Home Sweet Homeschool: A Survivor's Guide to Giving Your Kids a Quality Education

by Sue Maakestad

Book Overview

Brimming with encouragement and know-how, Home Sweet Homeschool is the ultimate resource for those interested in homeschooling their children but afraid to start. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800759303
• ISBN13: 9780800759308
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Must Have For Any Christian Parent Considering Homeschooling

I stumbled across this book at my local library, and I am so glad that I did! It is by far the best homeschool book I have read. Incredibly encouraging, and motivating as well. I am purchasing this, as I want to read it every year. There are excellent Scripture references at the end of each chapter. If you need a cheerleader as you embark on your homeschool journey... READ THIS BOOK!

What a comforting book

I have a 4 year old son and a 1 year old daughter. Since their birth I have contemplated homeschooling but have had such negative feedback about it and it's so discouraging. I felt God was really putting this homeschool idea in my mind where everyone else told me I was crazy, unqualified, and that my children would be socially backwards if I dare homeschol them. I found this book by the Grace of God and I am so thankful I did. I cried through half of it because I feel such a connection with the author and her feelings about homeschooling. It took away all the doubt that I had and I am happily homeschooling my son this year for preschool through the Abeka program. I also found many wonderful support groups and a playgroup consisting of over 100 homeschooled children in my area!! This book opened up so many ideas and doors for me. I am so greatful I found this. This is definately the BEST homeschool book I have ever came across and it was written from the heart. Not only is the author a good mother but she has 8 gorgeous children who are very lucky to have her! I hope my kids turn out to be half as good. I could go on and on about this book. Definately a must read.

A devout Christian guide

Sue Maakestad draws upon her twenty-four years of homeschooling her eight children in writing Home Sweet Homeschool: A Survivor's Guide To Giving Your Kids A Quality Education. A devout Christian guide that emphasizes the importance of faith in God, Home Sweet Homeschool stresses the positive aspects of homeschooling as a means to protect children when public schools suffer from various inadequacies and even such evils as gangs or drugs. Practical advice, guidelines for levels of responsibility in education and in helping around the house that are suitable for children of various ages, suggestions for field trips, ways to maintain balance and discipline, how to ensure a homeschooled child is prepared to pursue higher education and much more fill this eminently readible and useful resource.

A goldmine for the homeschool parent!

Sue Maakestad has excelled herself. This book is destined to be a classic, a staple on the shelf of every serious homeschooling family! What strikes me most is that the book is not your garden variety homeschool manual--you know--tips on choosing the best curricula, a few stories about what worked and what didn't, how to include all the right subjects and hook up with the right agencies, how to get your homeschooler a high school diploma--blah, blah, blaaahhh. There are dozens of those books already on the market. This book is simply saying, "You can do it!" and giving God the glory from stem to stern. It is packed with advice, encouragement, and scriptural power pills. Nothing could bring more glory to God for Sue's 24 years in the homeschooling trenches than this book does, and nothing in print can provide a better shot in the arm for the undecided, curious, worn-out, frustrated, or even the veteran homeschool family. Buy it! You won't be sorry!!