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Giovanna (Login Giovanna)
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Posted Jan 13, 2005 11:44 AM
First of all, welcome! 
I've read quite a few homeschooling books throughout my "homeschooling career". We are currently on our eighth year. My children have never attended school. I would say that there a huge increase of new books within the past... hmmm... maybe 5 years. I haven't read many of the new ones that have come out. Homeschooling has become a huge industry and so much has been written about it. There is even a "HOMESCHOOLING FOR DUMMIES" which I've heard it's actually good.
Some of my old favorites are:
HOMESCHOOLING FOR EXCELLENCE by David and Miki Colfax
DUMBING US DOWN: THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM OF COMPULSORY SCHOOLING by John Taylor Gatto (not necessarily about homeschooling per se, but it's a huge eye opening book about the public school system and its agenda and it will encourage you to homeschool if nothing else will--by the way, this is written by a former, award winning public school teacher)
The SUCCESSFUL HOMESCHOOL FAMILY HANDBOOK by Raymond Moore (a real classic--must read if you have boys, especially)
Here are some of the more recently published books. I've not read some of these but they come highly recommended.
SO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOMESCHOOLING: FIFTEEN FAMILIES SHOW HOW YOU CAN DO IT by Lisa Whelchel (remember her from the show Facts of Life?)
THE HOMESCHOOLING BOOK OF ANSWERS: THE 101 MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY HOMESCHOOLING'S MOST RESPECTED VOICES by Linda Dobson
If you go to the main page of this board, you will find a link to amazon.com at the top. Click there and you will find all of these books. It's possible that your local public library may have many of them.
Giovanna
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