Schooling at Home: Parents, Kids, and Learning

by Anne Pedersen

Essays discuss the learning process, the legal aspects of home schooling, curricula, the use of computers, and the advantages and challenges of home instruction

Genres: Education, Parenting

250 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1990

Reviews

[Marissa Morrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although a bit dated, this book is interesting. It provides a range of viewpoints--everything from "Kids shouldn't study math until age 12" (!) to one very nice essay about fostering a love of reading in young children.

[Charity · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book included information about a variety of approaches and reasons to homeschool (and even reasons not to homeschool). It really got me thinking in directions I hadn't considered. The biggest bit for me to chew on is the freedom homeschooling parents have when it comes to how to teach their children. There's no rule that says homeschooling parents need to homeschool kindergarten through high school without ever sending their children to formal school, no rule that says if parents start with workbooks and textbooks and set curricula they need to stay with those methods, and no rule that says one needs to use the same approach for each subject. Seems pretty basic, but it's not something I had considered before.

I didn't read the "legal" section of the book. It was written in 1990 and knowing that regulations vary state to state and even school district to school district, I figured I'd do better doing my own research about legal issues. This book did give me a great start, though. I'm glad I picked it up.