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Joe:
You had written The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook, where does this book fit for people who want to homeschool?

Rebecca:
"The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook" is a gigantic compendium of resources, references, and book lists for all academic subjects: "From Arithmetic to Zoology" says the subtitle - plus Greek mythology, entomology, philosophy, French, computer science, botany, economics...I tried to cover it all, in detail. The book also includes an overview of homeschooling in general, discussions of educational approaches and teaching techniques, and many many excerpts from my journals that describe homeschooling in action. The "Sourcebook" was intended as a definitive idea book for designers of learning programs - particularly for homeschoolers, but also for educators and parents everywhere. (After all, if you've got kids, you homeschool – who answers their questions once they get off the schoolbus?) Once you decide that homeschooling is for you, the next step - a very large one - is determining what to do and how to do it, which is where "The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook" comes in.

• "My kids hate math - what kinds of resources might help them see it in a different light?"
• "My daughter loves to read - are there programs for teaching history
  through literature?"
• "How can I teach my very interested nine-year-old physics?"
• "What kinds of Spanish materials are available for preschoolers?"
• "What about good kids' science magazines?"
• "My kids are fascinated by Egyptology. What's available for putting
  together a unit study?"
• "What's the best way to teach art appreciation? Music theory?"
• "My ten-year-old is an audio learner. What kinds of science and math
  resources would suit him best?"
• "What about correspondence courses? Packaged curricula?"
• It's just these sorts of questions this book aims to answer - and many
  more.

Crown is publishing my fourth homeschooling book this next year; this one is on designing homeschool curricula for kids of all ages.

Joe:
We certainly would like to see that when it comes out. Perhaps you could update us on how your "students" are doing these days?

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In this interview with Rebecca Rupp

• "To School or Not to School"
• Rupp TV
• Homelearning Sourcebook
• Rupp Family
• Homeschooling Law

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"Is Homeschooling Expensive?"
Frequently Asked Questions

How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum: What Your Child Needs to Know from Preschool Through High School
by Rebecca Rupp

Finally, homeschoolers have a comprehensive guide to designing a homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremost homeschooling experts. , Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan to ensure that your children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it, from preschool through high school. Based on the traditional pre-K through 12th-grade structure.

Getting Started on Home Learning:
How and Why to Teach Your Kids
by Rebecca Rupp, Ph.D.

My latest book has chapter on "The Bottom Line, or How Much Does It All Cost?" - includes  results from a range of surveys and studies, a shameful confession about our personal homeschooling expenditures, a list of useful budgetary suggestions,  and a lot of good resources for pennypinchers. Surveys, which may or may not mean much, show that most families spend something between $500 and $1500 annually.

The Complete Home Learning Source Book:
The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from arithmetic
by Rebecca Rupp, Ph.D.

Designed for the more than half-a-million families who are homeschooling their children, this book contains annotated lists of sources, including books, CD-ROMs, Web sites, audiotapes, and other essential tools.