Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling [Paperback]

Diana Waring (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1996

Teaching your children at home is much more than giving lessons in reading, writing, and arithmetic; it is a journey toward a lifetime of learning that will expand your horizons as well as theirs. In order to help you on your way, Diana Waring offers this transparent description of her family's own homeschooling experience. Whether you are contemplating homeschooling or are a seasoned veteran, this insightful guide can help you build a healthy environment that fosters enthusiastic learning. Diana includes a list of recommended resources that will allow you to dig more deeply into what you find interesting. With warm encouragement and inspiration, Diana gives you the courage that you, too, can do this!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Diana Waring's warm, bubbly personality simmers right out of this book. Reading it makes you feel like you're sharing a cup of coffee and a conversation between friends. You'll come away with an excitement for the life-changing opportunities in homeschooling your children. This is a must read for parents considering or just beginning homeschooling who need to see the bigger picture -- that homeschooling is about so much more than covering academics. --Cathy Duffy, cathyduffyreviews.com

About the Author

Diana Waring has been active in the homeschooling movement for the past twenty years, writing material for and speaking to homeschoolers across the U.S. and Canada, and more recently New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, and Korea. Much of what Diana teaches about homeschooling was learned ''in the trenches,'' teaching her own three children from pre-school through high school. The combination of that experience and mentoring from others, along with life-lessons taught lovingly by the Lord, have given us a compassionate, transparent, and nurturing writer and speaker whose work is marked by wisdom and humor.

Her books are considered homeschool classics, having encouraged tens of thousands of families around the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Apologia Press (May 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883002370
• ISBN-13: 978-1883002374
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly Informative and Encouraging, April 5, 2000

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M.M. (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling (Paperback)

I purchased this book prior to spring break and pored over it from cover to cover my entire week off! I found it to be packed with tons of good information and covered just about any question I had about homeschooling. Diana Waring encouraged me to be flexible regarding curriculum and not to get discouraged during the inevitable "valleys" of home education. I am still in the homework/ investigation phase since I can't begin homeschooling our daughter until the fall. This volume served to further confirm my decision and increase my enthusiasm for the privilege and right to educate my child at home.

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, full of suggestions and helpful ways., July 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling (Paperback)

I have absolutely loved reading this book! I have had my fears relieved and been encouraged in every way. When the idea of homeschooling entered my life, I thought it would be an impossible task. Diana explains homeschooling with such excitement and devotion. I have come to the realization that homeschooling is not a technique, but a lifestyle! A lifestyle my family has needed and is already benefitting from. Diana gives reference to many wonderful books and points out her favorites. I highly recommend this book.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Can do This!, May 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling (Paperback)

Diana (and after reading this book I feel that I can call her that) has managed to share enough of her own family's homeschool journey, and that of others, to make me believe that I, too, can successfully and joyously homeschool my children. I most appreciated the recommended reading at the end of each chapter, and I loved Diana's maxims. Overall, this is an excellent book with a distinctly Christian (but not preachy) perspective.