Homeschooling is an extention of my "attachment" style of parenting; it is a natural part of connection, respect,
and truly knowing my children.
Although I began homeschooling partly as a reaction to an unhappy public school experience, I have found that this
educational choice offers a great deal more than initially meets the eye.
In homeschooling my children I am able to spend a great deal of time with them. We have the "luxury" of learning
about what interests us, the pleasure of learning together.
Homeschooling also greatly assists us in reducing the impact of Madison Avenue mainstream culture.
-Shay
- The Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers - Show your support for Virginia homeschoolers' autonomy by joining this volunteer driven, fully inclusive, member-directed organization. Your best advocacy bang for the buck!
- VaEclecticHomeschool E-mail Discussion List - Inclusive, in-depth, respectful discussions, plus support, resources and a way to meet others in our state and in your area.
- Home Education Magazine- The oldest and most informative homeschooling magazine. 23 years of bringing families the best in homeschooling! Resources, homeschool guide, and lots of articles to read for free, plus support groups, blogs, news and much more.
- American Homeschool Association- A service organization sponsored in part by the publishers of Home Education Magazine. Information, articles, resources, newsletter and more.
- National Home Education Network- Although I'm disappointed at what NHEN has become, it's still a valuable clearinghouse for resources and articles.
- "A to Z Home's Cool"- A huge homeschooling site you could spend hours browsing.
- Unschooling.com - "Where parents and children have learned to trust themselves and each other! " Articles, resources, networking, more.
- Military Homeschoolers- Great support for military homeschoolers worldwide--with much that is useful to any homeschool family.
- Mr. Pointy-Nose - A humorous story about a homeschooling family's encounter with an "inspector."
- Friends of the National Zoo - Lots of kid-friendly activities.
- PBS TeacherSource - A lot of interesting stuff! Great way to enhance learning from the programs.
- Middle School Girls' Selected Annotated Reading List and Resource Guide - From the Center for Women's Studies, University of Texas at Austin
- Bad Science - A humorous site about how NOT to teach science. It's an interesting viewpoint on the pitfalls and pratfalls of science teaching. Check out especially Bad Astronomy which was named in the top 5 Eclectic Science sites by Popular Science magazine for October 2000.
- Eduspeak Dictionary - Fun "official" words to toss in with your homeschooling proposal
- Parlo - Parlo invites you to try a free language course. Each month one or two of our courses is available at no cost. - "Learn English, French, and Spanish through our fun, interactive Virtual ImmersionTM approach. Just go to the language world of your choice and click on courses. Explore cultures through our online resources. Read the Parlo Magazine, listen to music and play games."
- PopCap.com - Free online Java games that improve skills. My faves are "Bookworm" (great practice for Scrabble!) and "Psychobabble" (kind of like those magnetic poetry kits on speed).