Homeschooling
Everyday
over 2 million children are taught in their own homes. Parents
who homeschool can use the vast resources of the Internet to
enhance their child's learning experience. The following provides
access to online classes, advice from America's leading homeschooling
experts and the support of fellow homeschoolers whether they
are across the street or across the United States.
Internet
Resources
If
searching the Internet for more information, consider using search
terms such as: homeschooling, "home schooling", or "education
+ homeschool."
American
Homeschool Association
www.americanhomeschoolassociation.org
The AHA was created in 1995 to network homeschoolers on a national
level and is a service organization sponsored in part by the publishers
of Home Education Magazine. Current AHA services include an online
news and discussion list which provides news, information, and
resources for homeschoolers, media contacts, and education officials.
Homeschool.com:
Your Virtual Home School
www.homeschool.com
This massive site includes links to many different kinds of information,
from subscribing to a newsletter to online courses. Offers the
opportunity to connect with other homeschooling parents.
Homeschool
Central
www.homeschoolcentral.com
This massive site includes links to many different kinds of information,
from local state information to joining a message board and chat
rooms.
Homeschool
Mom
www.thehomeschoolmom.com
TheHomeSchoolMom site will "guide you through the free homeschool
resources available online, making the most of your budget and
your planning time. The Internet is full of sites that provide
free lesson plans, worksheets, activities, online educational
games, software, and more, all for free, and we help you find
them!"
Homeschooler's
Curriculum Swap
http://theswap.com/dcforum/dcboard.cgi
Join wide ranging discussions about different aspects of homeschooling.
New
York State Loving Education at Home (LEAH)
www.leah.org
An organization of Christian home educators that provides parents
with information about New York State guidelines to homeschooling.
Library Resources
Books
on homeschooling may be located in either the Children's or Adult
area , classified under Dewey numbers 371.04 (education &
family) or 649.68 (parenting). Newspaper and magazine articles
are available in your library's database collection. Your local
librarian will be happy to help you locate the materials you need
or
visit your library online at www.nassaulibrary.org/list/nasslist.html
Books
Creating
a Cooperative Learning Center by Katharing Houk
An idea book for homeschooling families.
Homeschool
Your Child For Free: more than 1,200 smart, effective & practical
resources for home education on the Internet & beyond by Laura
Maery Gold & Joan M. Zielinski
Homeschooling
Almanac by Mary Leppert & Michael Leppert
A yearly guide.
Homeschooling
Handbook by Mary Griffith.
A comprehensive guide for homeschooling preschool
to high school students.
The
Unofficial Guide to Homeschooling by Katy Ishizuka.
Homeschooling "how-to's."
Unschooling
Handbook: how to use the whole world as your child's classroom
by Mary Griffith
Magazines
Home
Education Magazine
www.home-ed-magazine.com/
Home Education Magazine offers extensive information about
setting up and operating home study programs. Its web site offers
the full text of selected articles from its current issue.
Homefires:
The Journal of Homeschooling
www.homefires.com
Homefires
is a bimonthly publication for homeschoolers. Its web site offers
a selection of some of the best of its articles. While it is aimed
at homeschoolers in the San Francisco Bay Area, there is enough
good information to warrant a visit, and possibly a subscription.
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