Book Count: 33
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Homeschooling By: Marsha Ransom
Non-Fiction, parenting, education, legal 297 pages 2001
This book has useful information for homeschooling and teaching kids age 3 to 18. It also includes information on where to get up to date information and help online and threw local, state and national organizations and groups. It addresses the main issues and questions that people have about homeschooling including: legal requirements, socialization, how a homeschool is set up (including information on all the major methods used,) and where to get more information and/or meet others who homeschool. At the end of the book are pages of appendixes with where to go for more information on any topic. I found the book interesting as someone that might like to homeschool for preschool (although, in a mini brag the little one already is starting to understand most of the concepts an average learning based preschool would teach. J ) And would also find it useful if I was looking into homeschooling or doing teaching in addition to other schooling for older children where the subject matter and rules may be more complex. Also, although like most homeschoolers the author has a set of ideas for schooling she presents information on several of methods and reasons to homeschool in a mostly neutral way. (She does note that the “school at home” method doesn’t work as well in many cases and it is clear that she doesn’t like that method; however, she does point out that it is good for some types of learners and gives info on where to get programs and books on that method.)
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