook Farm Books, c2000Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 480 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0919761283.Other title: Homeschool sourcebook.Subject(s): Home schooling -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Teaching -- Aids and devices -- Canada -- Catalogs | Teaching -- Aids and devices -- United States -- Catalogs
Contents:
Why We Teach at Home -- Why the Movement Has Grown -- "We Would Better Wait and See" -- Permission to Teach at Home -- Homeschooling and Education -- Homeschooling and "Cultural Literacy" -- Structure -- Obedience Training vs. "Invited Learning" -- Discipline -- Kidding Around -- Reading, Writing, and Spelling -- Pesky Pronouns -- History and Biography -- Religion in History -- A World of Fun -- More Expensive by the Dozen -- Mathematics -- Why We Closed One of Our Bank Accounts -- Censorship and Conspiracies -- Please, Don't Color My World -- Philosophy and Religion -- Computers -- Television -- High School -- Adolescent Problems and Transitions -- To College or Not -- Testing -- Our Way -- Mission Impossible -- Reflections -- Tribute to Donn -- I Met Her on the Bus -- That Bus Ride -- Catalog and Directory -- Support Groups, Organizations, and Correspondence Schools -- Homeschooling and Education -- Special Education -- Living With Chronic and Terminal Illness -- Reference Books for the Whole Family -- Free and Almost-Free Learning Aids -- Useful Catalogs -- Useful and Interesting Magazines -- Resources for the Early Years -- Learning the English Language -- Literature -- History and Biography -- Geography -- Mathematics -- Business and Economics -- Science -- Ecology -- Current Events -- Politics and Government -- Multicultural Resources -- Global Awareness -- Philosophy and Religion -- Arts and Activities--Holidays and Gifts -- Music -- Languages -- Computers -- Television -- High School -- College and Alternatives -- Birthing, Babies, and Parenting -- Family Living--Simple Living.
Summary: Contains everything needed to create a successful school at home and provides information on where to get the best materials available.
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"This book incorporates material previously published in somewhat different form in The first home-school catalogue (1982, 1986); "efficient instruction elsewhere" (1984), The home-school challenge (1985); The Home school source book, (first edition, 1991; second edition, rev., 1994); The homeschooling book of answers, by Linda Dobson; Homeschooling: an open house, by Nancy Lande; and Home education magazine, Harrowsmith, Nurturing, The new nativity, and other periodicals"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why We Teach at Home -- Why the Movement Has Grown -- "We Would Better Wait and See" -- Permission to Teach at Home -- Homeschooling and Education -- Homeschooling and "Cultural Literacy" -- Structure -- Obedience Training vs. "Invited Learning" -- Discipline -- Kidding Around -- Reading, Writing, and Spelling -- Pesky Pronouns -- History and Biography -- Religion in History -- A World of Fun -- More Expensive by the Dozen -- Mathematics -- Why We Closed One of Our Bank Accounts -- Censorship and Conspiracies -- Please, Don't Color My World -- Philosophy and Religion -- Computers -- Television -- High School -- Adolescent Problems and Transitions -- To College or Not -- Testing -- Our Way -- Mission Impossible -- Reflections -- Tribute to Donn -- I Met Her on the Bus -- That Bus Ride -- Catalog and Directory -- Support Groups, Organizations, and Correspondence Schools -- Homeschooling and Education -- Special Education -- Living With Chronic and Terminal Illness -- Reference Books for the Whole Family -- Free and Almost-Free Learning Aids -- Useful Catalogs -- Useful and Interesting Magazines -- Resources for the Early Years -- Learning the English Language -- Literature -- History and Biography -- Geography -- Mathematics -- Business and Economics -- Science -- Ecology -- Current Events -- Politics and Government -- Multicultural Resources -- Global Awareness -- Philosophy and Religion -- Arts and Activities--Holidays and Gifts -- Music -- Languages -- Computers -- Television -- High School -- College and Alternatives -- Birthing, Babies, and Parenting -- Family Living--Simple Living.

Contains everything needed to create a successful school at home and provides information on where to get the best materials available.

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