Book Review 1: Homeschooling For the Rest of Us

In Homeschooling for the Rest of Us: How Your One-of-a-Kind Family Can Make Homeschooling and Real Life Work the "rest of us" refers to those parents that aren't perfect homeschool parents.  You know the ones with eight children who all dress immaculately, are well behaved 24/7, never fight with each other, never talk back and always complete their work without fuss.  Oh, and their work is always three grade levels ahead of where they should be!

I love this book.  I want to say that I received this book free from Bethany House and was asked to review the book.  Several months back I wrote a review of Exploring Creation With Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the 5th Day  on the Facebook page of a homeschooling magazine (I can't remember who) and my review was one of the three winners chosen.  It was pretty exciting!  Anyway, from that I received an email asking if I wanted to review this book.  I jumped at the chance for a free book.   I love to read so this was going to be a no brainer. A couple of months later I received the book in the mail. 

Sonya Haskins addresses everything from the pressure put on homeschool moms to perform perfectly - to co-ops, field trips, chores, dealing with relatives and my favorite- ways to pay for curriculum.  On co-ops she gives suggested class ideas and she also provides a list of different types of field trips.  Sonya discusses chores in her "Living in a Messy House" chapter.  She not only provides very practical ideas about how to keep a relatively organized house while homeschooling, but she spells out age appropriate chore ideas for every age range of your child. 

I deal with some not so postive relatives on a semi-regular basis so the brief chapter on dealing with relatives was good for me to read.  Lastly, because I am a curriculum junkie I always appreciate money saving tips and creative ideas on how to homeschool for less money.

Overall this is a great book and something I am sure I will refer back to time and again for inspiration when I am feeling like what I do is never enough.  Homeschooling for the Rest of Us will make a great addition to your homeschool library.

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