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Homeschooling FAQ Part 2
10. what good references and resources exist on the net?
The World-Wide-Web! If you have direct-access, and the ability
to use X (or Windows or a Macintosh), find out about Mosaic. If
you don't have those graphics capabilities, there are text-only
programs for exploring the information resources available
through the World-Wide-Web that are freely available (Lynx is
the name of one).
From: PHIKLEPP@ACS.EKU.EDU (Gene Kleppinger)
Besides using reference tools and everything else on CD-ROMs, I
have no personal recommendations right now. But I do have one
suggestion: assuming you have telnet or gopher, get to the
University of Maryland's Reading Room and look at what's in
Computers, under HomeEducation. (Gopher to U Maryland, or
telnet to info.umd.edu and login as gopher; then choose
Educational Resources, then ReadingRoom.)
There's a "report" there (dated October 1992) about Internet
resources with educational themes; I believe it even mentions
this mailing list. The appendix contains a long, annotated list
of service providers, Internet educational forums and published
literature.
The report is available in electronic form from
home-ed-approval@world.std.com. It is 93K long, so be sure your
mailbox has enough room:
USING COMPUTER-BASED, TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO SERVE
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AT HOME
This recently released report addresses the use of computer-
based, telecommunications services to meet educational needs at
home -- focusing on services for students in grade 7 through
college (including adult education). The curriculum areas on
which the report concentrates are mathematics, science,
technology, engineering, and career education.
The report was produced for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation by
Jay P. Sivin-Kachala and Ellen R. Bialo of Interactive
Educational Systems Design, Inc., 310 West 106th Street, New
York, NY 10025.
Included in the report is a summary of telecommunications
functions that support educational purposes. It goes on to
provide an overview and detailed information on a variety of
telecommunications service providers, including:
* The Internet -- the data highway
* General purpose, commercial networks that provide educational services
* Regional and statewide networks
* Library access networks
* Special purpose networks
* Bulletin board systems
There is also a section that reports the results of interviews
with several telephone homework hotlines, which can be used as a
model for computer network-based tutoring services.
To receive a copy of this report, please contact Samuel Y.
Gibbon, Jr. or Sue Estelle, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 630
Fifth Avenue, Suite #2550, New York, New York 10111, 212 649
1649.
From: dkline@nrel.gov (David Kline)
My oldest (13) has gotten considerable mileage out of an
educationally- chartered online resource called Cyberion City.
In fact, Howard Rheingold thought this was such a novel idea --
the use of a MUD in homeschooling -- that he wrote it up as a
sidebar to the article in Wired magazine (July/Aug 1993).
I'd be happy to send further details and instructions to get to
Cyberion City to anyone who would like it. Just email me:
kline@well.sf.ca.us is the preferred address.
From: king@access.digex.com:
We haven't done much with the kids yet about getting them
online. But, last night I found this wonderful virtual school
called "Diversity University" at 155.31.1.1, port 8888
It is a text based adventure (known as a MUD) wrapped around a
university level learning environment. I didn't get very far
last night but did manage to find the info & explanation files.
WARNING: this is not a "playroom" type of system. The docs make
it very clear that Diversity University is a serious endeavor
where profanity and rudeness are neither welcome nor tolerated.
Here are the directions for connecting to Diversity University.
Telnet
Open 155.31.1.1 8888
at this point you will receive a login type of prompt so type:
connect guest guest
To leave type "@quit"
To see the opening screen again type "look"
To get help type "help"
Once online you are welcome to visit the Home School House by
typing @go #4592 and then typing 'foyer' to enter the house
There are twice weekly online chat sessions at Diversity
University. Within the virtual environment of the MOO it is
possible and highly encouraged for people to form their own
discussion groups and move to another "room" where they can talk
in private if they wish.
Everyone, home schooling or not is welcome to visit Diversity
University and participate in the virtual campus' activities.
There are many activities you may find interesting besides the
home school chats on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 8PM EDT.
1. How do I find things on the Internet? There are books on
this subject. Anything we put here will go out of date very
quickly. Probably a good place to begin is:
*********************************
Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet
*********************************
EFF is proud to announce that the Big Dummy's Guide to the
Internet is now available for free download from our ftp site.
The Big Dummy's Guide is a user guide for novices on all the
Internet has to offer.
The genesis of the Big Dummy's Guide was a few informal
conversations, which included Mitch Kapor of the Electronic
Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Steve Cisler of Apple Computers,
in June of 1991. With the support of Apple Computers, EFF hired
a writer (Adam Gaffin) and actually took on the project in
September of 1991.
The idea was to write a guide to the Internet for folks who had
little or no experience with network communications. The Guide
is currently posted to "the 'net" in ASCII and Hypercard (Mac)
formats. We have been giving it away on disk at conferences,
and we hope to have a print edition available for a nominal
charge soon. We're hoping to update this Guide on a regular
basis, so please feel free to send us your comments and
corrections.
EFF would like to thank the folks at Apple, especially Steve
Cisler of the Apple Library, for their support and gentle
prodding in our efforts to bring this Guide to you. We hope it
helps you open up a whole new world, where new friends and
experiences are sure to be yours. Enjoy!
The Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet can be downloaded by
anonymous ftp from ftp.eff.org. The ASCII version is located at
pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/netguide.eff.
[I realize what appears below is something of an advertisement,
but I'm including it anyway since it has some valuable
information and it's still cheaper than all the internet guides
being put out these days) --- dm]
BOBRANKIN@delphi.com writes:
I noticed some mention of Internet resources in the FAQ but not
a lot of specifics on how to access them. Same goes for the
Internet articles in the latest "Practical Home Schooling"
magazine and Sunday's NY Times. So here's "Doctor Bob's
Internet Tip of the Day" for finding Internet resources on any
topic.
Use "gopher" to get to the gopher.earn.net system. Then try the
choice labelled "Other Gopher and Information Servers". This
menu will have an entry for "Veronica". (If you know another
way to access Veronica, fine.) Select a server to handle your
"gopherspace" query and enter keyword(s) that describe what
you're looking for, like "Declaration Independence" or
"chemistry". Hopefully, you'll be rewarded with a menu of
pointers to the desired resources!
By the way... I have authored two informative reports on the
Internet which may be of interest to the readers of this group.
* If you have e-mail only access to the Internet, you can still
use Gopher, FTP, Archie, Veronica and WAIS! My 8-page report
"ACCESSING INTERNET SERVICES VIA E-MAIL" explains in detail how
to do it all using just e-mail. Easy to follow, step by step
instructions. (EMAIL or HARDCOPY)
* Are you a little overwhelmed by the Internet? There are lots
of info-gems out there, but it's not easy to find 'em. My
12-page report "100 Cool Things - Doctor Bob's Internet Tour
Guide" gives you an introduction to the "tools of the trade" and
then takes you step-by-step to over 100 interesting Internet
destinations! (HARDCOPY ONLY)
To order either report, send just $5.00 and SASE to:
DOCTOR BOB
PO BOX 39
TILLSON, NY 12486
(For electronic delivery, send only $4.50 and your e-mail
address!)
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HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCE GUIDE
INDEX:
World-wide-web page
Books
Magazines and newsletters
Correspondence Schools, Curricula, Materials, and Mail Order
Other resources
Other electronic forums
NEW:
Description of ``the Daily Reportcard'' list server.
Description of ``Potter's Press'' curriculum
The following resources have been mentioned by various members
of the Home Education mailing list. The call numbers are from
records in OCLC, the national bibliographic database, mostly
from Library of Congress input records. Most libraries will
have kept at least the beginning part of the number the same,
the characters following the period may differ. When there was
more than one edition, the most recent one is given (in hopes
that the book will still be in print!)
World-wide-web pages:
http://www.armory.com/~jon/HomeSchool.html
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/HomeSchool/homeschool.html
Books:
Beechick, Ruth
You CAN teach your child successfully:grades 4 to 8, Arrow
Press, 1988, ISBN:0940319055 LC:LB1048.5 .B44 1988, Dewey:649/.68 .
Colfax, David, Homeschooling for Excellence, Warner Books, 1988,
ISBN:0446389862 LC:LC40 .C65 1988 Dewey:649/.68.
Gatto, John, The Exhausted school : the first national
grassroots speakout on the right to school choice, NY: Smith &
Varina, Odysseus Group, 1993. ISBN 0-945700-02-1
Dumbing us down: the hidden curriculum of compulsory schooling,
Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1992. ISBN: 0-86571-230-1,
ISBN: 0-86571-231-X (pbk.) LC: LA2317.G33 A3 1992
Hirsh, E.D., Jr., editor, What your 1st Grader Needs To
Know:Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education, Doubleday,
1991,2
1st grade, ISBN:0385411154 LC:LB1571 1st .W53 1991 Dewey:372.19
2nd grade, ISBN:0385411162 LC:LB1571 2nd .W47 1991 Dewey:372.19
3rd grade, ISBN:0385411170 LC:LB1571 3rd .W47 1992 Dewey:372.19
4th grade, ISBN:0385411189 LC:LB1571 4th .W48 1992 Dewey:372.19
Holt, John, Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education,
Delta/Seymour Lawrence, 1989, ISBN:0440550556 LC:LC37 .H66
1989 Dewey:649/.68
Learning All The Time, Addison-Wesley, 1989, ISBN:0201550911
LC:LB1060 .H66 1989 Dewey:372
A Life Worth Living: Selected Letters Of John Holt, Ohio State
Univ Press, 1990, ISBN:0814205232 LC:LB885.H64 L54 1990
Dewey:371.1/0092
Grace Llewellyn, _The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit
School and Get a Real, Life and Education_, Lowry House ($14.95
+ $2 shipping) P.O. Box 1014, Eugene OR 97440.
GWIGLEY@carleton.edu:
We began to read [our teenage boys] excerpts from the book and
they've grown increasingly interested. Except for the first
chapter to parents, the author writes to teens. It's an amazing
book, the best I've come across thus far.
Donnie Curtis :
...I'd like to add my praise for this book. My kids (6,9,14)
have never been to school, and have been doing pretty well
directing their own learning. But my 14-year-old daughter had
been feeling a need to seek out further resources, so we bought
Grace Llewellyn's book. It has been our best resource (other
than GWS); she has become inspired about her education, and has
gotten many good ideas from the book. The author herself has a
real love for learning and is able to convey it.
The book probably works best for those kids who are bored and
unchallenged in school, and not well for those whose interest in
learning has been totally destroyed. I loaned it to a mother
whose son was having school problems, and though she loved it,
he was uninterested in anything that resembled a book.
Moore, Raymond and Dorothy, Home Style Teaching: A Handbook for
Parents and Teachers, Word Books, 1984, ISBN:0849903971 LC:LC37
.M67 1984 Dewey:649/.68
Home-Spun Schools: Teaching Children at Home--What Parents Are
Doing and How They Are Doing It, Word Books, 1982,
ISBN:0849903262 LC:LC37 .M668 1982 Dewey:649/.68/0973
Home Grown Kids:A Practical Handbook for Teaching Your Children
At Home, Word Books, 1981, ISBN:0849902703 LC:LC37
.M66 Dewey:649/.68
Better Late than Early:A New Approach to Your Child's Education,
Reader's Digest Press, 1986(c1975), ISBN:088349048X LC:LB1132
.M66 1986 Dewey:372.1/2/17
Home School Burnout:What It Is, What Causes It, and How to Cure
It, Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1981, ISBN:0943497353 LC:LC40 .M66
1988 Dewey:649/.68/0973
Pagnoni, Mario, The Complete Home Educator: A Comprehesive Guide
to Modern Home-Teaching, Larson, 1984, ISBN:0943914116 LC:LC37
.P26 1984 Dewey:649/.68/0973
Pedersen, Anne and O'Mara, Peggy, eds., Schooling at Home:
Parents, Kids and Learning, J.Muir Pub'ns, 1990, ISBN:0945465521
LC:LC40 .S36 1990 Dewey:649/.68
A composite of chapters by different authors containing
different views of homeschooling and advice from different
viewpoints. (Excerpted from Mothering magazine.)
Pride, Mary, The Big Book of Home Learning (4 volumes), Crossway
Books, 1990-1, ISBN:0891075488(v.1) LC:LC40 .P75
1990 Dewey:649/.68/0973
Schoolproof, Crossway Books, 1988, ISBN:0891074805 LC:LC225.3
.P75 1988 Dewey:649/.68
Reed, Donn, Home School Source Book, Brook Farm Books, 1991,
ISBN:0919761240 LC:LC40 .R43 1991 Dewey:649.68
Wade, Theodore, The Home School Manual:For Parents Who Teach
Their Own Children, Gazelle Pub'ns, 1991(4th ed),
ISBN:0930192257 LC:LC40 .W33 1991 Dewey:649/.68
?, ?, Students' Book of Lists, Incentive Pub'ns, ISBN
0-86530-000-3
Magazines and Newsletters:
"Growing without Schooling"
2269 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 864-3100
A subscription is $25 per year for six bi-monthly issues.
LC:LC40 .G76, Dewey:649/.68/097305
Aaron Falbel says:
"Most of John Holt's writings on homeschooling are contained in
Growing Without Schooling magazine (GWS), which he started in
1977. The accumulated wisdom of many homeschooling parents (and
children!) are included in its pages. Unfortunately, not many
libraries subscribe to GWS or have a collection of the back
issues, but perhaps you can convince yours to get them.
"Growing Without Schooling tends to cater to the latter three
groups [ in the answer to question 2 above]."
Martin Lewitt adds:
"GWS is mostly theme issues assembled from letters from parents
and children and only has the unschooling point of view. "My
perception of GWS, is that it has steered clear of the religious
controversy which some feel may threaten the home school
movement. Don't get me wrong, subscribe to both [GWS and Home
Education Magazine]."
"Home Education Magazine"
PO Box 1083
Tonasket, WA 98855
Phone: (509) 486-1351
A one year subscription is $24.00 (one ad has it at $20.00?) for
6 issues, and $4.50 for the current issue. LC:n/a, Dewey:371
More than 50 pages an issue, several feature articles and a
several of columns.
Martin Lewitt says:
"Home Education Magazine has a Christian influence that isn't
overwhelming and is supportive and open to the unschooling
approach. Given the strong religious component of much of the
home schooling movement, I find that HEM does an excellent job
of keeping us informed of what is going on."
Parents' Choice Foundation
Box 185
Newton, MA 02168
phone 617-965-5913
$18 per year, add $3 for Canadian orders
Joni J Rathbun :
Another source some of you may be interested in is a publication
called Parents' Choice. Comes in newspaper format and is a
nonprofit consumer guide to children's books, videos, toys,
audio materials (records and tapes), software, tv, etc. Lots of
reviews. NOthing much in the way of editorials. A smattering of
ads for books and kits and resources.... Another source some of
you may be interested in is a publication called Parents'
Choice. Comes in newspaper format and is a nonprofit consumer
guide to children's books, videos, toys, audio materials
(records and tapes), software, tv, etc. Lots of reviews. NOthing
much in the way of editorials. A smattering of ads for books and
kits and resources....
PRACTICAL HOMESCHOOLING.
Home Life
PO Box 1250
Fenton MO 63026
1-800-346-6322
fax (314) 343-7203.
It's available for $15/4 issues
Mary Pride (the editor):
Back issues are $5 each plus 10% shipping ($2 minimum). Three
back issues so far. We are Christian in outlook, with an
emphasis on high-tech homeschooling, high school and even
college opportunities at home, and whatever cutting-edge ideas
and resources we can discover! Lots and lots of reviews of both
"standard" type resources and software products. Glossy,
colorful, and now BIG issues -- 80 pages! Regular columns on a
variety of teaching methods: classical education, Charlotte
Mason method, unit studies, online education, accelerated
education. Lifestyle features include "A Day at Our House"
diaries, an "Applause" section chronicling kids' achievements,
and a Toothpick Hunt with prizes in every issue! Publisher is
me, Mary Pride. No political content at all at the moment -- I'm
trying to steer away from this, as I feel other groups and
magazines have this side of homeschooling well in hand. With no
disrespect intended to HOMESCHOOLING TODAY magazine, we are
trying to become HOMESCHOOLING TOMORROW -- the WHOLE EARTH
REVIEW of home ed, the WIRED, the magazine with an eye to the
future, including such things as innercity homeschooling,
business/homeschool partnerships, online networking, moving from
a transcript-based society to a knowledge-credentialed society
(not to be confused with OBE, which emphasizes emotional
conformity).
"The Teaching Home"
P.O. BOx 20219
Portland, OR 97220.
Annual subscription rate: $15
Claude Anderson :
In addition to good articales and columns, there are numerous
interesting advertisements, as well as calendars of home-school
events around the country.... The magazine has a strong
Christian emphasis, but many of the articles (especially those
on legal aspects) should be of interest to any current/potential
home-schoolers. Each issue focuses on some specific aspect of
home education. (Recent examples : Standardized Testing, Using
the Library, Learning Problems, Character Building, Political
Science, Phonics, Preparing for Adulthood) Back issues (to 1983)
are available."
Martin Lewitt adds:
"Avoid "The Teaching Home", (mentioned by someone else) unless
you are a fundamentalist Christian, actually the fundamentalists
would probably be better off avoiding this one, also."
"Moore Report"
Sandra Petit :
"The Moore Report is a magazine put out by the Moores (Raymond
and Dorothy) as part of the Raymond and Dorothy Moore
Foundation. It is in the process of being expanded so I do not
have the subscription information.
"Treasure Trove"
Sandra Petit :
"Published by Hewitt Research Foundation. Treasure Trove is not
really information on homeschooling. It has puzzles and
articles geared toward the young people who will use their
materials."
"Under the Apple Tree"
Apple Tree Press
PO Box 8
Woodinville, WA 98072
Steve Miller says:
"This newsletter is published bi-monthly. It is a full of ideas
and projects. The activities are geared to the season. The
issues that I have seen have been _very_ good. I believe that
you can request a free copy."
New Attitude
6920 S.E. Hogan
Gresham OR 97080
1-800-225-5259.
From: Lee Griffith
Teen magazines for homeschoolers are hard to find--but Josh
Harris (son of Greg Harris) recently started this by & for
homeschool teen magazine. While not specifically religiously
oriented, most of the writers come from a Christian background &
write with that perspective.
Sample article topics include: College prep tips, National
homeschool basketball tourney coverage, news on the Farris
campaign, peer pressure, Rush Limbaugh, dating & courtship and
many more. Regular sections are: Homeschool student profile,
Music & the Arts, Readers Sound-Off!, Christianity & Literature
& Cartoons.
To subscribe, send $15 (if a US resident) $20 (if from another
country) to:
For a sample issue, write to the same address and send $2. Visa
and Mastercard are also accepted.
Correspondence Schools, Curricula, Materials, and Mail Order:
Terry Colbert :
"[Many of the items in] the following list is taken from the
Growing Without Schooling directory (issue #84) under the
heading "Correspondence Schools or Curriculum Suppliers".
[That] list is also available from Holt Associates as the Home
School Resource List for $2.50.
"Holt Associates also recommends "Peterson's Independent Study
Catalog" for high school, college, and grad courses. Holt sells
the catalog for $11.95 + $3 postage (Holt Associates, 2269
Massachusetts AV, Cambridge MA 02140)."
ABEKA
Box 18000
Pensacola, FL 32523-9160
1-800-874-2352 or 1-800-874-3592.
They offer a regular correspondence course as well as a video
course. You can also order materials without enrolling. Tuition
for the regular course is $450.00 which includes books. There
is a strict time limitation for their courses. Christian oriented
Alpha Omega Publications
P.O. Box 3153
Tempe, AZ 85281
(602) 731-9310.
Uses LIFEPACS, series of small books which takes student through
each subject in steps. You can enter at any stage, and combine
different grade levels for different subjects. There are about
10 LIFEPACS for each grade level for each subject. You can get a
sample LIFEPAC by request. Most of the series are about $20.00.
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
PO Box 4097
Whittier, CA 90607-4097
Character foundation curriculum
(213)694-4791
Alta Vista College Press Home School Curric
PO Box 222
Medina WA 98039
(206) 454-7691
I talked to a guy who answered the phone briefly and it seems
that it is graduate level curiculum they are offering, geared
toward educating Christian teachers. Teaching teachers how to
teach. They probably changed their phone number to avoid calls
from stupid parents asking about homeschooling materials.
American Home Academy Materials
2770 S 1000 W
Perry UT 84302
American School
850 E 58th
Chicago IL 60637
(high school)
Associated Christian Schools
PO Box 27115
Indianapolis IN 46227
317-881-7132
Aves Science Kits
PO Box 229
Peru, ME 04290
(207)- 562-7033
SCIENCE - Aves Science is a "science supply company specializing
in homeschool laboratory science units." Their specialty is
"complete self-contained laboratory units that are essentially
identical to conventional laboratory exercises, but are designed
and packaged for the homeschooler."
Each science unit comes in a white cardboard box with all
equipment included. Over seventy different units available from
Bacteria Staining to Frog Dissections. Units can be purchased
individually for a cost ranging from $4.00 - $7.00 or as batches
as complete laboratory programs.
A Basic Laboratory Program for ages 12-14 is $42.75 and has nine
units.
Brigham Young University
Dept of Independent Study
206 Harman Continuing Ed Building
Provo UT 84602
Bob Jones University Press
Greenville, SC 29614
1-800-845-5731
They offer sale of tests as well as materials. The price
depends on grade level and which subjects you in which you wish
to enroll. Christian oriented.
Calvert School
105 Tuscanny Road
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 243-6030
Tuition about $400. You receive an instruction manual as well
as books, workbooks and writing materials (crayons, pencils,
rulers, paper). Lessons are spelled out. (ex. Say to the
child...)
Christian Liberty Academy Satellite Schools (CLASS)
502 W. Euclid Ave.
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(708) 259-8736
Send for an information packet There are different programs.
Family program is $210, CLASS adm. program $240, uses
"homework", has 12 month year.
Christian Light Publications
PO Box 1126
Harrisonburg VA 22801-1126
703-434-0768
Classic Curriculum
Dept G
PO Box 656
Milford MI 48042
313-481-7008 or 800-348-6688