Resources

Science & Nature
  • Joanne O'Sullivan: 101 Ways You Can Help Save the Planet Before Your 12
  • Jennifer Ward: I Love Dirt!
  • Anthony D. Fredricks: Simple Nature Experiments with Everyday Materials
  • Steve Parker: Magnets
  • Alan Ward: Batteries,  Bulbs & Wires
  • Janice VanCleave: Rocks & Minerals,  Microscopes & Magnifying Lenses; 202 Oozing, Bubbling,  Dripping & Bouncing; Big Book of Play and Find Out Science Projects
  • Playbac Publishing: Incredible Insects
  • David Suzuki: You Are the Earth
  • Vicki Cobb: Open Your Eyes, Feeling Your Way
  • Gwen Diehn: Science Smart
  • David deRothschild: Earth Matters
  • Usbourne: 100 Science Experiments
  • Carol Petrash: Earthways
  • Birds of Southwestern BC
  • APASE: Kid Science: Real Science Your Child Can Do
  • Shar Levine & Leslie Johnstone: Backyard Science, The Ultimate Guide To Your Miscroscope
  • Encyclopedia of Nature (DK)
  • Masuro Emoto: The Secret of Water
  • Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm: Living Sunlight:How plants bring the earth life
  • Wendy Pfeffer: The Shortest Day; Celebrating the Winter Solstice
  • Ian McAllister & Nicholas Read: The Salmon Bears:Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest
  • Bobbie Kalman: What are Food Chains and Webs?
  • Helaine Becker: Science on the Loose
  • George Levenson: Bread Comes to Life:A Garden of Wheat & a Loaf to Eat
  • Trudee Romanek: Switched On, Flushed Down, Tossed Out:Investingating the Inner Workings of Your Home
  • Brainwaves: The Greatest Intergalactic Guide to Space Ever
  • DK books: The Big Idea Science Book
  • Bill Slavin: Transformed; How Everyday Things Are Made
  • Richard Louv: Last Child in the Woods
  • Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma
  • Bruce & Carol L. Malnor: Earth Heros:Champions of the Wilderness
  • Clare Walker Leslie: The Nature Connection, Keeping a Nature Journal
  • Gail Gibbons: Hurricanes!
  • Kingfisher: Hands-On Science; Electricity & Magnets
  • Jennifer Boothroyd: Attract & Repel; A Look At Magnets
  • Karen C. Fox: Older Than the Stars
  • Roxie Munroe: Eco Mazes
  • Steve Tomecek: Rocks & Minerals
  • Sandra Markle: Animals Charles Darwin Saw
  • Kristan Lawson: Darwin & Evolution for Kids: His LIfe & Ideas
  • Basher Science Series: Algebra & Geometry, The Periodic Table, Physics, Biology
  • Catherine Woram & Martyn Cox: Gardening with Kids
  • Sandy Donovan: Is That A Fact? series
  • Antonella Meiani: Magnetism;Experimenting with Science
  • July Allan & Tudor Humphries: Are You a Bee?
  • Natalie M. Rosinsky: Rocks;Hard, Soft, Smooth & Rough
  • Ann Love & Jane Drake: Kids Book of the Night Sky
  • Rupert Lee: The Eureka! Moment:100 Key Scientific Discoveries of the 20th Century
  • Virginia Lee Burton: Life Story:The Story of Life on Earth from it's Beginning up to Now



Math
  • Marilyn Burns: Math for Smarty Pants
  • Joseph D'Agnese: Brain-Boosting Math Activities
  • Ivan Moscovich: The Big Book of Brain Games
  • Ruth Bell Alexander: Fraction Jugglers (math games)
  • Joanne Currah: All Hands on Deck (math games)
  • Cindy Neuschwander: Sir Cumference & the Sword in the Cone, Sir Cumference & the First Round Table, Sir Cumference & All the Kings Tens
  • Stuart J. Murphy: Missing Mittens: Odd & Even Numbers Story, Divide & Ride: A Dividing Story, Elevator Magic (story of subtracting)
  • Harvey Kidder: The Kids Book of Chess
  • Stanley F. Schmidt: Life of Fred Series *(sold as a christian homeschooling resource but content is not religious)
  • Greg Tang: Math Potatoes: Mind Stretching Brain Food
  • Cindy Neuschwander: Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry
  • Joan Sweeny: Me and the Measure of Things
  • Donald Crews: Ten Black Dots
  • David M. Schwartz: How Much is a Million?, Millions to Measure
  • Edward Packard: Big Numbers




Language
  • Karen Benke: Rip the Pages: Adventures in Creative Writing
  • Ursula Dubosarsky: The Word Snoop: A Wild & Witty Trip Through the English Language
  • Shel Silverstein: A Light in the Attic (poetry)
  • Suse MacDonald: Alphabatics
  • Anne Mazer: Spilling Ink
  • Douglas Florian: Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars (poetry)




History & Culture
  • Janet Lunn & Christopher Moor: The Story of Canada
  • Egyptology
  • Parragon Books: Encyclopedia of World History
  • Fiona Macdonald: Hands on History of The Ancient Egyptians
  • Ben Boos: Swords; An Artist's Devotion
  • Written by various authors."You Wouldn't Want to be......." books. 
  • Alan Gibbons: Charles Darwin
  • Jim Pipe: Great Explorers
  • Cynthia Rylant: The Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greek Myths Retold



Arts & Crafts
  • Australian Woman's Weekly: More Children's Arts & Crafts
  • Hilary Devonshire: Science Through Art; Water
  • E. Watt: The Usbourne Book of Art
  • Ann Sayre Wiseman: The Best of Making Things
  • Laura C. Martin: Nature's Art Box
  • Joan Irvine: Outside the Box
  • Amanda Blake Soule: The Creative Family, Handmade Home
  • Jane Bull: Make It!
  • Brunhild Muller: Painting with Children
  • Danny Seo: Simply Green
  • Betz White: Sewing Green
  • Kris Percival: Knitting Pretty
  • Susan Wasinger: Eco-Craft
  • David Woodroffe: Making Paper Airplanes
  • Ralph Masiello's Robot Drawing Book



Life Learning
  • John Holt: Learning all the Time, How Children Fail, How Children Learn
  • The Natural Child Project: The Unshooling Unmanual
  • Lenore Skenazy: Free Range Kids
  • Linda Kavelin Popov: The Family Virtues Guide: Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Our Children & Ourselves
  • David Fontana & Anne Civardi: Nightlights: Stories & Advice to Help your Child Discover Peace, Confidence & Creativity
  • Heidi Britz-Crecelius: Children At Play
  • Margaret Read Macdonald: Peace Tales
  • Sambahava & Josette Luvmour: Everyone Wins! (co-operative games)
  • Barbara Sher: Spirit Games
  • Elizabeth G. Hainstock: Teaching Montessori in the Home:The School Years, Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years
  • The Ultimate Book of Homeschooling Ideas
  • Susan Dermond: The Calm & Compassionate Child; A Handbook
  • John Taylor Gatto: Weapons of Mass Instruction, Dumbing Us Down
  • Thich Naht Hanh: Planting Seeds
  • Mariah Bruehl: Playful Learning
  • Robyn Scott: 20 Chickens for a Saddle (one family's experience homeschooling in Africa)
  • Rachel Carson: The Sense of Wonder
  • Sarah Napthali: Buddism for Mothers of Young Children
  • J.J. Ferrer: The Art of Stone Skipping and other Fun Old-Time Games




Music (CD's)
  • Elizabeth Mitchell - You are My Little Bird
  • Jack Johnson - Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies for the film Curious George
  • Fred Penner - What a Day!
  • Kathy Reid Naiman - Say Hello to the Morning
  • Red Grammer - Teaching Peace - Hello World
  • Tom Chapin - Mother Earth

WORLD MUSIC
  • Sing Along With Putumayo 
  • Putumayo Kids
  • Putumayo French Playground
  • Putumayo Brazilian Playground
  • Putumayo New Orleans Playground
  • Putomayo African Playground
LULLABIES/RELAXATION
  • Visions of Sugarplums:Guided Journeys
  • Celtic Lullabies:Dreaming for Little Souls
  • Jim Weiss - Good Night:Enchanting story visualizations with sleepytime music
  • From a Grain of Sand:Happiness (MindWorks Guided Imagery)
  • Kathy Reid-Naiman - On My Way To Dreamland
  • Lullaby: A Collection (Music for Little People)
  • Dream Child:A Magical Bedtime Story with Inspiring Music
CLASSICAL KIDS (Symphony of Stories)
  • Beethoven Lives Upstairs
  • Daydreams and Lullabies
  • Mr. Bach Comes To Call
  • Mozart's Magic Fantasy
  • Hallelujah Handel
  • Tchaikovsky Discovers America



Audio Stories
JIM WEISS (excellent)
  • Julius Caesar
  • Arabian Nights
  • Galileo and the Stargazers
  • The Three Musketeers - Robin Hood
  • King Arthur and his Knights
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • Greek Myths