READING MATERIALS

Education

Creative Homeschooling for Gifted Children: A Resource Guide by Lisa Rivero (Great Potential Press, 2002)

The Disciplined Mind: Beyond the Facts and Standardized Tests, the k-12 Education that Every Child Deserves by Howard Gardner (Penguin Putnam, 2000)

Games With Books: 28 of the Best Children's Books and How to Use Them to Help Your Child Learn - From Preschool to Third Grade by Peggy Kaye (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002)

Greening School Grounds: Creating Habitats for Learning by Tim Grantand Gail Littlejohn (New Society Publishers, 2001)

Guerilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn and Amy Silver (john Wiley & Sons,2001)

The Happy Child: Changing the Heart of Education by Steven Harrison(Sentient Publications, 2002)

Homeschooling For Success: How Parents Can Create a Superior Education for Their Child by Rebecca Kochenderfer and Elizabeth Kanna (Warner Books, 2002)

The Home School Source Book by Jean and Don Reed (Brook Farm Books,2000)

Homeschooling Step-by-Step: 100+ Simple Solutions to Homeschooling's Toughest Problems by Laura Maery Gold and Joan M. Zielinski (Prima Publsihing 2002)

In Their Own Way: Discovering and Encouraging Your Child's Multiple Intelligences by Thomas Armstrong, PhD (Jeremy P.Tarcher/Putnam,2000)

The Light Barrier: A Color Solution to Your Child's Light-based Reading Difficulties by Rhonda Stone (St. Martin's Press, 2002)

A Parent's Guide to Homeschooling: Experts' Answers to Tough Questions About Homeschooling byTamra B. Orr (Parents' Guide Press, 2002)

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn (Houghton Mifflin Co, 1999)

The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease (Penguin Books, 2001)

Schools with Spirit: Nurturing the Inner Lives of Children and Teachers by Linda Lantieri (Beacon Press, 2001)

Standardized Minds: The High Price if America's Testing Culture and What We Can Do to Change It by Peter Sacks (Perseus Publishing, 1999)

The Teenagers Guide to School Outside the Box by Rebecca Greene(FreeSpirit Publishing, 2001)

Note:  These are recommended materials to use as resources. The Coalition does not endorse or promote the use or purchase of any items, subscriptions, products or services.