Home Educators

[GypsyWolf]

We've been home educating since Feb. 99. I would like to connect with other home educators/unschoolers.

Email me or let me know here what a typical day is for you. If anyone has any cool ideas on home education please let me know! I'd love to share ideas with other home educators!

As home educators we MUST stick together! You can make a difference! All home educators should know & be informed of their states laws regarding home education. It is up to us to inform & educate others who are unaware or who wish to learn more about home education.

You can help stop the negative stereotypes that continue to follow home educators by giving clear & accurate information to others.

My site "Rowan Forest Homeschool" offers ACCURATE & FREE info/resources for home educating parents. RFH is a spiritual home education site open to all persons of any positive religious/spiritual path.

Site-
Rowan Forest Homeschool
http://rowanforesthomeschool.bravehost.com/
A spiritual home education site.

Sisterhood-(new Yahoo group)
Rowan Forest Homeschool
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RowanForestHomeschool/
A sisterhood/support group for SAHMs/home educators 18+. ALL spiritual paths of peace and light are welcome.

Amethyst Isle-(new forum)
http://www.phpbbforfree.com/forums/rowanforesthome.html
A spiritual hideaway for SAHMs/home educators of ALL faiths & paths. I have private forums for women which are not accessible to children. For children over 13+ I offer a Teen Haven section.

Hope to see you there.

[GypsyWolf]

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

http://www.abcteach.com/

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index.html

http://www.schoolexpress.com/fwsindex.php

http://www.dltk-teach.com/

http://www.rhlschool.com/

http://www.kinderprintables.com/

http://www.homeschoolernetwork.fen.com/

http://www.first-school.ws/

http://www.donnayoung.org/

http://www.janbrett.com/

http://learningpage.com/

[GypsyWolf]

Rowan Forest Homeschool
http://rowanforesthomeschool.bravehost.com/
A spiritual home education site.

Rowan Forest Homeschool-Sisterhood
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RowanForestHomeschool/
A Pagan/spiritual sisterhood/support group for SAHMs/home educators. ALL spiritual paths of peace and light are welcome.

Amethyst Isle-(new forum)
http://www.phpbbforfree.com/forums/rowanforesthome.html
A spiritual hideaway for SAHMs/home educators of ALL faiths & paths. I have private forums for women which are not accessible to children. For children over 13+ I offer a Teen Haven section.

Wisconsin Parents Association
(Homeschooling in Wisconsin since 1984)
http://www.homeschooling-wpa.org/
Wisconsin Parents Association (WPA) provides encouragement, support, and accurate information about homeschooling, learning resources, and laws that affect homeschoolers.

Wisconsin Homeschooling
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/.../Wisconsin.htm

[GypsyWolf]

Alliance for the Separation of School & State
http://honestedu.org/
Children need Honest Education
Separating School from State
Is the Only Way to Get There

Learn in Freedom
http://learninfreedom.org/
This site is about learning in freedom, taking responsibility for your own learning. It shows you how to use your own initiative in learning, so you can use schools and teachers just when they are helpful to you, and voluntarily chosen by you. There's a specific page on this site to show you how to get started in learning in freedom, and there are plenty of other pages on this site about other subjects.

EducationalFreedom.com
http://www.educationalfreedom.com/
The number one source on the web for education, homeschooling, and parental rights news and commentary.

National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/
Our Mission Statement
The National Home Education Network exists to encourage and facilitate the vital grassroots work of state and local homeschooling organizations and individuals by providing information, fostering networking and promoting public relations on a national level. Because we believe there is strength in a diverse network of homeschoolers, we support the freedom of all individual families to choose home education and to direct such education.

American Homeschool Association
http://aha.typepad.com/american_homeschool_assoc/
Homeschoolers helping homeschoolers - since 1995

Paths of Learning
http://www.pathsoflearning.net/
Explore creative practices and teaching strategies for educators, parents, scholars and policy makers. Learn about progressive education programs that advance holistic education and other innovative approaches. Find ideas that can work for all children, and that support strong parent involvement in education.

Build Freedom
http://www.buildfreedom.com/portal/category.php/126
Compulsory Schooling & Home Ed Info

A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/index.htm
Resources, info, articles, links & more for home educators.

ABC Homeschool
http://www.abc-homeschool.com/
Your Complete Homeschool Resource.

Homeschool Social Register
http://www.homeschoolmedia.net/register/
The Homeschool Social Register is a free service offering several tools you can use to find the support you need. The Index of the Register includes pages for almost every town and city in the United States, Canada, and several other countries (if your town isn't there, I will add it). Each page lists members who are homeschooling in that location, and has links to local support groups, too.
In addition to physical, geographical locales like towns, counties, states, and provinces, the Register now includes "virtual" locales listed on the "World View" and other pages. So you can also use the Register to find other homeschoolers and web sites that share your philosophy or interests.

At Home in America
http://www.athomeinamerica.com/index.php
A free newspaper and blog for the homeschool community.

[GypsyWolf]

Radical Unschooling
http://sandradodd.com/unschooling
Best unschooling site. Resources, forums, articles, & tons of other info.

Family Unschoolers Network
http://www.unschooling.org/
The Family Unschoolers Network provides support for unschooling, homeschooling, and self-directed learning. If you are an unschooler, homeschooler, self-directed learner, or just learning in general, then this is the site for you! You will find newsletter articles, reviews, resources, web sites, books and lots of other information to help your homeschooling or unschooling efforts.

UnSchoolers Online
http://unschoolers.com/
A website dedicated to providing detailed and helpful information on everything related to unschooling and homeschooling. You'll find local support group listings, news, articles, book recommendations, links, and more.
http://unschoolers.com/wisconsin.html

Unschooling
http://www.unschooling.info/
Unschooling resources, articles, & forums

[GypsyWolf]

Ambleside Online-Charlotte Mason Method
http://www.amblesideonline.org/
A free curriculum designed to be as close as possible to the curriculum that Charlotte Mason used in her own PNEU schools. Our goal is to be true to Charlotte Mason's high literary standards. Ambleside Online uses the highest quality books and costs no more than the cost of texts. The curriculum uses as many free online books as possible, and there is no cost to use this information or join the support group.

Home Ed-Charlotte Mason Method
http://simplycharlottemason.com/prog...ing-this-fall/
Charlotte Mason was a British educator who lived in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She invested her life in improving the quality of children’s education.
Charlotte emphasized treating each child as a person, not as a container into which you dump information. She believed that all children should receive a broad education, which she likened to spreading a feast of great ideas before them. Charlotte encouraged parents to have an active role in teaching and training their children in academics, fine arts, faith, citizenship, and habits of character.

Charlotte Mason Research & Supply Company
http://www.charlottemason.com/

[GypsyWolf]

Montessori Method
http://www.montessori.edu/
Montessori educational practice helps children develop creativity, problem solving, social, and time-management skills, to contribute to society and the environment, and to become fulfilled persons in their particular time and place on Earth. The basis of Montessori practice in the classroom is respected individual choice of research and work, and uninterrupted concentration rather than group lessons led by an adult.

Montessori Method
http://www.michaelolaf.net/
The Philosophy & Practice of the Montessori Method of Education — for children from birth to age twelve, in the home and school

Montessori Online
http://montessori.org/
Inspiring and supporting the development of strong, successful Montessori schools around the world.
Providing clear answers to the questions that parents and educators ask about the Montessori approach.

[GypsyWolf]

Waldorf Homeschoolers
http://www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com/
Waldorf ideals for education emphasize and awaken disciplined creativity, wonder, reverence and respect for nature and human existence. Waldorf methods have proven to offer a holistic educational model designed to provide the right stimulus at the right time and allow each child's abilities to fully unfold.

Steiner Waldorf
http://www.timsellers.net/steinerhomeschooling/
The Steiner Waldorf educational method was started by Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher. There are startling differences between a regular state school and a Steiner school. During the Grade years in a Waldorf school, the children do not use textbooks of any kind, instead they have 'Main Lesson Books', which they fill in with their writing and pictures as they go through their lessons - in effect, creating their own textbooks. The other difference between a Waldorf school and a 'regular' school is that no 'formal' academics begin until the child reaches approximately 6 years old. Before this time, in Kindergarten, the children play in a warm, homely environment, surrounded by natural, simple toys. They engage in activities such as baking, colouring, watercolour painting and modelling with beeswax.

The Online Waldorf Library
http://www.waldorflibrary.org/pg/home/home.asp
This site has been created to provide useful information to English speaking Waldorf teachers, parents, homeschoolers, and anyone interested in Waldorf education. Our aim is to make visible all the appropriate resources on Waldorf education that are currently available and to provide information about where these resources can be purchased or obtained.