HOMESCHOOL.net

LINKS

General

• National Home Education Network (NHEN)

• Educationsense - Wendy Bance's website devoted to home education. Down-to-earth support, resources, products, services and events, by home educators for home educators. Includes forums, e-mail lists, camps, de-cluttering pages, education theme guides and much more.

• Homeschool World Most-visited homeschool site. Events listing, groups listing (U.S. and world), forums, contests for homeschoolers, news, articles on all aspects of homeschooling, e-letter.

• Homeschooling UnlimitedAn online community for homeschooling families

• Know Homeschooling Online guide to homeschooling written by homeschoolers.

• What They're Reading at the Kitchen Table, a September 2005 article from the Wall Street Journal

• Percipion.com - homeschool resources and information.

• HSAdvisor.com - information about homeschooling and curriculum.

• Local Homeschool.com - database of local homeschool support groups.

• Gifted Homeschoolers Forum A California-based national association for families homeschooling gifted children.

• National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance The largest and most comprehensive website and organization for African American homeschooling families

• Learning is for Everyone, Inc., Supporting Family Choice in Learning

• One family's guide to "Christian homeschooling"

• Radio Free School, a radio show devoted to homeschoolers, MP3 archive available

• Eleos, ACE/CEE Home-School, ACE/CEE Student Forum

• Homeschoolalumni.org, An On-Line Community for Homeschool Graduates.

• About Homeschooling An About.com homeschool community with forums, free ecourses, curriculum reviews, unit studies, clubs for the kids, and information for beginners

• CatholicHomeschoolers.com - Calendar, Forum, and Resources

• Wonder Homeschool A parent-to-parent resource for holistic homeschooling, non-profit and ad-free

• Returning Educational Choices to Parents

Research

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Links to homeschool research and reports

• National Home Education Research Institute

• Homeschooling Grows Up: The largest research survey to date of adults who were home-educated.

• ERIC digests from US Dept. of Education

  • Homeschooling, by Patricia M. Lines, 2001

  • Home Schooling and Socialization of Children

  • The Scholastic Achievement of Home School Students

  • Home Schooling

• Annotated bibliography of research on homeschooling, hosted on a GeoCities website

Legalities

• Association of HomeSchool Attorneys (AHSA)

• National Home Education Legal Defence (NHELD)

• The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)

Canada

• List of Canadian Homeschool Groups- List of homeschooling support groups and homeschool groups in Canada.

• OFTP Website- The Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents

• TLC- Unschooling and Homeschool Support in Burlington, Ontario - an informal group of homeschooling families who come together on a regular basis to share our life and learning experiences.

UK

• Home Education UK - Contains links to UK, US, European and Australian home education organisations

• Diversity-Otherwise - UK multi-cultural home education

• HSLDA UK Webpage - Legal information and links to UK home education organisations.

• Home Education Diary - from a family in Scotland, with activities and links to resources.

• Education Otherwise - a home education charity with around 16,000 members in the UK

• Christian Education Europe - Christian Education Europe Ltd. provides Accelerated Christian Education materials and services to schools and home schools in the United Kingdom and Europe

• Schoolhouse Home Education Association - Scotland's home education charity

• Home Education in the UK Articles, information, resource links and ideas for British home educators

• Cambridgeshire Home Educating Families - Is a parent/carer run organisation which supports, promotes and facilitates home education in Cambridge

France

• IndigoExtra - provides information and links on home education in Europe, with a focus on France

• Les Enfants d'Abord - A home-education organisation with information in English and French.

New Zealand

• Home Education Foundation - The Home Education Foundation is a charitable trust established to encourage parents to take up the option of educating their children at home and to support them in their task.

Helpful Resources

• http://www.brainpop.com

• http://www.howstuffworks.com

• http://www.readprint.com

• http://www.nationmaster.com

• http://www.starfall.com

• http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

• http://www.wikipedia.org/

• http://LookListenLearn.org