So You're Thinking About Homeschooling: Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do It by Lisa Whelchel
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(Paperback - 2ND)
- Pub. Date: March 2005
- 208pp
- Sales Rank: 165,884
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 2005
- Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
- Format: Paperback, 208pp
- Sales Rank: 165,884
- ISBN-13: 9781590525111
- ISBN: 1590525116
- Edition Number: 2
- Edition Description: 2ND
Synopsis
Confused and intimidated by the complexities of homeschooling, many sincere parents never get past the "thinking about it" stage. Now Lisa Whelchel - herself a homeschooling mother of three - introduces fifteen real families and shows how they overcome the challenges of their unique homeschooling situations. This nuts-and-bolts approach deals with common questions of time management, teaching weaknesses, and outside responsibilities, as well as children's age variations, social and sports involvement, learning disabilities, and boredom. Seeing a wide variety of successfully homeschooling families in action will give parents the confidence to make their own dream of home-based education a reality.
Biography
Lisa Whelchel, a native Texan whose first appearance as a child star on The New Mickey Mouse Club launched her busy acting career, is best known for her role as Blair on the perennial hit TV show The Facts of Life. Now a busy homeschooling mother, speaker, and pastor's wife, she is the author of The Facts of Life and Other Lessons My Father Taught Me. Lisa and her husband, Steve Cauble, live in Los Angeles with their three children, Tucker, Haven, and Clancy.
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So You're Thinking About Homeschooling: Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do Itby Anonymous
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March 02, 2007: I've really enjoyed reading this book, but the problem I keep having is the fact that these 15 families in her book are 'composites' of the many, many families that she has interviewed. To me, this makes the book more fictional than not. I keep finding my self wanting to tell others about these families and their experiences, and then I have to remind myself that they are not really real. This is a problem for me because I wanted to read about REAL people and their REAL experiences and circumstances regarding homeschooling. I don't think you can blend together bit and pieces of many different families' realities and create a story that is still REAL. The book will make you feel good about homeschooling, but, I'm sorry, lacks credibility.
So You're Thinking About Homeschooling: Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do Itby Anonymous
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February 10, 2006: This is absolutely the first book you should read if you are considering homeschooling. The style is fun and enjoyable, and the book gives you a lot to think about without being too technical or too preachy. I am considering sending copies to family members who disapprove of homeschooling.
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