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Discovering your child's learning style:

Homeschooling Methods: Seasoned Advice on Learning Styles

Discover Your Child's Learning Style

The Way They Learn

How Your Child Is Smart : A Life-Changing Approach to Learning

This book is really good for helping you identify the individual learning styles of your children and yourself. (It's important to know both and work with them). Especially helpful to homeschoolers is the section where it give suggestions about how to teach to the different learning styles and picking the appropriate materials to work with that style. Clearly written in plain English this book is helpful for all parents.
 

In Their Own Way        7 Kinds of Smart

These books provide an easy to understand introduction to the concept of different learning styles and how they work. This author also wrote Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius
 
 

The Unschooled Mind : How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach

Frames of Mind : The Theory of Multiple Intelligences/Tenth Anniversary Edition

Gardner is considered by many to be one of the experts on Mutiple Intelligences, here are two of his books.
 
 

Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius : Enhancing Curiosity, Creativity, and Learning Ability

This book is written for use by parents, by the same author as In Their Own Way . An idea book for working with your child's learning styles.

The Five Love Languages of Children

Books by Raymond Moore on delayed education:

Better Late Than Early

School Can Wait

Explains the advantages, especially for boys, of delaying formal education.
 

Charlotte Mason:

Charlotte Mason's Original Homeschooling Series

Originally published in 19th Century, her complete series of educational books is available now for those who want to read about the Charlotte Mason approach to learning in her own words.

A Charlotte Mason Education

A Charlotte Mason Companion

More Charlotte Mason Education

A Literary Education - by the author of A Charlotte Mason Education and More Charlotte Mason Education

Charlotte Mason Study Guide

Self-teaching:

I Learn Better by Teaching Myself and Still Teaching Ourselves : And, Still Teaching Ourselves

This book originally was published as two books but has now been combined. One family's journey as they find what works best for them and their growth in confidence.
 

The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School

Unschooling:

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

Mary Griffith's introduction to the concept of unschooling, of using the real world resources around you to promote natural learning rather than "doing school" at home. Also addresses the misconceptions and criticism unschoolers may encounter.

Christian Unschooling

Addresses the belief that Christians can not be unschoolers. Encouragement for those who follow a more natural learning path.

Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves

Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery

And the Skylark Sings with Me -
Adventures in Homeschooling and Community-Based Education

John Holt Classics:

Learning All The Time

This was his last book before his death and explores how children are natural learners.

Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book of Homeschooling

How Children Learn

Last updated September 19, 2006 Copyright 2006 Susan Frederick