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