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Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Homeschooling can help kids of all ages immerse themselves in learning that builds on their unique strengths, interests, and preferences. It gives them the chance to thrive with one-on-one attention and customized lesson plans that fit their learning style -- and their family's needs. This starter guide to homeschooling is the ultimate resource for turning any home into an ideal school environment and helping any child succeed. Learn how to homeschool:...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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"When Ben Hewitt and his wife bought a sprawling acreage of field and forest in northern Vermont, the landscape easily allowed them to envision the self-sustaining family farm they were eager to start. But over the years, the land became so much more than a building site; it became the birthplace of their two sons, the main source of family income and food, and ultimately, both classroom and home for their children. Having opted out of formal education,...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Help homeschool students practice reading, writing, and math with just one book! The Essential Homeschool 1st Grade Workbook is neatly organized into core curriculum-based exercises for each subject. No need to search out different books for different lessons--this book covers a range of key skills, so first graders have the materials they need to succeed.
Series
Manual. Information Collection and Exchange) volume no. M 0042
Publisher
Peace Corps
Pub. Date
2004
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Help homeschool students practice reading, writing, and math with just one book! The Essential Homeschool 1st Grade Workbook is neatly organized into core curriculum-based exercises for each subject. No need to search out different books for different lessons--this book covers a range of key skills, so first graders have the materials they need to succeed.
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Description
The inspiring, funny, and information-packed underground classic is back-in a completely revised and updated thirtieth anniversary edition!
The Teenage Liberation Handbook is (still) the only complete guide to unschooling written for youth. It tackles everything~
• why to consider self-directed education
• communicating with reluctant parents
• "getting a social life without proms"
• designing a "tailor-made intellectual extravaganza" and...
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Education has become synonymous with schooling, but it doesn't have to be. As schooling becomes increasingly standardized and test driven, occupying more of childhood than ever before, parents and educators are questioning the role of schooling in society. Many are now exploring and creating alternatives. In a compelling narrative that introduces historical and contemporary research on self-directed education, Unschooled also spotlights how a diverse...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
"I'm not ready for college yet... "
Those words need not cause panic and fear for parents. Taking time off before or during college is no longer the road less traveled for many students in the United States. A gap year offers students the opportunity to gain focus and discipline, learn to set realistic goals, get real-world experience, and ultimately get the most out of a college education.
A complete resource, “The Gap-Year Advantage” provides...
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Publisher
Living Joyfully Enterprises
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Humans are born to explore and engage with the world. So why are we so determined to get in our children's way?
When we leave the traditional education system behind we can choose to create a loving and supportive atmosphere that allows unschooling to take root and blossom in our home. That means strong and connected relationships where trust and respect run deep-both ways.
With more than a dozen years of unschooling experience, Pam Laricchia explains...
Author
Publisher
Living Joyfully Enterprises
Pub. Date
©2012
Description
If you're eager to share the wonders of life in the real world with your children, to help them explore a world larger and more exciting than school's four walls and rigid programs can offer, let me share my unschooling experience with you. Thinking about homeschooling? Curious about unschooling? Walk with me as I share the five paradigm-changing ideas about learning and living that freed my family from the school schedule. With over ten years of...
Author
Publisher
John Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Description
With some of the most prestigious universities in America urging students to defer admissions so they can experience the world, the idea of the gap year has taken hold in America. This book offers an analysis of a gap year's influence on student development.
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"This beginner's guide to the Montessori Method of homeschooling for children ages 2-6 was written by parents who have embraced this method of educating their own children. It was written in hopes of simplifying the process for other parents and caregivers who are considering doing the same. Explore the fundamental principles laid out by founder Maria Montessori, and discover ways to implement her ideas in your own home, on your own schedule and...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Cindy's story begins in the Rocky Mountain wilderness on a unique and extraordinary journey: two parents leading their young children 3,100 miles on the backs of llamas. This Canada-Mexico trek illustrated to Cindy and her husband what experiential education can do. Inspired by the experience, they went on to create a new way of supplementing their children's education, focusing on two arenas for learning: the natural world and travel. In this age...
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"No College Required: An Insider's Guide to Flourishing Without a Degree is a comprehensive guide to helping families navigate post-secondary career and academic alternatives for students who may not be best prepared by taking a traditional four-year college path."--
Author
Publisher
Nota Bene Press
Pub. Date
2019
Description
The newly updated second edition of The Complete Guide to the Gap Year is the go-to book for anyone considering a year to recharge, to follow a passion, to become immersed in another culture, or to find their love of learning again. It includes everything a student, parent, or guidance counselor would want to know about the gap year, including what a gap year is, what it is not, and how it can have a positive impact on a young life.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Sandra Dodd lives and breathes unschooling. Her family's unschooling story began in 1991 when her eldest turned five and didn't go to school. In the end, all three of their children were always unschooled and, along the way, Sandra generously shared their experience. Over the years, she's spoken at more than sixty homeschooling conferences and events spanning eight countries and is still adding to her website, the most extensive and helpful unschooling...
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