It grieves me that so many believers view the doctrine of God's sovereignty as a deterrent to a healthy, vibrant prayer life. That kind of thinking demonstrates an inadequate, incomplete and unacceptable understanding, both of God's sovereignty and of prayer. In truth, we pray because God is sovereign – He alone has power over all human events. In praying, we don't run from His sovereignty, we run to it. It's absolutely true that God is sovereign over every detail of our lives. Job acknowledged that even the number of every person's days is determined (Job 14:5). Life and death are in His hands (Jas. 4:15). Yet we eat and breathe and sleep and take measures to avoid any kind of calamity that might end our lives prematurely. Why? That's the very same question as, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' Here's the answer to why we need to breathe, and why we need to pray: God ordains the means as well as the end. And our prayers are one of the important means by which He accomplishes His will and glorifies Himself in the process.
John MacArthur

Resource ListBooks

Resource ListBooks

RESOURCE LIST-BOOKS

TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN AT HOME by Virginia Birt Baker Self-published
Virginia Birt Baker P.O. Box 1237 Quitman, TX 75783 This source is updated regularly. It contains sections on legislative questions as well as how to set up a home-school. Useful to see how it is done.

HOME-SCHOOLING FOR EXCELLENCE by David & Micki Colfax Sycamore Tree 2179 Meyer Place Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Phone-1-714-642-6750 (orders & FAX)

1-714-650-4466 (information)
This is an excellent book that discusses the Colfaxes’ approach to education and how they learned to homeschool. While not a reference book per se, it does give a good idea of day-to-day homeschooling as well as an idea of how to homeschool. One son is now studying to be a doctor at Harvard.

CHRISTIAN HOME EDUCATOR’S CURRICULUM MANUAL by Cathy Duffy Home Run Enterprises
122531 Aristocrat Ave. Garden Grove, CA 92641 Two volumes, one for elementary and one for high school. The books are divided by subjects and grade levels. The books cover learning styles, planning charts, methods of both teaching in general and for specific subjects.

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: A GUIDE FOR HOMESCHOOLERS by Judy Geiner Moore Foundation P.O. Box 1 Camas, WA 98607 This book was written by a mother who unschooled her son for 6-7 years and still had him accepted at all the colleges he applied to. Her son, Kendall, had NO grades, but was accepted at Rice College on the basis of his SAT scores, personal recommendations, achievement tests, an essay and an interview. The book also tells how Judy documented his schooling and the steps they went through in applying to the colleges.

HOME SCHOOL, AN ALTERNATIVE by Cheryl Gorder Blue Bird Publishing 1713 E. Broadway #306 Tempe, AZ 85282 Discusses the following aspects – historical, religious, moral, legal, psychological, social, and emotional perspectives.

HOW TO WRITE A LOW-COSTNO COST-CURRICULUM FOR YOUR HOME SCHOOL CHILD HOME SCHOOL: TAKING THE FIRST STEP by Borg Hendrickson Home-school Supply House P.O. Box 170 Harbor Springs, MI 49740 Phone-1-800-772-3129
Taking The First Step is a complete guide to the homeschool experience with planning details and teaching tips. Legal procedures, support groups, and resource suppliers are also listed.

Curriculum Guide helps you create a individualized curriculum that reflects your own personal educational philosophy. Long term goals, a child’s needs, each state’s requirements, goals and objectives for each subject and record keeping.

HOME SCHOOL READER
Home Education Press P.O. Box 1083 Tonasket, WA 98855 Collection of articles from the magazine

TEACH YOUR OWN by John Holt
Holt Associates 2269 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140

HOME EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE by Don Hubbs Brook Farm Books P.O. Box 246-H Bridgewater, ME 04735 This is another guide to curriculum, textbooks, supplies, legal information and how to.

SCHOOL AT HOME
ICER Press P.O. Box 877 Claremont, CA 91711

Why home schooling meets the various educational needs of families and strategies for developing those needs.

TAKING CHARGE THROUGH HOMESCHOOLING by M. Larry and Susan Kaseman Koshkonong Press 2445 Koshkonong Rd. Stoughton, WI 53589 An exploration of practical alternatives that will enable you to secure the best possible education for your child, find a way to home school that works for your family, solve day-to-day problems and improve your home school, deal successfully with school officials and foster a positive climate of opinion for homeschooling

TEACHING CHILDREN by Diane Lopez
Crossway Books 9825 W. Roosevelt Road Westchester, IL 60135 Phone-1-312-345-7474
This is another book in the Child-Light philosophy series. It is a curriculum guide for grades kindergarten through sixth.

FOR THE CHILDREN’S SAKE by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Crossway Books 9825 W. Roosevelt Road Westchester IL 60135 Phone-1-312-345-7474
This is another book on a specific educational theory (Moore and Holt are the other two theorists most often cited by homeschoolers). This book is on the theories of Charlotte Mason and is the basis for the “Child Light” philosophy.

SCHOOL CAN WAIT
HOME STYLE TEACHING
HOME GROWN KIDS
BETTER LATE THAN EARLY by Raymond Moore Hewitt Research Foundation P.O. Box 9 Washougal, WA 98671-0009 Phone-1-206-835-8708

THE BIG BOOK OF HOME LEARNING-GETTING STARTED THE NEXT BIG BOOK OF HOME LEARNING II-PRE-SCHOOL & ELEMENTARY THE NEXT BIG BOOK OF HOME LEARNING III-TEEN & ADULT (Christian) THE NEXT BIG BOOK OF HOME LEARNING IV-AFTERSCHOOLING & EXTRAS

(Christian)
by Mary Pride
Crossway Books 9825 W. Roosevelt Road Westchester, IL 60135 Phone-1-312-345-7474
These are invaluable. Reviews of curriculums, resources, reasons for homeschooling.

HOME SCHOOL SOURCE BOOK by Don Reed
Brook Farm Books P.O. Box 246-H Bridgewater, ME 04735 This book contains resources for the home-schooler, notes, commentaries and essays on the subject. Has a strong emphasis on cultural literacy and global awareness and how to have a common-sense,liberal arts education at home.

HOME SCHOOL INFORMATION
Teaching Home Magazine P.O. Box 20219 Portland, OR 97220-0219 Brief overview covering curriculum, legal issues, research reports, various approaches and methods, materials and state organizations.

HOME SCHOOL MANUAL by Ted Wade
Sycamore Tree 2179 Meyer Place Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Phone-1-714-642-6750 (orders & FAX)

1-714-650-4466 (information)
Sections on principles of home education, choosing an educational framework, choosing curriculum, specific areas and putting theory into practice.

A good catalog for obtaining resources for and on home-schooling is The Sycamore Tree, 2179 Meyer Place, Costa Mesa, California-92627 Phone-1-714-650–4466. They carry many of the books mentioned as well as others you might find useful.

Listing these resources does not imply an endorsement of any one of these books or its particular viewpoint. These books are listed merely in the hope that you will find some of them to be of use in your decision to homeschool or to be of help if you are already homeschooling.
There are no prices given as these are subject to change. Information on home-schooling can also be found at the Sulzer Library-Lincoln & Montrose- Chicago. Ask the resource librarian for the home-school resource section.

Sycamore Tree’s catalog is listed as a resource only. It has been given in order to make finding a book you may want easier. HOUSE (Home Oriented Unique School Experience) is a non-sectarian support group and does not endorse this or any other catalog or its particular viewpoint.

HOUSE (Home Oriented Unique School Experience) also does not endorse any one of these books or its particular viewpoint. These books are listed merely in the hope that you will find some of them to be of use in your decision to homeschool or to be of help if you are already homeschooling.

Richman, Susan The 3R’s At Home (John Holt’s Book and Music Store)