My Bible

This is my standard work for homeschooling. It is a guide to a classical education and I refer to it almost daily. I don't ascribe to the unschooling method but want a challenging active curriculum that encourages growth, skills, and thinking. I found it in this excellent book.
I appreciate the tone of the book as well. The author is intelligent and straight forward about the drawbacks of public schooling without being fearful, condescending, or apocalyptic. The final chapter of section III is a short essay called "Some People Hate Homer." It is a statement on why free people need to be educated, period. If we don't know how to think, we cannot govern ourselves, personally or politically. It is very good reading.
Another good read is "The Day of the Amateur" by Hugh Nibley which is for those of you who think only a "professional" is only qualified to teach. We could extend that thinking to just about anything. Only a doctor can heal, only a seminary teacher can be know the scriptures, only a teacher can teach, only a counselor can listen. I reject that notion. An excerpt from that article can be found here.