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Determining You Child's Grade Level

Homeschooling offers parents the flexibility to choose the best educational method for their children. The spectrum of homeschooling models runs from unschooling, also called self-learning or child-led learning, to a structured “school at home” type of environment. In addition, there are many schools of thought, fostered by educators such as Raymond and Dorothy Moore, John Holt, Maria Montessori, Charlotte Mason, and many other. Explore the different methods and styles of homeschooling. You’ll be inspired, intrigued, and equipped with the tools to make the best educational choices for your own family.

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Unschool Sharing for Parents

Share successes and ideas and build a helpful, welcoming archive for the new unschoolers, the newly-unschooling, and the nicely unschooling.

Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy

St. Thomas Aquinas Academy is an independent home school program, established in 1995. They are dedicated to the Catholic formation and education of children by the persons granted the grace and commission to do so by Our Heavenly Father, the child’s own parents. To that end, they offer a 12-year Catholic liberal arts curriculum for the home schooling family.

How to Determine Your Child's Learning Style

How do you determine your child's learning style? By observing your child in action, considering his or her interests, and watching how your child solves problems, you can better understand your child's learning style. You can then figure out the tools and strategies that can help your child succeed.

Christian Homeschooling an Only Child

This is a safe place for Christian families to share their hopes, joys, concerns and prayer requests as they homeschool an only child

Homeschooling Litigation: Preparing the Way

The greatest obstacle pioneering homeschoolers faced two decades ago was daunting: in most states home education wasn't legal. This article details five of the most significant cases that have become landmark decisions in the move towards homeschooling freedoms: the DeJonge case in Michigan, the Jeffery case in Pennsylvania, the Diegel case in Ohio, the Triple E case in South Carolina, and the Calabretta case in California.

How to Make Lesson Plans for Homeschool

It is good to wake up in the morning and know what you are going to do that day in school. That is what planning lessons is all about -- being prepared -- so that you can be as stress free as possible.

A Comparison of Traditional and Natural Learning

This is a chart that explores the differences between traditional and natural learning. It compares how the child and parent are viewed, how learning occurs, the role of textbooks and curriculum, how learning disabilities fit in, and how various school subjects are viewed.

Gigi's Place

Gigi is a 30-something large family homeschooling mom to seven kids. Being a large family homeschooler has its challenges and joys, which Gigi shares here.

Limudei Kodesh Curriculum

Finding published curriculum for Limudei Kodesh even for a regular Yeshiva is virtually frustrating. Most Yeshiva day schools have their own curriculum that they make available for their teachers and parents. Most parents don't bother asking about it as they completely trust the teachers and the school to educate their precious children. It's the Jewish homeschooling family who's decided to do it all or partially who is not only curious but find themselves totally dependent on such a curriculum to help them tread through the journey of homeschooling their children in Limudei Kodesh.