Information on Homeschooling

• http://homeschooling.about.com

• Provides a great deal of information and a wealth of links to topics of interest to homeschoolers.  A good means to find some hard-to-find resources on some of the lower-profile niches in the homeschooling world.

Homeschool Diner:

• http://www.homeschooldiner.com

• Particularly useful to those new to homeschooling, including a “Click-o-matic Homeschool Quiz” as well as useful, concise summaries of a variety of homeschooling approaches and philosophies.  Contains learning links organized by topic.  Overall, a professional and useful site geared toward all homeschoolers rather than one particular group.

National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI):

• http://www.nheri.org

• This nonprofit does research about homeschooling topics.

Home School Legal Defense Organization:

• http://www.hslda.org

• Maintains a listing of state and local homeschooling organizations, although the focus tends to be on organizations that have a conservative Protestant bent or are exclusively for conservative Protestants.

Practical Homeschooling Magazine: Homeschool World:

• http://www.home-school.com

• The official home for Practical Homeschooling.

Traditions of Roman Catholic Homes (TORCH):

• http://www.torchhomeschooling.org

• The largest national organization for Catholic homeschoolers.

Goddess Moon Circles Academy:

• http://www.goddessmooncirclesacademy.org

• Kristin Madden’s resources for pagan homeschoolers.

Discussion Lists

LivingMathForum:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LivingMathForum/

• An “on-topic” electronic discussion list dedicated to incorporating learning about math into daily life in a holistic way.

Radical Unschoolers List:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RUL/

• A busy electronic discussion list open to all families.

Unschooling Teens:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschooling_teens/

• An electronic discussion list dedicated to unschooling children ages eleven and up.

Unschooling Discussion:

• http://groups.google.com/group/Unschooling Discussion/

• A general electronic discussion list devoted to unschooling.

Unskoolbkshop:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unskoolbkshop/

• An electronic discussion list that facilitates swapping materials related to unschooling.

Discussion Lists—Kids with Special Needs

Homeschooling Special Needs Kidz:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homeschool_SpecialNeedsKidz

• This discussion list is for parents homeschooling children who have any type of special need.

Homeschooling Extraordinary Kids: Thing Outside the Box:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolingextraordinarykids/

• This list focuses on homeschooling children who have learning disabilities, giftedness, or some combination of the two.  It encourages the sharing of resources and ideas for creating specialized learning programs and materials.

Special Needs Homeschool: Home Schooling Special Needs Children:

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group./special-needs-homeschool/

• This list focuses on families who are homeschooling at least one child with special needs, many of whom are medically fragile.