The Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents

Top "Must Have" Homeschooling Books

This collection offers a brief overview of homeschooling, deschooling and unschooling concepts.  These approaches prioritize a child-centred approach to learning, offering benefits like flexibility, customization, and independence.  The collection provides practical tips, strategies, and philosophical discussions, empowering parents to take charge of their children’s education while creating a more inclusive educational landscape.

If you’d like to add your favourite homeschooling books to this list, contact us!

 

 

 

 

Top "Must Have" Homeschooling Books

This collection offers a brief overview of homeschooling, deschooling and unschooling concepts.  These approaches prioritize a child-centred approach to learning, offering benefits like flexibility, customization, and independence.  The collection provides practical tips, strategies, and philosophical discussions, empowering parents to take charge of their children’s education while creating a more inclusive educational landscape.

If you’d like to add your favourite homeschooling books to this list, contact us!

 

 

https://amzn.to/4gwbU0j

Parenting

[eafl id=”11903″ name=”Kids are Worth It” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11904″ name=”How to Talk so Kids Will Listen” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11905″ name=”Knights Without Armor” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11906″ name=”Punished by Rewards” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11907″ name=”The Continuum Concept” text=”affiliate link”]

Why Homeschool?

[eafl id=”11911″ name=”How Children Learn” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11913″ name=”The Schools Our Children Deserve” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11914″ name=”The Underground History of American Education” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11915″ name=”For the Children’s Sake: Foundation of Education for Home and School” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11916″ name=”No Contest: The Case Against Competition” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11917″ name=”Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11921″ name=”The Right Choice” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

How to Homeschool

[eafl id=”11925″ name=”In Their Own Way” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11926″ name=”Any Child Can Write” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11927″ name=”Unschooling to University” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11928″ name=”School Free: The Homeschooling Handbook” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11929″ name=”Learning All the Time” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11930″ name=”Teach Your Own” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11931″ name=”Home Schooling on a Shoestring” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11942″ name=”Learning at Home: A Mother’s Guide to Homeschooling” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11940″ name=”The Homeschooling Handbook” text=”Affiliate HTML Code ‘The Homeschooling Handbook'”]

[eafl id=”11943″ name=”Homeschooling for Excellence” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11944″ name=”The Unschooling Handbook” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11945″ name=”Dumbing Us Down” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11946″ name=”The Successful Homeschool Family” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11947″ name=”Home Educating with Confindence” text=”affiliate link”]

Deschooling

[eafl id=”11961″ name=”The Teenage Liberation Handbook” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11963″ name=”A Sense of Self: Listening to Homeschooled Adolescent Girls” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11964″ name=”The Exhausted School” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11965″ name=”Adventure By Chicken Bus: An Unschooling Odyssey Though Central America” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11966″ name=”Hard Times in Paradise” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11967″ name=”Everywhere All the Time; A New Deschooling Reader” text=”affiliate link”]

Here’s our list of homeschooling books as recommended by our membership. Whether you’re new to home education or a long-time homeschooler looking for renewed inspiration, check out some of these books.  

Note: Amazon has broken the ability to link directly to books… so we’re looking for a solution to get the book images back.  Stand by!

Teaching Special Needs Kids

[eafl id=”11969″ name=”The Mislabeled Child” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11968″ name=”The Power of Mindful Learning” text=”affiliate link”]

Top "Must Have" Homeschooling Books

This collection offers a brief overview of homeschooling, deschooling and unschooling concepts.  These approaches prioritize a child-centred approach to learning, offering benefits like flexibility, customization, and independence.  The collection provides practical tips, strategies, and philosophical discussions, empowering parents to take charge of their children’s education while creating a more inclusive educational landscape.

If you’d like to add your favourite homeschooling books to this list, contact us!

 

 

https://amzn.to/4gwbU0j

Parenting

[eafl id=”11903″ name=”Kids are Worth It” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11904″ name=”How to Talk so Kids Will Listen” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11905″ name=”Knights Without Armor” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11906″ name=”Punished by Rewards” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11907″ name=”The Continuum Concept” text=”affiliate link”]

Why Homeschool?

[eafl id=”11911″ name=”How Children Learn” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11913″ name=”The Schools Our Children Deserve” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11914″ name=”The Underground History of American Education” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11915″ name=”For the Children’s Sake: Foundation of Education for Home and School” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11916″ name=”No Contest: The Case Against Competition” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11917″ name=”Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11921″ name=”The Right Choice” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

How to Homeschool

[eafl id=”11925″ name=”In Their Own Way” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11926″ name=”Any Child Can Write” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11927″ name=”Unschooling to University” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11928″ name=”School Free: The Homeschooling Handbook” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11929″ name=”Learning All the Time” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11930″ name=”Teach Your Own” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11931″ name=”Home Schooling on a Shoestring” text=”Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.”]

[eafl id=”11942″ name=”Learning at Home: A Mother’s Guide to Homeschooling” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11940″ name=”The Homeschooling Handbook” text=”Affiliate HTML Code ‘The Homeschooling Handbook'”]

[eafl id=”11943″ name=”Homeschooling for Excellence” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11944″ name=”The Unschooling Handbook” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11945″ name=”Dumbing Us Down” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11946″ name=”The Successful Homeschool Family” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11947″ name=”Home Educating with Confindence” text=”affiliate link”]

Deschooling

[eafl id=”11961″ name=”The Teenage Liberation Handbook” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11963″ name=”A Sense of Self: Listening to Homeschooled Adolescent Girls” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11964″ name=”The Exhausted School” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11965″ name=”Adventure By Chicken Bus: An Unschooling Odyssey Though Central America” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11966″ name=”Hard Times in Paradise” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11967″ name=”Everywhere All the Time; A New Deschooling Reader” text=”affiliate link”]

Here’s our list of homeschooling books as recommended by our membership. Whether you’re new to home education or a long-time homeschooler looking for renewed inspiration, check out some of these books.  

Note: Amazon has broken the ability to link directly to books… so we’re looking for a solution to get the book images back.  Stand by!

Teaching Special Needs Kids

[eafl id=”11969″ name=”The Mislabeled Child” text=”affiliate link”]

[eafl id=”11968″ name=”The Power of Mindful Learning” text=”affiliate link”]

These approaches also emphasize critical thinking, creativity, and independence, allowing children to develop skills that are increasingly valuable in today’s rapidly changing world.

We hope that these resources will inspire you to rethink traditional approaches to education and consider the possibilities offered by educating your children at home. 

We’ve also included some Canadian authors (near the bottom).

Canadian Authors (Non-Fiction)

Scientist of the Day by Linda Pierce Picciotto
The Science Book for Girls and Other Intelligent Beings by Valerie Wyatt
ArtGram: Art of Math Education by Jeni Van Kesteren and Laura Briscoe
The Computer and the Cancelled Music Lessons: Data Science for Children by Shingai Manjengwa
Mr. Pigglesworth Financial Literacy Books by Nicole Angelica Cadwallader
The Canucks by Mickey Eves

Canadian Authors (Fiction)

Autumn Stories, written and illustrated by Marty Layne
The Zaporadia Girls, by Ayeshah Somani (Ayeshah is a home educated student in Canada)

If you would like to suggest other homeschooling books to add to this list, please contact us with the title, author and link to purcha