Each homeschooling family requires a support group that can step in when things don't go according to plan. It is not humanly possible to homeschool your children day after day and not require a break, so there needs to be something for the homeschool parent to look...

The internet has a huge amount of information available that homeschool students can tap into. As a parent you may be worried about how they interact with websites and who they get their information from. You can set up a simple framework for your child to access safe...

While formal records are needed legally, you should also consider making an informal record of your school year that your children can flip through when they grow up. Academically you need to keep separate records for each one of your children, but socially they...

In most states some level of record keeping and progress documentation is compulsory for homeschooling families. Keeping records of attendance is simple enough. You can use an attendance register and mark the school days on it. However the problem arises when you have...

A field trip is a highly anticipated event for any student. In regular school, the opportunity to visit another place and learn more about it is a rare event. This is why is it much looked forward to. In a homeschooling family the parent has the flexibility to take...

Having the right homeschool materials available is only half the battle. Having easy access to them when required is the other half. In order for your homeschool students to be easily able to find the materials that they need, you need to organize them in a manner...

If you have decided to design your own homeschool curriculum, you will need some basic resources to ensure that you have all the tools to teach your homeschool students all that they need to know. Textbooks While some free wheeling homeschool teachers prefer not to be...

It can be challenging for a child to learn to have and express individual opinions that he can defend.  Most homeschool students are encouraged to think for themselves and often end up with out of the box opinions on many topics. Being able to think for oneself helps...

You want to use a homeschool curriculum but don't have the funds to buy a dozen new ones for each subject. Why not design your own homeschool curriculum keeping the needs of your students and the legal state requirements in mind? How to Begin Get the state grade level...