Recommended Resources

These books are not free, but well worth the cost, especially if they can be found at your local library.  Each of them contains helpful information that can be used to create your own free or low-cost homeschooling plan.

The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
Home Learning Year by Year by Rebecca Rupp
Easy Homeschooling Techniques by Lorraine Curry
Easy Homeschooling Curriculum by Lorraine Curry
Easy Homeschooling Companion by Lorraine Curry
A Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison
More Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison
A Literary Education by Catherine Levison
The Three R's by Ruth Beechick
What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know  by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
What Your First Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
What Your Second Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
What Your Third Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Books to Build On:  A Grade-by-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt
Books Children Love:  A Guide to the Best Children's Literature by Elizabeth Laraway Wilson