Home Education and Family

On the subject which is close to all our hearts deals with many of the issues we all are challenged by as homeschooling families. Beginning by setting out the roles of husbands and wives and then on to children (including a treatment of discipline) this book sets out to equip families to be the very best they can be. There is also thought-provoking discussion of 'family planning' and "courtship"'. I like the comment on the back cover which states "This book is a bit like Narnia's Aslan - it is not safe, but it is good." Be prepared to be challenged and changed by this book.

Forty-Two Confidence-Builders to Encourage Christian Homeschoolers. Debbie Strayer (Executive Editor of Homeschooling Today magazine) speaks from the heart concerning such topics as the call to home school, relatives, support groups, tesst results, curriculum, relationships at home, facing changes and enduring trials.

This book is about 6/8-year-olds what it means to learn concretely instead of abstractly, the best system of memorising and what they can understand about God.

HOME GROWN KIDS (or children!) The Moores believe that many education problems as well as potentially severe damage to family moral and spiritual values can arise from too much formal school too soon. In Home-Grown kids they present well-documented evidence for these conclusions, and they urge parents to consider the option of home teaching, especially in the early years.

Read, sing and play with your children from birth. Read to them several times a day, and they will learn to read in their own time as early as 3 or 4, but usually later, some as late as 14. Late readers are no more likely to be retarded or disabled than early ones. They often become the best readers of all with undamaged vision and acute hearing, more adult-like reasoning levels, mature brain structure less blocking of creative interests. Yet late readers are often falsely thought to be in need of remedial help. If you have any doubts about your youngsters, have a specialists check vision and hearing possibly see a neurologist if there are no problems, relax!

An excellent source of inspiration for home-educating Mums addressing the areas of healthful living, saving money, organising for smooth household management etc.

Giving encouragement and practical guidance for modern women to implement the principles of Titus 2 in today's church. I found this a very exciting book, if more women took this seriously, we could revolutionise the church and begin to meet needs which currently are being overlooked. This can only lead to a stronger church for us and our children to grow up in.

This is the sequel to The Way Home. Building on the theme of the home as the centre of life, you can discover something of what is possible for families today. Chapters such as `marriage for mortals`, `Is there life after TV` with suggestions on starting and running a home business, and how the family can reach out to and influence and minister to the community. A very provocative book but even if you don't agree with everything Mary Pride says, it will get you searching the Scriptures.

Written from a Christian prospective, the Boyers show us how ordinary parents can produce extraordinary children. They belive that learning is a natural function and can happen better at home than anywhere else. The Boyers write with love and an incredible respect for their children. Drawing on 17 years of home education experience they show us how to start right and stay right.

What is education? An excellent book, showing how education should begin with a true understanding of each child as a unique individual made in the image of God. It is very important for all parents to become vitally involved in their child's education, even if they are not home-schooling. There are various ways in which parents can be actively helping in the area of education and this book presents many of them.

A comprehesive handbook for Christian Home Education. This book will tell you how to use real books and real life to make your home a vibrant centre of living and learning for you and your child. Include a range of reproducible forms for planning and record keeping

This is the sequel to The Way Home. Building on the theme of the home as the centre of life, you can discover something of what is possible for families today. Chapters such as `marriage for mortals`, `Is there life after TV` with suggestions on starting and running a home business, and how the family can reach out to and influence and minister to the community. A very provocative book but even if you don't agree with everything Mary Pride says, it will get you searching the Scriptures.