*Getting Started on Home Learning : How and Why to Teach Your Kids at Home by Rebecca Rupp ** * Book looks almost like new. $8 ppd [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** *Book Description *In *Getting Started on Home Learning*, homeschooling expert Rebecca Rupp provides much needed advice and information to all parents who've ever considering teaching their children at home. She dispels myths, helps readers navigate tricky laws, and provides guidance on how and where to find the resources necessary to put together a well-rounded curriculum. This guide, the indispensable companion volume to the popular *The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook* (Three Rivers Press, 1998), provides all the information needed to make an informed decision. Topics include:
Why Homeschool? Homeschooling and the Law The S Question: What About Socialization? The Bottom Line: How Much Does It All Cost? Homeschooled Teenagers: On to College?-- Tools of the Trade *About the Author REBECCA RUPP*, Ph.D., has homeschooled her three sons for more than ten years. She is the author of *The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook* and *How We Remember and Why We Forget *. She writes a monthly column for *Home Education Magazine* and produces and hosts a local homeschool television program. She lives in Shaftsbury, Vermont. There is no fluff in this book. It is packed with information. There are a number of chapters about teaching children at home, or in the popular jargon of today - homeschooling. Some of the chapters are on topics like why people homeschool their children, what are the laws, does it work, the socialization question, tools of the trade, and how much it costs. Each chapter is full of information, and includes lists of places to get more information. These lists include other books, places to get school books, and so on. The author homeschooled her three sons and she weaves in relevant selections from her homeschooling journal. So you can see how many of the points she writes about worked in her family. This is a well written book, full of useful information. If you are interested in homeschool, or have questions about home schooling, this is a good book to start with. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/gi.u7A/fOaOAA/Zx0JAA/X2FylB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> BedrockAuction, BedrockBargains, BedrockBooks, BedrockRefunders, BedrockSwappers, BedrockTrue-Crime, BedrockTunes!!! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BedrockBooks/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
