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Scholarships & Financial Aid for Homeschoolers

Homeschoolers have created networks of support to provide a way to make friends, get ideas and information, and to offer positive socialization opportunties to their children. You can join in! There are many groups to choose from, many with specific affiliations, like Christian groups or unschoolers’ groups. Some are eclectic, inclusive, and open to anyone. Whatever your interest, you are sure to find other like-minded parents. And if you don’t find what you are looking for, we’ve put together tips for starting your own group.

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Home-School Costs Can Add Up Fast

Do the math: Home schooling is cheaper than private school, but can cost more than you think. There are ways to cut the price.

Onlies-HS

This list is dedicated to families homeschooling only-children. These families have unique socialization issues and must often be super-creative in their solutions. Join this list if you are homeschooling a wonderful Only.

Why an Umbrella School?

This forum discussion gives reasons why some families choose the option of a homeschool umbrella school.

Home Educator's Family Times

Published six times a year by Home Educator, this publication offers research on education and homeschool issues, successful homeschool strategies, practical teaching tips, and more.

National Charter School Watch List

This list is created to be a means of informing, documenting and evaluating available information concerning the impact of virtual/charter schools on the homeschooling community. This information consists of and is not limited to news items, articles from various sources, legislative information (bills, law changes), documented efforts and experiences and other information that may give weight to whether home-based charter schools or virtual schools are having an impact in any negative way on homeschooling.

American Montessori Homeschoolers Co-op

A forum for communication for organized or established co-op's and individuals interested in organizing a Montessori Homeschool Co-op. Established Co-op's can share ideas and those interested in creating a co-op can get valuable advice and information.

Homeschool Family Businesses

This group is for the discussion of all things related to running a business while homeschooling. This list is for you if you homeschool and run a business (from home or elsewhere) or are thinking of starting a business. You'll get ideas on businesses that the whole family can participate in. If you are single and homeschool, and are looking for ways to be the sole wage earner while homeschooling, this list will also be helpful.

Homeschool Math Free Math Worksheets

Here you can generate printable math worksheets for a multitude of topics: all the basic operations, clock, money, measuring, fractions, decimals, percent, proportions, ratios, factoring, equations, expressions, geometry, square roots, and more. There are also pages that list worksheets by grade levels.

A Homeschooler's History of Homeschooling - Part 1: Early American Education Through 1990

This is the first part of a comprehensive series on the history of homeschooling in America.

28 Ways to Teach Beginning Math Without Textbooks

Mary Ellen Carlise shares some creative ways to teach elementary math using items you can find around your home. The focus of this article is mathematics education through second grade.