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Free Republic Homeschoolers' Forum 2006-2007
6-28-06 | Tired of Taxes

Posted on 06/28/2006 4:20:41 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes

Free Republic Homeschoolers’ Forum 2006-2007
A spot for homeschoolers on Free Republic to share information

First, a big, hearty CONGRATULATIONS to all those students who graduated this year! May you enjoy happiness and success in all of your endeavors.

For those of us still working toward that goal, this forum has been a wealth of information. News articles and legislative alerts keep us up-to-date here. Many thanks to Jim Robinson and Free Republic!

Last summer, we shared homeschooling advice with each other on this thread.

All of the books, curricula, and resources mentioned on that thread – as well as a few mentioned elsewhere on Free Republic - have been carried over to this one. (See the list in post #2).

Please feel free to post more information to help other homeschoolers and share more advice with each other right here on this new thread.

Best wishes for all of you and your families this year!


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KEYWORDS: frhf; homeschool; homeschoolers; homeschooling
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To: TightyRighty
I homeschooled for 10 years in California. We never filed an affidavit with the state, preferring to stay under the radar of state notice. We had heard some stories of families who encountered problems by filing. I don't know the current climate for homeschoolers in CA.

We found an excellent satellite program attached to a private school. We homeschooled under their "self-directed study program." It worked well for us all those years. For all the state knew, our children were enrolled in their site school. Never had a problem with the state interfering.

21 posted on 06/28/2006 6:15:07 PM PDT by RightField (The older you get ... the older "old" is !)
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To: taxcontrol
Can anyone provide a good URL for drills on basic math facts

Good plan! Practice is very important for beginning math students. I like to print out worksheets so the kids can do them at any time or place. There are lots of online sources, but having a program to make them on your own PC is handy. I like the free version of the Worksheet Factory.

Worksheet Factory

22 posted on 06/28/2006 6:42:36 PM PDT by freeandfreezing (Almost done for this year...)
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To: Tired of Taxes

First, my favorite homeschool store: http://lovetolearn.net .

Second, my oldest will be in 7th grade next year. Since the district I live within doesn't start high school until 10th grade, I decided I will have that long to decise if he will do distance learning, got to community college, or just continue on. I am wanting to start making a transcript. Partly for practice, partly so my husband doesn't worry about what he is learning. So, any good links on how to keep a good transcript?


23 posted on 06/28/2006 6:44:07 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: taxcontrol

If they would like to do their drills online you can always check out http://www.aaamath.com


24 posted on 06/28/2006 6:45:47 PM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
*is UAB-bound*

Congrats ... my oldest two (home-schooled) sons will be at UAB this fall ... one as a frosh, the other as a sophomore.

25 posted on 06/28/2006 6:46:22 PM PDT by Oliver Optic
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To: Tired of Taxes

Thomas Aquinas College (Santa Paula, CA)
www.thomasaquinas.edu

Christemdom College (Front Royal, VA)
www.christendom.edu

Franciscan University of Steubenville (Stubenville, OH)
www.franciscan.edu

All of these Colleges are extremely home schooler friendly.


26 posted on 06/28/2006 6:54:24 PM PDT by mockingbyrd
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To: Oliver Optic

Nifty!

I'm a Math major. What are their majors?


27 posted on 06/28/2006 6:55:01 PM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (Conservatives teach you how to fish. Liberals give you the fish by stealing it from the fisherman.)
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To: HungarianGypsy

>>> "So, any good links on how to keep a good transcript?" <<<

The Donna Young website (under "Recordkeeping" above) has some forms for transcripts:

http://forms.donnayoung.org/planners/hischl.htm

But I don't know much about them. We haven't gotten to the point yet where we have to keep transcripts.


28 posted on 06/28/2006 8:12:14 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: All

I can't believe I forgot to put these next two on the list!


*** LEGAL ADVICE ***

HomeSchool Legal Defense Association
http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/default.asp



*** FREE, ONLINE - LESSON PLANS & STUDIES ***

Discoveryschool.com
http://school.discovery.com/parents/


29 posted on 06/28/2006 8:19:26 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Bookmark


30 posted on 06/28/2006 8:21:26 PM PDT by Sam's Army (How to make someone shutup and go away in Corporate-speak: "Just send it to me in an email.")
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To: Tired of Taxes

ping for later


31 posted on 06/28/2006 8:24:45 PM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: HungarianGypsy
For advice about transcripts and pretty much anything else, try the vegsource.com link above. They have many boards, and very helpful posters.

A transcript is really just a list of the class taken and the grade earned. That's the easiest part of homeschooling!! DonnaYoung has great forms for it (link in an above post also).
32 posted on 06/28/2006 8:29:03 PM PDT by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Our daughter is finishing up her Senior Year work and will graduate from North Atlantic Regional High School. She has already been accepted to, and received a nice scholarship from Ave Maria University in Naples FL.


33 posted on 06/28/2006 8:29:41 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Tired of Taxes

I can't believe I'm not on the ping list! Please add me.


34 posted on 06/28/2006 8:29:43 PM PDT by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves)
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To: Tired of Taxes
A curriculum that we like a lot is TRISMS . The kids can start in Middle School, and there are programs to follow all the way through high school. It is heavily reading and research based, and the kids gain terrific writing skills through assignments which use the Institute for Excellence in Writing program.
35 posted on 06/28/2006 8:33:33 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: All

More recommended on the older thread:



*** PHONICS & WORD STUDY ***

Word Journeys
http://www.wordjourneys.com/

Words Their Way
http://literacyconnections.com/WordsTheirWay.php




*** VIRTUAL SCHOOLS ***

Florida Virtual School
http://vsa.flvs.net/Default.aspx

Switched on Schoolhouse
http://www.aop.com/sos/


36 posted on 06/28/2006 8:34:33 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: spinestein

Congrats on your decision. The most important thing we've gained from homeschooling is just the time spent with the kids. You learn a lot about them, being with them all the time, and you get to enjoy each other's company.


37 posted on 06/28/2006 8:35:39 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ; Ultra Sonic 007

Congratulations! :-)


39 posted on 06/28/2006 8:43:24 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: taxcontrol; Tired of Taxes

Believe it or not, I found some great books at Sam's that I used for homeschooling. They're somewhat along the line of the activity books my kids used to love to do as preschoolers and they are very inexpensive. They would be great for that kind of review. I actually really liked the science one for 1st to 6th grade. I have a degree in science and found them quite accurate and concise. They had good activities in them for experiments.


40 posted on 06/28/2006 9:06:19 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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