The Homeschool Mom of 2
The website for homeschool families.
About the Library
The library is where I will be listing the books that I have found helpful, quotes, etc. These are the categories of books that you will find on this page:
Homeschooling Books
Parenting and Self-Help Books
Organization and Other Homemaking Books
You will also find:
Famous Quotes
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The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto: This is the actual book, free to read online. Go to http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/underground/toc1.htm. I highly recommend that everyone reads it.
Homeschooling Books
Book Review:
HomeSchooling the High Schooler - From Transcripts to Garduation by Paul and Gena Suarez, compiled by Nancy Carter, Project Editor
This is a wonderful book. I have truly enjoyed reading it and ended up with a lot of great information when I was finished. As a homeschool mother of two high school age children, I can honestly say that HomeSchooling the High Schooler is an invaluable tool that we can use to help our children through their high school years.
HomeSchooling the High Schooler is a book with an emphasis on where your teens heart lies. It gives ideas for setting up a curriculum tailored to your teens needs.
In HomeSchooling the High Schooler, you will find articles written by homeschool teens, as well as articles written by homeschool parents. The information in this book covers everything from how to teach higher math and science, to giving special recognition to the teen when he/she graduates.
This books explains how to provide your teen with necessary life experiences, why it is important to keep records and make transcripts, how to use the job shadowing technique, how to convert extracurricular activities into credits, and so much more.
HomeSchooling the High Schooler is a wonderful book. I highly recommend it to anyone who is contemplating homeschool their teen through the high school years.
Book Review:
Secrets of Successful Homeschooling by Paul and Gena Suarez
This book will show new parents that they can plan ahead to homeschool, it will help new homeschoolers, and it will even help veteran homeschoolers. There is information in the book for everyone.
The book is easy to read, which is great with our hectic lives. You will here from people like Cindy Rushton, as well as from homeschool moms like yourself.
A few of the things that you will find in the book: simple ways to teach children to read, your educational philosophy, how single moms can homeschool, creatively teaching math and frugality.
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Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual Junior/Senior High by Cathy Duffy
Senior High: A Home Designed Form+U+La by Barbara Edtl Shelton
Reading lists For College-Bound Students: Get a Head Start on College Success by Doug Estell, Michele L. Satchwell, Patricia S. Wright
The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling by Debra Bell
The Big Book of Home Learning by Mary Pride
Vol 1 = Getting Started
Vol 2 = Preschool and Elementary
Vol 3 = Teen and Adult
Vol 4 = Afterschooling
Homeshooling the Teen Years by Cafi Cohen
Homeschooling: A Patchwork of Days: Share a Day With 30 Homeschool Families by Nancy Lande
Homeschooling for Excellence by David and Micki Colfax
Parenting and Self-Help Books
Book Review:
You: On a Diet by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz
Dr. Oz is Oprah's doctor. You may have seen him on her show.
This book makes a lot of sense. It explains how our bodies work when dealing with weight issues. It has a lot of great information, and is even a humorous read. I enjoyed it very much. The book tells about other reasons why we may weigh too much, offers tips and recipes, and so much more.
You: The Owner's Manual by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz
Family First by Dr. Phil McGraw
GET OUT OF MY LIFE: But first could you drive me and Cheryl to the mall? A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph. D.
Organization and Other Homemaking Books
Sidetracked Home Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise by Pam Young and Peggy Jones
I'm Okay...But You Have A Lot of Work to Do! by Pam Young and Peggy Jones
Saving Dinner: The Menus, Recipes and Shopping Lists to Bring Your Family Back to the Table by Leanne Ely
Saving Dinner Basics: How to Cook Even if You Don't know How by Leanne Ely
Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The secrets of uncluttering your home and taking control of your life by Deniece Schofield
Famous Quotes
I love quotes. There are so many of them, that I could not possibly list them all. Here are some that I have come across recently:
The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. H.W. Beecher
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. Lincoln
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. Lin Yutang
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Author Unknown
Woman knows what man has long forgotten, that the ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family. Clare Boothe Luce
Likely Mother (to son wandering around the room):
"What are you looking for?"
Son: "Nothing."
Mother: "You'll find it in the box where the candy was." unknown
Story-Telling Dad
Six-year-old Mary woke up about two in the morning. "Tell me a story, mamma," she pleaded.
"Hush, darling," said mother. "Daddy will be in soon and tell us both one." unknown
Mothers are the pivot on which the family spins,
Mothers are the pivot on which the world spins.
Pam Brown
"You can write ten times better than I can."
B.F. Skinner