Homeschool Resources

A lot of resources and discussion can be found at our blog, but here are some other homeschool resources recommended by our members:

• Arts and Crafts
• Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Favorite Homeschool Blogs
• General Homeschooling and Unschooling Resources

Arts and Crafts

• The Crafty Crow
  A children's craft collective. This site specializes in crafts found on weblogs of creative people who either have, or work with, kids. You will also find tips, tools, resources, and other ideas sprinkled here and there.

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Language Arts

• Free Rice
  A great resource, and a great cause. In this game, each word that you correctly define results in a donation of 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program to help end hunger.

• Sheppard Software's Online Geography Games
  A nice variety of online geography games.

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Mathematics

• ABACUS International Math Challenge
  Grace Church School's ABACUS International Math Challenge is open to any child, anywhere in each of three age groups. Science and math teacher Tivadar Divék posts eight problems a month in each age group. Students are asked not only to solve the problems but also to present the reasoning in their solutions. If a student submits an incorrect solution or is simply having trouble with a problem, a teacher will offer hints as to how to go about solving the problem, giving students multiple chances to succeed

• The Arithmetic Game Speed Drill
  The Arithmetic Game is a speed drill where you are given two minutes to solve as many arithmetic problems as you can.

• Math Magician Games
  Great math games from the Owsego City School Distict.

• Math Trainer Multiplier
  Get in some serious multiplication table training. Responds to your answers ... so it will train your weaknesses. Use 3 sessions of 5 minutes each per day for best results. Train yourself to REMEMBER, don't calculate.

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Favorite Homeschool Blogs

• Chicago Homeschool Habitat
  Chicago Homeschool Habitat is a blog that keeps a Chicago-based homeschool parents plugged in to interesting events, classes and activities.

• chicagolo
  A personal blog from a homeschooling mom in the Chicago area.

• Life Learning Family
  Our friend Elizabeth, local homeschooling mama of 3, shares her family's journey. Along the way, she offers insight about learning, nature, knitting, family life, caring for the older generation, and much more. Lovely nature photography and adorable kids-- what more could one ask for?

• Life Without School
  The Life Without School Blog is an on-line publication and blogging community for and by a diverse community of homeschoolers and unschoolers.

• Life Learnin'
  Join the Upton family as they share their past, present and future experiences learning from all that life has to offer.

• What About Socialization?
  A blog tended by Co-op co-founder Lisa Ehmke and her family, with an emphasis on living, playing and homeschooling in the Chicago suburbs. Also features a series of greeky video blog postings called Warning: Science in Progress!

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General Homeschooling and Unschooling Resources

• A to Z Home's Cool
  A to Z Home's Cool community website will help you homeschool your kids from preschool, kindergarten, through homeschooling high school with free online education, home-friendly lesson ideas, educational websites, helpful articles, top homeschool programs, books, materials, curriculum... and best of all... Homeschool Friends!

• Donna Young's Printables and Resources for Home, Homeschooling, and Classrooms
  Donna Young has an amazing wealth of information and resources, with a large assortment of printable pages for everything from planning your year to basic insect anatomy.

• eMINTS National Center
  The eMINTS National Center is a collaborative professional development program for educators developed by the University of Missouri, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Department of Higher Education.

• Green Parent Chicago
  Green Parent Chicago was founded by Christine Escobar, writer and mom of two, as a welcoming harbor for Chicago area parents interested in natural family living and caring for the environment.

• Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
  Offers resources, articles, books and links for Parents, for Educators, Counselors, Administrators and other Professionals, and for Kids & Teens.

• Homeschool Buyers Co-Op
  The Homeschool Buyers Co-op is the nation's largest purchasing cooperative for homeschooling families.

• Paula's Archives of Homeschool Advice
  A site with a ton of information, including some great (and very comprehensive) book lists.

• Radical Unschooling
  Sandra Dodd's website is a wonderful resource for unschooling, with a ton of articles and links.

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