Approximately 1.5 million American students are currently taught at home. This essential guide offers both new and experienced homeschoolers useful information and insight about the basics of day-to-day homeschooling life and explains the hows and whys of this new alternative to traditional classroo...

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Main Author:	Kaufeld, Jenny (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken, NJ Wiley Publ. c2002
Series:	... for dummies
Subjects:	Home schooling / United States / Handbooks, manuals, etc Home schooling / Curricula / United States / Handbooks, manuals, etc Eltern Hausunterricht USA Ratgeber
Summary:	Approximately 1.5 million American students are currently taught at home. This essential guide offers both new and experienced homeschoolers useful information and insight about the basics of day-to-day homeschooling life and explains the hows and whys of this new alternative to traditional classroom schooling. The book Helps select appropriate curriculum and gives advice on how to help kids survive the not-getting-on-the-yellow-schoolbus-at-the-corner blues, offers information on state laws and complying with Uncle Sam, addresses special concerns for special students, contains sections on options after graduation, including apprenticeships and even homeschooling for college, and guides readers to other resources and creative tools for homeschooling, like books and extra goodies that make learning fun
Item Description:	Includes index Heading to homeschooling -- Tackling kids of any age -- Choosing your cornerstone: basic curriculum options -- Nailing down the details -- Making your year sing with extras -- Part of tens
Physical Description:	xxiv, 359 p. ill. 24 cm