Homeschool Fever

This small book is a pretty quick read, but it does a great job at introducing you to the educational beliefs and system proposed by early 20th century educator Charlott Mason.  Examples from the author’s own homeschooling experience and implementation advice are scattered throughout.  I would suggest reading this book a number of times, and [...]

This book is written by a mom and former homeschooled daughter from the late ’70s.  They introduce the reader to theclassical education method, a greek influenced liberal arts education  which involves training children based on the “Trivium” (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric stage / age progression).  A complete curriculum, including implementation advice and book lists, is laid out from kindergarten [...]

This book contains articles collected from the Home Education Magazine from 1984 to 1994. Since homeschooling was just becoming “legal” during this time (legality in all 50 stages didn’t happen until 1989!), these folks were the pioneers of the modern day homeschooling movement. The articles / essays are grouped into categories such as [...]

If you educate using Charlotte Mason’s methods of living books, nature studies, and short days, you will very well likely be familiar with her series of lecture volumes called Home Education. Here is an interesting write up I found in the Journal of Education that offers a CM contemporary review of volume 3 of her [...]