The Imperfect Homeschooler

Links for moms:

 

Official site of the Moore Foundation (as in homeschool pioneers Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore).

 

John Taylor Gatto's official Web site includes information about the latest works of the former Teacher-of-the-Year-turned-homeschool advocate. At a separate site, you can read many of Gatto's provocative essays about public education, its origins and its failure.

 

If you have a child with special needs, go to www.nathhan.com. This site is run by NATHHAN, a wonderful national organization of parents homeschooling children with special needs. Some areas of the Web site are restricted to members only, but membership is reasonable and very worthwhile.

 

This is the Web site of John O. Andersen, homeschooling dad and essayist. His many essays are always thought-provoking.

 

The archive of columns by Dr. Walter E. Williams, economics professor and one of the best columnists anywhere.

 

The A to Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling Web site will keep you busy for days. It contains many, many articles about homeschooling. Don’t miss it!

 

Finding Homeschool Support on the Internet.  Try this user-friendly site if you’re looking for information about support groups, homeschool chat rooms, and other ways to find your fellow homeschoolers on the Internet.

 

We Stand For Homeschooling is a site where you can sign a resolution proclaiming that there is a difference between homeschooling and charter schools, publicly funded satellite schools, and others who would claim to be home schools when they are not. Potential homeschoolers are being misled by some of these claims; go here to get the straight scoop.

 

To read an article by Kathy Wentz about how she started the Homeschool Resource Center at her local library, go to http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/HEM/191/jfrsccenter.html

 

 To access the Homeschool Resource Center’s Web page, which includes a list of the resources available there, go to http://www.johnsburglibrary.org/hrc.htm

      

Looking for free forms like planners, diplomas, and time lines, to name just a few? Visit the site of the Christian Homeschooler's Association of South Carolina ( CHASE). At first glance, this site looks like it's all about homeschooling in South Carolina, but read the main page and you will find an incredible amount of resources for all homeschoolers.

 

Here's another good site for homeschoolers looking for information.     " Homeschooling....a Light at the End of the Tunnel" offers links to book lists, homeschoolers' personal Web site lists, curriculum sources and homeschool organizations, to name just some of the resources available.

 

Learn more about the Alliance for the Separation of School and State, and sign their petition if you agree that we need to get government out of schools.

 

http://www.lucianne.com - Terrific site for current news and commentary. I check in there every day!

 

Interesting site for the self-employed and the wannabes. If you haven't read Daniel Pink's book, Free Agent Nation, you're in for a treat; he has lots of good things to say about homeschoolers.

 

The Homeschool Link is a print newsletter for homeschoolers that also can be found on the Internet. Editor Mary Leppert includes homeschooling articles from a variety of viewpoints. On the site, you can sign up for a free subscription to the print version of the Link (see bottom of home page), and access back issues.

 

http://www.earlenefowler.com - Web site of one of my favorite authors. Moms, take a break and pick up one of her books!

 

The Women's Quarterly is an online magazine sponsored by the Independent Women's Forum.

 

http://www.lisarussell.net - Be sure to read her article about socialization--it's terrific!

 

http://www.donnayoung.org - Free forms for homeschooling parents' use.

 

http://www.abcteach.com/index.html - Free worksheets, anyone?

 

The Dollar Stretcher is a terrific site for those looking to live frugally and simply. Packed full of ideas, it is a valuable resource. You can also sign up for their free online newsletters, which arrive weekly by email.

 

The Internet Movie Database is where my family goes after watching a movie and trying to figure out what other movies so-and-so was in. We love old movies, and IMDB has helped us track down movies by our favorite actors and actresses.

 

 

Links for kids:

http://www.makingfriends.com - Lots of free craft projects for the kids.

 

http://www.dltk-kids.com - Printable coloring pages and crafts for kids.

 

At BookAdventure, kids can win free prizes for correctly answering questions about a wide range of children's books.

 

http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/OnlineCrossMenu.htm - Online interactive crossword puzzles for kids.

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids - This is an official White House site for kids that includes stories, quizzes and games.

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