Suggested Reading

  • The Basic Steps to Successful Homeschooling by Vicki A. Brady – A guide to beginning homeschooling.
  • The Big Book of Home Learning by Mary Pride – This four-volume set provides philosophical articles and opinionated reviews of nearly everything available to homeschoolers.
  • Christian Home Educators’ Curriculum Manual: Elementary Grades of Junior/Senior High by Cathy Duffy – Cathy Duffy’s regularly updated manuals provide brief, personal reviews of many of the available products available to homeschoolers.
  • The Christian Home School by Gregg Harris – Biblical reasons for homeschooling and practical advice.
  • The Complete Home Learning Source Book by Rebecca Rupp – An 843-page resource guide covering every subject from Arithmetic to Zoology.
  • Good Stuff:Learning Tools for All Ages by Rebecca Rupp
  • Dr. Beechick’s Homeschool Answer Book by Dr. Ruth Beechick – Answers to parent’s questions about homeschooling.
  • Educating the Wholehearted Child by Clay and Sally Clarkson
  • For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macauley – A sensitive look at the foundations of education.
  • Government Nannies: The Cradle-to-Grave Agenda to Goals 2000 and Outcome-Based Education by Cathy Duffy
  • The Homeschool Journey by Susan and Michael Card – A look at the joys of homeschooling.
  • Home Schooling Children With Special Needs by Sharon Hensley, M.A.
  • The Homeschooling Father by Michael Farris – Available through Home School Legal Defense Association.
  • Home Schooling for Excellence by David and Micki Colfax – The story of one family who homeschooled their four sons into Ivy League colleges.
  • Hothouse Transplants by Matthew Duffy – This book provides a look at the lives of several homeschool graduates.
  • The How and Way of Home Schooling by Raymond E. Ballman
  • Learning in Spite of Labels: Practical Teaching Tips and a Christian Perspective of Education by Joyce Herzog
  • Marching to the Beat of Their Own Drum! From the HSLDA
  • Better Late Than Early by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • Home Grown Kids by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • Home School Burnout by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • Home Spun Schools by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • Home Style Teaching by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
  • The Right Choice: The Incredible Failure to Public Education and the Rising Hope of Home Schooling by Christopher Klicka – Answers questions about why and how to homeschool.
  • The Socialization Trap by Rick Boyer – Protecting your children from age segregation and other pitfalls.
  • A Survivor’s Guide to Home Schooling by Luanne Shackelford and Susan White. – A humorous look at how to survive homeschooling.
  • Teaching Children: A Curriculum Guide to Know at Each Level Through Sixth Grade by Diane Lopez
  • The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling by Debra Bell
  • You Can Teach Your Child Successfully (4th-8th) by Dr. Ruth Beechick – A book that teaches you how to teach.