CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION
SUPPLEMENTARY COURSES AND RESOURCES
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1. BABY CARE
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
The Complete Handbook of Pregnancy by Wendy Rose-Neil
Sphere Books Ltd., 30-32 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8JL, UK, 1984, paperback, 216 pp., 8.99 ISBN 0-7221-6331-2. [Comment: A step-by-step guide from pre-conception to the first weeks following birth. The book's unique presentation allows you to follow your own progress as well as that of your developing baby.]
While Waiting: A Prenatal Guidebook by George E. Verrili, M.D., and Anne Marie Mueser
St. Martin's Press, Special Sales Dept., 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010, USA, 1993, paperback, 151 pp., $5.95, ISBN 031209938X. [Comment: This is a simple easy-to-use guidebook for pregnancy and delivery.]
Pregnancy and Birth Handbook by Miriam Stoppard
Dorling Kindersley Books, 9 Henrietta St., London WC2E 8PS, UK, 3.99; also Dorling Kindersley Books, 7566 Southland Blvd., Suite 107, Orlando, FL 32809, USA, paperback, 160 pp., ISBN 0-86318-157-0. [Comment: This is quite a comprehensive guide to pregnancy and childbirth, and is well illustrated with black and white photographs.]
Complete Pregnancy and Baby Book by Vicki Lansky and Editors of Consumers Guide
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association) Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1991 paperback, $14.95. [Comment: This is a fully illustrated guide to prenatal and baby care through to age three. Write for ICEA's free catalogue containing listings of many books and videos on childbirth, breast-feeding, and early child care. For international shipping add 20%.]
The Pregnant Woman's Comfort Guide: safe, quick, and easy relief from the discomforts of pregnancy and postpartum by Sherry L.M. Jiminez
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1992 paperback, $10.95. Also published by Garden City Park, NY, Avery Pub. Group, 1992, 170 pp., ISBN 0895294907. [Comment: It is a childbirth handbook that provides the expectant mother with natural and effective treatments and important exercises for more than seventy of the most common discomforts of pregnancy and the postpartum period.]
Natural Remedies for Pregnancy Discomforts by the Over-the-Counter Drug Committee
[Sacramento] California Dept. of Health Services, Campbell, CA: Distributed by Education Programs Associates, Ltd., 1987, paperback, 27 pp., $1.50, LCCN wln93333838. [Comment: This is a comprehensive collection of natural approaches to handling the common discomforts of pregnancy.]
The Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner by Annabel Karmel
Ebury Press London, Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, UK, 1991, hardback, 192 pp., 9.99, ISBN 0-09-175104-7.
[Comment: This is a quite complete guide to feeding babies and toddlers, including tips on weaning, when and how to introduce solids (including sample timetables and menu charts), as well as how to prepare and store purchased baby food. This book gives many nutritious recipes, some of which can be used for the whole family. Emphasis is on creating good eating habits and minimizing sugary, starchy foods.]
As You Eat So Your Baby Grows by Nikki Goldbeck
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1994 paperback, 16 pp., $2.00. [Comment: This is a simple but highly recommended guide to nutrition in pregnancy.]
Mama, I Want to Be Healthy
Childbirth Graphics, PO Box 21207, Waco, TX 76702-1207, USA; phone: 1-800-299-3366. [Comment: A number of useful pamphlets, books, videos, and visual aids on childbirth are available from this company, some for free. Quantity discounts are also available. This particular full-color pamphlet unfolds to become a poster that contains a daily food guide in the form of a nutrition pyramid. It is handy to have on the wall in the kitchen to remind pregnant and potential moms to eat well.]
Pre and Post-natal Exercises
Childbirth Graphics, PO Box 21207, Waco, TX 76702-1207, USA; phone: 1-800-299-3366, paperback, 16 pp., $1.00. [Comment: This is an excellent pamphlet featuring a series of exercises that are good to every pregnant girl to know how to do.]
Postnatal Exercises by Whiteford and Polden
National Childbirth Trust, (NCT Maternity Sales Ltd., Burnfield Ave., Glasgow G46 7TL, UK), 6.99. [Comment: This company produces a number of books on pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. Write for a list of the products they have available. Postnatal Exercises is an illustrated, carefully graded program that includes exercises to do with your baby.]
The Complete Prenatal Water Workout Book by Helga Hughes, photographs by Ken Hughes
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1989, 90 pp., illustrated paperback, $8.95, ISBN 0895293064. [Comment: Also published by Garden City Park, NY, Avery Pub Group. This book is based on the successful "Watercise" while-you-wait program of exercises that can be done in the pool. Designed to prepare the expectant mother for childbirth.]
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon-Rosegg with Peter Rosegg
Published by Penguin Group, A Plume Book, American Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth, Box 5224-R, Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-5224, USA, paperback, $14.95. [Comment: This is a workbook for the Bradley method of childbirth. It contains a detailed description of husband-coached childbirth with instructions in relaxation, visualization and imagery. It is especially good for first-timers.]
The Birth Companion
Childbirth Graphics, PO Box 21207, Waco, TX 76702-1207, USA; phone: 1-800-299-3366 / Cascade, $1.00. [Comment: This pamphlet serves as a quick reference guide for parents to use during labor and birth; color photographs illustrate positions for labor and delivery. It provides helpful reference to study beforehand and to take with you to the delivery.]
A Child Is Born -- The Completely New Edition, by Lennart Nilsson, text by Lars Hamberger
1990, (hb, 213 pgs.) Originally in Swedish, a Merloyd Lawrence book, Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, Bantam Doubleday Dell publishing group. [Comment: Highly illustrated with fascinating photography that shows the journey of life from fertilization to birth. See all stages of the fetus' growth. Avoid the references to evolution.]
The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, New Edition, Fully Revised and Expanded by Sheila Kitzinger
1989, paperback, 400 pp., Alfred A. Knorf, NY. [Comment: Excellent on all aspects of preparing for a baby, with good illustrations and helpful charts. Easy reading.]
What to Eat When You're Expecting by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Eisenburg Murkoff, Sandy Eisenburg Hathaway, R.N.
Workman Publishing, NY, 1986, paperback, 349 pp. [Comment: Everything you need to know to nourish both yourself and your baby-to-be. Includes 100 specially created recipes and helpful food tables.]
The Lamaze Ready-Reference Guide for Labor and Birth by Harriet Roberts Shapiro ... [et al.]
Washington D.C. Chapter of A.S.P.O./Lamaze; published by Childbirth Graphics, PO Box 21207, Waco, TX 76702-1207, USA; phone: 1-800-299-3366; spiral bound, 49 pp., 1990, $8.95, ISBN 0962433500, paperback. [Comment: This is an easy-to-use guide with tab dividers to find sections on Lamaze coping measures, pre-labor signs, early labor, active labor, transition, pushing, etc. It is handy to take with you in labor.]
Six Practical Lessons for an Easier Childbirth by Elisabeth Bing, photographs by Jill
Strickman; drawings by Howard S. Friedman and Vivien Cohen
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1994, paperback, 163 pp., $9.95, ISBN 0553373692. [Comment: Also available from Bantam Books, New York. This is a revised and updated version of the classic book that teaches the Lamaze method of childbirth.]
New Active Birth (Revised edition) by Janet Balaskas
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association) Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA. / Active Birth Centre Publications, 1992, paperback, 7.99/$12.95, ISBN 0-7225-2566-4. New Active Birth: The new approach to giving birth naturally (Revised edition) is also available from Harvard Common Press, Harvard, Mass. [Comment: This book explains the theory and advantages of remaining active and in an upright position during labor and birth. Although the advice contained therein needs to be prayerfully evaluated, as it does have a distinct New Age flavor and the author actively promotes yoga, nevertheless many mothers have found the ideas in this book to be a help towards an easier labor and delivery. Also contains chapters on pre- and post-natal exercises, water birth and natural remedies. Illustrated with many diagrams and black and white photographs.]
So You've Just Had a Cesarean by Jane Sczepaniak
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, paperback, 30 pp., $0.30. [Comment: This is a pamphlet that explains in easy-to-understand language what to expect after having a cesarean and how to cope with the discomforts, as well as suggestions to help your recovery.]
Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean by Nancy Wainer Cohen, Lois J. Estner
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1983, 435 pp., $16.95, ISBN 0897890272, paperback. [Comment: This book is also published by S. Hadley, Mass.; Bergin and Garvey Publishers. It is a comprehensive and well-documented guide to the commonly given reasons for cesareans, as well as active steps to avoid repeat cesareans.]
Nursing Mother's Companion (Rev. ed.) by Kathleen Huggins; foreword by Ruth A. Lawrence; photographs by Harriette Hartigan
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1990, 220 pp., illustrated paperback, $11.95, ISBN 1558320253. Also published by Harvard Common Press, Harvard, Mass.; Lanham, MD, and distributed by National Book Network. [Comment: This is a practical and comprehensive step-by-step guide to making breastfeeding easier and happier.]
Breastfeeding Your Baby by Sheila Kitzinger; photography by Nancy Durrell McKenna; breastfeeding advisor, Chloe Fisher
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 160 pp., illustrated, 1989, $19.00, ISBN 0679724338. Also published by Knopf, New York. [Comment: This book conveys practical advice about the basics of breastfeeding. Includes 200 photographs.]
Nursing Your Baby by Karen Pryor and Gale Pryor
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, Revised in 1991, paperback, 289 pp., $5.95, ISBN 0671745484. Also available from Pocket Books, New York, as a 416-page illustrated book. [Comment: It is informative and stimulating, with discussion of how the breasts function and a week-by-week guide for the nursing mother.]
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by Judy Torgus and La Leche League International
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, paperback, 166 pp., $10.95, ISBN 0452266238, paperback. Also put out by Penguin Books as a "Plume book," New York, USA, 446 pp., illustrated 5th revised and updated edition, 1991. [Comment: This book is a very practical manual about breastfeeding.]
Bestfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right for You: An Illustrated Guide by Mary Renfrew, Chloe Fisher, Suzanne Arms
Published by Celestial Arts, Berkeley, Calif., $12.95, ISBN 0890875715. Also available from National Childbirth Trust (NCT Maternity Sales Ltd., Burnfield Ave., Glasgow G46 7TL, UK), 1990, 225 pp., 8.95. [Comment: This is a concise guide to successful breastfeeding, and contains beautiful photographs and clear, instructive pictures.]
Mothering Multiples -- Breastfeeding and Caring for Twins by Karen Kerkhoff Gromada (La Leche League International)
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 199, $8.95, ISBN 0912500263. Also published by Franklin Park, Ill., for La Leche League International, 1985, 111 pp., illustrated. [Comment: This book is full of practical tips from experienced mothers of twins.]
Dr. Miriam Stoppard's New Baby Care Book by Dr. Miriam Stoppard
Dorling Kindersley Books, 9 Henrietta St., London WC2E 8PS, UK; also Dorling Kindersley Books, 7566 Southland Blvd., Suite 107, Orlando, FL 32809, USA, paperback, 381 pp., 8.99, ISBN 0-86318-452-9. [Comment: This is a practical guide to a child's first three years, containing very informative practical advice with lots of tips. The book is well illustrated with photographs and drawings.]
Miriam Stoppard's Pregnancy and Birth Book by Dr. Miriam Stoppard, illustrated with photographs by Nancy Durrell McKenna
Published by Villard Books, New York, 240 pp., ISBN 0394543890 (1986).
The First Weeks of Life by Dr. Miriam Stoppard, illustrated with photographs by Nancy Durrell McKenna
Published by Dorling Kindersley Books, 9 Henrietta St., London WC2E 8PS, UK; also Dorling Kindersley Books, 7566 Southland Blvd., Suite 107, Orlando, FL 32809, USA, 1989, ISBN 0863183514, paperback.
The Fussy Baby: How to Bring Out the Best in Your High Need Child by William Sears
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1987, paperback, $4.99. [Comment: Includes useful parenting tips for caring for babies, such as why babies fuss and how to soothe them. This book is good for new parents.]
The Baby and Child Medical Handbook by Dr. Miriam Stoppard
Dorling Kindersley Books, 9 Henrietta St., London WC2E 8PS, UK; also Dorling Kindersley Books, 7566 Southland Blvd., Suite 107, Orlando, FL 32809, USA, 1986, hardback, 320 pp., 9.95, ISBN 0-86318-108-2. The Baby and Child A to Z Medical Handbook is also published as a 320-page illustrated paperback by Body Press, Tucson, AZ, ISBN 0895864177. [Comment: This book is a common sense, easy-reference A-Z guide to children's illnesses, their symptoms and treatment.]
TAPES AND VIDEOS
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of TAPES AND VIDEOS available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
Childbirth Preparation Program (video, 52 minutes) by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and directed by Rudi Goldman
Produced by FEELING FINE, Los Angeles, CA., 1985, ISBN 0932513042. [Comment: This is a very helpful program for practicing useful labor techniques at home.]
Births -- Veronica Wagner (video, 30 minutes)
[Comment: An explanation by a Christian midwife, Veronica Wagner, on the advantages of home birth. It discusses the various stages of labor and alternatives to accepted medical procedures. Be prepared for quite graphic footage of delivery. Good for expectant parents.]
The Joy of Natural Childbirth, presented by actor Lorenzo Lamas and wife Michelle (60 minutes), by NP International LTD., Peter's Production, an MCA Home Video, 1984
[Comment: Opens with personal testimonies of famous couples who've experienced natural childbirth with the Lamaze Method (John Ritter and wife, Jane Seymour, Kenny Rogers and wife, etc.). Covers the Lamaze method with practice in relaxation, breathing patterns, the coach's role, hospital deliveries, how to lift things and move about in pregnancy, and more. Faith-building and positive. Ends with an actual hospital birth and closing song by Kenny Rogers.]
Lamaze Method -- Techniques for Childbirth Preparation, a guide for practice for labor in the home; hosted by Patty Duke Astin (60 minutes), by Aspo/Lamaze, directed and produced by Sheri Singer
[Comment: Gives clear explanation of goals in labor and delivery; includes very helpful practice sessions for relaxation (touch relaxation and massage), controlled breathing and expulsion techniques.]
Ultrasound -- Eyewitness to the Earliest Days of Life by Sound Waves Images, produced by Shari Roger, 1990 (25 minutes)
Write to: Sound Waves Images, Inc., 2422 Harness Drive, Union Lake, Michigan, USA 48387; Phone: (313) 360-0743; 347-9439. [Comment: Gives marvelous insight to the fetus' growth and development from fertilization to full-term baby ready for birth. Informative, touching, faith-building.]
Everymom's Prenatal Exercise and Relaxation Video by Crystal Visions Associates, produced by Kenneth and Tracy Schmidt, 1988
[Comment: Great prenatal exercises with five PGs in last trimester. Includes warm up, simple low impact prenatal aerobics, floor work, and practice in relaxation. Nice visuals in outdoor setting with the sound of ocean waves.]
Journey into Life -- The Triumph of Creation (30 minutes), A Questar Video Presentation produced by ABC/Kane Productions International Inc. and Genesis Films, Ltd. Distributed by: Questar Video Inc., PO Box 11345, Chicago, IL 60611-0345. (Customer Service: 1-800-544-8422)
[Comment: A moving film that captures the most amazing moments of creation on camera. From the moment of conception to the magic of birth, filmed inside the womb, following the stages of growth of a baby during pregnancy.]
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of TAPES AND VIDEOS available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
Nine Months Miracle (CD-ROM for Windows)
A.D.A.M. Software Inc., 1600 RiverEdge Parkway, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, USA. [Comment: Dramatic photography inside the human body takes you on a month-by-month voyage into the body as a new life develops.]
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2. CHILD CARE
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
How to Raise a Healthy Child...In Spite of Your Doctor by Robert Mendelsohn, M.D.
Ballantine Books, 1984, paperback, 282 pp., $5.99, ISBN 0-345-34276-3. [Comment: This book provides parents with detailed information about diagnosis and treatment of childhood ailments. The author maintains that 95% of pediatric office visits are unnecessary. He explains how to treat and diagnose common childhood ailments and sicknesses at home. The book includes an interesting chapter on the dangers of immunization.]
Hugh Jolly Book of Childcare by Dr. Hugh Jolly
Thorsons, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB, UK; paperback, 569 pp., 9.99. [Comment: This is a newly revised edition of this common sense guide to all aspects of childcare and development; serves as a helpful medical reference.]
Trouble Free Travel with Children by Vicki Lansky
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1991, paperback, $6.95. Trouble Free Travel with Children: Helpful Hints for Parents on the Go is also published by The Book Peddlers, Deephaven, Minn. 148-pages, illustrated and revised paperback (Oct. 1991), ISBN 0916773140. [Comment: Contains all sorts of tips for traveling with children, including: planning, packing, eating and sleeping away from home, plus hints for car, plane, train and bus travel.]
STUDY COURSES
CHRISTIAN LIGHT EDUCATION
HME CLE-01 Child Care
Course Content: (CLE Home Economics 1 Lightunit 9) A course recommended for ninth grade and above that focuses on understanding the preschool child, needs of the preschool child (health and safety, unconditional love, sense of trust), development of the preschool child (physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual), activities for the preschool child (toys, literature, music, art, science).
Credit: 0.5
TAPES AND VIDEOS
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of TAPES AND VIDEOS available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
Baby Alive (video, 60 minutes)
[Comment: This is a course on injury prevention and treatment; how to reduce the risks of child-related accidents in your home, and actions to take in the case of an emergency. Periodic viewing suggested for all those caring for children.]
Mr. Baby Proofer (video, 30 minutes)
[Comment: This is a video on how to "baby proof" your house.]
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3. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
How to Have a Smarter Baby by Dr. Susan Ludington-Hoe, with Susan K. Golant
Rawson Associates, New York, 1985, 291 pp., illustrated paperback, $12.99, ISBN 0892562749. [Comment: The authors present principles and techniques in infant development, including instructions on what educational toys to buy or make to stimulate mental and physical development. The infant toys, mobiles and rattles suggested can also be bought in most toy or educational stores in the USA. This book also gives tips on how to plan a pregnancy diet, and tips on how to encourage a baby's language development.]
Games Babies Play: From Birth to Twelve Months by Vicki Lansky
ICEA (International Childbirth Education Association), Bookcenter, PO Box 20048, Minneapolis, MN 55420, USA, 1993, 97 pp., paperback, $8.95, ISBN 0916773329. [Comment: This book contains a collection of over 100 games and activities for parents to play with their new baby.]
Help Your Child Learn Number Skills by Frances Mosley and Susan Meredith
Usborne Parents' Guides series, published by Usborne Books, 1989, 48 pp., $6.95 paperback, $13.96 hardback, ISBN 0881104124. American edition from EDC Publishers, Tulsa, Okla. [Comment: This book has lots of illustrated ideas for activities for young children.]
Entertaining and Educating Young Children
Usborne Parents' Guides series, published by Usborne Books, London, England and EDC Publishers, in Tulsa, Okla., USA, 48 pp., $6.95 paperback, $13.96 hardback. ISBN 1851231242. [Comment: Contains lots of illustrated ideas for activities for young children.]
Entertaining and Educating Babies and Toddlers by Robyn Gee and Susan Meredith
Usborne Parents' Guides series, published in 1986 by Usborne Books, London, England and EDC Publishers, in Tulsa, Okla., USA, 1987, 48 pp., $6.95 paperback / $13.96 hardback. [Comment: This title is concerned with babies from birth to the age of 2 1/2. Includes ideas for helping develop first skills such as holding and manipulating objects, encouraging mobility and learning to talk. Well illustrated.]
You and Your Child series by Usborne Books, paperback, 32 pp. $5.95. [Comment: Each activity book contains a selection of projects for an adult and child to try together. Ages 3-7.]
Number Games by Ray Gibson. Usborne Books, London: 1993, 31 pp. ISBN 0746012942, paperback.
Other titles in the You and Your Child series by Usborne Books include:
Reading Games
Paint Fun
Kitchen Fun
Odds and Ends
Playdough
Paperplay
TAPES AND VIDEOS
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of TAPES AND VIDEOS available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
Swim, Baby, Swim (video, 55 minutes)
[Comment: Esther Williams gives hints on teaching young children to swim.]
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4. YOUTH COUNSELING
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
What Makes Your Teen Tick? by William L. Coleman
Published by Bethany House Publishers, A Ministry of Bethany Fellowship, Inc., 6820 Auto Club Road, Minneapolis, MN 55438, USA; ISBN 1-55661-322-9. [Comment: This book focuses on those key issues that will help parents and overseers understand teens better, and provides insight on how to help them.]
Hear Me, Hug Me, Trust Me by Dr. G. Scott Wooding
Published by Script Publishing Inc., Suite 200, 839 - 5th Avenue S.W.,Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3C8; phone: (403) 290-0800, fax: (403) 241-8575; ISBN 1-896015-03-4. [Comment: This book contains lively, frank answers from real teens giving their view on issues of prime importance to them. The teens tell what they like and dislike about how parents treat them and define the twelve characteristics they feel make an ideal parent. This books tells you ways to assert parental authority without an all-out war, how to set rules and establish consequences for violations, how to develop channels of open communication with your teenagers; it shares how to understand and support your teen and how to work through difficulties while building a stronger relationship.]
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5. PRIMARY EDUCATION
TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
The Three R's Set by Dr. Ruth Beechick
Education Services / Great Christian Books, 229 South Bridge St., PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; phone: 1-800-775-5422, $12.00. [Comment: Dr. Ruth Beechick has three good books available as a set: An Easy Start in Arithmetic; A Strong Start in Language; A Home Start in Reading. These come with two-sided phonics/math chart. The aim of these books is to make education simple, and cut down on clutter. They provide simple, easy-to-understand guidelines and remind the teacher/parent of the overall objective that they are trying to achieve. These books have been highly recommended by those reviewing them. See their individual listings below.]
An Easy Start in Arithmetic by Dr. Ruth Beechick
Education Services / Great Christian Books, 229 South Bridge St., PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; phone: 1-800-775-5422, paperback, 28 pp., ISBN 0-940319-01-2; $4.00. [Comment: This booklet presents the different modes of learning arithmetic and outlines a complete arithmetic curriculum for kindergarten through third grade. Included are games and suggestions for a few homemade manipulatives. Simple but helpful ideas and advice.]
A Home Start in Reading by Dr. Ruth Beechick
Education Services / Great Christian Books, 229 South Bridge St., PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; phone: 1-800-775-5422, paperback, 28 pp., ISBN 0-940319-00-4, $4.00. [Comment: This book outlines a simple phonics program along with hints on teaching spelling, and has a gold mine of helps for teaching reading.]
A Strong Start in Language by Dr. Ruth Beechick
Education Services / Great Christian Books, 229 South Bridge St., PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; phone: 1-800-775-5422, paperback, 28 pp., ISBN 0-940319-02-0, $4.00. [Comment: This book presents a simple 13-step method for teaching a child how to become a creative writer.]
You CAN Teach Your Child Successfully by Dr. Ruth Beechick
Education Services/ Great Christian Books, 229 South Bridge St., PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; paperback, 388 pp., $13.70, ISBN 0-940319-04-7. [Comment: Written by an experienced Christian teacher, this book is designed to help home schoolers teach their children from fourth to eighth grade. It includes all subject areas and is chock-full of helpful ideas, principles of teaching and hands-on activities. An excellent book to accompany your Childcare Handbooks. It is highly recommended by our book examiners.]
Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Minutes a Day by Barbara J. Fox, illustrations by Denise Cavalieri Fike
Warner Books, New York, 1986, paperback, 196 pp., $9.95, ISBN 0446383465, paperback. [Comment: This is the book that the GAP "I Can Read Series" featuring "Maxwell the Monkey" is based on. The booklets are included for reproduction, as well as helpful sections on teaching phonics by word families, teaching writing, and an index of teaching toys.]
The Writing Road to Reading by Romalda Bishop Spalding with Walter T. Spalding
Quill, New York, 4th rev. ed. 288 pp., illustrated, with a foreword by S. Farnham-Diggory, 1990. Also available from Reading Reform Foundation and Great Christian Books, 229 South Bridge St.; PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; phone: 1-800-775-5422, $15.50, ISBN 0688100074. [Comment: This method of teaching phonics is summarized in Childcare Handbook 2, pg.111. It is a very thorough and intensive phonics program. Good for those who prefer to teach all the detailed specifics of phonics, but may be a little overwhelming for some.]
The Big Book of Home Learning, Volume 1: Getting Started by Mary Pride
Crossway Books, Westchester, Ill., 347 pp., 1986, ISBN 0891073744, paperback. Also available from Good News Publishers, 1300 Crescent Street, Wheaton, IL 60187, USA; also Great Christian Books, 229 South Bridge St.; PO Box 8000, Elkton, MD 21922-8000, USA; phone: 1-800-775-5422, paperback, 286 pp., $11.35, ISBN 0-89107-548-8. [Comment: This book is a very good introduction to home schooling, covering everything from educational philosophies to the basic home study tools needed. It gives a synopsis of all the major curriculum suppliers. Books, catalogs, magazines and supplies that can help with the task of home schooling are all discussed and evaluated. Includes a suppliers index.]
Acorn in My Hand by Ethel Bouldin
Thoburn Press / A Beka Books, Box 18000, Pensacola, FL 32523-9160, USA; phone: 1-800-874-2352, $6.95 -- add 20% on international orders for shipping. [Comment: Written by an experienced teacher, this book gives a basic outline for teaching reading, writing and spelling for kindergarten and first grade. She summarizes the rules and gives an outline of simple steps to follow for successful teaching.]
Activities for PE Using Small Apparatus by John Severs
Simon and Schuster Education, Campus 400, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hampstead, Herts HP2 7EZ, UK, spiral bound, 91 pp., 8.99. [Comment: This is a handbook of activities for physical education using materials such as beanbags, balls, ropes, hoops, canes, etc. Useful ideas to supplement your PE program and teach children physical skills.]
The Teaching Home: A Christian Magazine for Home Educators
The Teaching Home, Box 20219, Portland, OR 97220-0219, USA; phone: (503) 235-9633, fax: (503) 253-7345; six issues a year, $15; overseas $24. [Comment: This is an excellent magazine with a variety of articles on home schooling. Includes testimonies and tips from American Christian home schoolers, advice on common home teaching problems and useful teaching tips and ideas on specific subjects. Highly recommended.]
Homeschooling Today: A Practical help for Christian Families
S Squared Productions, PO Box 1425, Melrose, FL 32666, USA. Homeschooling Today is published six times a year. Subscription prices are about $16 a year, $24 for overseas. [Comment: Each issue of this magazine is based on a unit study, e.g., aviation. It contains activities, resources, preschool activities, science, working with teens, etc., based on the unit study. Very useful for supplementing scholastic studies, but not as good overall as The Teaching Home.]
TAPES AND VIDEOS
(Ask your CVC Instruction Coordinator for a listing of TAPES AND VIDEOS available through your local Family and Education Department Resource Center.)
Montessori in Your Home (video, 35 minutes)
[Comment: Good examples of practical life activities that can be used in teaching younger children.]
Swim Lessons for Kids (video, 40 minutes)
[Comment: This is a useful outline for teaching older children to swim.]
Learning in America (video, 120 minutes)
[Comment: Program showing new innovative ideas being put into practice in schools throughout America. Good examples of inspired teaching.]
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6. SECONDARY EDUCATION
STUDY COURSES
CHRISTIAN LIGHT EDUCATION
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