Everything you need to successfully homeschool in the great state of California is right here! We've gathered together the best resources for preschool through high school, along with lesson ideas, teaching tips, support information, curriculum suggestions, and much more. Here are some great starting points:
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A tax supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state. |
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- Isabel Patterson |
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Domestic Church |
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Catholic website with ideas and activities for celebrating the faith in the home. |
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Jewish Home Educator's Network (JHEN) Newsletter |
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JHEN connects you to Jewish homeschoolers throughout the country and world-wide. It is a quarterly newsletter filled with thought-provoking articles, letters from readers that provide open dialogue on a wide range of interesting topics, mouth-watering recipes, creative holiday and craft ideas, stimulating book reviews, a Jewish calendar chock-full of information and original ideas, help columns with practical how-to advice on homeschooling. It is the only place you'll find the columns "Homeschool Hannah" and "Aunt Rachel's Bookshelf".
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Amanda Bennett's Unit Studies |
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Available for purchase, Amanda's topical unit studies offer weekly learning objectives and much more. The daily lesson plans and assignments are included in the book, ready for immediate use. These unit study guides include daily lesson plans, with reading and writing assignments, spelling and vocabulary words, biography and geography studies, projects, reading lists, and Internet sites of interest. Designed for use by all ages, each day's lesson plan is divided into lower and upper levels. For younger children, use only the parts of the plan that fit the needs of your child, and apply the same principle for older students.
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How's School Going? |
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Mary Kenyon |
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Mary Kenyon contrasts her style of relaxed learning with others, including her sister. She addresses letting go of the self-doubt, preconceived ideas of "school" and learning, and fears that face parents when letting children unschool. Uplifting look at the realities of real life learning. |
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Sequoia Park Zoo |
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The Sequoia Park Zoo is located in Eureka and is situated on approximately 5 acres of level terrain northeast of the redwood ravines of Sequoia Park. The forest provides an impressive backdrop to the animal enclosures and blends directly into the hoofed animal paddocks. The Zoo is home for nearly one hundred animals. Admission is free. |
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