Worthy Sites

When I first went online, there weren't many homeschooling pages, and most were essentially lists of links to educational sites. Today there are thousands of wonderful pages. On this page, I'll lead you to some of my favorite homeschooling web pages. Web pages for specific academic subjects will eventually be found in those departments.

New: rachelgathercole.com Rachel is the author of an exciting new book on homeschool socialization. Clear up the myths once and for all!

A to Z Home's Cool This is the ultimate homeschooling page. It has tremendous numbers of links to useful sites in nearly every subject area you might want to teach, as well as to other homeschooling sites. There are links to information on the homeschooling laws of every state and many countries. There are also original articles and easy shopping for supplies. Ann has been online a long time and her page is truly remarkable.

What Really Matters: A chilling article by John Taylor Gatto, former New York State Teacher of the Year, on how schooling and the inability to think for ourselves is destroying our culture.

Aut-2B-Home: Tammy Glaser's popular site focuses on homeschooling autistic children. This is one of the best resources on this rapidly-growing educational choice for special children.

Homeschooling Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children: More than two hundred pages on this topic, by a mother who started this page when nothing on homeschooling deaf children was available.

The Changing Face of America: Meet three homeschoolers and find out how they operate their schools in this series from NPR.

Research on Homeschooling Socialization: Carl Bundy reports on studies showing homeschooling does not harm a child's socialization, and may, in fact, enhance it.

An A for Homeschooling: A positive look at homeschooling by the City Journal.

Unschooling or Homeschooling?: Billy Greer explains the history of the terms and the differences between traditional homeschooling and unschooling.

How Does Homeschooling Work? Howstuffworks offers a positive view on why homeschooling is effective.

Nurturing Children's Natural Love of Learning: An excellent article on how homeschooling fosters a love for knowledge and the privilege of learning at a child's own pace.

Donna Young's Homeschool Printables and Resources: Extensive library of materials you can use in your homeschool, including homeschool planners, menu planners, and materials for many subjects you teach. Highly recommended.

National Home Education Network: This page is filled with articles of interest to new homeschoolers, including advice from veterans, deschooling, coping with doubts, and a complete emergency kit.

Brightly Beaming Resources: Home of the popular Letter of the Week curriculum. This site offers lesson plans for children newborn to age 8. It may be the only newborn curriculum online!