The Complete Home Learning Source Book: The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic to Zoology - Softcover

Rupp, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0609801090 ISBN 13: 9780609801093

Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 1998

Synopsis

This exhaustive and comprehensive sourcebook provides parents and teachers with information on all the resources needed to plan a well-balanced curriculum for the home or the classroom, from preschool through high school. The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook not only covers basic academic subjects--the three R's--but also addresses interests that are off the beaten path of public school curricula, such as paleontology and meteorology. Thorough and up-to-date, this invaluable resource reviews all possible learning tools:

Arranged by subject, including "Philosophy," "Life Skills," and "Electronic Media," the sourcebook's organization and succinct and insightful entries make it a breeze to use.  Icons next to the entries denote the format and intended age group of each resource. Whether readers are looking for the best way to explain relativity or Egyptian mummification, The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook opens the door to a whole new universe for teaching and learning.

Books
Videos
Magazines
Catalogs
Timelines
Kits
Hands-on activities
Board games
CD-ROMs
Educational Web sites

About this title

About the Author

Rebecca Rupp, Ph.D., has homeschooled her three sons for more than ten years and has been a leading proponent of the burgeoning homeschooling movement. She is the author of many books and articles on education and natural history, including How We Remember and Why We Forget (Three Rivers Press, 1998).  She lives in Shaftsbury, Vermont

Reviews

Homeschooling is becoming the "school of choice" for more and more parents, currently involving one and a half million people. Rupp, who has homeschooled her own children, begins with some background notes on the movement, for instance, that the average homeschool family annually spends $546 per child. She gives a big plug to public libraries, calling them "an unending source of literature, information, [and] free enrichment programs." The bulk of the book provides useful names, street addresses, costs, and E-mail and web addresses for resources. All the basic topics are covered?reading, writing, mathematics, science, geography, American and world history, foreign languages, the arts, and life skills?with various resources, such as books, video games, audio recordings, and web sites, for each. Although targeted to homeschoolers, this book will be useful to any parent; teachers and school and public librarians can also benefit. A good choice for most public libraries.?Terry Christner, Hutchinson P.L., KS
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0609801090
• ISBN 13: 9780609801093
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 865