Homeschooling
Join our weekly meet-ups!
Connect with other homeschooling families and share resources and experiences in a supportive environment. Every Friday afternoon, our children get together to free play in our garden, enjoy sports or make use of our board games. We can play along or connect with other families, enjoying nature, and instant community. We are in Salir do Porto, close to Caldas da Rainha.
Recommended Books
- Brain Rules for Baby
- Parenting With Courage and Uncommon Sense
- Between Parent and Child
- Siblings Without Rivalry
- Raising Boys in the 21st Century
- The Happiest Toddler on the Block
Title: Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five
Author: John Medina
Publisher: Pear Press
Title; Parenting With Courage and Uncommon Sense Parenting With Courage and Uncommon Sense
Author: Emory Luce Baldwin, Linda E. Jessup
Publisher; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Title: Between Parent and Child
Author; Dr. Haim G. Ginott (Author), Dr. Alice Ginott (Editor), Dr. H. Wallace Goddard (Editor)
Publisher: Harmony
Title: Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
Author; Elaine Mazlish Adele Faber
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Title: Raising Boys in the 21st Century: A practical guide to understanding boyhood in the modern world
Author: Steve Biddulph
Publisher; Harper Thorsons
Title: The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful and Cooperative One- to Four
Author; Harvey Karp
Publisher; Bantam
- Instead of Education
- Free to Learn
- Home Grown
- How Children Learn
- Hold On to Your Kids
- The Everything Guide To Homeschooling
- Teach Your Own
Title: Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better: Way to Help People Do Things Better
Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better: Way to Help People Do Things Better
Author: John Holt
Publisher: Sentient Publications
Title: Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life
Author: Peter Gray
Publisher: Basic Books
Title: Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World
Author: Ben Hewitt
Publisher: Roost Books
Title: How Children Learn
Author: John Holt
Publisher: Balance
Title: Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
Author: Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté
Publisher; Ballantine Books
Title: The Everything Guide To Homeschooling: All You Need to Create the Best Curriculum and Learning Environment for Your Child
Author; Sherri Linsenbach
Publisher: Everything
Title: Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home
Author: John Holt and Pat Farenga
Publisher; Balence
Title: Montessori: A Modern Approach
Author: Paula Polk Lillard (Author), Maria M. Montessori (Foreword)
Publisher: Schocken
Title: Practical Guide to the Montessori Method at Home: With more than 100 activity ideas from 0 to 6 (Montessori Activity Books for Home and School Book 1)
Author: Julia Palmarola
Title: The Montessori Toddler
Author: Simone Davies (Author), Susie Berneis (Narrator)
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Title: The Waldorf Homeschool Handbook: A simple step-by-step guide to creating and understanding a Waldorf inspired homeschool plan
Author: Donna Ashton
Publisher: Audrey Press
Title: Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out
Author: Jack Petrash
Publisher: Gryphon House
Title: How to Tell Stories to Children
Author: Joseph Sarosy, Silke Rose West
Publisher: Harvest
Title: Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right
Author: Jamie Glowacki
Publisher: Gallery Books
Title; Baby Massage: Proven techniques to calm your baby and assist development: with step-by-step photographic instructions
Author: Peter Walker
Publisher: Hamlyn
Title: Play the Forrest School Way
Author: Jane Worroll and Peter Houghton
Publisher:Watkins Publishing
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