Kath's Korner

Homeschooling

Articles and Essays

Articles from the Pratical HS magazine - lots of great authors here.  For example, Karen Andreola, Gregg Harris, Rob and Cyndi Shearer, Douglas Wilson....
Tamera Eaton's Articles
Amanda Bennett's Articles
Articles by Rob and Cindy Shearer (From GreenLeaf Press, a history program)

E-Zines 

HomeSchooling the Easy Way - An ezine written by Cindy Rushton and friends.  Based on the Charlotte Mason/WWOL style of homeschooling.  Very encouraging e-mag for homeschooling and mothering.

Time for Tea - Another e-zine put out by Cindy Rushton.  which features articles on homeschooling with a lifestyle of REAL learning in the Charlotte Mason Style...discipling our children with a godly heritage...being a godly helpmeet, and homemaking from the heart.

Magnanimity - A newsletter written by Karen Glass.  As she wrote in the first newsletter, the purpose of this newsletter is to offer substantial "mind food" that will give you something to think about,to stretch your understanding, and to better equip you for the challenging task of educating your sons and daughters.   

  Hope Chest Wonderful e-zine put out by Virginia Knowles, mother of seven, who homeschools.  The Hope Chest newsletter has a different theme each month.

The Link
Eclectic Homeschool Online
The Charlotte Mason Monthly

Homeschooler's Homepages

Jody C's Homemade Living Mother of five, homeschooling CM style.  Jody also has a wonderful message board where I love to hang out.  

Kimberly's Korner - A great site to find out more about Wisdom's Way of Learning by Marilyn Howshall and Senior High Form-U-la by Barb Shelton.  

Parker Family This webpage is done in a garden style.  They homeschool using a mixture of CM and Classical Education.

Perkins Family Homeschools using the unit study approach.

Learning Styles

Knowing how your child best learns and being able to adapt your teaching to suit them makes a really big difference to homeschooling. It is well worth spending the time observing your child and trying different ways of teaching to find out which way they learn best. Basically there are three learning styles, visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.

Peg's Page - Lets learn about Learning Styles

Mega Sites

Homeschool Oasis PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE!!!! This is the best homeschool site I have ever seen. Wonderful articles including some from Barb's course, Season of re-education and renewing of the mind, and some articles by Marilyn Howshall and more information on Wisdom's Way of Learning.

Homeschool Christian.com - One of my favourite things at this site is the Reviews of curriculum.  Very useful.  Also good message boards.  Every month or so they have organised chats with big homeschool names.  Check out the transcripts of past chats.

Fred Worth's Homeschooling Pages
Homeschooling - Who Me?
Coyle's Where in the Web

Message Boards & Email Lists

(MB for message board and EL for Email list)

Homeschool Christian.com (MB) - many boards here, not all are homeschooling.  Check out the Charlotte Mason and the Classical ones.

WWOLzing with Jesus (MB) - I'm delighted to find a board for WWOL users.  

Kaleidoscapes (MB) - has a variety of homeschooling boards; curriculum, special needs, unit studies, high school and more.

VegeSource (MB) - another one with a variety of hsling boards; unschooling, cm, single parent hslers, one for kids, one for teens, and more.

Five in a Row (MB) - Based on the Five in a Row 'curriculum'.  Uses great living books to teach younger children.

Yahooo Groups (EL) An impressive 1383 email lists on homeschooling alone (the last time I looked). You can define your search further by searching under the type of curriculum, country, homeschooling style.........

Curriculum Swap (MB) - all the usual variety; high schoolers, unit studies etc.  Also a board for Wisdom's Way of Learning.

Preschool

Kinder Art - Has preschool art lessons.

Idea Box: has lots of activities, links, message boards a free newsletters.

Funschool:has educational games for preschoolers to sixth grade. You do need a fast moderm though, otherwise it can take a while. For more games check out my Under 5's page.

Internet Resources for FIAR - This is a great site full of useful links even for those of us that are not using the Five in a Row Curriculum.

Hands on Homeschooling - Click on the skills link down the bottom of the page.  Very useful if you haven't got a clue what your little one's should know.

Printable Worksheets

Donna Young's Web site : This is one you'll want to keep in your favourites.  Printable Forms for both Mum and Child;  Nature studies, book reports, ABC order, Art forms, and for Mum a heap of homeschooling forms for schedules, hsling journal, goals, course of study and more.  Also has schedules for reading some of the Apologia Science books.  

School Express: Printable worksheets for all curriculum areas for primary aged children.

National Core Knowledge Conferences: Lesson Plans and activities for grades K to 8.

Awesome Library Worksheets: for all subjects.

Bible Activity Worksheets: Great for the younger kids. Covers lots of Bible stories.

Resources

Ambleside Online  & House of Education  FREE online curriculum.  All you need to add is a language arts program and maths.  Based on the work of Charlotte Mason.  Ambleside Online has years 1 - 6, House of Education has year 7 with more coming.  

A Beka : a workbook approach curriculum.  We use their maths books (from Grades 1 to 7) and the science books (from Grade 3 up, as the younger grades tend to be very simplistic) and have found them to be very good.  The children like the bright colours in the begining grades of maths and the colourful science pictures.  And I like having science books from a creation point of view.  A warning however, if you were to use the full ABeka curriculum there is a high chance of burnout for mum or child.

Christian Book Distributors : Great prices and good service.  Carries a wide range of Christian books including a section for homeschooling.

Elijah Company : Don't miss their catalog, it's great!!! They also carry a good range of homeschool books and curriculum, including Marilyn Howshall's book, Wisdom's way of learning.

Lifetime Books and Gifts : This company specialises in selling Living Books.  They have a wonderful catalog that you can download from their site. : This company specialises in selling Living Books.  They have a wonderful catalog that you can download from their site.

R.O.C.K Solid : this is the only company I have seen that carries The Magic School Bus Exploration Skill books. They also sell Learning Language Arts through Literature.

Scope and Sequence

World Book - Covers Science, Language Arts, Health and Safety, and Maths.

Styles of Homeschooling

Interested in Charlotte Mason?
Charlotte Mason Education Links & Resources Page
Popcorn and Peanuts Charlotte Mason Page
Charlotte Mason Original Series :  Read some of Charlotte Mason's Original Series.  These are slowly being put online.
A Charlotte Mason Education : Debi has written many CM articles including How to Read the Original Series, Power of Habit, Scheduling and much more.
Ambleside Online  FREE curriculum based on the work of Charlotte Mason.  All you need to add is a language arts program and maths.  Many of the original Parent's Review articles are here too.    

Parker Family - Classical Christian Education : A wealth of links.  Includes links to message boards, newsletters and email lists.  
Classical Education & the Homeschool : a PDF document of the booklet by Douglas Wilson.  A good introduction to the Classical Education.
Homeschooling with the Trivium :  This is the Bluedorn's site.  Many articles to read.

Unit Studies and Lesson Plans

A to Z Teacher Stuff
Acorn Academy : Has free unit study outlines on topics such as the Human Body, Creation, Flags, Weather and more.
Free Piano Lessons Online
House of Hugs: Has year round Preschool and Bible theme lessons. Full of wonderful mini unit study ideas.
Awesome Library Lesson Plans: for all subjects.

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