Un/Homeschooling

Lesson 8: Homeschooling Resources

Homeschooling Groups and Associations

A homeschooling group, particularly one that emphasizes unschooling, can be a valuable source of support, especially to a family that doesn’t otherwise know any homeschoolers or whose family is not supportive. If your local group doesn’t meet your needs, consider starting your own.

Support groups may organize field trips, activities, clubs, and discussion groups for homeschoolers and their parents. National, regional, and local groups exist to provide different services. Some groups operate only online while others get together to form local homeschooling communities.

To find a local group, start by visiting the website of a larger group, then looking for links to regional and local groups.

National Homeschool Groups:

USA:
• American Homeschool Association, http://www.americanhomeschoolassociation... The AHA offers homeschooling information including FAQs, information for new homeschoolers, articles, essays, and editorials, history of homeschooling, political action, and interviews. The site also offers homeschooling resources including book reviews, links to book catalog sites, publications, support groups and associations, and other websites.
• Home School Legal Defense Association, http://www.hslda.org The HSLDA offers international and state legal information including news, issues, research, and books. They follow legislation and legal cases. The site also offers general homeschooling information.
• National Home Education Network, http://www.nhen.org The NHEN exists to encourage and facilitate the vital grassroots work of state and local homeschooling organizations and individuals by providing information, fostering networking and promoting public relations on a national level.

Canada:
• The Canadian Homeschool Resource Page, http://www.flora.org/homeschool-ca This site offers homeschooling resources including listings of books, catalogs, conferences, parent courses, learning demos, FAQs, universities that accept homeschoolers, and more. The site also offers networking links including chat rooms, mailing lists and newsletters, message boards, and student exchange.
• Association of Canadian Home-Based Education, http://www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/achbe... The ACHBE offers support, advice and information to individuals and organizations. They act as a special interest group nationally and regionally to help protect the rights of all Canadians to educate their children at home.
• Canadian National Homeschooling Associations at About, http://homeschooling.about.com/od/cannat/ This site on About.com lists links for articles and resources on homeschooling in Canada. The site also offers links categorized by province.

Unschooling-Oriented Groups:
• Family Unschoolers Network, http://www.unschooling.org/ The F.U.N. provides support for unschooling, homeschooling, and self-directed learning. The site offers newsletter articles, reviews, resources, websites, books, and more.

Other Groups:
• Alliance for Parental Involvement in Education, http://www.croton.com/allpie/ The APIE provides a forum for gathering information and sharing ideas about education (public school reform, educational alternatives, home education, deschooling, learning.)

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