Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling (Paperback)

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Product Description

With confidence and compassionate humor, Diana Waring, an in-demand homeschool conference speaker, leads veteran and beginners on a joy-filled educational journey.

This book gives parents the preparation and working plan for a successful homeschooling experience. Beyond Survival offers practical help with the real questions of homeschooling and provides an extensive list of proven resources.
Understand learning and teaching styles
Surviving your first homeschool convention
Learn to teach art even if you can't draw a stick man
Juggle multi-level teaching with ease

About the Author

Diana Waring, author, musician, composer, playwright, and conference speaker, is a graduate of Western Washington University. She has been homeschooling for over ten years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Emerald Books (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
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #450,245 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Margie (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews

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

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

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.