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Homeschool Resource Links

Our Favorite Blogs and Sites Providing Homeschool Support and Resources

Associations, Networks, and Virtual Schools: 

American Homeschool Association -A free services organization founded in 1995 to provide information about homeschooling. Includes categorized links to the Kaseman Columns in HEM, various authors writing on The History of Homeschooling, extensive resource lists, and much more.

California Homeschool Network -We are an inclusive group serving California homeschoolers. Our site provides legal information, curriculum resources, and many other how-to links, articles, mailing lists and more for the new and experienced homeschooler.

Calvert School  - Calvert School has been recognized as the premier provider of homeschool curriculum and suport services for over a century.  THe Calvert School story is the story of formal homeschooling itself.

Christian Home Educators of Cincinnati -An association of Christian Home Education in the greater Cincinnati area.

Christian Home Educators of Fresno Area (CHEFA) -Fresno area Network organization for Christian homeschoolers in the Fresno, CA area. We have about a 400 family membership.

Colorado Virtual School - There are many reasons for educating your child outside of a traditional classroom. A public virtual charter school provides a choice for parents who want to be more directly involved in their child’s education. Colorado Calvert Academy enables you to share the gift of your time and talent with your child.

Dyslexia Homeschool - Verticy Learning presents a comprehensive educational program that addresses the specific language arts needs of these students while keeping them on academic pace with their peers in all subject areas. We employ instructional methods and technology tools that help students overcome their reading challenges and gain confidence in their ability to learn.

Oklahoma Virtual School - There are many reasons for educating your child outside of a traditional classroom. A public virtual charter school provides a choice for parents who want to be more directly involved in their child’s education. Oklahoma Calvert Academy enables you to share the gift of your time and talent with your child. 

South Carolina Virtual School- South Carolina Calvert Academy is a virtual public charter school that offers the best of tradition and innovation in education. The world-renowned Calvert curriculum, instructional oversight by highly qualified, South Carolina state-certified teachers, and cutting-edge technology provide a premier academic experience. 

Virtual School - Schools around the world are able to offer their students a tuition-free virtual school program through Calvert Partners. For over a century, Calvert has been an innovator in education. Today, Calvert schools and students in all 50 states and over 60 countries use the time-tested Calvert virtual school curriculum to achieve academic excellence. Whether you are an educator or a family, Calvert Partners can customize a virtual school solution to meet your needs. 

Christian Home Educators Stark County Association -Support group including all of Stark County, Ohio, including Massillon, Canton, Alliance.

Curriculum Help, Ideas and Resources: 

Anne's School Place -Helping your family take the guesswork out of homeschooling. We offer Bible curriculum, free chore lists, a free ebook to help you prepare your kids for school (sign up for newsletter for more info), a free p.e. curriculum, and much more.

Charlotte Mason Approach -Articles, seminars, and CM helps by author Penny Gardner. 

Charlotte Mason Homeschool Cottage-Sharing creative ideas to homeschool the Charlotte Mason way with narration, dictation, copywork, living books, nature study, nature journals, notebooking, and lapbooking through the use of unit studies.

Dick Blick -Art supply store, featuring just about anything you need to for your home art projects.

Drew's Animals-Christian children's site. Fun includes online games, mini movies, printable coloring pages, animal photos, activity sheets, Bible verses, and scripture pages.

Early Years Homeschool -Information for homeschooling early years children, or getting started on homeschooling. Includes homeschooling methods, curriculum, and activities for homeschooling kids. Also bilingual homeschooling. 

EasyFunSchool.com -Awesome site with over 1,200 pages of unit study ideas, crafts, activities, & more.

FUN Books -Entertaining and educational books for unschooling, unit studies, or eclectic learning.

Global Student Network Virtual Curriculum -Complete virtual curriculum grades 3-12. Over 65 courses, fully alligned to NCLT curriculum standards. Lowest cost, best service.

Homeschool Central- Another general homeschool reference site, with a focus on homeschooling curriculum.

Homeschool Curriculum Advisor -An entire website devoted to giving you information to help you decide what curriculum will work best for your children.

Junior Geography Detective Squad - 50-state, mystery, trivia series, books about the United States written in a Jeopardy like, fun, game fashion giving characters and readers clues about the states and having them guess the state.

The Homeschool Mom-A well-done site that provides free resources to homeschoolers, including a printable homeschool planner and a free newsletter.

Maria Retana Books - Bilingual books for children.

Spelling City - All of the spelling/vocabulary words for each of Lesson Pathway's language arts units are in once place!  Find them at Spelling City, where you can teach the words, play games, and take tests!

Gifted Learners:

Bright Kids at Home -Geared towards homeschooling and traveling with gifted and talented students.

Gifted Homeschoolers-Supporting families of gifted homeschoolers in California and beyond.

Hoagie’s Gifted -Homeschool Page-Provides numerous links to recommended resources for homeschooling your gifted child, including a huge collection of free online classes, curricula, and resources.

 

Homeschooling Social Networks: 

Fusefly-The social network connecting homeschoolers around the world. This innovative resource gives homeschoolers the opportunity to socialize with each other, while offering a secure environment for teens age thirteen and older with separate areas for both students and parents. 

Homeschool Social Register- This site allows you to search for, and locate, other homeschoolers in your local area.  Or, find pen pals from around the world!

 

Specialized Blogs, or Information:

Aviation for Kids -Motivate kids to learn science and math through aviation projects. A parent aproach to interdisciplinary and project based learning.

Confessions of an Organized Homeschool Mom -Confessions of an Organized Homeschool Mom's blog exists to help fellow homeschoolers to be more organized. I also have many homeschool reviews and teasers for encouraging articles posted elsewhere.

Crafts for Learning -History activities for the home or classroom by a homeschooling mom.  

What Is Communion? -"What is Communion?" is a children's book which includes a simple explanation of what Communion is (an Evangelical Protestant view).

 

Special Needs:

Another Path: Homeschooling Your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child -Another Path currently contains several hundred pages of resources to guide you through any homeschool project from buying curriculum to making animated films.

BayShore Educational -The website provides information about my CA private ISP. However, most of the site is dedicated to homeschooling information, resources, links, articles and a page for homeschooling learning disabled and special needs children (my son is LD).

Days of Chaos- This blog is designed to encourage, lift up, and help others to let them know they can make it through what ever challenge their child may have or what ever challenge they may be going through. The blog owner homeschools her children, all with various forms of autism.

Learners At Home -Learning at home can be an exciting and rewarding journey. Home Learning is a way of life, it surrounds all aspects of a family. Here at Learners at Home, we share reflections, tips, programs, methods of learning and all aspects of family life that pertains to our children, our Learners at Home.  While this blog is written with special needs in mind, it pertains to all learners.

Special Connections Homeschool -A homeschooling mom of a daughter who has Down Syndrome blogs to help share resources with others who have struggling learners, those who homeschool and especially for those who do both.

 

Support Groups and General Information:

Arlington HOUSE (Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience) -Arlington HOUSE is a nonsectarian homeschooling group in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.

A to Z Home's Cool -A guide to the best essays and information about homeschooling, explorations for kids, group management, jokes, chat, newsletter, email list, calendar of events daily topic starters.

Barb Shelton's Homeschool Oasis -This "oasis" on the internet offers much encouragement, ideas, hope, and practical helps for homeschoolers (of all ages), and also has many personal pages. Barb's specialty is encouraging and equipping parents to homeschool all the way through high school, but her focus on "true education" and "hearing God's voice over the many loud voices of the world" is for all homeschoolers, especially those starting out or burning out. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, cozy up, and come visit for a while!

Bay Homeschools -Providing information to homeschoolers in the Panama City, Bay County, FL area.

BestHomeschooling.org -A website devoted to helpful articles about homeschooling and learning. It also includes "Homeschooling Gateway to the Internet"--a huge, organized set ofannotated links to a wide variety of educational sites, as well as a Guide to California Field Trip Resources. 

Best Online High Schools -Largest website dedicated solely to online high schools. It includes online high school listings, a blog, a forum, and articles. 

Bringing Up Learners-Provides resources, support and fresh ideas to both new and seasoned homeschoolers. 

Brodsky Ministries -Homeschool Resources, Christian Devotionals, Games, Burts Bees and more.

Carnival of Homeschooling -Collects and links to the best articles from homeschooling blogs around the world. It’s like a not-to-be-missed free homeschooling magazine, hosted by a different homeschool blog every week!

ChristianHomeschooling.US -This simple site is used as a place to house previously featured articles from my ezine, ChristianHomeschooling. It goes out to approximately 2,500 opt-in subscribers at unfortunately irregular intervals.

Ebooks About Homeschooling written by Brenda MarieHoffman -Inexpensive ebooks based on over 4 years of true-life homeschooling experience.

Excellent Quests -Excellent Quests offers homeschool families tools to homeschool for excellence. You will find online classes, forums and books to help you design your own curriculum.

FamilyClassroom.net -This is the hub site for many of my own homeschooling websites and those who choose to link up with us and get free hosting for their site in exchange for an SSI (server side include) at the bottom of their site or some other recognition of our network and promotion of all of our sites. I use FamilyClassroom.net for many different short term promotions. At the moment, it is advertising our FIRE 2004 family camp in Michigan. 

Fieldlearning.com -An educational events calendar for the Philadelphia area with other resources to help learning "in the field."

Fresno Sunnyside Christian Academy, ISP -Fresno area Christian homeschooling group and ISP.

Glad2BHome - Homeschooling vs. Public Schooling -Discusses benefits and advantages of homeschooling over public schooling and other traditional forms of schooling.  

Global Village School -Along with providing information about our homeschooling program, the Global Village site also provides many peace, justice, and diversity resources.

Homeschool Through High School- A site dedicated to supporting parents who want to homeschool their high school aged children.

Secular Homeschool  - A website that provides links, resources and support to secular homeschoolers.

 

Unschooling Information, and Networks:

Family Unschoolers Network-Articles, reviews, links and more for unschoolers.

 

Miscellaneous Sites to Help Homeschooling Families:

Common Censor -Family Friendly Ad- and Internet-Blocking Services - CommonCensor was born from a simple desire to avoid ads and porn on the Internet, and maintain privacy in the process.

Donna Young's Home Site a.k.a. YoungMinds Homeschool -This is what happened when I got a new computer.

12 Point Design -We provide Free Homeschool Web Hosting to homeschoolers. Tired of pop-up ads and slow loading pages? We provide fast, reliable service. Increase traffic to your site and keep them coming back.

 

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