Links
Classes, Curricula & Other Resources
CK-12
http://www.ck12.org/about/
Free easy to use tools for
you, your teachers and your schools
so that you can get your learning done.
FUN Books
http://www.fun-books.com/
Great Websites for Kids
http://greatsites.ala.org/
Great Websites for Kids is a compilation of exemplary websites geared to children from birth to age 14. Suggested sites are evaluated by the Great Websites for Kids Committee using established selection criteria. The committee is made up of members of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
Hoagie's Page
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/investigations.htm
Includes links to individual lesson plans and lesson plan collections, as well as links to free online high school courses.
Homeschool Reviews
http://homeschoolreviews.com/
A site where homeschoolers can read reviews and discuss curriculum and other issues that relate to homeschooling.
Homeschoolers Curriculum Swap
http://theswap.com/
A place for homeschoolers to sell their used homeschool curriculum.
Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/
Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything for free. With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 125 practice exercises, Khan Academy is on a mission to help you learn whatever you want, whenever you want, at your own pace.
Living and Learning with Your Little Ones http://www.besthomeschooling.org/gateway/inted16.html
Preschool and Kindergarten learning activities.
Secretary of the Commonwealth's Kid Zone
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/cis/ciskid/kididx.htm
Stories, puzzles and games about Massachusetts.
Stanford Online
http://online.stanford.edu/
Unschool Adventures
http://www.unschooladventures.com/
Unschool Adventures leads international trips and U.S.-based educational programs for self-directed young adults, ages 14-21. Each of our trips builds the skills, experience, and self-confidence that a young person needs to transition into independent adulthood.
Vector64 Home Education OpenCourseWare Page
http://www.vector64.com/HomeEd/video.html
Contains links to sites that provide free, online video lectures for academic courses and other Open CourseWare materials.
World Book Typical Course of Study
http://www.worldbook.com/content-gateway/typical-course-of-study
As a source of information, World Book offers the results of ongoing research into curriculum requirements and standards. The learning levels include preschool through grade 12. Naturally, there are regional and local variations that cannot be accounted for in every detail. But the typical course of study reflects general curriculum requirements across North America.
General Homeschooling Information
American Homeschool Association http://www.americanhomeschoolassociation.org/
The American Homeschool Association (AHA), is a service organization sponsored in part by the publishers of Home Education Magazine. The AHA was created in 1995 to network homeschoolers on a national level. Current AHA services include an online news and discussion list which provides news, information, and resources for homeschoolers, media contacts, and education officials.
Education: The Learning of Skills We Will Never Need?
http://www.cartalk.com/content/education-learning-skills-we-will-never-need
Car Talk's Tom Magliozzi's thoughts on education.
Holt - GWS
http://www.holtgws.com/
GWS magazine, the books, essays, speaking, and advocacy work of John Holt and his associates over the years are archived here to celebrate and support the fact that people are good at learning and you don't have to go to school to grow as a person.
Home Education Magazine
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com/
Home Education Magazine is one of the oldest, most respected, and most informative magazines on the subject of homeschooling.
Jon's Homeschool Resources
http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/index.html
A source of neutral, non-commercial homeschooling information.
Learn in Freedom!
http://learninfreedom.org/
This site is about learning in freedom, taking responsibility for your own learning. It shows you how to use your own initiative in learning, so you can use schools and teachers just when they are helpful to you, and voluntarily chosen by you.
Life Learning Magazine
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/index.htm
Let Life Learning Magazine help you discover how to employ self-directed, life-based learning in your own life and/or that of your child.
The Unschooler Experiment
http://www.unschooler.com/
The Unschooler Experiment is... an exploration of the lasting influence of home education and a celebration of people who question and experiment.
We Stand for Homeschooling
http://westandforhomeschooling.org/res/index.php
Homeschoolers' Websites
Bryce Kroll
http://www.brycekroll.com/
Claire Dickson
http://clairedickson.bandzoogle.com/fr_home.cfm
Eli Gerzon: Writer, Traveller, Worldschooler
http://www.eligerzon.com/index.php
Grown Without Schooling
http://www.grownwithoutschooling.com/
Orfeo Duo
Life is a Palindrome
http://www.lifeisapalindrome.com/content/about-sarabeth
Legal and Accounting Help
Association of HomeSchool Attorneys
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AHSA-USA/
This list is an opportunity for homeschoolers to contact homeschooling attorneys and experts about homeschooling legal and litigation issues. It is an informal network of attorneys and legal experts that are concerned with litigation pending and threatened against homeschoolers. Its primary purpose is to exchange legal information within the profession, and to educate and support attorneys and experts involved in homeschool litigation. A referral list of attorneys and legal experts may be maintained…
Homeschool CPA
http://www.homeschoolcpa.com/
Helping homeschool organizations obtain non-profit status.
Massachusetts
Home Schooling Special Needs in Massachusetts
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolingspecialneedsMA/
A support group for parents homeschooling their children with special needs. We are an inclusive group, supporting one another in decisions regarding traditional and alternative homeschooling and other therapies helpful to our children. Our children are as unique as the ways we homeschool them!
MAhomeschoolers Yahoo List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MAhomeschoolers/
An inclusive list for homeschooling families in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Home Learning Association
http://mhla.org/index.htm
MHLA is an advocacy and education organization, which endorses home learning as an alternative to public or private schooling.
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Bluebook
http://www.miaa.net/MIAA-Handbook-09-11.pdf
Bluebook pages with rules pertinent to homeschooling
Massachusetts General Court
http://www.malegislature.gov/
Massachusetts laws, bills, legislators
Find Your Elected Officials
Federal:
Find your Senator http://www.senate.gov/
Find Your Represenative http://www.house.gov/representatives/
State:
http://www.malegislature.gov/People/FindMyLegislator
Local: Listing of all 351 towns in Massachusetts with links to home pages http://www.mass.gov/portal/government-taxes/local/cities-towns/. You will probably be able to find names of elected officials on a town's home page. Of special interest are school committee members, as well as information about when the school committee meets, and if it is possible to receive advance notice of their agenda in case the topic of homeschooling comes up.
If you can't find your town's web page this way, try calling your city or town hall for the information. You will find the phone number here http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cistel/telidx.htm .
Secretary of the Commonwealth's Kid Zone
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/cis/ciskid/kididx.htm
Stories, puzzles and games about Massachusetts.
Networking
Homeschool Social Register
http://www.homeschoolmedia.net/register/
In addition to finding local homeschoolers, check out The Homeschool Wiki at this site, the main purpose of which is to inform people about the most painless way to satisfy the bureaucratic requirements for homeschooling legally in that area. This has the potential to be a great resource, depending on individuals' taking a couple minutes to make an entry for their town.
MAhomeschoolers Yahoo List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MAhomeschoolers/
An inclusive list for homeschooling families in Massachusetts.
Research, Studies and Overviews
Freedom to Learn
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn
Peter Gray's Psychology Today blog about the roles of play and curiosity as foundations for learning.
Home Schooling Goes Mainstream by Milton Gaither, Education Next, Winter 2009. v. 9, n. 1.
http://educationnext.org/home-schooling-goes-mainstream/
Home schooling improves academic performance and reduces impact of socio-economic factors
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/research-news/news/display.aspx?id=12418
National Center for Education Statistics: 1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009030.pdf
National Center for Education Statistics: Homeschooling in the United States 2003
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006042.pdf
Special Needs
Aut-2B-Home
http://home.earthlink.net/~tammyglaser798/authome.html
Federation for Children with Special Needs
http://fcsn.org/index.php
The Federation for Children with Special Needs provides information, support, and assistance to parents of children with disabilities, their professional partners, and their communities.
Home Schooling Special Needs in Massachusetts
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolingspecialneedsMA/
A support group for parents homeschooling their children with special needs. We are an inclusive group, supporting one another in decisions regarding traditional and alternative homeschooling and other therapies helpful to our children. Our children are as unique as the ways we homeschool them!
Positively ADD - Parenting and Unschooling
http://www.mindspring.com/~jupton/jan1.html
Sports
Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Bluebook
http://www.miaa.net/MIAA-Handbook-09-11.pdf
Bluebook pages with rules pertinent to homeschooling