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Summary: Complete and informative guide for all homeschool ages
Review: This cd-rom guide contains excellent teaching techniques for all ages. The guide steps you though the early years of a child's education through secondary education. It also provides extensive resouce lists for all areas of education. I found it very useful, since I am a new homeschool mom. A must for every home school parent.
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Summary: Terrible
Review: This is a perfect book for people who desire someone to tell them exactly the "correct" way to homeschool, who are Christian Fundamentalists, and who want to spend all day organizing, following a strict and elaborate schedule, and who want some "expert" to tell them what to think and how to behave. The arrogance of the author is insulting. There are lots of better, more open-minded books available that treat the reader as an intelligent human who is simply looking for information and options rather than assuming the reader is an overgrown child who wants a lecture about the "right" way to do things. I recommend starting with "The Homeschool Handbook" by Mary Griffith. The entire book is extremely religious, which would be fine if was advertised as such. But I am a Buddhist and picked up the book assuming it was for ALL homeschoolers. The author was constantly quoting Christian scriptures to me and telling me to pray to God and include Bible study as part of the cirriculum. There is nothing more annoying than Christians who assume all "real" people are Christian and everyone else doesn't count. Then there are bizarre things right out of the 50's. I was stunned to have the author lecture me about music: "A heavy beat that distorts natural, regular patterns and that tends to control the listener is dangerous. Such rhythm is used in the voodoo spirit possession ceremonies." Can you say Racism? All native African music is based on complex, hypnotic rhythm. The author tells people they MUST have a cirriculum and LOTS of structure, and lectures against unschooling or more relaxed styles of homeschooling. What a bunch of nonsense. Parents and children need to work things out on their own and come up with a style that suits their individual temperaments and learning styles. Cirriculums are ONE option, Unschooling is another option, and there are an infinite number of ways to homeschool that lie between the ends of the spectrum. The ultimate message is "don't think for yourself". Let this judgemental Know-It-All tell you exactly how to do things, what to think, what to believe and how to behave.
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Summary: Very Helpful Overview
Review: When I began homeschooling four years ago, there was so much to learn all at once it seemed, and so many ideas on how to do it. This book helped me get a picture of what homeschooling was all about and how wonderful it could be! It contains articles from 40 some other authors besides Mr. Wade, so you get to read many viewpoints. I highly recommend it to someone starting out, and think it would be helpful to a veteran also.
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Summary: A must-have!
Review: When I decided that I wanted to homeschool, I was totally lost as to where I should begin. A friend bought me this book and I am forever grateful to her. This book offers so much information, not just about the basics of homeschooling, but offers planning tools, encouragement and practical advice on which curriculum to choose, and which to avoid. It is definitely a good base for anyone who is thinking of taking on the challenge of homeschooling. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: A must-have!
Review: When I decided that I wanted to homeschool, I was totally lost as to where I should begin. A friend bought me this book and I am forever grateful to her. This book offers so much information, not just about the basics of homeschooling, but offers planning tools, encouragement and practical advice on which curriculum to choose, and which to avoid. It is definitely a good base for anyone who is thinking of taking on the challenge of homeschooling. I highly recommend it!
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