Homeschool
Resource Books

This selection of books provide a wealth of information for the new and veteran homeschooler. Of course no one can read all the books on homeschooling, but selecting one or two when getting started can be a great help. Any of these books can be order from The Heart of HOME Bookstore.

General Information Resources

The Three-R's Series
by Ruth Beechick
These 3 manuals give practical advice on teaching reading, language, and arithmetic grades K-3.      
Cost: $12.00

You Can Teach Your Child Successfully
by Ruth Beechick
A 400 page book full of information and insights for parents and teachers of children in grades 4-8.      
Cost: $14.00

How To Tutor
by Samuel L. Blumenfeld
Parents will be enabled to teach their children reading, writing, and arithmetic. 
Cost: $24.95

Christian Home Educators' Curriculum 
Manual: Elementary Grades
by Cathy Duffy
This book provides commentary and teaching information for the parent to put together a program to meet the educational needs of each child in grades K-6.   
Cost: $22.95

Christian Home Educators' Curriculum 
Manual: Junior/Senior High
by Cathy Duffy
A thorough and useful book on teaching teenagers at home. This is a must for parents homeschooling junior and senior high students.   
Cost: $22.95

Teaching Children
by Diane Lopez
A curriculum guide to what children need to know at each level through the sixth grade.    
Cost: $12.99

For the Children's Sake - Foundations of 
Education for Home and School
by Susan Schaffer Macaulay
Simple, practical, easy-to-use resource book that will help parents and teachers enrich childhood education.    
Cost: $12.99

Survivors Guide to Homeschooling
by Luanne Shackelford and Susan White
An upbeat, realistic guide to homeschooling. Chapters include: Do Real People Do this?; What Will The Neighbors Think?, and many more.  
Cost: $10.99

Beyond Survival; a Guide To Abundant
Life Homeschooling
by Diana Waring
In this book Diana show us how to make the home education process come to life through living books and real life experience.    
Cost: $12.99

The Successful Home School Family Handbook
by Raymond Moore
In this book there is much for newcomers to home education. It warns about pitfalls to avoid and suggests positive alternatives.    
Cost: $12.99

Things We wish We’d Known: Fifty       
Veteran Homeschoolers Share...
by Bill & Diana Waring    
Cost $12.99

Special Needs Resources

Choosing and Using Curriculum for 
Your Special Needs Child
by Joyce Herzog     
Cost: $9.99

Learning in Spite of Labels
by Joyce Herzog     
Cost: $9.99

Home Schooling Children with Special Needs
by Sharon Hensley     
Cost: $12.95

Home Schooling Your Special Needs Child  
This is a pamphlet published by Home School Legal Defense Association. Contact: Betty Statnick, HSLDA, PO Box 159, Paeonian Springs, VA 22129 (540)338-5600.

NATTHAN: National Challenged Homeschoolers
5383 Alpine Road S.E., Olalla, WA 98359, (206)857-4257 

High School & Beyond

Home School, High School and Beyond
by Beverly Adams-Gordon     
Cost: $19.95                  

The Guidance Manual for the Christian 
Homeschool A Parent’s Guide for Preparing 
Homeschool Students for College or Career
by David and Laurie Callihan    
Cost: $22.99

Christian Home Educator’s Curriculum Manual: 
Junior and Senior High School
by Cathy Duffy    
Cost: $22.95

Gifted Children Resources

Precocious & Prodigious Message Board
This board is for families with profoundly gifted children. This board has many homeschoolers and discusses many issues important to those homeschooling gifted children.

Families Learning About Giftedness (FLAG)
Homeschooling/gifted website and free e-zine on homeschooling gifted 

Hollingworth Center for Highly Gifted Children

Other Resources

Homeschooling for Free on the Internet
This page lists many links to free sources of curriculum on the web.