A Parent's Guide to Home Schooling (Parent's Guide)

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Summary: A Great Introduction to Homeschooling!
Review: After having read lots and lots of books on the subject of homeschooling, there are a couple of features which make this book stand out in a growing field. For anyone who has been put off by the overtly (and possibly exclusively) religious overtones of some homeschooling books, A Parent's Guide will come as a breath of fresh air. While including input from people from a variety of faiths and backgrounds, the book comes across as broadly inclusive, which is a major point of interest for those who've ever felt that only "certain types of people" are attracted to homeschooling. This book spotlights the growing diversity of the wider homeschooling community.

The presentation is also fairly unique. Using a number of formats including question and answer as well as essays by both experts and parents "in the trenches", the author manages to share a huge amount of information in a lively and very readable style.

I highly recommend this book for those considering homeschooling as well as those who've been at it for a while. Newcomers will find the majority of their big questions answered and more experienced homeschoolers are bound to find many inspirational gems. This is definitely a book to include in any essential homeschooling library.

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Summary: Answers all the nitty gritty questions
Review: This book is a great resource for the beginning homeschooler, and will continue as a great resource throughout your home-learning experience. It answers all the nitty gritty questions that you may be asking (or BE asked by others). Things like "How do I prepare my teen for college and how do I teach things I don't understand myself?" and "What happens when my child doesn't want to homeschool?"

Each chapter is well organized and facilitates reading "cover-to-cover" or finding answers to a specific questions, quickly. Each chapter includes "In the Trenches" (essays from "real life" homeschoolers) and "From the Experts" sections that lend a unique perspective. Comforting and informative. Highly recommended.