Free Republic Homeschoolers' Forum 2006-2007

6-28-06 | Tired of Taxes

[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!

[RightField]

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.

[freeandfreezing]

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

[HungarianGypsy]

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?

[HungarianGypsy]

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

[Oliver Optic]

*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.

[mockingbyrd]

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.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Nifty!

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

[Tired of Taxes]

>>> "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.

[Tired of Taxes]

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/

[Sam's Army]

Bookmark

[T. P. Pole]

ping for later

[blu]

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).

[SuziQ]

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.

[blu]

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

[SuziQ]

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.

[Tired of Taxes]

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/

[SuziQ]

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.

[Tired of Taxes]

Congratulations! :-)

[metmom]

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.