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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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When I was googling some items to find websites, right away some of the searches brought up our thread from last year. :-0
1 posted on 06/28/2006 4:20:42 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES (in alphabetical order)

Please note: The website links below are provided only to give more information on each item. They are not intended as solicitations nor are they endorsements by Free Republic.



*** ART ***

Draw Write Now
(Art, penmanship, and storytelling)
http://www.barkercreek.com/dwn.htm



*** ARTS & CRAFTS ***

Sewing Made Easy
http://www.marthapullen.com/



*** BOOKS ***

Homeschool Your Child for Free (by Laura Maery Gold, Joan M. Zielinski)
http://www.writerspost.com/hs4free/

Homeschoolers’ Success Stories (by Linda Dobson)

Man’s Unconquerable Mind (by Gilbert Highet)

The Well-Trained Mind
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/



*** CATALOGUES FOR HOMESCHOOL PRODUCTS ***

Rainbow Resource
http://www.rainbowresource.com/index.php

R.O.C.K. Solid, Inc.
http://www.rocksolidinc.com/



*** COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SKILLS ***

e-Learning Center
http://www.e-learningcenter.com/



*** CURRICULUM PACKAGES ***

A Beka
http://www.abeka.org/

AlphaOmega Lifepac
http://www.aop.com/lifepac/

Sonlight
http://www.sonlight.com/



*** DIPLOMAS & TRANSCRIPTS ***

North Atlantic Regional High School (in Lewiston, Maine)
http://narsonline.com/



*** DUAL CREDIT ***

St. Petersburg College
http://www.spcollege.edu/ac/dc/



*** EDUCATIONAL BOOKS ***

Usborne books
http://www.usborne-books.com/

DK Eyewitness books
http://us.dk.com/static/cs/us/11/childrens/intro.html



*** ENGLISH - LANGUAGE ARTS / READING / SPELLING ***

Analytical Grammar
http://www.analyticalgrammar.com/

Easy Grammar Systems
http://www.easygrammar.com/index2.html

Educators Publishing Service
(Explode the Code, Ridgewood Grammar, and Wordly Wise can be found here)
http://www.epsbooks.com/

Explode the Code
(see second book on the list at this link)
http://www.epsbooks.com/dynamic/catalog/subject.asp?subject=02S

Institute for Excellence in Writing
http://www.writing-edu.com/

Phonics Pathways
http://www.dorbooks.com/phonics.html

Play ‘n’ Talk
http://www.homeschool.com/resources/playntalk/default.asp

Reader Rabbit (CD)
http://www.learningcompany.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=512

Ridgewood Grammar (see “Educators Publishing Service” above)

Saxon Phonics
http://saxonhomeschool.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/saxonhomeschool.htm

Scripts Howard website
(Option available only during certain months: Click on "Audio Paideia" for a word list along with the definitions)
http://www.spellingbee.com/

Spelling Power
http://www.castlemoyle.com/

Straight-Forward English (Garlic Press)
http://www.garlicpress.com/links/links.html

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
http://www.startreading.com/

Wordly Wise (see “Educators Publishing Service” above)



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

Baltimore Curriculum Lesson Plans
http://www.cstone.net/~bcp/BCPIntro2.htm

Core Knowledge Lesson Plans
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/Prek.htm

The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Lesson Plans
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/lordoftheringstrilogy/lessons/

Ocean studies (Smithsonian)
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/ocean/main.html



*** HISTORY ***

1776, by David McCullough
http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=506476

Famous Men of Rome (Greenleaf Press)
http://www.greenleafpress.com/catalog/

TruthQuest History
Age of Revolution I, II, III
http://www.truthquesthistory.com/



*** HOMESCHOOL NEWSPAPERS / NEWSLETTERS / MAGAZINES ***

The Link
http://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/homeschool/index.html



*** LATIN ***

Latina Christiana
http://www.memoriapress.com/

Latin’s Not So Tough
http://www.greeknstuff.com/latin.html



*** LITERATURE ***

Books by Charles Dickens

Books by G.A. Henty
http://www.henty.com/

Eragon (by Christopher Paolini)

The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings (also see “Lesson Plans”)

The Homeschool Detectives series

Little Britches (book series) by Ralph Moody

McGuffey Readers
http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/view/rc/s31p430.htm

Narnia (book series) by C.S. Lewis

Redwall series
http://www.redwall.org/

The Spiderwick Chronicles
http://www.spiderwick.com/

Stobaugh’s American Literature

Williwaw (by Tom Bodett)



*** MATHEMATICS ***

Key-To Series
http://www.keypress.com/catalog/products/key_to/index.html

Saxon Math
http://saxonhomeschool.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/saxonhomeschool.htm

Saxon Math 54
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=793176&p=1008728

Singapore Math
http://www.singaporemath.com/

Straight-Forward Math (Garlic Press)
http://www.garlicpress.com/links/links.html



*** MUSIC ***

San Francisco Symphony for Kids
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1



*** RECORDKEEPING ***

Donna Young’s Free Printables
http://donnayoung.org/

The HomeSchool Mom
http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/gettingorganized/allplanners.php



*** SCIENCE ***

Bob Jones Chemistry
http://www.bjupress.com/

Jason Project
http://www.jasonproject.org/

Rainbow Science
http://www.beginningspublishing.com/products.html

Home Science Tools
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/



*** TELEVISION & VIDEO ***

PBS Mail List
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/previews/previews.shtm



*** THINKING SKILLS ***

The Bright Blue Thinking Book
http://educyberstor.com/store/ecs/catalog/parentresources/blue1.html



*** UNIT STUDIES ***

Baseball (free online unit lessons):

PBS Fantasy Baseball (PDF file)
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/lessonplans/pdf/msmp/fantasybaseball.pdf

The Batting Cage
http://library.thinkquest.org/11902/physics/batting.html

Fun with Baseball Stats:
http://www.teachersfirst.com/autoframe.htm?http://illuminations.nctm.org/index_d.aspx?id=257

Learning from Baseball
http://www.teachersfirst.com/baseball.htm

Physics in Sports connection (online video):
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/VideoTestbed/Projects/NewPhysics/newtons_3.html



*** WEBSITES ABOUT HOMESCHOOLERS & HOMESCHOOLING ***

Successful & Famous People (who were homeschooled)
http://www.sharebradenton.homestead.com/Famous.html



*** YOUTH GROUPS ***

American Heritage Girls
http://www.ahgonline.org/

Boy Scouts of America
http://www.scouting.org/

4-H
http://www.4husa.org/


2 posted on 06/28/2006 4:22:53 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

Question to the forum.

My kids go to private school but really need some math work / drills over the summer. Can anyone provide a good URL for drills on basic math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).


3 posted on 06/28/2006 4:22:59 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: agrace; bboop; cgk; Conservativehomeschoolmama; cyborg; cyclotic; DaveLoneRanger; dawn53; ...
Ping!

Many of you will recognize the items on the list above because you recommended them last summer on our Home Education 2005-2006 thread right here. :-)

Please feel free to post more information, share advice, or make note of any corrections on this new thread.

P.S. (I'm not sure how much computer time I will have this year, so anyone who is interested in assuming control of this ping list, please freepmail me. First one to freepmail me is the winner.) :-)

4 posted on 06/28/2006 4:26:49 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

Ve don't tell our secrets. Bwahahahaha!

No, really. This is the best. My kids do drills every day from here.

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/


5 posted on 06/28/2006 4:27:16 PM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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To: luckystarmom

Ping!

If you’re considering homeschooling, this thread may be helpful.


6 posted on 06/28/2006 4:28:09 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

Can you add me to the ping list? :)


7 posted on 06/28/2006 4:29:10 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: All

The following colleges have been recommended as safe schools that encourage good behavior:


*** COLLEGES ***

Grove City College
http://www.gcc.edu/

Immaculata University
http://www.immaculata.edu/

Patrick Henry College
http://www.phc.edu/


8 posted on 06/28/2006 4:29:25 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

Can we just brag?

My eight year old moved into 5th grade SOS.
My six year old is almost through 3rd grade SOS.

Life is good!


9 posted on 06/28/2006 4:30:28 PM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Bumping for a great program and the future of the U.S.


10 posted on 06/28/2006 4:41:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Al Qaeda / Taliban operatives: Read the NY Times, for daily up to the minute security threat tips.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Hi there. Just graduated this year. I delivered a speech as well; I might upload it later to share with you.

*is UAB-bound*


11 posted on 06/28/2006 5:03:06 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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Homeschool moms might want to check out theswap.com. They have many different forums, one even for political posts.
The Homeschool Adventure forum has MANY fantastic links.
Try it out and see.


12 posted on 06/28/2006 5:08:32 PM PDT by Shimmer128 ("Communism has defeated itself everywhere except... in American colleges." -- Paul Harvey,)
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To: Shimmer128

Oh yes, please add me to the homeschool ping list


13 posted on 06/28/2006 5:17:03 PM PDT by Shimmer128 ("Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." -- Thomas Mann)
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To: Tired of Taxes

My son will begin his senior year at Patrick Henry this fall, and I can attest it is a safe place for homeschoolers to go. They hold the students to high standards, and the students live up to them.

The kids who go there are wonderful. A great number of them attend our church. We have also had a great number of them in our home. (We live in the area.)

I can highly recommend it!


14 posted on 06/28/2006 5:25:34 PM PDT by BRUMama (It might look like I'm doing nothing, but at the cellular level I'm actually quite busy)
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To: Tired of Taxes

We just made our final decision last night to leave the public school system and homeschool our 13 year old daughter.

This thread is a GOLDMINE. Thanks!


15 posted on 06/28/2006 5:27:51 PM PDT by spinestein (Follow "The Bronze Rule")
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To: taxcontrol

Edhelper.com has some great worksheets.


16 posted on 06/28/2006 5:54:27 PM PDT by TightyRighty
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To: Tired of Taxes; All

Is there anyone that homeschools in CA that can help explain to me how filing the homeschool affidavit works? I see where you fill it out but what happens afterwards?


17 posted on 06/28/2006 5:57:45 PM PDT by TightyRighty
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To: Tired of Taxes
I've been here at FR for awhile and have never seen a post for Home schoolers... Please add me to your ping list.

Thanks!
18 posted on 06/28/2006 6:01:46 PM PDT by elder5 (Dino Rossi IS My Governor.)
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To: taxcontrol
The "Key To" series are wonderful.

Key Curriculum Press

19 posted on 06/28/2006 6:06:00 PM PDT by RightField (The older you get ... the older "old" is !)
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To: Tired of Taxes
VegSource is an excellent source for discussions with other homeschoolers, as well as buying and selling used curriculum. Despite the liberal leaning of the vegetarian site, the homeschool pages lean conservative and provide tons of resources and practical advice from other homeschoolers.
20 posted on 06/28/2006 6:10:16 PM PDT by RightField (The older you get ... the older "old" is !)
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