About the Book
Homeschooling Your Young Black Child: A Simple Getting-Started Guide and Workbook is for parents and caregivers who wish to give their children an education that fosters creativity, self-confidence, attachment, and balance. This book includes: · A workbook for parents/caregivers · A 12-month homeschooling plan · Monthly checklist · Extensive resources lists featuring Black musicians, authors, illustrators, and characters · Activity and field trip suggestions · Tips on setting up the homeschooling space · Supply lists · Troubleshooting Q and A
About the Author
Rachel Garlinghouse is a mother through domestic, transracial, open adoption. She taught college composition at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville for nine years before "retiring" to focus on writing and speaking. Her work and experiences has been featured on MSNBC, NPR, Huffington Post Live, Babble, Scary Mommy, ABCnews.com, My Brown Baby, adoption.net, Adoptive Families, Diabetes Health, Diabetes Forecast, The Daily Drum National Radio Show, Open Adoption Bloggers, Madame Noire, Slow Mama, I Am Not the Babysitter, and in Essence magazine. She's the facilitator of a large St. Louis area adoption triad and fostering support group for women. Her first children's book, Black Girls Can: An Empowering Story of Yesterdays and Todays, was released in September of 2014. When she's not writing, Rachel can be found dancing, baking, reading, and creating art with her children. You can learn more about her family and contact her via her blog: www.whitesugarbrownsugar.com
