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We recommend Upper Level Homeschool course and Homeschooling ABCs. Written for beginning homeschoolers, Homeschooling ABCs will guide you navigate you through the sometimes confusing path of getting started homeschooling. Homeschoolers approaching the middle school and high school years will appreciate the resources in Upper Level Homeschooling. Both courses are from Terri Johnson of Knowledge Quest and are full of wisdom from a homeschool mom who has walked the path herself. Check them out!
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. --Albert Einstein
Free State/Province Notebooking Unit
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In honor of TheHomeSchoolMom's 10th anniversary, we are giving away a free state notebooking unit study download to newsletter subscribers. This twelve page unit is perfect for notebooking, lapbooking, or a state report. Upon confirming your subscription to the Free Homeschool Resources newsletter you will receive the download link for the State Unit Study.
Upon confirming your subscription to the Free Homeschool Resources newsletter you will receive the download link for the State Unit Study.
Local Homeschooling Resources By State
Most recent homeschooling articles
Saving Money on Art Supplies: Assemblage and Collage
Do you want to economize on art supplies and yet have the best art lessons that your children will love? Here are some ideas to incorporate in your curriculum. ..
7 Reasons to Homeschool Through High School
Why would you want to homeschool through high school? Do the advantages really make it worth while? My husband and I homeschooled all four of our boys from kindergarten into early college, and we’d do it all over again in a minute. It was a joyous journey! Here are seven reasons you may want to consider homeschooling through high school...
The Steiner Waldorf Approach to Education
The Steiner Waldorf approach to education emphasizes on the use of practical, artistic and conceptual elements into education. This method of education was established by Rudolf Steiner, the founder of a philosophy called anthrophosophy. The Steiner Waldorf approach is based on the fact that the role of imagination in learning is integral for the development of creative and analytical thinking. This educational approach is aimed at providing an environment where young people can develop free thinking, which can be a basis for developing their own personalities as responsible individuals by fulfilling their destiny...
September 2010 Homeschooling Resource Calendar
September 2 - V-J Day (Victory over Japan, WWII) - 1945
September 3 - Treaty of Paris signed - 1783 (ended American Revolutionary War)
September 6 - Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth, England - 1620
September 6 - Labor Day
September 8 - International Literacy Day
September 9 - California Admission Day - 1850
September 11 - Patriot Day
September 14 - Frances Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner - 1814
September 16 - Collect Rocks Day
September 16 - Mexican Independence Day
September 16 - Mayflower Day
September 17 - US Constitution Day - Constitution was signed today in 1787
September 18 - Yom Kippur
September 19 - International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 23 - Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles)
September 24 - US Supreme Court Established - 1789
September 24 - Native American Day
September 24 - Dr. Seuss dies - 1991
September 25 - Bill of Rights proposed to states - 1789
September 26 - Johnny Chapman (AKA Johnny Appleseed) born - 1775
September 30 - Elie Wiesel born - 1928 (Holocaust)
Other September events:
- National Library Card Month
- Hispanic Heritage Month - 9/15-10/15
- Banned Books Week - 9/26-10/3
- Constitution Week - 9/17-9/23
Homeschool-related references seen online
Roadschooling/Homeschooling on the Road
From Families on the Road,this page is packed full of resources for anyone interested in hitting the road full time...
12 Days of Homeschool
Cute skit by homeschool moms on YouTube..
