The Homeschooling Option: How to Decide When It's Right for Your Family [Paperback]

Lisa Rivero (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 22, 2008

In this accessible and honest look at homeschooling, Lisa Rivero explores the diverse faces of homeschooled students and the ways in which it can help children with special learning needs. She corrects misconceptions through profiles of diverse families and addresses the changing and complex needs of children today. This book addresses the major questions parents are bound to have as they consider this option: socialization, curriculum, special needs arrangements, resources, and more. 

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A perfect book for parents looking for answers about homeschooling. We highly recommend." --Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide, authors of The Mislabeled Child

"This is a concise, easy-to-read presentation of all the challenges and concerns parents can have while deciding about The Homeschooling Option. This book will help families realize there are many more places for children to learn joyfully and effectively than either public or private schooling."--Patrick Farenga, President of Holt Associates, and co-author of Teach Your Own, The John Holt Book of Homeschooling

Praise for Creative Home Schooling:

 

"This book will at once reassure parents that they are not alone in this voyage."--David Albert, columnist, Home Education Magazine

 

"A solid, accessible, 'user friendly' guide packed with advice, information, ideas, and insights on homeschooling especially gifted children."--Midwest Book Review

 

About the Author

Lisa Rivero is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in Parenting for High Potential, Understanding Gifted Children, The Roeper Review, and The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Her book Creative Home Schooling won the 2003 Glyph Best Education Book Award and was named Best HomeSchool Product of the Year. She lives in Milwaukee.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (January 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230600689
• ISBN-13: 978-0230600683
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lisa Rivero grew up in rural South Dakota and now lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she enjoys cooking, reading, writing, knitting, walking, and being with her family--not necessarily in that order and often simultaneously. Her young adult book, Smart Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity, was a 2010 National Indie Excellence Award finalist and named by the Arizona Book Publishing Association as a 2011 Glyph Award Winner for both Best Juvenile/Young Adult--Nonfiction Book and Best Psychology/Self-Help Book. She is represented by Victoria Skurnick of Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!!!, May 22, 2008

By 

K. Lindley "Future Homeschooling Mom" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Homeschooling Option: How to Decide When It's Right for Your Family (Paperback)

This book was so helpful in laying out the why tos and why not tos. I had been sitting on the homeschool decision for months. Now that we are fast approaching fall and kindergarten, I am so happy to have found this book! It navigated me through many of the questions I had and really helped me make my homeschooling decision. Although a homeschooler herself, Rivero is fairly objective and tells it like it is. She also references many books and websites that are helpful. I recommend this book to anyone who is making the homeschooling decision as well as anyone who wants a better idea of why someone would choose to homeschool.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best book for general homeschooling information., May 13, 2010

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A. Chelton (Eagleville, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Homeschooling Option: How to Decide When It's Right for Your Family (Paperback)

I've done lots of research on homeschooling, reading probably 30 books on the topic. When I got toward the end of my research, I found this offering by Rivero. As there are many books on the topic, one finds that information begins to repeat- I found that Rivero catches most of the highlights and information contained in other homeschooling books. She succently and comfortably reviews why one might choose to homeschool and why one might decide not to. Hers was the most balanced look at homeschooling as well, neither acting as a complete cheerleader, nor being a detractor. When people ask me what book they should read about homeschooling, I always send them to Rivero's book first.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful resource!, February 17, 2009

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C. Henke (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Homeschooling Option: How to Decide When It's Right for Your Family (Paperback)

I am considering homeschooling my child(ren), after 2 years in public school, and I chose this homeschooling book first, simply because it was the first one available through my local library.

I found this to be a fantastic resource for many of the questions I have about making homeschooling work successfully for my family. The author also discussed advantages that I hadn't even considered, such as being able to be with your children more often, and becoming a more cohesive family.

This is a great book with a lot of ideas and resources, and, as another reviewer mentioned, a good choice to pass along to other family members.