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Recommended 'must have' titles for families on low budgets

Thinking About Homeschooling

Printed books

E-books

Getting Started with Homeschooling Practical Considerations
The orginal Australian homeschooling manual. Takes you through how to write your own personalised curriculum for each child.
$25.00

 
Learning Without School
A collection of 'how we homeschool' articles by home educating families from across Australia.
$20.00


Answering Objections to Homeschool
Beverley offers a selection of well-worn answers to over a dozen of the most popularly voiced objections to homeschooling you are likely to encounter.

$4.50
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Frequently Asked Questions
Over 60 fundamental questions asked by families new to homeschooling are answered in this 36 page booklet.
$4.50

$3.25
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Motivation in the Homeschool
A lifetime of learning about how to overcome motivation obstacles is packed into this 36 page booklet.
$4.50

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Write Your Own Unit Studies
How to write mini-learning programs that cover focus on an area of interest but cover all curriculum subjects at the same time.
$4.50

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Learning Materials for the Homeschool
A comprehensive list of consumables, materials and resources; everything you can think of to inspire learning and creativity.
$4.50

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Teaching Strategies Book 1
Sharing reflections, experience, tips and suggestions to help you become a more effective home educator.
$4.50

$3.25
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Exploring Approaches to Homeschool
Notes from the seven speakers at the 2008 Adelaide Seminar: Unschooling, Classical, Steiner, Distance Education, etc.
$4.50

 
Translating Everyday Language into Education Jargon
So much of the curriculum is embedded in everyday activities: learn how to translate these so you can record them in curriculum subject areas.
$4.50

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Building Homeschool Community: How to Start a Support Group
An 84 page comprehensive step-by-step guide which considers factors such as why start a group, managing groups, publicity, different activities, drawn from Beverley's two decades of involvement in the home education community.
$8.50
 
Looking Back, What Would We Change?
A collection of articles summing up one family's 20 years of home educating experience.
$4.50

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Homeschooling Diaries and Reports/Portfolios

   
Weekly Homeschooling Diary
Set up with space to record main learning activities each day.
$8.50

 
Natural Learning Homeschooling Diary
Includes a log of child-initiated activities, including play, as well as space for recording learning in each subject area.
$8.50

 
Home Education Reports/Portfolios – Early Childhood
These Reports will help to take the work out of annual assessment, programming and recording.
$6.00

 
Home Education Reports/Portfolios – Middle Childhood
Designed with an easy to follow format, the Reports come with a how to use guide and a list of sample assessment tasks.
$6.00

 
Home Education Reports/Portfolios – Early Adolescence
Include clearly outlined lists of educational aims and objectives for each of the nationally recognised curriculum subjects.
$6.00

 

Unschooling Books

   

Natural Education Curriculum Checklist
This FRIDGE MAGNET covers all essential learning areas in a way that is easy for the young and young at heart to understand.

$4.50
currently unavailable
 

Learning in the Absence of Education
More than 60 essays covering a range of issues, such as late readers, value of play, socialisation, learning maths, testing, etc.

Highly recommended!

$17.95

 
The Homeschooling Trail - A Journey of Faith
An intimate and detailed account of how the children in one family learn at home using an eclectic mix of methods and resources.


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A Sample Learning Program & Review
One family's learning program for an eight year old, as presented to, and approved by,  the SA educational  authorities.
$4.50

 
Natural Learning
Allow your children to pursue their passions and interests and build learning programs around every day life.
$4.50

 
Learning Maths Naturally
Margaret and Beverley share how they helped their children retain their natural maths ability.
$4.50

 

Curriculum Series

   
100 Strategies and Ideas for Teaching Geography
In addition to the 100 ideas, there are chapters on why teach geography, the benefits, checklists and more.
$4.50

 
The Spelling Process
This gem will get you started with teaching tips, advice and suggestions on spelling.
$4.50

 
The Writing Process
Simple, practical and invaluable suggestions on how to teach writing.
$4.50

 
Learning to Love Reading
40 pages of tried and proven ways to encourage your child to learn to love reading.
$4.50

 
Language Games You Can Play
A collection of simple word games you can play with your children to encourage language development.
$4.50

 
Developing Handwriting
With clear examples, this booklet demystifies the process of developing handwriting.
$4.50

 
Unschool~Kidz! $4.50

 

Educational Games
Use the games to launch unit studies, spark interest, or to reinforce interest, increase knowledge or consolidate previous learning.

   
Let's Play Together, Traditional Children's Games
A collection of remembered and shared traditional children's g ames with introduction.
$4.50

 
Physical and Mental Games for Families Book One: Fast Games and Quiet Games $4.50

 
Physical and Mental Games for Families Book Two: Outdoor, Campfire, Water and Theme Games $4.50

 
Educational Games for Families Book One: Maths, English, Music and Art $4.50

 
Educational Games for Families Book Two: Science $4.50

 
Educational Games for Families Book Three: History Geography, French, German and Latin $4.50

 
Life Skill Games for Families Book One: Estimation, First Aid, Health, Tracking, Safety, Knotting and Navigation $4.50

 
Life Skill Games for Families Book Two: Character Building, Handcraft, Aussie Flags and Emblems, Discovery, Nature and Conservation, Cooking, Self Expression, Tools and Construction $4.50

 
     

Miscellaneous

   
The Chimaera Conspiracy, by Beverley Paine $5.80

 
Learning To Let Go, Poetry by Jacqueline Hall $6.00

 

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About Home Education
Home education is a legal alternative to school education in Australia. State and territory governments are responsible for regulating home education and have different registration requirements, however homeschooling families are able, and encouraged, to develop curriculum and learning programs to suit the educational and developmental needs of their individual children.


Home Education Association
2010 Resource Directory

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Have a question about homeschooling?
Please join Beverley's Homeschool Australia Frequently Asked Question group. After 20 years of being a contact and support person Beverley no longer takes phone call or email inquiries about homeschooling. Please join one of her yahoo groups (above) if you want to know more about homeschooling or have a question.

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Pioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network.
Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 followed by many more titles on home education. She currently balances spending her time working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects and managing her extensive collection of websites and Yahoo groups.
In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and became a committee member in 2008, taking on the role of HEA Editor, and is responsible for coordinating the production of the newsletter, magazine (Stepping Stones for Home Educators), annual Resource Directory, and other HEA publications.