Easy Homeschooling Techniques: The REAL How-To Guide, Third Edition [Paperback]

Lorraine Curry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

A Real how-to guide for home-schooling

Editorial Reviews

Review

Had I realized I could teach my own children at home I certainly would have used it as a guide. -- Rebecca Brown, Rebeccasreads.com

How is it possible that Lorraine Curry wrote in one book what others have attempted in so many? -- Deborah Deggs Cariker, award-winning 21 year veteran of Houston area media

Lots of great stuff. Many more goodies than just techniques for teaching. -- Virginia Knowles, The Hope Chest

Such a delight! You KNOW it is a great book when a veteran is just as encouraged as a newbie! -- Cindy Rushton, author, publisher of Time for Tea

From the Publisher

The Essence Publishing imprint is reserved for a very select number of Christian books. To qualify for this imprint, manuscript must satisfy a complex set of criteria: editorial need, literary quality, theological soundness and topic interest. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: God's Gardener; 3 edition (October 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970996527
• ISBN-13: 978-0970996527
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,642 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Homeschooling Techniques is a keeper!, April 15, 2001

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Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: EasyHomeschooling Techniques (Paperback)

A practical information book on the basics needed to start home schooling your children. With Christian references & historical information this personal & personable text covers every aspect from preparing your home to starting a business.

What are your qualifications to be a home school teacher? Very simple: you need to love your children; have time for them each & every day; have strong beliefs that are not being taught in public schools; have doubts about the quality of public education; you must be able to read & write & you must be committed to completing the study courses.

I enjoyed the stories of her movable classrooms; how combining subjects opened up a whole new world & how heirlooms & elders can teach more about history than any pages in a book.

Easy Homeschooling Techniques is a thorough resource for parents wishing to teach their own children with a complete Course of Study; chapter by chapter Endnotes & a solid Resources section.

Do give it a go, I think you will find it eminently useful in your home schooling efforts. Do check out my eInterview with this forthright author, business woman & teacher!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! Real Help!, September 2, 2000

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Dee Ott (N.Ft.Myers, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: EasyHomeschooling Techniques (Paperback)

I have had the priveledge of being in communication with the author of this book off and on for over a year. I have determined that she lives what she has written in her book. She has written this book in such an "easy" to follow, "easy" to understand fashion. It is literally a step by step "how-to" manual. She has even included symbols throughout the book which makes finding topics easier to find when you want to refer back to them. For example, anything she suggests you put in your personal notebook has a fountain pen symbol by it throughout the book. This was great for me because it takes me too long to find things again when I refer back to them. It is a time saver. So if you don't need another time consuming book to read, this one "reads fast" and has helps to make referring back to it easy and time saving. The book it aptly titled...Easy Homeschooling. I wish I had read it years ago before I began schooling. I'm excited about the results I'm seeing in my own homeschool as a result of following Lorraine Curry's methods recommended in her book.

I have read, highlighted, pondered and researched her ideas scripturally. It is the most balanced, and inexpensive approach to schooling I've read about yet. If you're frustrated, burned out, broke and generally feeling out of control and loaded down with too much stuff, this book will teach you how to clean out what you don't need, keep what you do, and streamline your homeschool so you have time to "have a life" beyond school.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I finally defined a vision for our homeschool!, August 7, 2005

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Simply4Learning "Christine" (NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Easy Homeschooling Techniques: The REAL How-To Guide, Third Edition (Paperback)

After researching homeschooling for 11 years and actively doing so for 5, I am STILL reaping so much from this book. I read it through once and then re-read it making the suggested lists and checklists and all I can say is WOW!
I WISH I had read this book first!! I checked out "Easy Homeschooling Companion" from my library a year ago but I was still in the "I-need-to-know-WHICH-curriculum-to-choose" mindset so I didn't get anything out of it (I'm going to get it again...I bet I missed out on a LOT!) I have always felt the
lead to design our own curriculum and have had "How to Create a
Low-Cost/No-Cost Curriculum" and ALL of the Design-A-Study books for many years but have never been able to "put it all together" with a plan...so I kept searching for THE curriculum for us. I knew there wouldn't be a "perfect" program but I figured the changes should be minor to warrant the continued
use/purchase of said program. Unfortunately, the changes were always wholesale so we dropped it. But now, since reading this book I have been able to define my vision for our home education journey...I can finally SEE an "overall" plan for
our homeschool as God has been leading! Even in your book there are things we probably won't focus on; but I have gained SO much from seeing your overall plan based on your goals for your family. I can see how we can now focus our daily journey to have our homeschool as my husband and I first envisioned. I took your advice and didn't buy any ("more" in my
case :-) curriculum until I finished your book. I did finally buy a program I believe with minor modification will help us reach our goals. But unlike before, when I made this purchase, I have a MUCH better idea of what types of materials will help us reach our goals...because I have my goals written down! I've read before about setting goals but the way you lead the reader in the SPECIFICS is unmatched! I LOVE your use of checklists and have begun using this listing technique all through our home and lives.

I have THOUROUGHLY enjoyed and learned SO much from reading this
book. I used to recommend Gayle Graham's "How to Homeschool" as THE homeschool book to purchase first or if you could only have one. I will now move that down a notch and recommend "Easy Homeschooling Techniques" as THAT book.