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For this week’s Work’s for Me Wednesday (Hosted by Rocks in my Dryer) , I did a tutorial of Google books.
Being an avid reader (and lifelong book lover), I LOVE google books and use it all the time. I get quite giddy even thinking of all the books at my instant disposal. Many people haven’t yet [...]

This scarce antiquarian book is included in the special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and [...]

So you want to learn more about homeschooling?
Here is a general overview of what you need to study up on.
Educational Beliefs / Philosophy of Education
Why do you want to homeschool?  What reasons do you have in mind?  Are you looking for a quickfix for an attitude problem or do you firmly believe in home learning?  [...]

The following article was found in the 1908 public domain book, A History of the Middle Ages By Dana Carleton Munro.  You can download this entire book for free by clicking on the link above!
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DURING the early middle ages teaching was done wholly by the clergy. In some of the towns and villages there were elementary [...]

Chronicles the history of man and civilization from primitive beginnings to the current day.
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The Story of Mankind
By Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Published by Boni and Liveright, 1921
489 pages
 
Read this entire book for free online here.

By Dorothy L. Sayers
Historical Note:  This essay spawned the re-birth of classical education training in America, specifically among the homeschooling movement.
That I, whose experience of teaching is extremely limited, should presume to discuss education is a matter, surely, that calls for no apology. It is a kind of behavior to which the present climate of [...]

British native Dorothy L. Sayers was a renown crime and detective author, who’s best known character was Lord Peter Wimsey.  She was very well educated and one of the first women to receive a degree from Oxford College in 1920.  Her literary contemparies - and friends - included the great C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
As a student [...]

The best thing about homeschooling is the freedom that families have to tailor their education to their children’s individual needs.  Because of this, many people do not devote themselves to just one method - but instead incorporate a wide variety of methods based on their child’s learning abilities in each subject.  For instance, many families [...]

The classical method evokes the midieval style of learning that focuses on the Trivium.  It is a liberal arts education, with loads of reading some of the “best works in literature in the western world”. 
This method focuses on teaching children according to ages and their mental stages - building upon one another as the child reaches [...]