Home Schooling

  • Home Education Magazine
    Read selected articles and columns from their magazine.

     

     

  • Common Objections to Homeschooling
    Answers such questions as: "How will homeschooled children fit into a mass society?" and "If children are taught at home, won't they miss the valuable social life of school?"

     

     

  • What is Unschooling?
    An article discussing unschooling (which is also called "natural learning"). Unschooling is the opposite of formal academic lessons.

     

     

  • Homeschooling
    This site has links for message boards for homeschoolers, regional homeschooling links, and software and science kits you can buy.

     

     

  • Christian Homeschool Forum
    This site has articles written by a homeschool family, homeschool FAQs, tips, etc.

     

     

  • Jon's Homeschool Page
    Has lots of homeschooling resources such as FAQs, online discussion and support groups, magazines, newsletters.

     

     

  • Homeschooling on the Internet
    This site has articles on using the internet with homeschooling, as well as free stuff from companies you can get to help with homeschooling.

     

     

  • Unexpected Benefits of Homeschooling
    This page lists one mother's unexpected benefits that she found through homeschooling.

     

     

  • The Caron Family Homeschooling Homepage
    This is a good site with lots of resources including magazines and software on the web, and suitable TV programs for kids.

     

     

  • Growing Without Schooling
    A site and magazine dedicated to homeschooling.

     

     

Articles from the site: Homeschooling in Lane County

Great Books!

The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook : A Creative and Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling by Raymond S. Moore, Dorothy Moore, Raymond, Dr. Moore

 

This book goes into how children learn and ways to make homeschooling work with stories of real people's experiences. We haven't homeschooled yet, yet I still found it to be very interesting reading and learned things that you can apply before a child is school-aged.

 

 

Family Matters : Why Homeschooling Makes Sense by David Guterson

 

This books stresses the importance of parents taking part in their children's education and compares homeschooling with tradional schooling.