Cochrane Home Educators

CHE Library

  • Audiocassettes:

    High School – Parents Last Input – Jessica Huley

    High School – A Basis for Advanced Education – Kenneth Noster

    Homeschool Leaders at the World Conference – Geneva – HSLDA

    How to Use Konos Curriculum

    Is Network Marketing God’s Way to Family Business Ownership – Gregg Harris

    Prime Ministers of Canada – Sara Jordan

    Question and Answer Session – G. Harris, R. Robinson, & J. Hoffman

    Schooling or Educating – Which are you Doing? – Inge P. Cannon

    Teaching the Multitudes – Rhonda Robinson

    The Angry Child – AHEA

    The Battle for Our Children – Michael Smith

    The Family that Stays Together, Stays Together – Steve Demme

    The Liber – George Wythe College

    The Seven Keys of Great Teaching – George Wythe College

    Triumph through Trials – AHEA

    What in The World is Going on Here? Volume one. -  Diana Waring

                -four hours of Living History

    Whatever Happened to Good Education – Samuel Blumenfeld

     

    Videocassettes:

    Diary of a Teenage Smoker  -  Health Canada Services

    Home Schooling with “ Moore Formula” Home Grown Kids

    How to Build a Winning Attitude  -  Learning Forum

    How to Increase your Memory 10 Times -  Learning Forum

    How to Make Top Scores Everytime  -  Learning Forum

    How to Map your Way to Better Grades  -  Learning Forum

      How to Take Quantum Leaps in your Reading Speed  -  Learning Forum

    How to Understand and be Understood  -  Learning Forum

    Magic School Bus - The Busasaurus 

    Magic School Bus - Going Batty

      Math – Who Needs it?  - Foundation for Advancement in Science & Education

    Money, Earning, Saving and Investing It  -  Learning Forum

    Rise up O Man of God!  -  Gregg Harris

    - what do homeschooled fathers have in common with the Three Mighty Men of David?

    Super Camp – Making Great Kids Greater  -  Learning Forum

    The Power of Circuit Learning  -  Learning Forum

      The Power of Time Management and Goal Setting  -  Learning Forum

    What Research Says About Home Schooling  -  Brian Ray

     

    CD’s:  

    Core and Love of Learning – A Recipe for Success – Oliver and Rachel Van DeMille

    Cycles from the Classics – Face to Face with Greatness Seminar Series –         Oliver Van DeMille

    The Seven Keys of Great Teaching – Face to Face with Greatness Seminar Series – Oliver Van            DeMille

     

    CD Roms:

    French – Transparent Language

    Jumpstart Kindergarten

    Let’s Learn – Arc Media (5 CD Rom set)

    Logical Journey of the Zoombinis Deluxe

    Nightmare Ned – Disney Interactive

    Math Blaster (ages 6-9) - Davidson

    Rayman

    Reader Rabbit – Personalized 1st Grade

    Reader Rabbit’s Interactive Reading Journey 1

    Reading Blaster (ages 6-9)

    School House Rocks - 1st – 4th Grade Math

    Starsites

    Treasure Math Storm! (ages 5-9)

    Where in the World is Carmen San Diego

     

    Books:

    Self-help/Resource:

    365 TV-Free Activites – Steve & Ruth Bennett

    A Handbook for Reading – Abeka

    A Home Start in Reading – Grade K-3 – Ruth Beechick

    A Mind at a Time – Mel Levine

    A Parent’s Guide to Attention Deficit Disorders – Lisa J. Bain

    A Strong Start in Language – Grade K-3 – Ruth Beechick

      A Survivor’s Guide to Home Schooling  -  Luanne Shackelford & Susan White

      A Thomas Jefferson Education – Oliver Van DeMille – new Anniversary Classic Edition

    A Thomas Jefferson Education for the 21st Century  -  Oliver Van DeMille

    All the Way Home - Mary Pride

    An Easy Start in Arithmetic – Ruth Beechick

    Answers to Questions Parents Most Often Ask – Homeschooling  - Deborah McIntire and Robert        Windham

    Any Child Can Write – Harvey S. Wiener

    Better Late Than Early  -  Raymond & Dorothy Moore                     

    Best Books for Kids Who Think They Hate to Read – Laura Backes

    Books Children Love  -  Elizabeth Wilson

    Children are Wet Cement  -  Anne Ortlund

    Children First – Planning an Early Childhood Education – Marie Innes

    Children’s Literature in the Reading Program – Bernice E. Cullinan

    Choosing and Using Curriculum – Joyce Herzog

    Coaching Your Kids to be Leaders – Pat Williams

    Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum – Laura M. Berquist

    Dyslexia – Mark Selikowitz

    Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman

    Every Child Can Succeed - Cynthia Ulrich Tobias\

    For the Children’s Sake  -  Susan Schaeffer Macauley

    For the Family’s Sake – Susan Schaeffer Macauley

    For the Love of Reading – David Bouchard

    For the Love of Reading – Ethel Buchanan

    Fraser Institute Report on Home Schooling  -  October 2001

    From Reader to Writer – Sarah Ellis

    -         Teaching Writing Through Classic Children’s Books

    Fun Excuses to Talk About God – Joani Schultz

    Getting Started on Home Learning – Rebecca Rupp

    Help! I’m Married to a Home Schooling Mom – Todd Wilson

    Help! My Child Isn’t Learning  -  Dr. Grant Martin

    Home Education in Canada – Report & DVD

    Home Education Resource Guide – Don Hubbs

    Home School Burnout – Raymond & Dorothy Moore

      Home Schooling Children with Special Needs  -  Sharon C. Hensley

      Homeschooling for Excellence – David & Micki Colfax

    Home Schooling for Life  -  Dr. Dale Simpson

    Home Style Teaching  -  Raymond & Dorothy Moore

      Homeschooling – Answers to Questions Parents Most Often Ask – Deborah McIntire & Robert Windham

    Homeschooling for Excellence  -  David & Micki Colfax

    Honey for a Child’s Heart  -  Gladys Hunt

    Honey for a Woman’s Heart – Gladys Hunt

    Hothouse Transplants  -  Matthew Duffy

    How children learn – John Holt

      How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk  -  Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

      Kids are worth it! -  Barbara Coloroso

    Language and Thinking for Young Children  -  Ruth Beechick & Jeannie Nelson

    Learning In Spite of Labels  -  Joyce Herzog

    Let’s Hide the Word – Gloria Gaither & Shirley Dobson

    Making the Most of Your Child’s Teachable Moments – Wanda B. Pelfrey

      Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours – Dr. Kevin Leman

    Mother’s Talk About Learning Disabililties  - Elizabeth Weiss

    No Greater Joy – Michael & Debi Pear;

    No School for Mary’s Kids – Barrie Davey

    Nutrition & Health – Cacelia Darby

    Raising a Modern-Day Knight – Robert Lewis

    Reading Writing & Caring – Whole Language Consultants

    School-Proof –How to help Your Family, Beat the System and Learn to Love Learning – The Easy,      Natural Way – Mary Pride

    Schooling at Home – Parents kids and Learning – Anne Pedersen and Peggy O’Mara

    Sewing for Children – Singer

    Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready – June R. Oberlander

    So You’re Thinking About Home Schooling – Lisa Whelchel

    Success With Unit Studies  -  Valerie Bendt

    Teach your own – John Holt & Patrick Farenga

    Teaching Children to Pray  -  Keith Wooden

    Teaching Primaries – Ruth Beechick

    Teaching Tips & Techniques – Rebecca L. Avery

    The Big Book of Books and Activities – Dinah Zike

    The BIG Book of Canada – Christopher Moore

    The Big Book of Home Learning – Volume 1 – Getting Started – Mary Pride

    The Big Book of Home Learning – Volume 2 – Preschool & Elementary – Mary Pride

    The Closing of the American Mind  -  Allan Bloom

    The Complete Home Educator  -  Mario Pagnoni

    The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child – Linda Dobson

    The Heart of Homeschooling – Christopher Klicka

    The Homeschooling Book of Answers  -  Linda Dobson

    The Homeschooling Father  -  Michael Farris

    The How and Why of Home Schooling   -  Ray E. Ballmann

    The Organized Homeschooler – Vicki Caruana

    The Peanut Butter Family Homeschool – Bill Butterworth

    The Question is College  -  Herbert Kohl

    The Read-Aloud Handbook – Jim Trelease

    The Stay at Home Mom  -  Donna Otto

      The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook  -  Raymond & Dorothy Moore

      The Ultimate Guide to Home Schooling – Debra Bell (with CD Rom)

      The unschooling handbook – Mary Griffith

    The Way Home  -  Mary Pride

    The Well-Trained Mind – Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise

    Thieves of Innocence  -  John Ankerberg

    Things to Do with Toddlers and Twos – Karne Miller

      Things We Wish We’d Known  -  compiled & edited by Bill & Diana Waring

      To Train Up a Child – Michael & Debi Pearl

    Unlocking your Child’s Learning Potential  -  Cheri Fuller

    When Children Love to Learn – Elaine Cooper

    You Can Teach your Child Successfully  -  Ruth Bechick         

    Your Baby & Child – Penelope Leach

    Your Child’s Teachable Moments – Wanda B. Belfrey  

     

    Childrens/Novels:

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Adapted from the novel by Jules Verne

    A Christmas Carol – adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens

    A Geoscience Guide to the Burgess Shale – Murray Coppold & Wayne Powell

    A Girl of the Limberlost – Gene Stratton - Porter

    Alien Lifesearch – David Jefferies

    An Usborne Guide – The Young Naturalist
    Ancient Civilizations – Rome – Jane Pofahl

    Ancient Rome – Modern Knowledge Library  

    Baboon Family – Jane Goodall

    Baby Wild Animals – Kids Own Press

    Blackbeard’s Ghost – Ben Stahl

    Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson (10 copies with Teacher’s guide – suitable for book discussion clubs)  

    Canadian Children’s Annual -  edited by Brian Cross

    -outstanding stories and poems

    Canadian Communities – James Carroll & Larry Milberry

    Charlotte ’s Web – E.B. White (10 copies with Teacher’s guide – suitable for book discussion clubs)

    Chimpanzee Family – Jane Goodall

    Countries – Zig Zag Fact Finders  

    Dinosaurs of the Land, Sea and Air – Modern Publishing

    Dr. Drabble’s Phenomenal Antigravity Dust Machine – Sigmund Brouwer & Wayne Davidson  

    Fire Safety for Kids – Gateway Safety Net Publications  

    Giraffe Family – Jane Goodall  

    Hockey Heroes – John Danakas

    Hope Was Here – Joan Bauer (6 copies with Group Discussion Questions)

    How and Why Wonder book of Weather  

    Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell  

    Julie – Jean Craighead George

    Jungle Openers – Douglas & McIntyre  

    Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stevenson

    Kites – Norma Dixon  

    Lassie – The Secret of the Smelters’ Cave – Steve Frazee

    Les Miserables – Victor Hugo  

    Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie – Joanna Cole

    Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body Study Guide – Teacher Created Materials

    Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor – Joanna Cole

    Mathematicians are People, Too – Volume one – Luetta and Wilbert Reimer

    Mathematicians are People, Too – Volume two – Luetta and Wilbert Reimer – These two volumes are awesome stories from the lives of great mathematicians

    Meet Thomas Jefferson – Marvin Barret

    Mr. Yowder and the Giant Bull Snake – Glen Rounds

    My Brother’s Keeper, Virginia ’s Diary – Mary Pope Osborne  

    Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens  

    Pompei – Peter Connolly  

    Shiloh – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    Spotter’s Guide to Birds of North America – Dr. Philip Burton

    Solids, Liquids & Gases – The Ontario Science Center

    Star Wars – Jedi Apprentice – Judie Watson

    Suppose the Wolf was an Octopus – Michael Bagley  

    Tarzan of the Apes – Edgar Rice Burrough

    The Blind Colt – Glen Rounds

    The Call of the Wild – Jack London

    The First 75 Years – Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

    The Five Sisters – Margaret Mahy

    The House of Wings – Betsy Byars

    The Kids Book of Canadian Prime Ministers – Pat Hancock

    The Kids Can Press French & English Word Book

    The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau

    The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

    The Space Shuttle Story – Luke Begarnie

    The Usborne Book of World History

    The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Chemistry

    The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Physics

    The Usborne Story of Music

    The Usborne Story of Painting

    The Viking Children World Atlas

    Treasure Trove of an Ancient Egyptian Child – Dr. Joan Fletcher  

    Wanted….Mud Blossom – Betsy Byars

    Welcome to the World of Owls – Diane Swanson

    Who? – Kathie Billingslea Smith

    Wild Animals – Black Horse Publishing

    Wolves – Judy Ross

     

    Curriculum:  

    Canada : Its Geography and People – Grade 5 – Silver Star Social Studies – Rodeo Chaps Publishing

    Choosing our Mascot – Elections Canada Kit – this is a really fun kit designed to take students through a mock election.

    Come Sit by Me – Volume One – Cyndy Regeling  

    Doing What’s Right – A.C.S.I. – 1st Grade  

    Easy Poetry Lessons that Dazzle and Delight – David L. Harrison & Bernice E. Cullinan

    Electricity and Magnetism – Grade 5 – The Chuckwagon Lunch Problem Solving Science         Investigations – Rodeo Chaps Publishing

    Exploring Canada ’s Geography – Bill MacDonald

                New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova               Scotia  

    Families Around the World – Student book

    Flying Tinsel – An unusual approach to teaching electricity – Grant Mellor

    French Dictionary – Collins  

    Lab Manual for Science of the Physical Creation – Abeka

    Let’s Visit Canada – Grade 3 – The Solski Group  

    Math U See Demo DVD

    Math U See – Foundations of Mathematics with VHS – Steven Demme  

    Reading Reflex – Carmen & Geoffrey McGuinness

    Real Math – Level 3 – Student text

    Real Math – Level 3 – Teacher’s manual

    Real Math – Level 6 – Student text

    Real Math – Level 6 – Teacher’s manual  

    Science Begins at Home  -  Dace Beggs

    Science in the Kitchen – Rebecca Heddle

    Sequence Stories – Joanne Moore  

    Teaching Families Around the World – Don Massey

    The Reading Skills Discovery Series – Sarah, Plain & Tall

    The Reading Skills Discovery Series – Wilbur & Orville Wright Young Fliers  

    Waste It Not – Activities for the Classroom – Clean Calgary Association

    Wordsmith Apprentice – Janie B. Cheaney

    Writing Strands – Level 2 – National Writing Institute

    Writing Strands – Level 3 – National Writing Institute  

     

    Games:  

    Brain Quest Canada