[Tired of Taxes]

When I was googling some items to find websites, right away some of the searches brought up our thread from last year. :-0

[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/

[taxcontrol]

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).

[DoughtyOne]

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

[spinestein]

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!

[elder5]

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!

[RightField]

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.

[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?

[Sam's Army]

Bookmark

[T. P. Pole]

ping for later

[blu]

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

[gobucks]

I'm deep in the middle of this topic right now; will post info soon.

[Armed Civilian]

Ping for Later

[roofgoat]

Bookmark

[good old days]

A forum that began this year and has a lot of information is: http://www.ahomeforhomeschoolers.com/forum/

I am considering homeschooling and have found it to be quite helpful.

[ChocChipCookie]

I'm checking into "My Father's World" curriculum. From what I've read on their website, it seems to be well-rounded and interesting. It does have to be supplemented with a separate math curriculum. I've been thinking of switching from Saxon (we did 1st grade last year and hated it) to either Singapore or Math-U-See.

The curriculum website is www.mfwbooks.com

[bimmer]

The Homeschooling Revolution

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0967043069/sr=8-1/qid=1152586167/ref=sr_1_1/002-1121106-3220034?ie=UTF8

[misty4jc]

Ooh please add me! We just got stationed in San Diego again and my son is starting Kindergarten and I hate these public schools here! I looked at private schools and OMGosh we can't afford it! The costs are outrageous and I'm nearly desperate. lol I don't even know where to start. I have a girlfriend who home schools, but she's in AZ and the laws vary from state to state right? Any information you guys can give me I would greatly appreciate!

[Badray]

I don't know if this will be of help to you, but I thought that I'd ping you anyway.

[DocRock]

BTTT

[gakrak]

homeschool ping. Amen