According to my umbrella school coordinator, homeschooling moms should keep themselves fresh by reading at least one or two books – an in-service for homeschool moms per year. Take 30 minutes in the morning, before your household wakes up, and read these books to strengthen your outlook on homeschooling. At some point, you will want to start reading the classic books of Western Civilization, if you have not read them before children (see #1 and #4 below).

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One of my bookshelves, in dire need of organization.

1. Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer

2. Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer

3. The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling by Debra Bell

4. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer Adler

5. The Original Homeschooling Series by Charlotte Mason 

6. For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

7. Better Late Than Early by Raymond and Dorothy Moore

8. The Three Rs by Ruth Beechick

9. Endangered Minds by Jane Healy

10. The Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

11. The Year of Learning Dangerously by Quinn Cummings

12. So You’re Thinking About Homeschooling by Lisa Whelchel

13. The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock

14. 100 Top Homeschool Curriculum Choices by Cathy Duffy

15. The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook by Raymond Moore

16. How Children Learn by John Holt

17. You Can Teach Your Child Successfully: Grades 4-8 by Ruth Beechick

18. A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola

19. A Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison

20. The Montessori Method by Maria Montessori

21. Waldorf Education: A Family Guide by Pamela Fenner

22. The Seven Laws of Teaching by John M. Gregory

23. Discover Your Child’s Learning Style by Mariaemma Willis

24. Things We Wish We’d Known: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling by Diana Waring

25. Educating the Whole-Hearted Child by Clay and Sally Clarkson

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