Cochrane Home Educators

Recommended Reading

General Home Schooling:

  1. The Homeschooling Book of Answers – Linda Dobson *
  2. What Research Says About Homeschooling – Brian Ray (video) *
  3. Answers to Questions Parents Most Often Ask About Homeschooling – Deborah McIntire & Robert Windham *
  4. Things We Wish We’d Known – by 50 Veteran Homeschoolers – Compiled/edited by Bill & Diana Waring *
  5. Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling – Diana Waring
  6. Better Late than Early – Dr. Raymond Moore – For parents of pre-schoolers *
  7. Home Style Teaching – Dr. Raymond Moore – For all parents *
  8. Home Spun Schools – Dr. Raymond Moore – Stories of how some families started home education
  9. The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook – Dr. Raymond & Dorothy Moore – formerly titled “Homeschool Burnout” *
  10. The Way Home – Mary Pride – Encouraging stay-at-home moms *
  11. All The Way Home – Mary Pride *
  12. Schoolproof – Mary Pride – How to de-junk your school
  13. A Survivor’s Guide to Homeschooling – Luanne Shackelford & Susan White – Very humorous! *
  14. The How and Why of Home Schooling – Ray Ballmann – More on the “Why” than the “How” *
  15. The 3 R’s – Ruth Beechick – For Kindergarten to Grade 3
  16. You Can Teach Your Child Successfully – Ruth Beechick – For Grades 4 to 8 *
  17. For the Children’s Sake – Susan Schaeffer – Introduces Charlotte Mason’s educational philosophy
  18. Educating the Whole Hearted Child – Clay & Sally Clarkson – Based on Charlotte Mason’s ideas
  19. Homeschooling for Excellence – David & Micki Colfax *
  20. Home Schooling for Life – Dr. Dale Simpson *
  21. The Peanut Butter Family Home School – Bill Butterworth – One home school family’s story *
  22. The Complete Home Educator – Mario Pagnoni *
  23. A Christian Home School – Greg Harris

Curriculum Guides:

  1. The Big Book of Home Learning – Mary Pride (3 Volumes) *
  2. Teaching Children – Diane Lopez
  3. Choosing and Using Curriculum For Your Special Child – Joyce Herzog – For special needs children

Special Needs:

  1. Help! My Child Isn’t Learning – Dr. Grant Martin *
  2. Learning In Spite of Labels – Joyce Herzog *
  3. Homeschooling Children with Special Needs – Sharon Hensley *

Book Lists:

  1. Books Children Love – Elizabeth Wilson *
  2. Honey For a Child’s Heart – Gladys Hunt *

Child Training:

  1. Kids Are Worth It! – Barbara Coloroso *
  2. Children Are Wet Cement – Anne Ortlund*
  3. Home Grown Kids – Dr. Raymond Moore – From pre-pregnancy to age nine – child development
  4. Home Built Discipline – Dr. Raymond Moore – A gentle book on maintaining authority
  5. Hints on Child Training – H. Clay Trumball – Written over 100 years ago and still applicable today

* Denotes resource is available in the Cochrane Home Educators library – access for members only.