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The following is a selected list of materials available at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

These materials may all be found in the Children's Services department or in other agencies of the Allen County Public Library. You are encouraged to speak with any ACPL librarian for help in locating any of these titles. We would also be happy to put together a Custom Collection of these or other items for you to check out.

We invite you to call the Children's Services department and speak to a librarian about your homeschooling needs: 260-421-1220.

Homeschooling Books

Arranged by Author
Arranged by topic

Other Resources for Homeschoolers

Library Programs for Homeschoolers

Homeschooling DVDs and Videos

Note: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

TITLE	DATE	CALL #
Home Schooling - Is it for you? Explains the reasons for home schoooling as well as answering practical questions about how to go about home schooling.	1999	V J371.042 HOME
Homeschooling in Action By following the lives of three different families you will actually view the process of teaching your	1996	V J371.042 H75
The Learning Lifestyle Vicky Goodchild, a homeschooler, discusses the 7 aspects of a lifestyle that treats education as part of the family experience.	2000	PTC V J371.042 HOW, V.2
Learning Styles In the first part, Cynthia Tobias discusses the uniqueness of children and their different ways of learning. She includes a description of the differences between auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learners. In the second part, Tobias talks about how to approach the strong-willed child.	2000	V J371.042 HOW, V.4
Making the Most of the Preschool Years Valerie Bendt, homeschooling mother and author of study guides, emphasises the importance of spending time with your preschooler. She suggests ways to organize the learning situation when you have older children you must give time to as well, discusses the importance of letting your preschooler participate with you in everyday activities, and talks about the many benefits of reading good literature to the young child.	2000	PTC V J371.042 HOW, V.17
Multi-Level Teaching: Learning as a Family		PTC V J371.042 M91
Teaching Math with Manipulatives Jackie Winner shows in detail how to use manipulatives to teach math. She also discusses the advantages of this concrete approach over the memory method used in American schools.	2000	PTC V J371.042 HOW, V.7
Teaching Phonics and Reading Debbie Strayer discusses the daunting task of teaching a child to read. She stresses the importance of timing and how natural learning is for a child. She also talks about motivation and about how to introduce phonics, writing, spelling, and reading comprehension.	2000	PTC V J371.042 HOW, V.5
Teaching Science in the Primary Years Jane Hoffman, author of "Backyard Scientist" books and science kits, discusses the importance of starting children at a young age and using a hands-on approach with them in teaching science. In film clips she shows how to use experiments to involve children in learning science.	2000	PTC V J371.042 HOW, V.8
A Thoughtful Approach to Homeschooling Anwering the interviewer's questions, Elizabeth and Dan Hamilton share their experience of homeschooling. They talk about overall considerations, the benefits, and basic information.	2000	PTC V J371.042 HOW, V.1
Weaver's Video Workshop		PTC V J371.042 W37
Why Home School Through High School? Every home school student eventurally wants to know, "How long am I going to be taught at home?" The question is one that deserves a thoughtful and confident answer. What began with a desire to protect your child in the tender years must now redefine its purpose. The advantages of home schooling in the high school years are different, but they are every bit as important. With personal humor and deep conviction, Joshua Harris, age 17 (home school student since age 5), offers surprising, but reasonable answers to this question.	1991	PTC V J371.042 W62
The Wisdom Of Ruth Beechick Ruth Beechick, long time educator, answers interviewer Kary Swan's questions about teaching young children. She discusses the lack of necessity of a formal preschool or kindergarten, the advantage in not stressing spelling in the beginning years of writing, the way to teach fluency in reading, the value of a gentle approach to teaching, and the importance of using the real world instead of a textbook to teach math.	2000	V J371.042 HOW, V.6

Homeschooling Magazines

Home Education

Home School Digest

Homemade News

The I.A.H.E. Informer

Practical Homeschooling

Websites for Grownups

Christian Homeschool Fellowship
http://www.chfweb.net/
An interactive Christian homeschool forum.

Eclectic Homeschool Online
http://eclectichomeschool.org/
The magazine for creative homeschoolers, published from a Christian perspective.

Families-First.com
http://www.families-first.com/
A family fun and education group.

Home School Digest
http://www.homeschooldigest.com/
The Quarterly Journal for family discipleship.

Home School Legal Defense Association
http://www.hslda.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1
Advocates for homeschooling.

Homehearts
http://homehearts.com/
Serving those preparing another generation of hearts.at home!

Homeschool World
http://www.home-school.com/
The official web site of Practical Homeschooling Magazine.

Homeschool Zone
http://www.homeschoolzone.com/main.htm

Homeschooling - Who Me?
http://www.waymarks.com/homeschool/

Indiana Department of Education
http://www.doe.state.in.us/sservices/homeschool.html
Home school information.

Link Homeschool News Network
http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/
The Nation's Homeschooling Magazine.

National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance
http://www.naaha.com/
The largest and most comprehensive website for African-American homeschoolers.

National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/
Changing the way the world sees homeschoolers.

National Home Education Research Institute
http://www.nheri.org/

NCES Report on Homeschooling
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001033
Homeschooling in the United States: 1999

Teaching Home
http://www.teachinghome.com/
A Christian magazine for home educators.

Yahoo! Homeschooling Links
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Theory_and_Methods/Homeschooling/

The Well Trained Mind
http://www.welltrainedmind.com
A guide to classical education at home.

Homeschooling on a Shoestring
http://www.homeschoolingonashoestring.com/
Cost cutting ideas for homeschoolers.

The Home School Mom
http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/
Bringing you the best free homeschool resources.

World Book Encyclopedia: Curriculum Standards
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?curriculum
As a source of information, World Book offers the results of ongoing research into curriculum requirements and standards. The learning levels include preschool through grade 12.

Websites for Kids

Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/homeschool.html

Homeschool Hub
http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm

Comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.lib.in.us, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.lib.in.us.