GRAND TRAVERSE HOMESCHOOL inclusive networking support
Links for Homeschooling
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." ~Abraham Lincoln
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~Aristotle
Homeschooling in Michigan
A summary of Michigan laws from Homeschool Hub
New to Homeschooling
History of homeschooling in Michigan and America
Deschooling for parents by Sandra Dodd
Beginning to Homeschool links from A to Z
Homeschool Sites, General
National Organizations
American Homeschool Association
The Alliance for the Separation of School and State
HSPN- Homeschool Sports Network, Inc.
NHEN- National Home Education Network
LIFE - Learning is for Everyone
Homeschool Foundation - helping homeschoolers in need
HSLDA - The Home School Legal Defense Association. Because HSLDA has been a controversial organization, I also share these links for informational purposes: HSLDA and foundation consumer information (an article by Mary H. McCarthy) and the website Homeschooling Is Legal.
Support
A to Z Home's Cool - awesome, packed full of links and articles
Eclectic Homeschool - lots of links, articles, reviews
Life Without School - community blog
The Homeschool Lounge - a forum
Homefires, the homepage of Diane Flynn Keith, author of Carschooling. Join her newsletter for the awesome clickschooling(tm) links.
Homeschool Dads- a site by dads for dad support
Education
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Internet4Classrooms - links for K-12 Teachers
Socialization Commentary
Socialization: A Great Reason Not to Go to School
Homeschooling and the Myth of Socialization
What about E-Socialization? by Diane Flynn Keith
General Reference
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
Logical Fallacies Files - make sure your argument is sound, reasoned, and logical
Project Gutenberg - free electronic ebooks
Think Exist - Find a famous quote
Essentials of Music - basic information about all eras of classical music
Wikibooks - free library of educational textbooks
Supplies and Resources
General
Discover This- Educational science kits and toys
Homeschool Buyers Co-op - Free to join and you can opt for whatever kind of mailings you would like. They work to put together discounted educational purchase opportunities (due to volume pricing) for homeschoolers on a national level.
Freebies
John Taylor Gatto's book The Underground History of American Education to read online
Ambleside Online, a Charlotte Mason curriculum
Freebies from The Homeschool Mom
A to Z Home's Cool list for free homeschooling curriculum/material
Starfall - interactive reading program
Enchanted Learning - a year membership gives you full access to the site, but much is available for free
Homeschool Share Wonderful resource for unit studies, lapbooks, and FIAR
Alpha Omega Publications offers free assessments
Free World U - Free online global education for everyone
Googol Power Videos - hours of entertaining resources that inspire math and create an interest in learning.
From Handsofachild: We sell Ready-to-Assemble Lapbook Packs (hands-on projects that fit in a file folder) and we offer a Free Semi-Annual Project Pack to anyone who visits our website and downloads it. To receive a free eBook Project Pack, simply visit our homepage at Handsofachild and click on Freebie! at the top. After following the onscreen instructions to enter name and email address and agreeing to the copyright terms, a download page pops up with our current Semi-Annual Freebie.
Magazines
Classical Homeschooling Magazine
Practical Homeschooling Magazine
Homefires, the Journal of Homeschooling Online
Methodology
- WaldorfWorld compiles resources from around the internet for Waldorf support. Earthschooling is a great resource for homeschooling Waldorfers and The Waldorf Channel has you tube videos for demonstrations of methodology for teachers.
- An article explaining Unschooling. A funny alert to fight SAhD. Have you checked out Jon's Homeschool resources? He has a great page devoted to UNSCHOOLING. There is a new unschooling book out called "The Unschooling Unmanual."
- An explanation of unit studies (with additional links) from Homeschool Learning site (itself a great source for unit studies).
- An awesome lapbooking source on Squidoo. This page also shows detailed examples.
