Homeschool
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We’ve had the privilege and challenge of homeschooling our children for the past 16 years. If you’re looking to get started, here are a few of our favorite reads and resources:
Resources For Growing as an Educator
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schafer Macaulay*
Teaching From Rest by Sarah Mackenzie*
Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins
10 Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child by Anthony Esolen
Singing the Great Hymns by Simply Charlotte Mason
Picture Study Helps by A Humble Place
Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization by Andrew Pudewa
A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver DeMille
The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
Booklists for your kids
Five In a Row
IEW Book Recommendations
Honey For a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
Honey For a Teen’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
Give Your Child the World by Jamie C. Martin
Building Your Home
The Lifegiving Home by Sally & Sarah Clarkson*
Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp*
Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman*
The Teen Years
Age of Opportunity by Paul David Tripp
Mama Bear Apologetics by Hillary Morgan Ferrer
Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris
Ourselves by Charlotte Mason
Building a Worldview
The Bible – We primarily used the English Standard Version (ESV), I would recommend getting Bibles that change with the ages of your children (picture, children’s, student’s, etc.)
Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey
Saving Leonardo by Nancy Pearcy
On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior
Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis*
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis*
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis*
Many of these titles, especially the harder ones on Classical Education and worldviews, I read through bookclubs with friends. Reading a difficult book with a friend makes the lifting so much lighter!
Classical Education
Classical Conversations has been the main spine of our homeschool. While we incorporated some aspects of Charlotte Mason, independent study, reading and other explorations, Classical Conversations has been a constant for our family in community and curricula. You can learn more and find a community near you at their website.
The Core by Leigh Bortins*
The Question by Leigh Bortins*
The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
Norms and Nobility by David Hicks*
*Books I continue to revisit, either as a reminder or for continued growth.