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Books for Homeschool Moms: Printable List

Here’s a huge list of books for homeschool moms! These titles will help in your professional development as a home educator. You will find strategy books, books on educational philosophy, and just plain encouraging reads.

This compiled list of amazing books comes by recommendation of dozens of real-life homeschool moms just like you.  I have not read them all, so some of these are making it onto my “must read” pile.

Books for Homeschool Moms

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I’ve updated this original list of 30 books to include 60 of my favorite titles! You can download a PDF of this complete list to add to your homeschool book list. Just sign up below.

Reading books related to homeschooling provides much-needed professional development for homeschool moms. Just the right book at just the right time can life your spirits, energize you, encourage your heart, and motivate you through the dry seasons of homeschooling.

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1 Homeschool Styles & Philosophies
2 Encouragement
3 Education
4 Subject or Curriculum Inspiration
5 Homeschool Strategies
6 Printable List of Books for Homeschool Moms
7 Make Your Summer Reading List – listen to episode 215

Homeschool Styles & Philosophies

Learning about the different styles and philosophies of education will help you as you set your homeschooling path. Many families jump in with a traditional approach the first year, just because it’s what they know from being in school themselves.

But as you gain confidence in your homeschooling ability and freedom, you will start to try different strategies with your kids.

You may end up being a Classical homeschooler, or Charlotte Mason, or remain a textbook homeschooling family. Or, you may be like the majority of us and settle into an eclectic mix that fits your kids, yourself, your budget, and your season of homeschooling.

If you want to learn about the different approaches to homeschooling, these books for homeschool moms are some of the best places to start.

Better Late than Early by Raymond & Dorothy Moore

The Well-Trained Mind:  A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Susan Wise Bauer & Jessie Wise

Pocketful of Pinecones:  A Nature Study With the Gentle Art of Learning by Karen Andreola

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For the Children’s Sake:  Foundations of Education for Home and School by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Learning at Home:  A Mother’s Guide to Homeschooling by Marty Layne

How Children Learn by John Holt

A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola

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The Core:  Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education by Leigh Bortins

The Question:  Teaching Your Child the Essentials of Classical Education by Leigh Bortins

Encouragement

Next, consider adding some titles that will give you some good old fashioned encouragement. Sometimes you don’t want to have practical solutions. You just need to know you’re not alone in this homeschool journey. You just need to know that you’re on the right track. That you’re not alone. That’s what these books will give you.

Don’t forget to grab the updated list of 60 books! I added a whole lot more in this category!

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Teaching from Rest:  A Homeschooler’s Guide to Unshakeable Peace by Sarah Mackenzie

Educating the Wholehearted Child by Sally Clarkson

Hard Times In Paradise by David & Micki Colfax

Simplicity Parenting:  Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne & Lisa M. Ross

Education

When you get a look at educational philosophy in general, you are more able to appreciate the opportunities you have with teaching your kids at home. Some of these titles will scare you to death. Some will validate what you knew all along.

The Educated Child:  A Parent’s Guide from Preschool through Eighth Grade by William J. Bennett

Why Johnny Can’t Read:  And What You Can Do About It by Rudolf Flesch

Ten Ways To Destroy The Imagination of your Child by Anthony Esolen

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The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto

Dumbing Us Down:  The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto

Why Knowledge Matters:  Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories by E. D. Hirsch, Jr.

Subject or Curriculum Inspiration

This next section of books gives more detailed strategies related to specific subject matter (like reading) or curriculum design. Again – be sure to grab the full PDF list for additional titles.

The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease

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The Book Whisperer:  Awakening then Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller

Home Learning Year by Year:  How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School by Rebecca Rupp

 Honey For a Child’s Heart:  The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life by Gladys Hunt

The Three R’s by Ruth Beechick

Homeschool Strategies

Finally, this last category will give you solutions to some of the challenges you face as a homeschool parent.

Check out these inspiring podcast interviews with homeschool authors on the Homeschool with Moxie podcast:

  • Making Homeschool Life Easier (even if you hate homeschooling sometimes): An Honest Chat with Lea Ann Garfias, author of Everything You Need to Know About Homeschooling
  • Homeschooling 8-12 Year-Olds: Conversation with Julie Polanco, author of God Schooling
  • Be Wild + Free with Ainsley Arment, author of The Call of the Wild + Free
  • Homeschool Challenges & Solutions: A Conversation with Nicki Truesdell, author of Anyone Can Homeschool
  • What is Passion-Driven Education? An Interview with Connor Boyack, author of Passion-Driven Education

Go Fly a Kite: Ten Surprising Strategies for Success in Your Homeschool by Karen Costello

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Balanced: Finding Center as a Work-at-Home Mom by Tricia Goyer

Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything by Laura Weldon

Home Grown Kids by Raymond &‎ Dorothy Moore

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The Unhurried Homeschooler by Durenda Wilson

The Four Tendencies:  The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better by Gretchen Rubin

Printable List of Books for Homeschool Moms

This list is not exhaustive!  What would you add?  Please share in the comments below.

Make Your Summer Reading List – listen to episode 215

Ready to refuel, be encouraged, and learn new strategies as a homeschooling mom? Then use these all-time best homeschooling book recommendations to create your summer reading list. On episode 215 of the Homeschool with Moxie Podcast, we’ll talk about best books for the new mom just starting out, books for the mom who needs to be encouraged, and books for the learning mom. 

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