Homeschooling Links

Here are some links to web pages that may be helpful to you.  This page is always being updated, so check back often!  It will eventually be a collective effort of the members of the Horizon Homeschoolers.

Links to Link Groups…

General Resources

Local Sources

• Texas Home School Coalition—THSC
• City of Grapevine
• Grapevine Public library
• Texas Home Educators—What you need to know to homeschool in Texas!
• Texas Homeschool Curriculum Requirements
• Texas Homeschooling—Events, organizations.
• TAFFIE: Texas Homeschooling Mailing—Texas homeschool support groups and Info.

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Getting Started Homeschooling

• HSLDA Home Schooling Central
• How to get started homeschooling
• Homeschooling 101
• Beginning to homeschool

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General Homeschooling Information

• Eclectic Homeschool Online
• Homeschooling on a Shoestring
• Vegsource—Homeschool Talk and Swap.
• A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling Web Site
• About.com's homeschool site—Full of lesson plans and info.
• Jon's Homeschool Resource Page—Filled with ideas.
• American Homeschool Association
• Homefires—The Journal of Homeschooling Online, with additional links.
• Homeschool resource guide
• Course of Study—What to learn when.

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Grade Levels

Preschoolers

• Abecedarian Academy
• Preschool activities—Activities that keep them busy while older siblings are working.
• Preschool by Stormie
• ChateauMeddybemps—Stories, games, parent's guide and lots more.
• Early childhood—Activities, crafts and articles
• Kinder Art—Worksheets and coloring pages
• KindergartenKafe—Kindergarten curriculum online.

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Elementary

• Alphabet Soup
• ABC Teach
• Zoom School

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Middle School

• Online education and unit studies
• ABC's of the Writing Process,—For secondary students.
• Paragraph—One a Week; for 5th and 6th grades.
• Migrant—Free online courses for grades 6–12

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High School

• Choices or Consequences—Lessons in conjunction with Court TV.
• Free-ed—College-level classes on the web.

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School Subjects

Reading

• 1000 Good Books list
• Literature-based studies
• Bedtime Stories—If you can ignore the "for busy parents" part! The stories are great.
• Online children's stories—Stories to read or download.
• Reading Level Assessment

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Writing

• Writing Guide
• Memaw's Creative Writing Corner—Ideas for writing, journaling, etc.
• Everyday Spelling—A lists of frequently misspelled words, by grade.
• Poetry
• Common Errors in English

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Math

• Math source—PBS Teachersource math page.
• Math Surf—Improving math skills.
• Helping your child learn math
• All Math
• Cool Math
• Lemonade Stand
• Math Worksheets
• Pre-Algebra: free online course
• Math goodies—Free math activities.
• Natural Math—Not so flashy, but worth it!

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Science

• Robert Krampf's Science Education Company—Sign up for the Experiment of the Week.
• Brainpop—Science and Health movies, games, etc.
• Cool Science for Curious ids
• Helping Your Child Learn Science
• Science, Optics and You—It's simply the coolest thing you've seen in awhile.
• Science Snacks—Short experiments.
• Bizarre Stuff You Can Make in Your Kitchen
• Home Science Experiments—A site by a Japanese mom, so you get cultural studies too!
• Whelmers—More experiments.
• Science Experiments at Home
• Explore Science:
• How Stuff Works
• Archeology—Project Exploration.
• Trees Are treasures

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History/Geography

• Personal Timelines—Use this to make a timeline of your life or the period you're studying.
• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
• World History K–12 lesson plans
• Map tests and blank outline maps
• Helping your child learn geography
• Different timelines
• Earth lights—Because everyone needs this bookmarked.
• K–12 lesson plans
• Index of Native American Resources on the Net

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Art

• Art History for Kids
• Kinder Art—Art projects for more than just kindergartners!
• Drawing lessons online
• National Gallery of Art
• The Art Room—Children's art and drawing suggestions.

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Music

• All about the orchestra
• Children's song lyrics
• Composers—Links to web sites on many composers.
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra kids' site

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Teaching Styles

Overview of Teaching Styles

• Links to all the different homeschooling methods

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Classical Education

• The well trained mind
• An overview of classical education
• Links to many pages on classical education

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Unschooling/Relaxed Homeschooling

• Information, essays, message boards, etc.
• Family Unschooling Network
• Unschooling links, essays, books
• Sandra Dodd's home page—Unschooling columnist at Home Education Magazine.
• The Relaxed Homeschool web page, by Mary Hood

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Charlotte Mason

• A Charlotte Mason Education
• The original Charlotte Mason books, online
• Charlotte Mason links

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Unit Studies

• Make your own unit study
• Themed units and more
• Amanda Bennett's homepage

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Lesson Plans

• Ask Eric, lesson plans for pre-K through adult
• VolWeb, K–12 lesson plans
• Core Knowledge lesson plans
• Enchanted Learning—Simply everything; please support this site if you can.

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Miscellaneous

Homeschool Magazines

• Home Education Magazine
• Homeschool World, the official web site of Practical Homeschooling Magazine
• Homeschooling Today

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Activities, Fun and Games

• Outdoor Kids' Network (Texas' natural wonders)
• Puzzle Depot—On line games and puzzles
• Jig zone—Online puzzle, including one with the states of the U.S.A.
• Fun brain—Math games and more.
• Eye tricks—Optical illusions.

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More helpful links

• Awesome library—More links to homeschooling.
• Animated American Sign Language
• Learn Spanish online—Free, although premium paid services are available.
• 700+ Great Sites for Kids

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Worksheets

• School Express—Worksheets and more.
• Learning page—Instructional material you can download and print.

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