Hi! I hope this is ok as my first post! We just started hs'ing our 5yo with the Calvert kindergarten curriculum. I went to the library tonight to pick up some of the suggested books to read aloud. Some of them dealt with going to kindergarten - which would be great, except that I don't necessarily want to show and read to my son about how kids go to another place and have all sorts of fun with other kids and doing cool stuff.... he is already somewhat aware of how public schools are (and I'm sure would be very happy to go to one) - I just don't want to make him feel unhappy about being homeschooled. Do you know what I mean? I'd love to read him a book or two about all the fun that a homeschooled child has - I tried to google, but I'm not very proficient at it - found nothing. I'm hoping it's not because there's nothing out there.... which is why I'm here now. I figured you would be the ones who would know! Can you point me to anything? Tina
Hi Naturalmama, Welcome to The Spot! In answer to your question, the only book that I can think of at the moment; for such a young child, would be the book below. Kandoo Kangaroo hops into homeschool by Susan Ratner; Bryan Miller. 2000. Fiction : Primary school. Green Forest, AR : Master Books, ISBN: 0890512906. 9780890512906 A mother kangaroo realizes that her six-year-old is ready to start home schooling. The only other ones that I can think of at present, are for older children. If I do remember any others that are age appropriate, I'll come back and post them. Again, welcome! Glad you have joined us. LucyRicardo
Oh yeah.....try Scott Stroud. He writes books about homeschool children for youngers. I can't recall the name of the books though. Sorry. I am sure you can Google him and find them. LR
Allison's story : a book about homeschooling - by Jon Lurie I am a home schooler - by Julie Voetburg Sorry, these are the only two "for kids" at my library. I read them with my son, but they're not "that" exciting.
Here are a few more books.... Addie McCormick and the Computer Pirate by Leanne Lucas. 1994. Fiction : Juvenile audience 138 pages. Eugene, Ore. : Harvest House. While her school is being repaired following a tornado and she is attending a cooperative home school, Addie becomes involved in a mystery surrounding the school's computer software. -Mystery at Loch Ness by Rebecca Price Janney. 1997. Fiction : Elementary and junior high school 135 p. Sisters, Or. : Multnomah Fiction, While visiting the virtual reality Loch Ness monster exhibit at a nauticus museum, a group of Christian home school students travels back in time to Scotland and to 1934. Secret of the Lost Colony by Rebecca Price Janney. 1997 Fiction : Elementary and junior high school 137 pages. Sisters, Or. : Multnomah Fiction. Lindsey, Andrew, and Ben travel back in time with their home-school teacher to the English colony on Roanoke Island, where the people are struggling to survive an unfriendly environment and a problem of low supplies. Search for Amelia Earhart by Rebecca Price Janney. 1997.Â* Fiction : Elementary and junior high school.Â* 133 pages. Sisters: Multnomah Publishers. While talking about Amelia Earhart during their flight to Hawaii, a group of Christian home school students and their tutor travel back to the time of this famous aviator. The Home School Detectives is a mystery series from InterVarsity Press, and is recommended for children ages 8-12. Follow the fast-paced adventures of Billy, Rebecca, Carlos, Josh, Emily and the rest of the gang as they overcome false leads and follow clues to the exciting conclusion. Chicken Friend by Nicola Morgan. 2005, 2004 1st US edition. Fiction: Elementary and junior high school. 148 pages. Cambridge, Mass. Candlewick Press, ISBN: 0763627356. 9780763627355 When her parents decide to move their family to the English countryside, homeschool their children, and raise chickens, Becca tries to make friends with her new neighbors by hiding her diabetes and throwing a twelfth birthday party for herself.
Here are the Scott Stroud books. Baby Kong: Mom is determined to have a productive day homeschooling the kids but in her way stands Baby Kong! Set on destroying everything in his path, including Mom's sanity, Baby Kong rampages through the house. Thankfully, Mom has a few tricks up her sleeve. Books about going to school are easy to find but books about homeschooling families are precious and rare. This one is truly a treasure. This story is based in Christian principles and has several references to God. Grumpy Mr. Grady: Mr. Grady does not like kids. They are loud, messy and disrespectful! His new neighbors are a family of home-schoolers. That's even worse! Their kids never go off to school so they are around all the time! The old veteran's view of them sure changes, though, when the big blizzard hits town.
Ive been wondering the same thing. So I went to amazon, hit the book dept, searched homeschool and when the results came out selected the childrens dept. I got these results (there seems to be alot!) http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref...s=homeschool&ie=UTF8&qid=1257288848&rnid=1000
you really have to search through the list...there is alot of curriculum mixed in there I just noticed...but throughout it there is some stories
WOW! I didn't know there were books like that out there! There's some other fiction books, similar to the Homeschool Detectives, where the kids are homeschooled. One in particular is published by YWAM, but I can't remember the series. The kids' parents are always traveling to fun, exotic places (mission field?), and there's usually a short mystery. They're fairly easy reads, about 2nd or 3rd grade level.
I realize it is not a book recommendation, but I thought about sharing it with you. There is a game called Homeschool-opoly. If you can watch the you tube clip about the game, it is worth it. http://www.homeschoolopoly.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzRn3YU456Y
There was a series out called Too Smart Jones about a homeschooling family that solved little mysteries. My girls liked them. Also My Mommy, My Teacher by Johanna Bluedorn.
www.titus2.com has some written about a homeschool family written by a homeschool graduate. We have one. Haven't read it yet though.
