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The Big Book of Home Learning : Preschool and Elementary (vol. 2) Paperback – June 1, 1999

by Mary Pride (Author)
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  1. Print length
    590 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Alpha Omega Pubns
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 1999
  5. Dimensions
    8.25 x 1.5 x 10.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0740300075
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0740300073
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Alpha Omega Pubns
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 1999
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 4th
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 590 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0740300075
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0740300073
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.29 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 1.5 x 10.5 inches
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Mary Pride

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Mary Pride is the publisher of Practical Homeschooling magazine and the author of numerous books on women's roles, homeschooling, educational software, parental rights, and new age thought from a conservative evangelical perspective. She is perhaps best known as the author of the first mass-market homeschool how-to book (The Big Book of Home Learning (1986), which won both the ECPA Gold Medallion and the Silver Angel Award). It has had five editions so far, under various names.

Often credited as a pioneer in the Christian Quiverfull movement, thanks to her groundbreaking book The Way Home (1985), Mary says she prefers the concept of an "Open Quiver"--families welcoming children with an open heart, but not competing over family size. To that end, she recently released a 25th Anniversary Edition of The Way Home, with an Afterthought that tackles topics--such as the Patriarchy movement and Quiverfull--that didn't exist when the book first came out. Now that her own nine children are grown, she hopes to come out with more books soon.

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  • Suzanne M. Clark
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore the negative feedback! This book is awesome!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2006
    How anyone could write a negative feedback on Mary Pride's books are beyond me.

    As a newbie homeschooler, this book has been a Godsend! It has every possible piece of information you could possibly want & answers every question you could possibly think of. Mary Pride has 2 or 3 degrees, has homeschooled her NINE children and is a pioneer for the homeschool movement. Who better than to get advice from?

    There are hundreds and hundreds of curriculums, unit studies, homeschool books, activities, & manipulatives. How could a newbie possibly buy and or research everything? There's no way. That is where The Big Book of Homeschooling comes in. It covers everything from reading to art appreciation to bible to math to keyboarding to physical education to engineering to the constitution! It goes on and on. I couldn't put the book down. For "the reader" who claims that she wishes it was by grade level: number 1, Pride's 1st book is for preschool/elementary, her second book is for the middle school years and the last one is for the high school years so it IS by age and as we all know, when you homeschool, grade level is non-existent basically. Grade levels were devised for the public schools. I teach my children without worrying about grade level! The other person who left a negative review obviously is too sensitive. Yes, Mary Pride tells it like it is, but isn't that what you want when you are researching something? I wouldn't want to read a homeschooling book that sugar coats EVERYTHING. How would I ever make a decision? I already know that EVERY curriculum isn't perfect. That's unrealistic. When you read Pride's books, just highlight what might interest you and then go back and decide what curriculum and ideas fit your budget, your child's learning style and what you want to accomplish. This book is a fantastic starting point! I highly recommend this book and all the others by Pride.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2001
    As a homeschool parent, I do not begin a new school year without consulting this book. Mary Pride has done all of the hard work for you. She starts with Preschoolers in this book and takes you all the way to fifth grade. She lists every major subject and gives you a review of the many different curriculums avalible. She even lists the reviews alphabetically for you! I conduct an orientation program for new homeschoolers and I recommend all three volumes of "The Big Book of Home Learning" to every new homeschool parent that I talk to! Let's just hope that Mary Pride keeps producing these great resources.
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  • Aspasia
    1.0 out of 5 stars Read this book if you want to raise close-minded bigots
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2009
    Wow. Just wow. This woman, who is so vocally Christian, sure is hateful and condescending. She is anti-government, anti-public schools, anti-good art, and basically anti-everyone but Mary Pride. At one point, she calls our public schools "our" public schools as if she refuses to claim them. Um, guess what, like 80% of our society is made up of people educated by the public school system so I have absolutely no problem claiming those schools as my own or supporting them financially. Those kids are going to grow up and run the world, too. I believe that my children will receive the best possible education at home from me but not everyone can--or wants to--educate their children at home. So what? Should we just let those people's children wander the streets all day if their parents can't afford to pay for private school??? Brilliant. Of course it makes sense coming from someone who makes comments like the ones in the next couple paragraphs.

    I have a really hard time trusting curriculum recommendations/reviews from someone who calls works of modern art "cultural temper tantrums". Yes, heaven forbid someone disagree with "the establishment" and use art to say so. Instead, let's just forever paint the Madonna and baby Jesus (not that I have a problem with those paintings in the slightest--I love them).

    Pride also says, "Art history, presented well, can speak to you in a way that those weird modern sculptures in front of the downtown bank never will....And, unlike grim pilgrimages to the latest mind-numbing happenings at the Museum of Trendy Art, it is fun!" p. 505. Wow. First of all, I don't believe for a SECOND that this woman has ever been educated in art. And I also don't believe that anyone who has could possibly take her seriously after statements like these. And I REALLY don't believe that it is good for society that we have hateful, close-minded, terribly uneducated people like this educating their children in a social and religious vacuum.

    One reviewer says the book is helpful if you don't let the religious overtones distract you--how is that possible when literally EVERYTHING she says is heavily biased??? It's not.

    This book is just full of huge, sweeping claims that are completely unsubstantiated. I don't know who edited it, if anyone, but it is BAD. The writing itself is a disaster as well.

    It's people like Mary Pride and her "followers" who have created some of the worst stereotypes about homeschooling. Luckily, more and more parents are homeschooling for educational reasons rather than "religious bubble" reasons. Hopefully the stereotypes will wear off after awhile but we sure have a hard battle ahead of us.
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