Your Baby
Juggling Primers, Preschoolers, and Diapers
Surviving Life with a Toddler
Covering the Preschool Basics
Chapter 6: Covering the Elementary Years
Setting Out with Elementary Students
Learning through Language Arts: Reading and Grammar
Eating Your Way through Math
Going beyond “Our Community Helpers”
Firing Up the Bunson Burner
Timing Is Everything
Chapter 7: Handling Junior High
Beginning in the Middle
Keeping Track of It All
Putting Grades to the Test
Chapter 8: Help! I Have a High Schooler
Starting at the Eleventh Hour (or Eleventh Grade)
Switching before the Last Bell
Dancing the High School Subject Tango
Planning for the Tidy Transcript
Prepping for College
ACTing on Your InSATiable Desire for Standardized Tests
Chapter 9: Completing Twelfth Grade Doesn’t Mean It’s Over
Spreading Their Wings and Earning Their Keep
Strapping on the Tool Belt
Continuing Homeschool through College
5 Part 3: Choosing Your Cornerstone: Basic Curriculum Options Chapter 10: Orbiting as a Satellite School under the Umbrella Riding the Satellite Opting for a Complete Curriculum across the Distance Pinpointing a Program Matching Your Needs with Their Offerings Chapter 11: Does Classical Education Mean Teaching Vivaldi? Classifying It Classical Assembling Your Classical Curriculum Components Gathering More Information Chapter 12: Reading Real Living Books with Charlotte Calling Charlotte Mason Putting Together Your Package Chapter 13: Mining the Montessori Method Exploring at Their Own Pace Setting Up Your Space Walking through the Day Chapter 14: Wandering through Nature with Waldorf Working Together with Head, Hands, and Heart Locating a Waldorf-Style Curriculum Chapter 15: Teaching Them What They Want to Learn Unveiling the Integrated Unit Study Changing Pace with Unit Studies Focusing on Project-Based Learning Designing Unit Studies Chapter 16: Unschooling: A Walk on the Relaxed Side Raising Eyebrows and Suspicions Fitting the Bill Learning through the Course of a Day Filling Your Home with Unschooling Tools Recording Their Progress Chapter 17: Hitting the Road with Worldschooling Roadschooling versus Worldschooling Choosing Your Academic Approach Chapter 18: Charting Your Own Academic Course Eclectically Knowing Whether Your Kid’s Kinesthetic Pulling from Different Publishers Writing a Curriculum from Scratch: The Diehard Approach Chapter 19: Special Concerns for Special Students Considering Yourself Capable Guiding the Gifted Teaching the Medically Fragile Getting the Goods You Need
6 Part 4: Nailing Down the Details Chapter 20: Defining Your School Space Making Room for Chalk Deciding between the Den, the Dining Room, or the Whole Darn Place Chapter
