Favorite Homeschooling Links
Diana's Home School Suppliers' Links
Angelfire - Easiest Free Home Pages
Malament Home Page
Here are our best and favorite homeschool links. We will update and add to it as we find new favorites. Please e-mail me with any suggestions. I am trying to list these in alphabetical order, but I decided to put some subject area resources at the beginning. E-mail me if you find any mistakes.
Kidsafe fun sights:
Laura's Fun Stuff, with links to other kid-safe web places. Especially
consider following her link to the Thanksgiving game, "Gobblenator", where
the turkeys are out hunting the Pilgrims.
United States Air Force is interested in homeschool graduates! Read the following excerpt from HEM on-line magazine: Dear Home Education Magazine,
The attached news release provides information on a change in Air Force
policy concerning home-school graduates. Please consider this article for
your newsletter. If you would like more information, please reply to my
address or call (210) 652-5745. Thank you.
Master Sgt. Tom Clements, Air Force Recruiting Service Public Affairs
Home schoolers find opportunity in Air Force Released: 29 Sep 1998, by Staff Sgt. John Hancock, Air Force Recruiting Service
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Recognizing a nationwide increase in popularity of home schooling, the Air Force has increased the opportunity for home schooled students to enlist.
"We want to reach out to home schoolers to let them know they have a place in our nation's Air Force," said Brig. Gen. Peter Sutton, charged with leading the Air Force Recruiting Service in its efforts to attract people to the service.
Each year, the Air Force offers more than 30,000 young men and women the chance to continue their education, learn a skill and serve their nation. Department of Defense accession policy groups enlisted accessions into one of three educational tiers: traditional high school diploma graduates; home schoolers and GED holders; and those with no high school equivalency credentials. Previous Air Force Recruiting Service policy limited the total number of home schoolers, GED holders and those with no high school equivalency to less than one percent of all enlistees.
Under the new policy, home schoolers are grouped separately and do not count against the one-percent cap. The policy change is part of an Air Force test program to permit increased opportunities for home schoolers to enlist and to determine if their attrition from Basic Military Training is equivalent to traditional high school diploma graduates.
"It makes sense for us to include home schoolers among our target audience," said Sutton. "The number of children taught in non-traditional schools is growing and we have a continued need for young people to serve." According to statistics gathered by the Air Force Recruiting Service here, there are approximately 1.23 million children enrolled in home schools - a number that represents 2 percent of the school age population. The number, recruiting officials say, is growing by 15 percent each year.
For more information on Air Force opportunities, check out the service's World Wide Web home page at www.airforce.com or call the Air Force Opportunities Center toll free number, 1-800-423-USAF.
Amanda Bennett's Unit Study Adventures - great link to pursue unit study ideas. This is a Supplier page as well, but it is such a good resource in many ways that it just had to be on this page too. Right now it also has special links for Thanksgiving (so full of wonderful books on the subject I was amazed!, with sample information from her unit study book), and Christmas - again chock-full of great books. Both links also include more resources, articles and other internet resources.
Captioned Media Program (CMP) is funded by U.S. Department of Education to serve deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States with a FREE-LOAN open-captioned video collection. Parents (or others who work with/serve deaf/hard of hearing individuals ) may apply for this service by filling out an application form. They would, then, receive a catalog along with an account number and have access to over 4,000 open-captioned videos for FREE. These are in most subject areas, for all age ranges. (The U. S. Department of Education provides funding for postage to and from our clients). Our collection would be a wonderful FREE resource to parents who are homeshooling their deaf/hard of children-we just need to inform them of the CMP's existence.
Christian Homeschool Fellowship - an excellent-looking web page with lots of interesting connections - havent't had time to peruse it myself yet, but looking forward to it.
Education Resource Links - homeschool and non-home school both.
Great New Gateway
developed by HEM Homeschooling Books Review Editor,
Lillian Jones
I've just finished helping our state homeschooling organization put
together an extensive set of *annotated* hyperlinks!
These were arrived at from researching all the sites I've been keeping
notes on for the last few years - from suggestions here and in the
Homeschool Connection forum, from magazines, and from stacks of internet
books I've been accumulating. This is an opportunity to have easy fast
access to a bizillion fabulous sites from one bookmark!
The website will give you a menu offering the
following 16 subject headings, each one loaded with hyper
links, with something for everyone. ENJOY! =) Lillian
Great Gateways to Interesting Sites
Fine Arts & Fun Arts
Go Figure! The Fascinating World of Mathematics
Our World and Beyond: Earth, Science, Space, and Technology
People, Cultures, and the Making of History
The Written Word, Reading and Language
Myths & Folklore
Cool Resources from Uncle Sam
Especially for Kids - but the whole family's invited!
Special Miscellaneous Sites
College & Career Information
Family Life
Computing and Online Resources
Long Distance Learning
Finding Positive Support for Challenges
Members' Favorite Sites
If you know about a terrific website, or a good access point to other
websites, send us the link and a brief description. Our November issue of
Recommended Websites will feature Reader Favorites!
Homeschool
Headlines are available free from HEM (Home Education
Magazine at the above website.
Home
Schooling with Ann Lahrson-Fisher - A homeschool-support page that
originates in Oregon.
Home Schooling in Lane County,
Oregon - Helpful page which includes: "Help!", for Beginners;
"Why Homeschool?"; "How Do We Homeschool?"; Kid's Pages; Internet Resources. This
page looks helpful, even if it has some sections that will only be of
use to Oregon homeschoolers.
Home School
Information Library
Landmark Books
Each year, Landmark Editions of Kansas City, Missouri selects one
book for publication in each of three age categories: 6-9; 10-13; and
14-19. Since 1988, six of the 44 books published were written by
homeschoolers.
For more information:
The National Written & Illustrated by... Awards Contest for Students For children ages 6-19; contest winners are offered a publishing
contract and receive royalties from book sales. Guidelines available by
sending a self addressed, stamped envelope with 64c postage to the
publisher, or may be downloaded from the website. Deadline for entries May
1; winners announced October 15.
For children ages 6-19; contest winners are offered a publishing
contract and receive royalties from book sales. Guidelines available by
sending a self addressed, stamped envelope with 64c postage to the
publisher, or may be downloaded from the website. Deadline for entries May
1; winners announced October 15.
Homeschooling
is Growing Worldwide - Karl's Web page.
Next, and very important, "Never stay home without them!...":
Homeschool
Pen Pal Connection<./A>
Integral Link
- Home Based Education Resources.
A great resource page:
Jon's Homeschool
Resource Page
Official Learn at Home Web Site
Top 5% Homeschool
Website Award Page
National Home Education Network is a web
page put together where a varied group of individuals who met on the
internet decided to build bridges of understanding between homeschoolers
in order to exchange ideas and information. Take a look.
Snowy Owl's Homeschool Website
Last updated on 2/22/99.
Landmark Editions
PO Box 4469
Kansas City, Missouri 64127
Home School Legal Defense Assoc.
