It is wonderful to see a book which is able to seamlessly marry the two together. There are beautiful passages of scripture through out that tie in with homeschooling and parenting. This is done by immersing them in good quality literature. The back bone to the homeschooling method in this book is to raise children who love to learn. This book is full of scripture, anecdotes as well as information and ideas on how to plan and structure your homeschool. It is, in essence an all in one guide to homeschooling for the christian parent. This book is a wondering and inspiring book for the christian homeschooling mom. Educating the Whole Hearted Child by Clay Clarkson It also has tonnes of useful, and practical information like how to create a transcript and applying to colleges. The newest edition has all the updated curriculum recommendations which is a fantastic place to start if you need help and direction on selecting a curriculum. They classical model presented in the book is explained in detail to help you to better understand you child and teach them at developmentally appropriate levels.

The Well Trained Mind will guide you through providing your child with a well rounded and comprehensive classical education. It is usually the first book that many homeschoolers will point you to if you are thinking about homeschooling.

Whenever you ask homeschool moms for their favourite homeschool book you can almost guarantee that The Well Trained Mind will be at the top of at least 80% of them.

The Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer If you are still on the fence about homeschooling or if you are needing a little encouragement these books will light the homeschooling fire within. It is important that we remember to educate ourselves as well as our children. Everyone always talks about homeschool books for kids, and curriculum for kids but what about homeschool books for moms? Homeschooling is a very unique part of parenting, and just like parenting there are so many different styles and approaches to homeschooling.

Cathy duffy brave writer