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Summary: Not For Beginners Only
Review: I normally dislike homeschooling books, because so many have nothing to do with reality. However, when I reviewed this book for my BellaOnline column, I was very impressed. Even though I'm on my nineth year of homeschooling, I learned from it. I was impressed by the honesty. She does not fall into the trap of pretending all of homeschooling is wonderful or perfect. No, the house won't always stay clean. Yes, sometimes the kids won't cooperate. Yes, sometimes people will harass you. However, she also tells you what to do about all these problems. She tackles even the toughest problem-children who want to return to public school, for example-gently, but without sugar coating. The book is designed for beginners, but there was so much about homeschooling I didn't know. If you like to be well-educated about your type of homeschooling, be sure to read this book.
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Summary: Not For Beginners Only
Review: I normally dislike homeschooling books, because so many have nothing to do with reality. However, when I reviewed this book for my BellaOnline column, I was very impressed. Even though I'm on my nineth year of homeschooling, I learned from it. I was impressed by the honesty. She does not fall into the trap of pretending all of homeschooling is wonderful or perfect. No, the house won't always stay clean. Yes, sometimes the kids won't cooperate. Yes, sometimes people will harass you. However, she also tells you what to do about all these problems. She tackles even the toughest problem-children who want to return to public school, for example-gently, but without sugar coating. The book is designed for beginners, but there was so much about homeschooling I didn't know. If you like to be well-educated about your type of homeschooling, be sure to read this book.
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Summary: A WONDERFUL RESOURCE BOOK FOR NEW HOME SCHOOLERS.
Review: I'm a new homeschooling mom, and I found this book to be a great hands on resource book about how to start homeschooling your children. It has detailed learning ideas for primary, middle and teen years. If you are looking for answers to alot of tough questions like when, why, and how to homeschool your child, then "The Homeschooling Handbook"by Mary Griffith, will be a valuable tool for you. Whether you homeschool your child or not, read this book for it's many helpful fresh ideas for working with children.
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Summary: Everything you need to know!
Review: In her easy-to-understand style, Mary Griffith covers all the bases with this book. If you're wondering about homeschooling, considering starting, or already have started, this book is a must-read. It quickly reviews the history of formal education,and its reformers. Summarizes the different types of homeschooling, and sites examples for each type in 3 age groups. She picks the best resources and gives a great foundation. This book is an enjoyable learning experience!
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Summary: Useful
Review: This is a well thought-out book with some good information from homeschoolers to back it up. I liked it better than Linda Dobson's books, "Homeschooling: the Early Years" and "Homeschooling Success Stories" in that it is slightly more objective and scientific (the other books are worth looking at, however). Despite being more objective than the Dobson books, it is still clear that this author leans heavily toward the "unschooling" side. Keeping that in mind, there are a lot personal accounts and good information that make this book interesting and useful.
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Summary: Useful
Review: This is a well thought-out book with some good information from homeschoolers to back it up. I liked it better than Linda Dobson's books, "Homeschooling: the Early Years" and "Homeschooling Success Stories" in that it is slightly more objective and scientific (the other books are worth looking at, however). Despite being more objective than the Dobson books, it is still clear that this author leans heavily toward the "unschooling" side. Keeping that in mind, there are a lot personal accounts and good information that make this book interesting and useful.
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Summary: Great Info for Those Thinking of Homeschooling
Review: This is a wonderful book! I wish I'd had it two years ago when we were just beginning to consider Homeschooling. I think this would be the perfect book to start with for anyone who is curious about Homeschooling or is just beginning to look into it. This is also the book I'm going to give to all of my child's Grandparents to try to help them understand it better. While this is an excellent book for "beginners", this book was also very useful to me even though I knew a lot about Homeschooling already. I still got a bunch of good info and inspiration from this book. I REALLY enjoyed it and I think I'll probably refer back to it for years to come.
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Summary: Great Info for Those Thinking of Homeschooling
Review: This is a wonderful book! I wish I'd had it two years ago when we were just beginning to consider Homeschooling. I think this would be the perfect book to start with for anyone who is curious about Homeschooling or is just beginning to look into it. This is also the book I'm going to give to all of my child's Grandparents to try to help them understand it better. While this is an excellent book for "beginners", this book was also very useful to me even though I knew a lot about Homeschooling already. I still got a bunch of good info and inspiration from this book. I REALLY enjoyed it and I think I'll probably refer back to it for years to come.
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Summary: Great Starter Book
Review: This is an excellent place to start when you first being to consider the option of homeschooling. It offers a wealth information on where to start and issues to consider. It covers a lot of the startup issues you need know abut, how to integrate it into your own life and lots of brief stories from real people are used to illuminate whatever topic is being covered in that section. I particularly liked the section that covered the issues and concerns people might have about socialization for kids are homeschooled. In many ways, it accomplishes what the "Dummies..." and "Idiots..." series books do...but with an intelligent, competent and professional style.
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Summary: Great Starter Book
Review: This is an excellent place to start when you first being to consider the option of homeschooling. It offers a wealth information on where to start and issues to consider. It covers a lot of the startup issues you need know abut, how to integrate it into your own life and lots of brief stories from real people are used to illuminate whatever topic is being covered in that section. I particularly liked the section that covered the issues and concerns people might have about socialization for kids are homeschooled. In many ways, it accomplishes what the "Dummies..." and "Idiots..." series books do...but with an intelligent, competent and professional style.
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