Books books and more books. There are so many books that one can choose to drawn inspiration from. I love to read, and I'll admit, that I tend to read fiction more than non-fiction... I just LOVE a good story, but there are times when I like to read some non-fiction. I have a book of quotes that it's fun to browse through (yeah, I know I'm weird that way). I read dictionary words with my boy regularly (though not for the past month since life has been a bit nuts). I happen to LOVE idea books so today I'm going to talk about some idea books that I have.
Getting There is a bit of an unusual book. It's a faith book about teaching your children what is important BUT it is not a particularly Christian book. It draws quotes from a variety of materials both religious and non-religious. Nine Chapters covering such topics Follow Your Heart, Finding our Way, Happy to be Here and such like. These chapters cover such topics as Heart, Home, Gratitiude, Attitude, and Share.
If you read this book from a faith perspective you'll need to work past the "higher consciousness ideas" and focus on what you can use to help drawn your children into a greater awareness of what is indeed most important in life. Lots of quotes, different activities, just kinda of a neat little book.
If you read this book from a faith perspective you'll need to work past the "higher consciousness ideas" and focus on what you can use to help drawn your children into a greater awareness of what is indeed most important in life. Lots of quotes, different activities, just kinda of a neat little book.
This book I've had for a while and really don't plan to use this year other than for blogging. It's called : Math for the Very Young. Yes I know, I know... my 10 year old can't exactly be classified as among the very young...but if a lad is struggling with a concept in math, sometimes it's good to break it down into it's very simple component parts.. to remind him of the basics so he can teach himself what he already knows and from that click in the new knowledge. All math builds upon itself, it's just a matter of seeing the pieces.
Now if you DO have a very young child that you want to gently teach some math concepts to.....this is a most excellent book for you to check out. Seriously. Tons of ideas in this book for teaching children patterning, geometry, figures, and more. It has games, crafts and rhymes. Just a neat little book that I hope to pass on to someone with young children in at the end of the school season. :)
Now if you DO have a very young child that you want to gently teach some math concepts to.....this is a most excellent book for you to check out. Seriously. Tons of ideas in this book for teaching children patterning, geometry, figures, and more. It has games, crafts and rhymes. Just a neat little book that I hope to pass on to someone with young children in at the end of the school season. :)
The Everything Homeschooling Book. Links, links and more links are in this book. :) This book covers it all in snippet form with links provided to increase your knowledge base. From homeschool expectations through types of learning styles, and types of homeschooling. Laying out a schedule, record keeping and more. 23 chapters worth of ideas, ideas and MORE ideas. :) It's just lovely. :)
Unplugged Play by Bobbi Conner....tons of ideas in this book on ways to play with your children. Group play, solo play, indoor, outdoor, balls, paper, fun all over the place. Would you have thought of making a game for toddlers using crumpled coloured paper and a box? I didn't. :) Or playing scoop ball with a balls and scoops. Great ideas for children aged 1 - 10 years of age.
Teaching Science Through Discovery. I have the seventh edition of this book. Lots of to-do's, lots of "ask questions" of who, what, where, how etc. Use questions to help children discover why something might happen. This book is chock full of ideas. All kinds of things to do or use if you child asks "mom, why does ______ Happen?" Pull together a simple experiment and help them answer the question for themselves.
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The TOS Crew will be doing a blog roll of great reads for parents/homschoolers. Stop back on January 8th to learn what other books folks suggest you read. :)
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