Suggestions for books about homelearning and related topics...
Fri, 05/30/2008 - 11:28 — sonya
At Jarry park on Thursday, everyone seemed to have a title or two to share... so I thought we can all add our various suggestions through this forum topic, and I'll build a page to summarize the discussion under "Resources".
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un site web avec plein de bricolages, et plus
http://www.teteamodeler.com/dossier/index.asp
Plein plein de bricolages pour les enfants de tous âges.
Il y a aussi une partie "soutien scolaire" avec des exercices de lecture, écriture etc. pour ceux que ça intéresse:
http://www.teteamodeler.com/soutienscolaire/soutien-scolaire.asp
a few books
i must absolutely suggest the secret of childhood, and the absorbant mind (regarding ages 0-6 but it's never too late to read it) by maria montessori. She brings the child to such a noble station, describing the blueprint for intelligence naturally unfolding itself, to which we are guides.
another book i could suggest is the unschooling handbook by mary griffith. it was a valuable read for me.
books
I'm assuming the John Holt and John Taylor Gatto books are too obvious for this list, so I'll include something different.
1. "Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the way we Parent" by Meredith Small (not so much about homeschooling, more about parenting during infancy and childhood....a very interesting and well-researched read!)
2. "The Creative Family: How to Encourage Creativity and Nurture Family Connections" by Amanda Soule (she's an unschooler of 3 and has a fantastic blog: www.soulemama.typepad.com)
I know I'll think of others later. I'll have to post again in a couple of days.
Can we also start a list of good kids novels? Now that Noah's old enough and can't get enough of them, I've always got my ears perked for recommendations.
Rowan
(mom to Noah, 5 and Dylan, 2)
Children's book reviews / Livres pour enfants
Here is a great podcast with children's book reviews:
Just One More Book
Et voici un site avec toute une liste de livres et des résumés/commentaires pour chaque livre:
L'arbre à Livres
Books on parenting (and other ressources)
- "Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves", by Naomi Aldort (http://naomialdort.com/)
- "Connection Parenting" by Pam Leo (http://www.connectionparenting.com/index.html
Daily emails:
- The Daily Groove by Scott Noelle (now also a book: http://www.enjoyparenting.com/books)
PS: I love Amanda Soule's blog! I've been wanting to get her book, I'm waiting to get to Montreal to buy it :-)
www.starfall.com www.rainfore
www.starfall.com
www.rainforestmaths.com
both great sites, the first for reading, the second for math
Website for kids age 0 to 10/ site Web pour les 0 à 10 ans
Do youguys know uptoten.com? It's full of games and short songs and dialogues, *and* it's fully bilingual (French and English.) We especially like the Boowa and Kwala section (It's huge!) You can access it for free , or you can subscribe to get even more content and no adds.
Un site super bien fait, entièrement bilingue (français et anglais), plein de jeux, de chansons et de petits dialogues:
uptoten.com. Nous aimons surtout la partie avec Boowa et Kwala.
Le site est accessible gratuitement mais on peut aussi s'abonner pour plus d'activités (mais il y en a déjà énormément sans payer) et surtout pour ne plus voir les annonces publicitaires.
uptoten
Noah LOVES Boowa and Kwala!
Thanks for all the suggestions!
I would also add "Hold Onto Your Kids" by Gordon Neufeld.
Rowan
(mom to Noah, 5 and Dylan, 2)