Jon's Homeschool Resources
Home-ed FAQ file, pt 3
INDEX:
- World-wide-web pages
- Books
- Magazines and Newsletters
- Correspondence Schools, Curricula, Materials, and Mail Order
- Other resources
- Other electronic forums
NEW:
- Description of ``the Daily Reportcard'' list server.
- Description of ``Potter's Press'' curriculum
The call numbers are from records in OCLC, the national bibliographic database, mostly from Library of Congress input records. Most libraries will have kept at least the beginning part of the number the same, the characters following the period may differ. When there was more than one edition, the most recent one is given (in hopes that the book will still be in print!)
World-wide-web pages:
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http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/HomeSchool/homeschool.htm Books:
- Beechick, Ruth
- You CAN teach your child successfully:grades 4 to 8
Arrow Press, 1988
ISBN:0940319055 LC:LB1048.5 .B44 1988 Dewey:649/.68 - Colfax, David
- Homeschooling for Excellence
Warner Books, 1988
ISBN:0446389862 LC:LC40 .C65 1988 Dewey:649/.68 - Gatto, John
- The Exhausted school : the first national grassroots speakout on
the right to school choice
NY: Smith & Varina, Odysseus Group, 1993.
ISBN 0-945700-02-1Dumbing us down: the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1992.
ISBN: 0-86571-230-1, ISBN: 0-86571-231-X (pbk.)
LC: LA2317.G33 A3 1992 - Hirsh, E.D., Jr., editor
- What your 1st Grader Needs To Know:Fundamentals of a Good
First-Grade Education
Doubleday, 1991,21st grade
ISBN:0385411154 LC:LB1571 1st .W53 1991 Dewey:372.192nd grade
ISBN:0385411162 LC:LB1571 2nd .W47 1991 Dewey:372.193rd grade
ISBN:0385411170 LC:LB1571 3rd .W47 1992 Dewey:372.194th grade
ISBN:0385411189 LC:LB1571 4th .W48 1992 Dewey:372.19 - Holt, John
- Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education
Delta/Seymour Lawrence, 1989
ISBN:0440550556 LC:LC37 .H66 1989 Dewey:649/.68Learning All The Time
Addison-Wesley, 1989
ISBN:0201550911 LC:LB1060 .H66 1989 Dewey:372
A Life Worth Living: Selected Letters Of John Holt
Ohio State Univ Press, 1990
ISBN:0814205232 LC:LB885.H64 L54 1990 Dewey:371.1/0092
- Grace Llewellyn
- The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real
Life and Education
Lowry House ($14.95 + $2 shipping) P.O. Box 1014
Eugene OR 97440.- GWIGLEY@carleton.edu:
- We began to read [our teenage boys] excerpts from the book and they've grown increasingly interested. Except for the first chapter to parents, the author writes to teens. It's an amazing book, the best I've come across thus far.
- Donnie Curtis <dcurtis@lib.nmsu.edu>:
- ...I'd like to add my praise for this book. My kids
(6,9,14) have never been to school, and have been doing
pretty well directing their own learning. But my
14-year-old daughter had been feeling a need to seek out
further resources, so we bought Grace Llewellyn's book. It
has been our best resource (other than GWS); she has become
inspired about her education, and has gotten many good ideas
from the book. The author herself has a real love for
learning and is able to convey it.
The book probably works best for those kids who are bored and unchallenged in school, and not well for those whose interest in learning has been totally destroyed. I loaned it to a mother whose son was having school problems, and though she loved it, he was uninterested in anything that resembled a book.
- Moore, Raymond and Dorothy
- Home Style Teaching:A Handbook for Parents and Teachers
Word Books, 1984
ISBN:0849903971 LC:LC37 .M67 1984 Dewey:649/.68Home-Spun Schools:Teaching Children at Home--What Parents Are Doing and How They Are Doing It
Word Books, 1982
ISBN:0849903262 LC:LC37 .M668 1982 Dewey:649/.68/0973Home Grown Kids:A Practical Handbook for Teaching Your Children At Home
Word Books, 1981
ISBN:0849902703 LC:LC37 .M66 Dewey:649/.68Better Late than Early: A New Approach to Your Child's Education
Reader's Digest Press, 1986 (c1975)
ISBN:088349048X LC:LB1132 .M66 1986 Dewey:372.1/2/17Home School Burnout:What It Is, What Causes It, and How to Cure It
Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1981
ISBN:0943497353 LC:LC40 .M66 1988 Dewey:649/.68/0973 - Pagnoni, Mario
- The Complete Home Educator:A Comprehesive Guide to Modern Home-Teaching
Larson, 1984
ISBN:0943914116 LC:LC37 .P26 1984 Dewey:649/.68/0973 - Pedersen, Anne and O'Mara, Peggy, eds.
- Schooling at Home: Parents, Kids and Learning
J.Muir Pub'ns, 1990
ISBN:0945465521 LC:LC40 .S36 1990 Dewey:649/.68- A composite of chapters by different authors containing different views of homeschooling and advice from different viewpoints. (Excerpted from Mothering magazine.)
- Pride, Mary
- The Big Book of Home Learning (4 volumes)
Crossway Books, 1990-1
ISBN:0891075488(v.1) LC:LC40 .P75 1990 Dewey:649/.68/0973Schoolproof
Crossway Books, 1988
ISBN:0891074805 LC:LC225.3 .P75 1988 Dewey:649/.68 - Reed, Donn
- Home School Source Book
Brook Farm Books, 1991
ISBN:0919761240 LC:LC40 .R43 1991 Dewey:649.68 - Wade, Theodore
- The Home School Manual:For Parents Who Teach Their Own Children
Gazelle Pub'ns, 1991(4th ed)
ISBN:0930192257 LC:LC40 .W33 1991 Dewey:649/.68 - ?, ?
- Students' Book of Lists
Incentive Pub'ns
ISBN 0-86530-000-3
Magazines and Newsletters:
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"Growing without Schooling"
2269 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140- (617) 864-3100
- A subscription is $25 per year for six bi-monthly issues.
LC:LC40 .G76 Dewey:649/.68/097305- Aaron Falbel <falbel@media-lab.media.mit.edu> says:
- "Most of John Holt's writings on homeschooling are contained
in Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS), which he
started in 1977. The accumulated wisdom of many
homeschooling parents (and children!) are included in its
pages. Unfortunately, not many libraries subscribe to GWS
or have a collection of the back issues, but perhaps you
can convince yours to get them.
"Growing Without Schooling tends to cater to the latter three groups [ in the answer to question 2 above]."
- Martin Lewitt <lewitt@ncube.COM> adds:
- "GWS is mostly theme issues assembled from letters from
parents and children and only has the unschooling point of
view.
"My perception of GWS, is that it has steered clear of the religious controversy which some feel may threaten the home school movement. Don't get me wrong, subscribe to both [GWS and Home Education Magazine]."
"Home Education Magazine"
PO Box 1083
Tonasket, WA 98855- Phone: (509) 486-1351
- A one year subscription is $24.00 (one ad has it at $20.00?)
for 6 issues, and $4.50 for the current issue.
LC:n/a Dewey:371More than 50 pages an issue, several feature articles and a several of columns.
- Martin Lewitt <lewitt@ncube.COM> says:
- "Home Education Magazine has a Christian influence that isn't overwhelming and is supportive and open to the unschooling approach. Given the strong religious component of much of the home schooling movement, I find that HEM does an excellent job of keeping us informed of what is going on."
Parents' Choice Foundation
Box 185
Newton, MA 02168
phone 617-965-5913- $18 per year, add $3 for Canadian orders
- Joni J Rathbun <jrathbun@ednet1.osl.or.gov>:
- Another source some of you may be interested in is a publication called Parents' Choice. Comes in newspaper format and is a nonprofit consumer guide to children's books, videos, toys, audio materials (records and tapes), software, tv, etc. Lots of reviews. Nothing much in the way of editorials. A smattering of ads for books and kits and resources....
PRACTICAL HOMESCHOOLING.
Home Life
PO Box 1250
Fenton MO 63026
1-800-346-6322- fax (314) 343-7203.
- It's available for $15/4 issues
- Mary Pride <marypride@aol.com> (the editor):
- Back issues are $5 each plus 10% shipping ($2 minimum). Three back issues so far. We are Christian in outlook, with an emphasis on high-tech homeschooling, high school and even college opportunities at home, and whatever cutting-edge ideas and resources we can discover! Lots and lots of reviews of both "standard" type resources and software products. Glossy, colorful, and now BIG issues -- 80 pages! Regular columns on a variety of teaching methods: classical education, Charlotte Mason method, unit studies, online education, accelerated education. Lifestyle features include "A Day at Our House" diaries, an "Applause" section chronicling kids' achievements, and a Toothpick Hunt with prizes in every issue! Publisher is me, Mary Pride. No political content at all at the moment -- I'm trying to steer away from this, as I feel other groups and magazines have this side of homeschooling well in hand. With no disrespect intended to HOMESCHOOLING TODAY magazine, we are trying to become HOMESCHOOLING TOMORROW -- the WHOLE EARTH REVIEW of home ed, the WIRED, the magazine with an eye to the future, including such things as innercity homeschooling, business/homeschool partnerships, online networking, moving from a transcript-based society to a knowledge-credentialed society (not to be confused with OBE, which emphasizes emotional conformity).
"The Teaching Home"
P.O. BOx 20219- Portland, OR 97220.
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Annual subscription rate: $15
- Claude Anderson <anderson@master.CS.Rose-Hulman.Edu>:
- In addition to good articales and columns, there are numerous interesting advertisements, as well as calendars of home-school events around the country.... The magazine has a strong Christian emphasis, but many of the articles (especially those on legal aspects) should be of interest to any current/potential home-schoolers. Each issue focuses on some specific aspect of home education. (Recent examples : Standardized Testing, Using the Library, Learning Problems, Character Building, Political Science, Phonics, Preparing for Adulthood) Back issues (to 1983) are available."
- Martin Lewitt <lewitt@ncube.COM> adds:
- "Avoid "The Teaching Home", (mentioned by someone else) unless you are a fundamentalist Christian, actually the fundamentalists would probably be better off avoiding this one, also."
- "Moore Report"
- Sandra Petit <Sandra_Petit@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US>:
- "The Moore Report is a magazine put out by the Moores (Raymond and Dorothy) as part of the Raymond and Dorothy Moore Foundation. It is in the process of being expanded so I do not have the subscription information.
- "Treasure Trove"
- Sandra Petit <Sandra_Petit@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US>:
- "Published by Hewitt Research Foundation. Treasure Trove is not really information on homeschooling. It has puzzles and articles geared toward the young people who will use their materials."
"Under the Apple Tree"
Apple Tree Press
PO Box 8- Woodinville, WA 98072
- Steve Miller <smiller@bbn.com> says:
- "This newsletter is published bi-monthly. It is a full of ideas and projects. The activities are geared to the season. The issues that I have seen have been _very_ good. I believe that you can request a free copy."
New Attitude
6920 S.E. Hogan
Gresham OR 97080- 1-800-225-5259.
- From: Lee Griffith <griffith@anderson.edu>
- Teen magazines for homeschoolers are hard to find--but
Josh Harris (son of Greg Harris) recently started this by
& for homeschool teen magazine. While not specifically
religiously oriented, most of the writers come from a
Christian background & write with that perspective.
Sample article topics include: College prep tips, National homeschool basketball tourney coverage, news on the Farris campaign, peer pressure, Rush Limbaugh, dating & courtship and many more. Regular sections are: Homeschool student profile, Music & the Arts, Readers Sound-Off!, Christianity & Literature & Cartoons.
To subscribe, send $15 (if a US resident) $20 (if from another country) to:
For a sample issue, write to the same address and send $2. Visa and Mastercard are also accepted.
Correspondence Schools, Curricula, Materials, and Mail Order:
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Terry Colbert <tcolbert@dragon.ulowell.edu>:
"[Many of the items in] the following list [are] taken from the
Growing Without Schooling directory (issue #84) under the heading
"Correspondence Schools or Curriculum Suppliers". [That] list is also
available from Holt Associates as the Home School Resource List for $2.50.
"Holt Associates also recommends "Peterson's Independent Study Catalog" for high school, college, and grad courses. Holt sells the catalog for $11.95 + $3 postage (Holt Associates, 2269 Massachusetts AV, Cambridge MA 02140)."
- ABEKA
Box 18000
Pensacola, FL 32523-9160
1-800-874-2352 or 1-800-874-3592.They offer a regular correspondence course as well as a video course. You can also order materials without enrolling. Tuition for the regular course is $450.00 which includes books. There is a strict time limitation for their courses. Christian oriented
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Alpha Omega Publications
P.O. Box 3153
Tempe, AZ 85281
(602) 731-9310.Uses LIFEPACS, series of small books which takes student through each subject in steps. You can enter at any stage, and combine different grade levels for different subjects. There are about 10 LIFEPACS for each grade level for each subject. You can get a sample LIFEPAC by request. Most of the series are about $20.00.
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Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
PO Box 4097
Whittier, CA 90607-4097Character foundation curriculum (213)694-4791
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Alta Vista College Press Home School Curriculum
PO Box 222
Medina WA 98039
(206) 454-7691I talked to a guy who answered the phone briefly and it seems that it is graduate level curiculum they are offering, geared toward educating Christian teachers. Teaching teachers how to teach. They probably changed their phone number to avoid calls from stupid parents asking about homeschooling materials.
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American Home Academy Materials
2770 S 1000 W
Perry UT 84302
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American School
850 E 58th
Chicago IL 60637(high school)
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Associated Christian Schools
PO Box 27115
Indianapolis IN 46227
317-881-7132 -
Aves Science Kits
PO Box 229
Peru, ME 04290
(207)- 562-7033SCIENCE - Aves Science is a "science supply company specializing in homeschool laboratory science units." Their specialty is "complete self-contained laboratory units that are essentially identical to conventional laboratory exercises, but are designed and packaged for the homeschooler."
Each science unit comes in a white cardboard box with all equipment included. Over seventy different units available from Bacteria Staining to Frog Dissections. Units can be purchased individually for a cost ranging from $4.00 - $7.00 or as batches as complete laboratory programs.
A Basic Laboratory Program for ages 12-14 is $42.75 and has nine units.
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Brigham Young University
Dept of Independent Study
206 Harman Continuing Ed Building
Provo UT 84602 -
Bob Jones University Press
Greenville, SC 29614
1-800-845-5731They offer sale of tests as well as materials. The price depends on grade level and which subjects you in which you wish to enroll. Christian oriented
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Calvert School
105 Tuscanny Road
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 243-6030Tuition about $400. You receive an instruction manual as well as books, workbooks and writing materials (crayons, pencils, rulers, paper). Lessons are spelled out. (ex. Say to the child...)
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Christian Liberty Academy Satellite Schools (CLASS)
502 W. Euclid Ave.
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(708) 259-8736send for an information packet There are different programs. Family program is $210, CLASS adm. program $240, uses "homework", has 12 month year
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Christian Light Publications
PO Box 1126
Harrisonburg VA 22801-1126
703-434-0768 -
Classic Curriculum
Dept G
PO Box 656
Milford MI 48042
313-481-7008 or 800-348-6688 -
Clonlara SchoolHome Based Education Program
1289 Jewett
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(313) 769-4511Textbooks not required. Fee $350.00 per family. Does not include books or testing. Year is Sept. 1-Aug. 31
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Cuisenanire Co. of America, Inc
P.O. Box 5026
White Plains, NY 10602-5026
Call: 800-237-3142
FAX: 800-551-RODSThey have a big wonderful catalog, some of which is actually helpful to homeschoolers (and much more of which is "classroom suitable"). The rods come in wood or plastic, and single set size of 74 or a double set size of 155. There is a lot of science stuff in it for older kids.
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Design-a-Study
408 Victoria Ave
Wilmington, DE 19804Resources for creating a custom curriculum
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Educators Publishing Service
75 Moulton St.
Cambridge, MA 02138-1104
(800)225-5750Recipe for Reading, language arts
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ESP Inc.
1201 E. Johnson Ave., PO Drawer 5080
Jonesboro, AR 72403-5080
(800)643-0280Super Workbook K-8
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February 9, Educational
118 Carter Dr.
Loudon, TN 37774
1-615-458-2749- George.Graham@launchpad.unc.edu (george wayne graham) writes:
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Science has been mentioned a lot on this group. There is a
company that does an excellent job of designing creative ways
of learning math, science and computer literacy for kids.
I tried out their anatomy set with my kids. It comes with a cassette tape which sings the parts of the body ... bones, nerves, brain etc. Makes memorizing SUPER easy. It has a workbook with drawings, glossary, lyrics to the songs ... and the part I like best ... questions which can be used to test the students retention. They also have flash cards with pictures.
My kids found the music so entertaining that they forgot that they were actually learning something. I actually find myself listening to it for fun. The cassette also has the music with no lyrics. This way when the student thinks they know it, they can sing along with the music without the singers prompting.
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Glenn Distributors
7251 Bass Hwy
St Cloud MN 32769 -
Hands-On Equations
Borenson & Associates, PO Box 3328
Allentown, PA 18106
(215)820-5575Pre-algebra grades 3-8
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Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Inc.
School Dept, 5 Sampson St.
Saddle Brook, NJ 07662
(800)237-2665Textbooks K-12
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Hewitt Research Foundation
P.O. Box 9
Washougal, WA 98671-0009
206-835-8708Price differs depending on what you get. For $89, you get a booklist prepared for your individual child and phone counseling. They sell textbooks as well as other materials. Christian oriented
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Homeschool Associates of New England
116 Third Avenue
Auburn, Maine 04210
(800)882-2828 or (207)777-0077.Some have expressed interest in used books & curricula. Their listings show a considerable inventory of used homeschooling material. They apparently also buy. Additionally, they offer numerous other services to the homeschooling community. They appear to be a national service although they are most active in NE.
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Home Study Alternative School
PO Box 10356
Newport Beach CA 92658 -
Home Study Directory: Nat'l Home School Council
1601 18th ST NW
Washington DC 20009
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Home Study Institute
6940 Carroll AV
Takoma Park MD 20912
202-723-0800 -
Home Study International
P.O. Box 4437
Silver Springs, MD 20914-4437does not include testing, books but must buy the books in theircourse. $286.00/yr (calendar year), $143/semester; $55.00 registration fee, offers placement test
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Houghton Mifflin
One Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02108
(800)257-9107Textbooks, K-12
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International Linguistics Corporation
3505 East Red Bridge Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64137Publish a series of foreign-language instruction tapes and books for young children. Languages available include, Japanese, French, German, Russian, Chinese, and even Engish.
These tapes are used by lots of people on the list.
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International Institute
PO Box 99
Park Ridge Il 60068
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Islamic Home Scholl Assoc. of North America
c/o J. Akremi
610 S.W. 21 Rd.
Warrenburg, MO 64093 -
IQRA (Arabic for READ)
831 S. Laflin
Chicago, IL 60607
Attn: Dr. T. Ghazi
(312) 226-5694 -
John Holt's Book and Music Store
2269 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 864-3100Catalog store run by the Holt Associates (see also GWS in the magazine section above).
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Key Curriculum Press
PO Box 2304
Berkeley, CA 94702
(800)338-7638Innovative and inexpensive Math workbooks
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Kolbe Academy
1600 F ST
Napa CA 94559 -
Konos Curriculum
P.O. Box 1534
Richardson, TX 75083They offer a curriculum which is to be used for all children. You just adapt the material to different ages. They offer timelines which sound wonderful though they are expensive and take up a lot of wall space.
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Laurel Spring School
Suite 201
Ojai CA 93023
1-800-377-5890 or (805) 646-0186 -
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of CA
Berkeley, CA 94720Science curriculum
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Learning at Home
PO Box 270-G
Honaunau HI 96726 -
Living Heritage Academy
PO Box 1438
Lewisville TX 75067 -
McGuffey Academy
2213 Spur Trail
Grapevine, TX 76051
817-481-7008 -
MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Bomar/Noble publishers, Harper & Row/Random
House JP, Lippincott/Silver Burdett Laidlaw Brothers
220 E. Danieldale Rd
DeSoto, TX 75115
(800)442-9685Textbooks, K-12
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McDougal, Littell & Co
PO Box 1606
El Cajon, CA 92022Textbooks, K-12
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Modern Curriculum Press
13900 Prospect Rd
Cleveland, OH 44136Textbooks, K-12, bilingual
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Moore Foundation
Box 1
Camas, WA 98607Educational methods and materials
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Muslim Home School Network and Resource
P.O. Box 1454
Attleboro, MA 02703
(508) 226-1638 -
National Book Co
333 SW Park AV
Portland OR 97205-3784
503-228-6345 -
Oak Meadow School
PO Box 712
Blacksburg VA 24063
703-552-3263 -
Open Court
407 South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60605Textbooks, K-12
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Our Family Resources
1378 River Rd
Drumore, PACurriculum and supplementary materials
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Our Lady of the Rosary
105 E. Flaget Ave.
Bardstown, KY 40004Catholic pre-K-12
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Our Lady of Victory School
4436 Alpine Dr.
(P.O. Box 819)
Post Falls, ID 83854 -
Pensacola Christian Correspondence School
Box 18000
Pensacola FL 32523 -
Phoenix Special Programs
3132 W Clarendon
Phoenix AZ 85017(high school)
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Potter's Press Preschool Curriculum
Shekinah Curriculum Cellar
967 Junipero Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626- mmeahan@gentoo.com (Melinda Meahan) writes:
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Potter's Press is in the form of loose-leaf notebook pages,
ten pages per week. Each week features a letter sound, a
number, and a Bible story (starting after the first few weeks,
which talk about Hermie the Glow Wormie, a character running
through the whole series.
If you want something structured for your 3- or 4-year-old to do along with the rest of your children, this is the ticket. It will only take about 10 minutes a day. My 3-year-old felt that he had "done school" along with his older siblings, and he really enjoyed doing the pages.
The curriculum is flexible enough that if your child is ready to read and write, they can do so, but if they aren't, you can easily adapt it to their level (i.e., just going over the letter sounds and skipping the few lines of words to try to read each week.
I try to find materials for my children that are self-instructional, and this one meets that requirement. Everything is right in the material they are doing, and there is nothing to have to digest and regurgitate, something that I find impossible to do.
Potter's Press is sold by Shekinah Curriculum Cellar, 967 Junipero Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. The price as of 1992 (when I bought it; I don't have a current catalog) was $30 and I felt it was a far better use of my money than the conglomeration-of-preschool-workbooks-and-programs that I used for an older child who really wanted to "do school" too. You can get a catalog for a dollar, and the catalog includes a good description of the curriculum and some sample pages, along with lots of other nifty school supplies.
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Prentice Hall
School Div. Simon/Schuster
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632Textbooks 6-12
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Rod & Staff Publishers
Hwy. 172
Crockett, KY 41413
(606) 522-4348Strong Christian orientation. Offers texts for all subjects, including art and music, as well as some in Spanish.
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Saxon Publishing
1002 Lincoln Green
Norman, OK 73072Solid Math texts, very complete
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Seton Home Study School
One Kidd Lane
Front Royal, VA 22630
(703) 636-9990Catholic correspondence school
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Shekinah Curriculum Cellar
967 Junipero Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626Books and teaching aids
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SMM Educational Services
Box 1079
Sunland CA 91040
818-352-2310 - Sonlight Curriculum
8121 South Grant Way
Littleton, CO 80122-2701
http://www.crsys.com/sonlight, sonlight@crsys.com
(303) 730-6292, (303) 795-8668 fax
- John Rodkey (rodkey@westmont.edu):
- This is a Christian, delight-oriented (but challenging) curriculum with an international rather than America-centric flavor. Use of Usborne books and Newbury Award winning literature rather than textbooks encourages building a library which can be enjoyed long after 'prescribed' learning takes place.
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Sycamore Tree, Inc.
2179 Meyer Place
Costa Mesa, CA 92627They offer a course for $400.00 per family. Registration is $50.00. Does not include books though you get a discount on materials in their very extensive catalog. Does include spring testing, high school transcripts and diploma. Requires joining Home School Legal Defense Association for $85.00/yr. You can order from their catalog without enrolling.
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Textbooks for Parents
Box 209
Kendrick ID 83537 -
U of Nebraska Independent Study High School
Continuing Ed Ctr Rm 269
Lincoln NE 68583 -
Walch
321 Valley St., PO Box 658
Portland, ME 04014-0658Textbooks, 6-12
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Weekly Reader Skills Books
Field Publications, PO Box 16618
Columbus, OH 43285Inexpensive skills books most subjects pre-K - grade 9
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World Eagle
64 Washburn Ave., Wellesley, MA 02181
(800)634-3805 -
Zephyr Press
PO Box 13448-B, Dept. 26
Tucson, AZ 85732-3448Innovative learning materials, integrative curriculum K-12
- ABEKA
Other resources:
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Almost every state has an annual home-school convention (The
Teaching Home lists them).
- Home School Legal Defense Association
HSLDA
Box 159
Paeonian Springs, VA 22129
(703) 338-5600- Claude Anderson <anderson@master.CS.Rose-Hulman.Edu>:
- "Many local school administrators are less than thrilled about Home education. HSLDA is basically a "Pooled insurance" fund. For $100 per year, they promise to represent you for no additional charge if your right to teach your own children is challenged. They have had an excellent track record in their defense of home school families."
- Mary Watts <ki!mary@uunet.uu.net>:
- Member families receive legal advice and representation by an attorney for homeschool cases if needed, and quarterly Court Report magazine updating the legal situation in the United States. Run from a Christian perspective, but membership is open to all home schoolers. Fee $100/year/family
- Ken & Carrie Loss-Cutler <LOSS_CUTLER@UTDSSA.BITNET>:
- "Yes, they are a very helpful orgainization, but they are NOT the only way to go. Their results lately have been mixed. They state that they have never had a homeschooling family forced to return their child to public schools. That is accurate. There are a lot of other fates, though, which are only a bit more desireable. This group is NOT omnipotent (of course) and they DO have a strong Christian emphasis. They are open to all, but their newsletter definitely has a VERY strong Christian bent to it. They have helped us quite a bit in making resources available for our work as section leaders in EdForum on Compuserve, so I am not trying to give them a "bad rap", but homeschool families should approach HSLDA, as with ALL organizations, with their eyes open."
- Jon Shemitz <jon@midnightbeach.com>:
- "Lately, HSLDA has been urging its members to pressure their Congresspeople on issues that, at least to me, have very questionable relevance to home-education - like Supreme Court Justice Breyer and the UNCRC - but that align closely with the agenda of the "Christian" right-wing. (Mike Farris, the head of the HSLDA, has political aspirations of his own.) If you think the Christian Coalition knows what's Right, then you may be all for the HSLDA's lobbying. On the other hand, if the CC gives you nightmares, you may well want to steer clear of the HSLDA."
- National Home Education Research Institute
Dr. Brian Ray
National Home Education Research Institute
Western Baptist College
5000 Deer Park Drive
Salem, Oregon 97301Telephone: (503) 581-8600
- Rutherford Institute
John W. Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
P.O. Box 7482
Charlottesville, VA 22906-7482800-225-1791 (9-5 EST, M-F)
804-978-3888
FAX 804-978-1789- Mary Watts <ki!mary@uunet.uu.net>:
- They'll help all homeschoolers in need of legal assistance without charge.
- Bill McDonald <rambo.sbc.com>:
- "The Rutherford Institute is a Legal Protection Society, with a primarily Christian focus. Although not limited to educational issues, a good part of their work is focused on state violations of individual rights within the context of public education. Funded by private donations, they can be characterized (I'm sure they'll cringe at the comparision, but it's all that comes to mind 8-) ) as something like a conservative version of the American Civil Liberties Union."
- Ward_J%HOUSTON1@mwmgate1.MITRE.ORG
- The Rutherford Institute advocates religious liberty. While most
of its cases have defended the religious liberties of Christians in
the United States, it has also taken cases for people of other
religions, and has branches in other countries.
The Rutherford Institute has several resources of interest to home schoolers:
- Home Education Reporter ($10)
- National Survey of Home School Laws ($15 for subscribers; $30 for non-subscribers)
- Home Education: Hope for the Next Generation (audio tape - $7)
- Home School Brief ($25 per year)
They have several other items not directly related to home schooling. Members get 10% off these prices. Prices accurate as of November 1992.
- Home School Legal Defense Association
Other electronic forums:
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- KIDSNET mailing list
- kidsnet-request@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet]
-
The KIDSNET list was established in May, 1989, to stimulate the
development of an international computer network for the use of
children and their teachers. The first pieces of this network
have already begun to take shape, and the mailing list now helps
to guide its continuing evolution. Subscribers to the list include
teachers, administrators, scientists, developers of software
and hardware and officials of relevant funding agencies.
Topics of continuing interest include:
- networks at the local, regional and national level
- news and mail interfaces suitable for children's use
- network services for the K-12 audience
- development of new network services and projects
- collaborative projects at the national and international level
- network access for the handicapped
Subscription requests may be sent to one of the following addresses:
kidsnet-request@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet] joinkids@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet] joinkids@pittvms [BITNET]Postings to the KIDSNET list are accomplished with mailings to the address:kidsnet@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet] kidsnet@pittvms [BITNET]The KIDSNET archive is maintainted in the directory pub/kidsnet at the site vulcan.phyast.pitt.edu, accessible via FTP from the Internet, or via the BITNET server BITFTP@PUCC. Bob Carlitz is the adminstrator of the KIDSNET and KIDS mailing lists.
- KIDS mailing list
- kidsnet-request@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet]
- A spin-off of the KIDSNET list is another list called KIDS,
which exists for children to post messages to other children.
This second list was established after some children's postings
appeared on KIDSNET and readers requested that the children's
traffic be kept separate.
Subscription requests for KIDS can be sent to JOINKIDS at the address given above.
Children may post messages for the KIDS list by sending mail to
kids@vms.cis.pitt.edu [Internet] kids@pittvms [BITNET]
- USENET groups with an education focus
There are several USENET newsgroups that carry education-related messages. (Commentary by David Mankins <dm@think.com>)
- k12.ed.*
-
The k12 hierarchy appears to be divided between teachers
and students. The k12.ed groups seem to be principally
populated by teachers. A wealth of educational ideas
flows through them.
There is also a k12.chat hierarchy for kids to exchange messages.
For more information about the k12 net (which is gatewayed between USENET and FIDONET), see below. I think you can get the k12 net in your own home, if you have a personal computer.
- sci.edu, misc.education
- The volume on these lists varies. sci.edu appears
primarily interested in college-level science education.
These lists seem to carry a lot of education-policy debates, and less practical information than do the k12 lists.
- misc.computers.kids
- Many repetitions of ``What's the best educational Mac/PC/Atari software?'' with answers.
- misc.education.home-school.*
- jon@midnightbeach.com says "In August of '94, two new groups were created
specifically for
home-schoolers: misc.education.home-school.christian is specifically for
fundamentalist "Christians", while misc.education.home-school.misc is for
everybody else. Both are unmoderated and basically open to any and all home
schooling discussions, with the understanding that readers will use kill files
and/or threaded news readers - not flame throwers. After a rocky first month,
both seem to be turning into very reasonable newsgroups.
"Of course, as the person who initiated the group creation process and wrote the charters, I may be just a *bit* biased.
- The Learning List
learning-request@sea.east.sun.comA spin-off of the Home Ed list, The Learning List is concerned exclusively with child-centered learning, as espoused by the writings of the late John Holt.
Subscribers must agree by the lists Charter, which will be sent upon request.
- The home-ed-politics list
home-ed-politics-request@mainstream.comAnother spin-off of the Home Ed list, the home-ed-politics list is concerned with calls to arms to oppose government interference with home schooling.
Likely to be a lively mailing list.
- The homeschool_train_up_a_child list
homeschool_train_up_a_child@mainstream.com or to greered@conrad.appstate.edu.There are families and individuals who have chosen, or are considering home schooling in order to enhance the spiritual, as well as intellectual development of their children. This list is intended to provide a forum for those who wish to communicate from that perspective.
Our objective is to promote positive contribution rather than confrontation, to seek to edify even when the subject matter may appear to be less than edifying, and to communicate in a manner which is above reproach in both language and content.
The purpose of this list is not to divide, nor to espouse doctrines or dogma, nor to be exclusionary and any topic related to homeschooling or of interest to homeschoolers which meets the above criteria is welcome.
- The home education research list
hmedrsch@etsuadmn.etus.eduHome Education Research is a list for scholars, researchers, and others professionally interested in the area of home education. The list will be a forum to share information; research methodology and findings; rare sources and documents; and advice.
The list is limited to individuals who are or have done scholarly research in the area of home education and continue to have an active interest; or those that have a professional or ministerial interest in serving the home education community. One will need to have moderator approval for membership and only those individuals on the list will be able to post. No flaming will be allowed to keep the mail volume low.
If you desire to subscribe to hmedrsch:
Send the command -- subscribe hmedrsch -- to
listserv@etsuadmn.etus.eduOR
Answer the following questions and e-mail your answers to eyeager@tenet.edu
- What area of home education research or home education service are you involved in?
- What institution (university, research institute, or home school support group) are you associated with?
- The Daily Reportcard
rptcrd%wwuvm.bitnet@vtbit.cc.vt.edu- painter@mcc.com (Paul Painter) writes:
-
Also, there is an email digest called "Report Card" which
is a digest of press articles about education. Good way to
keep a watch on the govt's efforts to "improve"
education. There are occasional articles about
homeschooling from around the country. I subscribed two
years ago with:
send mail to: listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu with the following text - to be added: sub rptcrd <your full name> to be removed: SIGNOFF RPTCRD The host sending the mail now is: Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 12:48:22 EDT Reply-To: Daily Report Card News <RPTCRD%GWUVM.BITNET@vtbit.cc.vt.edu> Sender: Daily Report Card News Service <RPTCRD%GWUVM.BITNET@vtbit.cc.vt.edu> From: Daily Report Card <DRC%GWUVM.BITNET@vtbit.cc.vt.edu> Subject: DAILY REPORT CARD To: Multiple recipients of list RPTCRD <RPTCRD%GWUVM.BITNET@vtbit.cc.vt.edu>If you are interested, you could try listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu first then if that doesn't work, try listserv%GWUVM.BITNET@vtbit.cc.vt.edu.
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center):
- From: "Bob Rankin" <r3@VNET.IBM.COM>:
-
Below is an introduction to ERIC (Educational Resources
Information Center). It's a great resource for educators,
so you owe it to yourself to check it out! I browsed
through it the other day and came back with a 6-week
lesson plan for a unit study on Astronomy!
--Bob Rankin (r3@vnet.ibm.com)
=-=-=-=-=-=-=================================================== ***** The AskERIC Service for Educators ***** * ERIC is the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), a federally-funded national information system that provides access to an extensive body of education-related resources. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology (ERIC/IT), sponsor of the AskERIC Project, is one of 16 ERIC Clearinghouses nationwide which provide a variety of services, products, and resources at all education levels. * AskERIC is an Internet-based question-answering service for teachers, library media specialists, administrators, and others involved in education. The hallmark of AskERIC is the human intermediary, who interacts with the information seeker and personally selects and delivers information resources within 48 working hours. The benefit of the human-mediated service is that it allows AskERIC staff to determine the precise information needs of the client and to present an array of relevant resources, both from the ERIC system and from the vast resources of the Internet. Anyone involved with education can send an e-mail inquiry (via the Internet) to AskERIC. Simply address your message to: askeric@ericir.syr.edu The AskERIC Virtual Library The AskERIC Virtual Library is a Gopher/FTP site of selected resources for education and general interest. Some of the contents include: * Lesson Plans * ERIC Digests * ERIC Publications * Reference Tools * Internet Guides and Directories * Government Information * AskERIC InfoGuides * Archives of education-related listservs, such as EDPOLYAN, LM_NET, K12ADMIN, and KIDSPHERE. * Remote access to library catalogs * Access to other Gopher sites To Gopher to the AskERIC site: A. If you have Gopher: Gopher to ericir.syr.edu (port #70) or 1. Access the National Gopher System through: gopher.micro.umn.edu 2. Move through the following directories: Other Gopher and Information Servers/ North America/ USA/ General/ AskERIC - (Educational Resources Information Center) B. If you don't have Gopher, telnet to a Gopher client on the Internet: 1. Telnet to ericir.syr.edu 2. Login as directed (usual login is: 'gopher') 3. Access the National Gopher System 4. Move through the directories as above. To FTP to the AskERIC site: 1. Log into your local host, and invoke the FTP program. 2. Write ericir.syr.edu as the remote host computer name. 3. For username, enter anonymous 4. For password enter your email username (e.g. tomt@machine.edu) * For More Information We are excited about AskERIC's success to date and are eager to expand AskERIC question-answering to new audiences and to further develop services and resources. Through AskERIC Partnership, state networks and education agencies work cooperatively with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology to provide the highest level AskERIC information service to large groups of educators. To discuss options, please contact: --- Richard Tkachuck Nancy Morgan AskERIC Coordinators Internet: askeric@ericir.syr.edu Mike Eisenberg Director, ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology Internet: mike@ericir.syr.edu ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology Center for Science & Technology, Syracuse University Syracuse, New York 13244-4100 Phone: (800) 464-9107, (315) 443-3640 fax: (315) 443-5448
- KIDSNET mailing list
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