Suggested Reading
Many resources below are available in the CCHE Library (as indicated by *) or the Fort Vancouver Regional Library. (as indicated by +)
The CCHE Library is open by appointment in the home of Carrie Patterson. Carrie is a homeschool veteran and is able to assist you with all kinds of questions. For an appointment please call Carrie at (360) 573-0857. The library has fiction, historical fiction, readers, DVDs, and more.
The CCHE Library is open by appointment in the home of Carrie Patterson. Carrie is a homeschool veteran and is able to assist you with all kinds of questions. For an appointment please call Carrie at (360) 573-0857. The library has fiction, historical fiction, readers, DVDs, and more.
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BOOKS
Why Home School? Child Abuse in the Classroom by Phyllis Schlafly Children Held Hostage by Phillip Snyder + Dumbing us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto * + Homeschooling: The Right Choice: by Christopher Klicka Into The Problem Of Modern Schooling by John Taylor Gatto * Secular Humanism, Most Dangerous Religion in the World Today by Homer Duncan * + The Heart of Homeschooling: Teaching & Living What Really Matters by Christopher Klicka The Underground History of American Education :A Schoolteacher's Intimate Investigation * When You Rise Up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling by R.C. Sproul Jr. Books About Homeschooling * + Better Late Than Early by Dr. Raymond Moore Better Than School by Nancy Wallace Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling by Diana Waring + For the Childrens' Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Home Educating With Confidence by Rick Boyer Home Grown Kids by Dr. Raymond Moore + Home Spun Schools by Dr. Raymond Moore Home Style Teaching by Dr. Raymond Moore + Homeschool Book of Answers by Linda Dobson Homeschool: Taking the First Step by Borg Hendrickson How Children Fail by John Holt How Ordinary Parents Can Produce Extraordinary Children by Rick Boyer Overcome Your Fear of Homeschooling with Insider Information by Sandra K. Cook Reaping the Harvest: The Bounty of Abundant-Life Homeschooling by Diana Waring School At Home by Theodore Wade and Dr. Raymond Moore * School Proof by Mary Pride Successful Home School by J. Richard Fugate * + Teach Your Own by John Holt * The Heart of Homeschooling: Teaching & Living What Really Matters by Christopher Klicka + The Homeschooling Father by Michael Farris + The Homeschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith The Relaxed Homeschool by Dr. Mary Hood + The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook by Dr. Raymond Moore + The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Susan Wise Bauer + Things We Wish We'd Known: 50 Veteran Homeschoolers Share Insights by Bill & Diana Waring Practical Teaching Resources + A Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To Manual by Catherine Levison A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola * An Easy Start in Arithmetic by Ruth Beechick (Or, The Three R's Series (gr. K-3) by Ruth Beechick) * An Easy Start in Reading by Ruth Beechick (Or, The Three R's Series (gr. K-3) by Ruth Beechick) * An Easy Start in Language by Ruth Beechick (Or, The Three R's Series (gr. K-3) by Ruth Beechick) Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling by Diana Waring + Discovering Your Children's Gifts by Don & Katie Fortune Homeschooling on a Shoe String by Morgan & Alee + Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt How to Create Your Own Unit Study by Valerie Bendt How to Write a Low Cost/ No Cost Curriculum by Borg Hendrickson + In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Personal Learning Style by Thomas Armstrong Language and Thinking for Young Children by Ruth Beechick + Lessons at Blackberry Inn: Adventures with the Gentle Art of Learning by Karen Andreola Reaping the Harvest: The Bounty of Abundant-Life Homeschooling by Diana Waring Teaching Children (grades 1-6) by Diane Lopez + The Home School Source Book by Jean and Donn Reed + The Language Wars and Other Writings for Homeschoolers by Ruth Beechick * You Can Teach Your Child Sucessfully (gr. 4-8) by Ruth Beechick Unit Study Idea Book by Valerie Bendt Teaching Children With Special Needs/Learning Challenges/Disabilities Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning by Barbara Ingersoll, PhD. + Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder by Paul H. Wender + Discovering Your Children's Gifts by Don & Katie Fortune Homeschooling Children with Special Needs by Sharon Hensley + In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Personal Learning Style by Thomas Armstrong Learning Disabilities: A Family Affair by Betty B. Osman Learning Disabilities and Your Child by Lawrence J. Greene Learning in Spite of Labels by Joyce Herzog + Living Together with Learning Disabilities and ADD by Betty B. Osman + Making the Words Stand Still by Donald E. Lyman Overcoming Dyslexia by Beve Hornsby Putting on the Brakes: Young People's Guide to Understanding ADHD by Patricia Quinn, MD The Hyperactive Child, Adolescent and Adult by Paul H. Wender The Learning Disabled Child: Ways a Parent Can Help by Suzanne Stevens The Parent's Guide to Learning Disabilities: Understanding & Helping Your Child by Alice D'Antoni + The New Strong Willed Child by Dr. James Dobson Understanding and Managing Overactive Children by Don Fontenelle Unicorns Are Real by Barbara M. Vitale Why Your Child is Hyperactive by Ben F. Feingold Your Child Can Win by Joan Noyes + Your Hyperactive Child: A Parent's Guide to Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder by Barbara Ingersoll, PhD. |
Christian Parenting, Faith and Character - General
+ Age of Opportunity A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens by Paul David Tripp Blessing Your Children by Jack W. Hayford How to Really Love Your Child by Ross Campbell How to Really Love Your Teenager by Ross Campbell Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends by Sarah, Stephen, and Grace Malley + Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp + The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell The Five Love Languages of Teenagers by Gary Chapman The Spiritual Power of a Mother: Encouragement for the Homeschooling Mom by Michael P. Farris Christian Parenting, Faith and Character - Specific to Sons: + Boyhood and Beyond by Bob Schultz Created for Work by Bob Schultz Practical Happiness by Bob Schultz Preparing Sons to Provide for a Single-Income Family by Steven Maxwell Raising a Modern-Day Knight: A Father's Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood by Robert Lewis + Stand Fast in the Way of Truth: Fathers & Sons Volume 1 by Douglas Bond Stand Fast in the Way of Truth: Fathers & Sons Volume 2 by Douglas Bond Thoughts for Young Men by J.C. Ryle Young Man, Be Strong by David G. Burkholder (Publisher is Rod & Staff) Wise Guys: A Guide to Building Godly Character in Boys by Dan & Carol Fiddler Christians Parenting, Faith and Character - Specific to Daughters: A Girl of Beauty: Building Character in Young Girls by Carol Fiddler Beautiful Girlhood by Karen Andreola Raising Maidens of Virtue by Stacy McDonald She Calls Me Daddy: Seven Things Every Man Needs to Know About Building a Complete Daughter by Robert Wolgemuth + What a Daughter Needs From Her Dad: How a Man Prepares His Daughter for Life by Michael Farris MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS & FORUMS God's World News Current events weekly newspaper and book club for school age children. Home School Digest Quarterly Magazine Home School Enrichment Magazine Homeschool World/Practical Homeschooling Magazine Home School World Forum Huge variety of homeschool discussion Homeschooling Today Magazine NATHHAN Special needs articles by category National Home Education Research Institute The Teaching Home Magazine World Magazine Online news and print magazine boards. Vegsource Talk & Swap Homeschooling discussion boards. Also a great place to buy and sell used curriculum via postings. Tip: When selling items, request in the description that those interested please email you directly. This way you'll avoid the hassle of checking on posted responses. SEARCHING FOR HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY The Fort Vancouver Regional Library has excellent resources on home schooling. Unfortunately, the search capabilities of the libraries database are quirky and limited. The library staff is aware of this, but it seems that it cannot be corrected. To find most of the library’s holdings on home schooling, conduct a search on the subject "home schooling.” You should get a the largest return result). Also try "homeschooling," "home school" and "home education. |
