About this item
For a comprehensive guide to home-based education, that does not promote any particular curriculum or religious view, this is one book parents should buy! Parents will appreciate practical advice on getting started, adjusting to new roles, designing curriculum that is both child-centered and fun, and planning for social and emotional growth. Parents will turn to their favorite chapters again and again. Features interviews and tips from many homeschool parents as well as long lists of resources. -Reasons to home-school -How gifted children learn -Positive changes for the family -"Big Ideas" thematic approach -Traditional and classical approaches -Curriculum resources -Record keeping -College planning -How to get started -Interviews with parents .
About the Author
Lisa Rivero grew up in rural South Dakota and now lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she enjoys cooking, reading, writing, knitting, walking, and being with her family--not necessarily in that order and often simultaneously. Her young adult book, Smart Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity, was a 2010 National Indie Excellence Award finalist and named by the Arizona Book Publishing Association as a 2011 Glyph Award Winner for both Best Juvenile/Young Adult--Nonfiction Book and Best Psychology/Self-Help Book. She is represented by Victoria Skurnick of Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc.
