Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education
by John C. Holt. Teach Your Own is a classic that has helped thousands of people from all over the world to start homeschooling. Timeless insights into how
children learn, and with Holt's perspective on homeschooling as being completely different
from just school at home. Out of print but available at your library or buy it used through Amazon or other used booksellers.
Family Learning
by William F. Russell. There is a difference between learning and schooling, and every chapter
in Family Learning will convince you that we are surrounded by interesting
and amazing things that families can explore together. Common, everyday
words and experiences become catalysts for rediscovering the joy of
learning. The book is chock-full of tidbits that will cause you to interrupt
the person next to you and say, "Did you know this?"
Games for Learning : Ten Minutes a Day to Help Your Child
Do Well in School/from Kindergarten to Third Grade
by Peggy Kaye - . I have found this book to be
invaluable. It gives easy learning games you can play with your child to help him or her learn and drill their skills. They really work! You can also teach the games to the kids so they can play with each other-and they will want to because they are fun!. The learning games are challenging enough to keep kids interested. The activities are quick and easy and require few materials and have scripted instructions of how to teach them.
List Price: $14.00
Amazon Price: $12.60
Games for Math : Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn
Math from Kindergarten to Third Grade
by Peggy Kaye. - It contains fun, easy
games and activities to do that teach math skills. The games are real games, not made up activities to do with flash
cards. The book details examples of conversation between the tutor and child in playing the learning games so you get a real feel for just how to do it. I highly recommend anyone who works with young children to get a
copy of this book.
List Price: $15.95
Amazon Price: $14.35
Curriculum Guides
The
Three R's / Includes a Colored Wall Chart. by Ruth Beechik. Three little booklets that give the basics of teaching the 3 R's to grades K-3. A wonderful alternative to the tedious workbooks and overly academic
approaches. Short, simple overviews and activities using materials around the home. List Price: $12.00, Amazon price $10.50
How to
Design a Homeschool Curriculum :What Your Child Needs to Know from Preschool Through High School
by Rebecca Rupp
who presents a structured plan to let you know what children will learn from preschool through high school. Based on the traditional pre-K through
12th-grade structure, Home Learning Year by Year features:
The integral subjects to be covered within each grade
Standards for knowledge of what is expected at each
level
Recommended books for use as texts for every subject
Guidelines for the importance of each topic: which knowledge is essential
and which is best for more expansive study based on your child's personal
interests.
List Price: $11.00
Amazon Price: $9.90
Language Helps
The ABC's and All Their Tricks The Complete Reference Book of Phonics and Spelling by Maragaret M. Bishop. The heart of the book is arranged
alphabetically covering all the known rules for each letter and letter
combinations. You will find introductory notes on each letter, an
explanation of all the sounds that letter makes in the English language,
and, if applicable, how that particular letter teams with others to make a
new sound. You will also notice cross-references so you can easily find
comparative sounds and notes. There is also a listing of words
(beginning, intermediate and advanced) which work with each sound,
exceptions,(if any), a total for the number of words in the English
language that use that sound, and any spelling/phonetic rules which cover
that sound. This is an exhaustive reference tool that leaves no
stone unturned. List Price: $22.99 Amazon Price: $16.09
Alpha-Phonics: A Primer For Beginning Readers by Samuel Blumenfeld
The simplest tool I have found - an all in one book that is relatively inexpensive. Your child may learn to read by himself - and the best thing that you can do is read to and with your child a lot! You can also use any one of many phonics programs. This book covers the sounds and lists of words in many phonic word patterns with short pages for reading them in sentences. Great reference. . You can read the reviews from thankful parents who got results by clicking on the book. List $29.95 Amazon Price $19.77
Punctuation Power : Punctuation and How to Use It by Marvin Terban The best punctuation reference I have found for answering common questions about puntuation.. It is easy to read and use (ages 9-12 can read it themselves and it simple enough for parents too!) with lots of examples and great indexing. List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $10.36
Business English: A Complete Guide to Developing an Effective Business Writing Style
by Andrea B. Geffner, Barrons Educational Series Price: $10.47 -A good workbook for high school students apprenticing in the workplace. Covers grammar and sentence structure, business style, various forms of letter-writing and business reports, real-world business writing.
Games for Learning : Ten Minutes a Day to Help Your Child
Do Well in School/from Kindergarten to Third Grade
by Peggy Kaye - . I have found this book to be
invaluable. It gives easy learning games you can play with your child to help him or her learn and drill their skills. They really work! You can also teach the games to the kids so they can play with each other-and they will want to because they are fun!. The learning games are challenging enough to keep kids interested. The activities are quick and easy and require few materials and have scripted instructions of how to teach them.
List Price: $14.00
Amazon Price: $12.60
How to
Design a Homeschool Curriculum :What Your Child Needs to Know from Preschool Through High School 
