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Finding Materials:



100 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum

100 Top Picks For Homeschool Curriculum:
Choosing The Right Curriculum And Approach For Your Child's Learning Style

Creative Home Schooling: A Resource Guide for Smart Families
Creative Home Schooling: A Resource Guide for Smart Families

Home Learning Year by Year

Home Learning Year by Year:
How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum
from Preschool Through High School


The Complete Home Learning Source Book

The Complete Home Learning Source Book :
The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and
Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic

The Homeschooling Book of Lists
The Homeschooling Book of Lists

Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual: Elementary Grades

Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual: Elementary Grades
 

Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual : Junior/Senior High

Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual : Junior/Senior High

More than just guides to tell you who to get what from where, Cathy Duffy's books also have interesting articles and other information. In particular the learning style section will be of interest before you start picking materials.
 

The Imperfect Homeschooler's Guide to Homeschooling: A 20-Year Homeschool Veteran Reveals How to Teach Your Kids, Run Your Home and Overcome the Inevitable Challenges of the Homeschooling Life
The Imperfect Homeschooler's Guide to Homeschooling: A 20-Year Homeschool Veteran Reveals How to Teach Your Kids, Run Your Home and Overcome the Inevitable Challenges of the Homeschooling Life

How to Write a Low-Cost/No-Cost Curriculum for Your Home-School Child
This book tells you step-by-step how to create your own curriculum for your child. Lots of details, even if you don't use her exact model, this should help you come up with ways to set goals for each year and design your own programs.

Homeschooling Your Gifted Child: Language Arts for the Middle School Years
Homeschooling Your Gifted Child: Language Arts for the Middle School Years

The Unschooling Handbook

The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom

The Unschooling Unmanual
The Unschooling Unmanual

Good Stuff: Learning Tools for All Ages
Good Stuff: Learning Tools for All Ages

The Home School Source

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The Home School Source Book  by Donn Reed
Considered by many to be a "classic", a favorite read. More than a resource book, also has many of the late Donn Reed's essays and commentaries.
 

What Your Child Needs to Know When






What Your Child Needs to Know When

Robin Scarlata's book has a detailed outline of what she feels should be covered during each year. For K-8. Strong Christian viewpoint. Not to be confused with E. Hirsh books.


Classical Education:



The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
The Well-Trained Mind:
A Guide to Classical Education at Home :Revised and updated

Susan Wise Bauer.

The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
The Well-Educated Mind:
A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had

Susan Wise Bauer.

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1

Getting Started with Latin: Beginning Latin for Homeschoolers and Self-Taught Students of Any Age

Getting Started with Latin: Beginning Latin for Homeschoolers and Self-Taught Students of Any Age

The Latin-Centered Curriculum
The Latin-Centered Curriculum

English from the Roots Up: Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling, and S.A.T. Scores: Greek Latin, Vol. 1

English from the Roots Up: Help for Reading, Writing, Spelling, and S.A.T. Scores: Greek Latin, Vol. 1

A Thomas Jefferson Education
A Thomas Jefferson Education


Charlotte Mason:



A Charlotte Mason Education

A Charlotte Mason Education

More Charlotte Mason Education

More Charlotte Mason Education

A Charlotte Mason Companion

A Charlotte Mason Companion

When Children Love to Learn: A Practical Application of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy for Today
When Children Love to Learn: A Practical Application of Charlotte Mason's Philosophy for Today

Handbook of Nature Study
Handbook of Nature Study

Charlotte Mason Study Guide

Charlotte Mason Study Guide

Teaching Children : A Curriculum Guide to What Children Need to Know at Each Level Through Sixth Grade








Teaching Children : A Curriculum Guide to What Children Need to Know at Each Level Through Sixth Grade

Christian perspective, Charlotte Mason approach.

Educating the Wholehearted Child Revised & Expanded

Educating the Wholehearted Child Revised & Expanded


Catholic Resources:



Catholic Homeschool Companion

Catholic Homeschool Companion

Catholic Education: Homeward Bound : A Useful Guide to Catholic Home Schooling

Catholic Education: Homeward Bound : A Useful Guide to Catholic Home Schooling

A Catholic Homeschool Treasury

A Catholic Homeschool Treasury : Nurturing Children's Love for Learning

Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum : A Guide to Catholic Home Education

Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum : A Guide to Catholic Home Education


Early Education:


Homeschooling: The Early Years
 

Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to
Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child
 

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Designed to be used is short lessons each day.

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind

The Three R's

The Three R's / Includes a Colored Wall Chart

Ruth Beechick's booklets for getting a good start in the basics. A good alternative to standard workbooks or curriculum packages.
 

Bob Books

Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers

Young Children love the simple drawings and funny little stories in the Bob Books. Great for 4-6 year olds just starting to read and recognize words.
 

Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners

The Bob stories continue with slightly harder words but still the same fun.
 

Bob Books Set 3
 

Bob Books Set 3- Word Families

Bob Books Set 4- Compound Words

Bob Books Set 5- Long Vowels

Now I'm Reading Series:

Playful Pals: Level 1
Playful Pals: Level 1
10 stories for beginning readers, includes stickers.

Now I'm Reading: Animal Antics: Level 1
Now I'm Reading: Animal Antics: Level 1

Now I'm Reading: Amazing Animals: Level 2
Now I'm Reading: Amazing Animals: Level 2

Now I'm Reading: On the Go: New Sounds and Blends Level 3
Now I'm Reading: On the Go: New Sounds and Blends Level 3

Now I'm Reading: Let's Play Level 4 More Word Skills

Now I'm Reading: Writing Kit

Now I'm Reading: Math Madness

Now I'm Reading: Simply Science

Now I'm Reading: Game Board Book


Foreign Language:



Getting Started with Latin: Beginning Latin for Homeschoolers and Self-Taught Students of Any Age

Getting Started with Latin: Beginning Latin for Homeschoolers and Self-Taught Students of Any Age

Chinese for Kids DVD

Chinese for Kids DVD

Easy Italian Reader (Book & CD-ROM)

Easy Italian Reader (Book & CD-ROM)

Italian for Kids DVD

Italian for Kids DVD

French for Kids DVD

French for Kids DVD

German for Kids DVD

German for Kids DVD

Spanish for Kids DVD

Spanish for Kids DVD

Sign Language for Kids: A Fun & Easy Guide to American Sign Language

Sign Language for Kids: A Fun & Easy Guide to American Sign Language



Unit Studies:



How to Create Your Own Unit Study

Unit Study Idea Book

These two books go well together. Tell you in plain and simple terms but are full of ideas.
 


Literature-based Unit Study Materials - These are suppliments to help you use literature to create unit studies and other ideas based upon the stories you child reads.

A Guide for Using Little House on the Prairie in the Classroom

A Guide for Using Little House on the Prairie in the Classroom

Laura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and books

Laura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and books

Little House on the Prairie Study Guide

Little House on the Prairie Study Guide

Little House Social Studies Curriculum Guide

The Little House Social Studies Curriculum Guide

The Prairie Primer: Literature Based Unit Studies for Grades 3-6 Utilizing the "Little House" Series

Little House in the Classroom/#G1052

The book is full of ideas for activities and learning experiences based upon Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic Little House on the Praire books. Click here to go to the Little House books .

Click here to go to Little House on the Praire Activity books.
 

The Little House Guidebook

The Little House Guidebook (Little House Series)

A Little House Reader : A Collection of Writings

A Little House Reader : A Collection of Writings

Selected writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder Personal Papers.
 

The World of Little House (Little House)
 

The World of Little House (Little House)

Selected chapters for the nine Little House books; includes recipes, floorplans of Laura's
little houses, a time line showing events in Laura's life, and more.
 
 
 

American Girls Series Teacher Guides:

These Teacher's guides are desgined to be used with each American Girl set of books. Each one includes plot summaries of the six books for the series it covers, background historical information, hands-on projects and more.
Click here to go to the American Girl books.
 

Felicity 1774 : Teacher's Guide to Six Books About Colonial America

Felicity 1774 : Teacher's Guide to Six Books About Colonial America
 for Boys and Girls (American Girls Collection)
 

Addy 1864 : Teacher's Guide to Six Books About Civil War America:
For Boys and Girls (American Girls Collection/Teacher's Guides)

Kirsten 1854 : Teacher's Guide to Six Books About Pioneer America
for Boys and Girls (American Girls Collection)

Molly 1944 : Teacher's Guide to Six Books About World War Two
America for Boys and Girls (American Girls Collection)

Josefina Teacher's Guide  by Pleasant Company
 

Classics At Home Study Guides - Beatrix Potter

Part of Ann Ward's series of books on how to study the classics works of literature.
She also has these title which is out-of print - look for them at used book sales:
Winnie & Charlotte : A Study Guide for Children for Charlotte's  Web, Winnie-The-Pooh & the House at Pooh Corner (Classics at Home Series)
and
Peter Rabbit & Friends : Study Guide : A Guide for Children for the Works of Beatrix Potter



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