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Old 08-19-2005, 02:31 PM   #1
ShangriLewis
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Default Favorite Books and Resources

Would everyone like to share their favorite books and resources?

Mine is John Holt's Teach your own. It was about as eye opening as Biblical Parenting. Both of these books were a battle for me to read because they went against all of my knee jerk reactions. They both really opened up my eyes and my heart and changed who I am today.

The skylark sings with me is another book that took me a few times of putting down and picking back up. It's a collection of essays and it's good casual reading. Kind of like a homeschool devotional. David Albert is married to a woman and they have two lovely adopted young women they homeschooling. He writes for Home Ed magazine, as well. He is a humble thoughtful mind.

http://www.skylarksings.com/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...24124?v=glance
I actually preferred the second book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

As for actual teaching resources, I really like KONOS (www.konos.com) unit studies. We are very relaxed with our schooling. I wouldn't consider me a full on unit study teacher. But, I love that we can pull out a study when they boys are interested in something. I feel like it's a good curriculum for me to use because I'm not a slave to it. I just pick what I want and I don't have to spend so much time trying to be creative. I usually just let the boys pick what they want to do. The timeline is really appealing to the boys and they do seem to remember the people we have studied. I just wish I had a better place to put it because it's really big.

I'm adding another book I enjoyed. It's Ready, Set, Read by Barbara Curtis. It's a Montessori approach to reading. It doesn't take a bunch of expensive materials unless you want to buy or make sandpaper letters. (We are just using flashcards.) This is a great approach if some of the other phonics programs just don't appeal to your family or if you are looking for something more hands on. I did a review on it on the board, so you can do a search for it as well.

Edited to add a new article: http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/CanA...nschooler.html
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