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Curriculum Resource Collection
Please see Children’s Room staff for assistance in locating materials

PARENT BOOKLIST
Bautista, V. B.  How to Teach Your Child: Things to know from Kindergarten through Grade 6
 Allison, L. and Weston, M. Eenie, Meenie, Miney Math!: Math Play for You and Your Preschooler
Cohen, C. And What About College? : How Homeschooling Leads to Admissions to the Best Colleges and Universities
Gorder, C.  Home Education Resource Guide
Gorder, C.  Home Schools: An Alternative
Gould, T. 30+ Games to Get Ready to Read
Green, G.W.  Helping Your Child to Learn Math
Guterson, D.  Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense
Harris, G. (ed.)  The Yellow Pages Guide to Educational Field Trips
Hauser, J.  Growing Up Reading: Learning to Read Through Creative Play
Hendrickson, B.  How to Write a Low Cost/ No Cost Curriculum for Your Home-School Child
Hendrickson, B. Home School: Taking the First Step
Home Education Magazine (ed.) The Homeschool Reader: Collected Articles from Home Education Magazine. 
Jones, S. The Internet for Educators and Homeschoolers
Kenyon, M. P.   Home Schooling from Scratch:  Simple Living –Simple Learning
Koetzsch, R. The Parent’s Guide to Alternative Education
Rupp, R.  The Complete Home Learning Source Book: The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers &   Parents, and Educators
Shackleford, L. & White, S.  A Survivor’s Guide to Home Schooling
Wade, T.  The Home School Manual
Zaslavsky, C. Preparing Young Children for math: A Book of Games


Textbooks with supporting literature available for checkout:
Discover the Wonder Science Grade 1
Discover the Wonder Science Grade 3
Discover the Wonder Science Grade 5
Science Anytime Grade 4
Silver Burdett Social Studies Grade 1
Silver Burdett Science   Grade 3
Discovery Works Science   Grade 3
Discovery Works Science Grade 4
Beka Books: Arithmetic, Health
Safety & Manners, History,
Geography, Science             		Grade 2

 

CD-ROMS
(7 Day Loan)
Including:
How Things Work
Bill Nye, The Science Guy
Math Blaster Mystery—Pre-Algebra
Richard Scarry’s Best Math Program Ever
High School Analytic Geometry
Studyworks! Math
Studyworks! Science
Term Paper
Assorted WORLD BOOK programs

7 DAY VIDEOS

National Geographic

Instructional

Travel

Documentary

 

JUV. BIOGRAPHY VIDEOS
 NEST Entertainment presents animated Living History
productions of the following historical figures:

* Marco Polo * Marie Curie * Galileo
* Harriet Tubman * Helen Keller
* Joan of Arc * Leonardo da Vinci
* Wright Brothers * Alexander Graham Bell
* Louis Pasteur * Maccabees * Pocahontas

These 30 minute videos come with workbooks
including puzzles and activities to try.

WEBSITES

NJ Dept of Education FAQ
 www.state.nj.us/njded/genfo/overview/faq_homeschool.htm

NJ Homeschooling—A to Z Home’s Cool
www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/regional/NewJersey.htm

New York Times Learning Network
www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

700+ Great Sites— the American Library Assoc.
 www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/

ORGANIZATIONS

Learning Resource Center
322 American Road
Morris Plains, NJ
(973)631-6490
www.state.nj.us/njded/lrc

Home School Legal Defense  Association
www.hslda.org

 

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