Library Services to Homeschoolers: A Guide

By Christina Giovannelli Caputo

Book Overview

Library Services to Homeschoolers: A Guide will help librarians understand and serve their homeschooling community.

Chapter 1 covers the early history of homeschooling and how compulsory education changed how our children were schooled. Chapter 2 explores the homeschool revolution, when parents began to take back the education of their children. Chapter 3 looks at homeschooling today and the way laws, advocacy groups, and COVID-19 all contributed to a surge in homeschooling families. Chapter 4 examines the various methods parents use to educate their children at home. From an at home classrooms to travelschooling, parents are creative in teaching their children. Chapter 5 is the how-to-do-it for libraries. Learn how public libraries can help parents and caregivers teach their children by providing a place, materials, programs, and more. Chapter 6, explores various ways of reaching the homeschooling community we want to serve. Chapter 7 looks at the growing diversity in home education. Finally, Chapter 8 peers into the future of homeschooling, helping us prepare for the needs of future homeschooling families.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538146827
• ISBN13: 9781538146828
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"