HEN Ireland August 2007
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Books in Home Education  
HEN Ireland
Books in Home Education

    "Educating Children at Home" by Alan Thomas.
This is an eye-opening book on Home Education documenting an study of how 100 HE families function.

    "Educating Your Child at Home" by  Jane Lowe & Alan Thomas.

    "Homeschooling Our Children, Unschooling Ourselves" by Alison McKee.

    "The Teenage Liberation Handbook" by Grace Llewellyn.

    "The Successful Homeschool  Family Handbook" by Dr. Raymond & Dorothy Moore

    "How Children Learn", "How Children Fail", "Teach Your Own", "The Underachieving School",
    "Instead of Education",  by John Holt.
The author is the 'father' of the Unschooling movement and method. His books are highly inspiring  and
very popular for today's home-educating parents.

    "The Unschooling Handbook" by Mary Griffith.

    "Awakening your Child's Natural Genius" by Thomas Armstrong.

    "Educating the Whole Hearted Child" by Clay and Sally Clarkson.
This book is probably the most successful one there is based in the Eclectic approach.

    "Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery" by David H. Albert.
A wonderful author in HE. His website is well-worth looking at www.skylarksings.com

    "Complete Guide to Getting Started in Homeschooling" by Mary Pride.
With more than 600 pages in the subject, this can be considerer the 'phone-book' of HE. Among others, it
has a detailed explanation in the most popular approaches and is full of resources. The author is the
publisher of Practical Homeschooling Magazine and founder of the world's most visited homeschool
website, www.home-school.com

    "Fundamentals of Home-schooling. Notes on a Successful Family Living" by Ann Lahrson-Fisher.

    "Homeschooling the Early Years",  "The Homeschooling Book of Answers" by Linda Dobson.

    "The Original Home Schooling Series" by Charlotte Mason.
The classic reference by the founder of the home schooling movement. A series of 6 volumes in:
  1. Home Education: Training and educating children under nine.
  2. Parents and children: The role of the parent in the education of the child.
  3. School Education: Developing a curriculum.
  4. Ourselves: Improving character and conscience.
  5. Formation of Character: Shaping the child’s personality
  6. A Philosophy of Education: Curiosity - the path to creative learning.

    "A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on The Gentle Art of Learning" by Karen
    Andreola.
Other books based on The Charlotte Mason philosophy are:
    "For The Children’s Sake" by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
    "When Children Love to Learn" by Elaine Cooper
    "For the Love of Learning" by Jenny Sockey (a mixture of CM and Classical Education).

    "The Well-Trained Mind, A Guide to Classical Education at Home" by Susan Wise Bauer and
    Jessie Wise. There is a website too, www.welltrainedmind.com

Other books of interest

    "The Theory of Multiple Intelligences" by Howard Gardner.

Where can you get these books

Some of them are available for sale and some can be borrowed from the HE Library
Also, check the Books Online page.

Please Note...
These lists are only a guidance. They are not complete and probably they never will.
It will take us a little time to publish a few more. If you can help us with your favourite resources, do no
hesitate in sending them to us. They will be very appreciated.
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