Resources
Elementary
11 - 14 years
Grades 6-8

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Books
Purchasing books through this site helps MHSNR.

Recommended reading list
Parent educator books on the PDC - grades 6-8 (left column)
Educational philsophy
Learning Disabilties, special needs, gifted and talented.

Choices
Host, umbrella schools, parent developed curriculum, unschooling, etc.
This is just a sampling, more can be found using a search engine.

• Arabesq Academy (M)(1-12)
• Abbington Hill School (1-12)
• Calvert School (1-12)
• Clonlara (1-12)
• Kinza Academy (M)(1-12)
• Laurel Springs (1-12)
• Oak Meadow (1-12)
• Parent Developed Curriculum grades 1 - 12
• Royal Academy (1-12)
• Unschooling (1-12)
• See also philosphies (below) and types of homeschooling.

Magazines
Purchasing magazines through this site helps MHSNR.
Magazines will open in a separate window.
Find homeschooling specific magazines here.

• Teacher/Parent
  • Instructor
    k- 8, Scholastic
  • Mailbox - Intermediate ( 4 -6) Edition
    Education Center Inc
  • Teaching Pre K-8
    Early Years Inc
  • Teaching Tolerance
    k- 12, Southern Poverty Law Center
• Child
  • Multi Age
    • Kids Discover
      ages 6 - 12, Kids Discover, science and social studies
    • National Geographic Kids
      ages 6 - 12, National Geographic Society, science and social studies
    • Ranger Rick
      ages 7 - 13, National Wildlife Federation, science
    • Creative Kids
      ages 8-14, Prufrock Press, arts, crafts and creativity
    • Muse
      ages 9 - 14, Cricket Magazine Group, science
    • Cricket
      ages 9 - 14, Cricket Magazine Group, literary
    • Faces
      ages 9 to above, Carus Publishing, social studies (anthropolgy = Learn how people in other countries and cultures live. )
    • Dig
      ages 9 to above, Carus Publishing, social studies (ancient civilizations, and more)
    • Cobblestone
      ages 9 to above, Carus Publishing, social studies (American History)
    • Calliope
      ages 9 to above, Carus Publishing, social studies (World History)
      
      
  • Age/Grade Specific
    • Science Weekly: Level A Grade 1
      Publisher: Science Weekly
    • Weekly Reader - Edition 1 (Grade 1)
      Publisher: Weekly Reader Corporation, current events/social studies
      
    • Science Weekly: Level B Grade 2
      Publisher: Science Weekly
    • Weekly Reader - Edition 2 (Grade 2)
      Publisher: Weekly Reader Corporation,, current events/social studies
    • Science Weekly: Level C Grade 3
      Publisher: Science Weekly
    • Weekly Reader - Edition 3 (Grade 3)
      Publisher: Weekly Reader Corporation, current events/social studies
    • Science Weekly: Level D Grade 4
      Publisher: Science Weekly
    • Weekly Reader - Edition 4 (Grade 4)
      Publisher: Weekly Reader Corporation, current events/social studies
    • Science Weekly: Level E Grades 5-6
      Publisher: Science Weekly

 

Philosophies

• Montessori
• Scholatic Guide to Preschool Philophies (Though it says "preschool" many of the philosophies described carry through out school)
• Books:
  • Slow and Steady Get Me Ready
    by June Oberlander
    Xulon Press; 4th edition
  • The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon
    by David Elkind, Ph.D.
    Perseus Publishing; 3rd edition
  • Summerhill School : A New View of Childhood
    by Alexander S. Neill
    St. Martin's Griffin; Revised edition
  • How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)
    by John Caldwell Holt
    Perseus Publishing; Revised edition
  • How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)
    by John Caldwell Holt
    Perseus Publishing; Revised edition
  • Learning All the Time
    by John Holt
    Addison Wesley Publishing Company; Reprint edition
  • Opening Your Child's Nine Learning Windows
    by Cheri Fuller
    Zondervan Publishing Company
  • Every Child Can Succeed: Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style
    by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
    Focus on the Family Publishing
  • Discover Your Child's Learning Style:
    Children Learn in Unique Ways--Here's the Key to Every Child's Learning Success
    by Mariaemma Willis, Victoria Kindle-Hodson
    Prima Lifestyles

Websites
These are just a few, search the web to find more.
Links will open in a separate window.

Currently researching and updating list.

 

 

 

This is a resource guide of some (but not all) resources available on the web.
For more resources use a search engine like google.

 

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