So many are considering homeschooling this year due to Covid. All of my homeschool groups on social media are exploding with new members. If that’s you…. welcome!!! It takes a lot of courage to consider this lifestyle for your family. We were accidental homeschoolers too. It wasn’t in our original plan but it was in God’s plan and it ended up being the best decision for our family. I see so many mothers new to the homeschooling world trying to hunt down curriculum as their first plan of action. They look for the closest thing that resembles the classroom their child is leaving behind. Before you order all those Abeka books in your cart, take a pause, and breathe. I understand that sense of urgency, I did the same. When three giant boxes of workbooks and teacher’s manuals arrived on my doorstep, I was flooded with overwhelm. After a lot of trial and error and tears, I realized this was not working. I was trying to teach children with autism, dyslexia, and many other acronyms. A boxed curriculum was not going to work long term for my outside the box kids. I decided to stop and research my children and educational philosophies instead. I had a lot to learn myself before I could begin teaching others. So I started researching and reading everything I could find on education as God was softening my heart to homeschooling. I realized we were in this for the long haul and maybe it wasn’t an accident after all. I spent several months with my nose in books and blogs. And landed on the Charlotte Mason/Classical/Eclectic style to homeschooling. I wanted to share a list of books that have inspired, encouraged, and refined our homeschooling journey over the past several years.
Educating the Whole Hearted Child by Clay and Sally Clarkson
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
The Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
Charlotte Mason’s Original Volumes
A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola
Mother Culture by Karen Andreola
Lessons at Blackberry Inn by Karen Andreola
Pocketful of Pinecones by Karen Andreola
Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
A Handbook to Morning Time by Cindy Rollins
Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Know and Tell: The Art of Narration by Karen Glass
In Vital Harmony: Charlotte Mason and the Natural Laws of Education by Karen Glass
Consider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition by Karen Glass
When Children Love to Learn by Elaine Cooper
Homeschool Bravely by Jamie Erickson
The Core by Leigh Bortins
Education: Does God have an opinion? by Israel Wayne
The Unhurried Homeschooler by Durenda WIlson
Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie
The Read Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
Teaching Montessori in the Home by Elizabeth Hainstock
The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart
The Three R’s by Ruth Beechick
A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille
Plan your Year by Pam Barnhill
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather by Linda McGurk
The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock and Fernette Eide
The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aaron
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry Prizant
Intentional Parenting by Goff, Thomas, and Trevathan
Different by Sally and Nathan Clarkson
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