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Reviewed by Kelly Benedict
Homeschool my child for free??? You’ve got to be
kidding, right?! But what if I weren’t kidding? What
if you could pull resources from other areas and actually
spend little to no money and still give my kids an awesome
education??? Does that peak your curiosity? Seem to good
to be true?
In this book, “Homeschool Your Child For Free”,
you have access to more than 1,200 Smart, Effective, and
Practical Resources for Home Education on the Internet and
Beyond.
LauraMeary Gold writes a popular weekly Internet column
for homeschoolers and operates one of the largest homeschooling
lists on the Internet. She and her husband, Dan Post, are
the homeschooling parents of seven children. Joan M. Zielinski
is the mother of four – one of whom is LauraMaery!
She herself is a professional educator of thirty years.
Surprisingly, or maybe not so surprising, is that in the
day and age, there is really isn’t anything that you
can’t find on the Internet. When LauraMaery polled
a large group of home schooling families, she found that
28% of them described themselves as primarily reliant on
free resources, and 46% said that they relied on a mix of
free resources and formal curricula. And I believe the numbers
are rising.
“This book is set up to enable you to develop a solid
curriculum – customized for your children –
that complies with the legal requirements for your locality.
Once you’ve decided which subjects you’ll be
teaching and at what ages, you can gather teaching materials,
handouts, texts, lesson plans, and everything else you require
from the free resources categorized by subject throughout
this book.”
This 475-page book contains sections on Homeschool How-To’s,
Core Curriculum, Education Essentials, Language Literacy,
Mathematics Mastery, Art Appreciation, History Highlights,
Music Marathon, Social Studies Skills, Humanities, Science,
and the list goes on and on. “You’ll also find
non-Internet free resources, advice from experts about how
to teach academic subjects, and information from homeschooling
parents about how they homeschool.”
If using the Internet and it’s free resources sounds
appealing to you, then this is the book for you! I don’t
believe that you’ll be disappointed! Take some time
to check it out. You’ll want to own this one!
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