Home School: Taking the First Step is a comprehensive guide to becoming a successful home-schooling parent and family. Now in its 12th printing, the book's 337 pages in 7 x 10 format addresses all aspects of this rapidly growing educational movement - from frequently asked questions to creating a home-school plan that will meet any state or local requirements; from state regulations and procedures to teaching methods and approaches. Lesson planning, curricula and materials, record keeping, sources of support, readings and resources - all are included in this thorough guide. Most importantly, the book shows you how to create for your children a loving and supportive educational environment, socialize them for healthy learning and ethical living, ensure that their individual needs are consistently met, enhance their self esteem, and motivate them to love learning throughout their lifetimes. No book has more clearly and comprehensively laid the route to the home-sch! ool alternative.
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"With Hendrickson's clear and thorough guidance, confusion and ignorance will melt and clarity of purpose will bloom. The author's intention is to guide and encourage home schooling parents into greater confidence and effectiveness, and to this end, she succeeds resoundingly. Even if you've read them all, this book will aid and enlighten you to a degree that few others do." -- Montana HomeSchool News
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Responsible, confident, and in control, over half a million parents annually are taking the home-school route.
"Home School: Taking the First Step is the book all parents need ... The book's step-by-step approach is excellent...", Library Journal.
"With Hendrickson's clear and thorough guidance, confusion and ignorance will melt and clarity of purpose will bloom... The author's intention is to guide and encourage home schooling parents into greater confidence and effectiveness, and to this end, she succeeds resoundingly. Even if you've read them all, this book will aid and enlighten you to a degree that few others do." The Grapevine, Montana Home School News
As a home teacher you can --
* free your children from educational mediocrity.
* create for them a loving, supportive educational environment.
* socialize them for healthy learning and ethical living.
* ensure that their individual needs are consistently met.
* enhance their self esteem and strengthen their self-assurance.
* bring life into their learning.
* motivate them to love learning throughout their lifetimes.
No book has more clearly and comprehensively laid the route to the home-school alternative.
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This a great book for the beginning Home Schooler!,
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This book is invaluable to the person that is just learning about Home Schooling. The author takes you through the steps as to what needs to be done for whatever state you live in.
I highly recommend this book!
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The Bible of Homeschooling!!!,
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This wonderful book give legal requirements of all 50 states for homeschooling. It contains many great sources of information to get you started. If you follow the steps given for getting organized, you will find yourself ready to go. A must read!
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- The Gifted Child. by American Association for Gifted Children on 4 pages
- The Home School Manual : Plans, Pointers, Reasons and Resources, 7th ed. (Home School Manual: Plans, Pointers, Reasons, & Resources) by Theodore Wade on page 22, page 237, and page 265
- Cooperative Sports and Games Book by Terry Orlick on page 17, and page 235
- Second Cooperative Sports and Games Book by Terry Orlick on page 17, and page 235
- How to Start Your Own School by Robert Love on page 14, and page 233
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- The Big Giant Decision...Homeschool!: Detailed Notes! Why We Did It! How You Can Do It! by Penni Renee Pierce in Front Matter
- Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning: An Approach to Distinctively Christian Education (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) by Douglas Wilson in Back Matter
- The California Homeschool Guide - Second Edition by California Homeschool Network on page 332
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