If you find any links that are outdated, or you wish to add your favorites to this list, please email me.
Alabama Law Codes - Specific codes for homeschooling
Summary of Alabama Law - Another source of codes
Code of Alabama - Click on Title 16
HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) - A Christian organization
American Homeschool Association - A free service organization supporting the continued growth of the homeschooling movement by providing communications and networking for homeschooling families and anyone interested in home education
HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) - A Christian organization
Clonlara School - Accredited as an independent school
Finding Homeschool Support on the Internet - All kinds of useful info
Homeschool Central - Lots of articles, resources, things to buy
Homeschool Corner - Based out of Maryland, has free homeschool schedules and other neat stuff
Homeschool FAQs - Great info for first-time homeschoolers!
Homeschool Knotwork - A nondenominational site out of Canada
Homeschool Quest - Has info on college admissions
Homeschool World - From the publishers of Practical Homeschooling magazine. Has a great list of homeschool articles, organizations and events arranged by state, and a "mall."
Homeschooling - a Light at the End of the Tunnell
Homeschooling Email Lists, Newsletters, etc.
Homeschooling Information and Resource Pages - Sponsored by Home Education Magazine
Jon's Homeschool Resource Page
Sassafrass Grove - Art, Homeschooling, Peace
Shamlu - Homeschooling Resources Directory
World and I Homeschool - Publish a broad range of reading in social studies, science, culture, arts, and more every month. The website comprises the entire publication and special features including Teacher's Guide activities, Book Review Archive, Crossword Puzzles, and a series of Special Collections.
Alabama Homeschool and Support Group Info:
Alabama Organizations:
Alabama Independent Church School Association
HEART (Home Educators of Alabama Round Table)
H.E.A.R.T.S. (Homeschoolers Educating, Assisting, & Reaching-out Through Service) - Promotes service projects for homeschoolers (Not affiliated with HEART of Alabama or heart-list.)
VAST Network - (Varied Abilities School Training Network, Inc.) for Special Needs Children - Has on-line calendar
Support Groups:
Elmore County Homeschool Organization (ECHO) - A support group
North Alabama Home Educator's List of Alabama Support Groups
Support Groups in the State of Alabama
Homeschooling.About.Com - List of Alabama Support Groups
Cover Schools:
About.Com - Alabama Cover Schools
Homeschool Avenue Cover School Database
Other Alabama Info:
ALEX - Alabama Learning Exchange, by the Alabama Dept. of Education. Has a listing of subjects covered by each grade and a breakdown of the yearly requirements; a good way to get ideas for areas to study, or just follow their lesson plan.
Homeschooling in Alabama: Opinions on the Matter (a MUST read!)
Alabama Unschoolers - Runs an email list
Pagan Homeschooling - Great page with lots of articles and resources!
Pagan Children, Acorns Newsletter
Spiral Scouts - Paganism's answer to Boy and Girl Scouts!
Homeschool Knotwork - Not exactly pagan, but a nondenominational site out of Canada
Homeschooling - a Light at the End of the Tunnell
Homeschooling Outreach for Pagan Families
Jon's Homeschool Resource Page
Moondreamer Magick - A Pagan Homeschool
Goddess Moon Circles Academy - An online Pagan private school and a Pagan-based curriculum developed by and for Pagan families; designed to either be used in a teacher/student partnership or for a more "independent study" approach.
Pagan HEN Home Education Network
Pagan Parenting and Homeschooling
Relevant Organizations and Sites:
Spiral Scouts - Paganism's answer to Boy and Girl Scouts!
Girl Scouts
Alabama 4-H and Youth Development
Curriculums, Used and New:
Curriculum Vendors - A list of vendors
*The Elijah Company - Christian-oriented
*Enki Education - Multicultural
Follett - Source of used texts
Global Virtual Curriculum - Affordable online curriculum for
alternative, public, charter, international, private schools or the homeschool student
Goddess Moon Circles Academy - An online Pagan private school and a Pagan-based
curriculum developed by and for Pagan families; designed to either be used in a teacher/student
partnership or for a more "independent study" approach.
Homeschooler's Curriculum Swap - Another source of used books
*Live Education! - Produces homeschooling supplies for families inspired by a Waldorf
perspective
*Oak Meadow - A pagan-friendly curriculum
*The Robinson Self-Teaching Curriculum
Shekinah Curriculum Cellar - Home Schooling Supplies
United Nations Cyber School Bus - Has several different on-line (free!) curriculums available
5 Dollar Software - There are some jumpstart programs, language programs, math, etc. from pre-K to high school. And they have a flat $3 shipping rate. Homeschool Easy Records - Software for record-keeping
Rent Educational Videos and DVDs for Home School Curriculum, Teacher Lesson Plans, etc.
Another Path - Homeschooling Your Deaf or Hard of Hearing Child
Apple Computer's Homeschool Site
Family Learning Organization - Offers standardized tests, high school diplomas, help for homeschoolers just starting out, and more
a href="http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/k_12/testing/achievement/tests/previous_ach.asp"> K-12 Achievement Tests (free!)
Standard U.S. home schooling curriculum - What your child needs to know and when
Taking Charge: Responding to Requests from Officials for Our Homeschooling Records - An excellent article on whether you should submit records!
Homeschool Easy Records - Software for record-keeping
Homeschool Reporting Online - Charges a fee
Homeschool Planning Forms and Helps
Homeschool Forms - Has lots of good blank forms (transcript, report card, planner, etc.) that can be downloaded. Most forms have something Christian on them, but if you have knowledge of Adobe Acrobat, you can erase this or write over it, and thus customize them for your own use.
Boomer Island - Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Game
Children's Storybooks - Stories online for different ages
The Cinderella Project - The Cinderellas presented here represent some of the more common varieties of the tale from the English-speaking world in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.
Kid's Internet Radio - A nonprofit organization committed to sharing children's music, stories and art from around the world through the Internet
Great Sites - Web sites for kids, from the American Library Association
Just Like Me - Inspiring Black Children
Seussville Games - Great for pre-schoolers
Children's Storybooks - Stories online for different ages
Seussville Games - Great for pre-schoolers
*Sites for Teens and Highschoolers:
About.com Homeschool High School Resources
Homeschool Forms - Has lots of good blank forms (transcript, report card, planner, etc.) that can be downloaded. Most forms have something Christian on them, but if you have knowledge of Adobe Acrobat, you can erase this or write over it, and thus customize them for your own use.
Bryan College - Dual enrollment programs for home schoolers and high school students online
Homeschooling Teens - Diplomas and College
Colleges That Admit Homeschoolers
Getting Ready for College Early
Sign up for High School and College Prep Newsletter
Graduated Driver Licensing - Teach your teen how to drive!
Alabama Driver Education Package - The Alabama package from the folks above
Ask Jeeves - Ask anything in the form of a question and it will give you sites on the web to go to
Baltimore Curriculum Project Lesson Plans - A full years worth (regular public school schedule) of lesson plans based on the Core Knowledge series. K-5
Great Sites - Web sites for kids, from the American Library Association
Helping Children Learn to Read
The Idea Box - Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources
Laurel Springs School - Personalized K-12 Distance Learning Program
Little Explorers - Picture dictionary with links
Puzzle Depot - Play online puzzles, board and logic games, skill contests and trivia tests as well as related books and software for recreation and K-12 education.
Teaching Gear - An online writing program for elementary students. The program allows for prompt assignment by a teacher or parent, intuitive screens which allow students to free write, collaboration with peers in your school group, and more. The program allows for insertion of audio files, video clips, and more to be inserted by the parent or teacher and then previewed and written about by the child.
Whootie Owl's Fairytales & Values Class for Home or School - Lesson Plan for using folktales (ages 6-10)
Everyday Spelling - Provides spelling words for grades 1-8
Guide to Grammar and Writing - Interesting site which also includes interactives
Geographic Overview - When complete these Histories will encompass approximately 240 American Indian tribal histories (contact to 1900)
Hernando de Soto's North American Trail
Images of Greatness - The lives of 13 enduringly famous individuals
Napoleon Foundation Presents - Dedicated to the study and diffusion of the civil and military achievements of the First and Second Empires. Remarkable site.
Alabama Historical Map Archive
The Valley of the Shadow - A Civil War site
Ancient Sites - The Ancient History Community: you can go to your favorite place in time and become a citizen of that culture. Take a Latin test in Ancient Rome, visit a virtual Delphi, and carry one's daily tasks as the citizen you choose.
Creating a Colony in the New World - This unit study is about the Pilgrims
History of the French and Indian War
The American Revolutionary War Thematic Unit
The American Civil War Homepage
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
The Academy of Achievement - An Interactive Museum
Helping Your Child Learn History
A Hypertext on American History
Science and Math Sites - Space:
An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe
Exploring Planets in the Classroom
NASA Spacelink - An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Educators
On-Line Education and Outreach
Solar Eclipse - Live coverage of the August 11, 1999 eclipse
The Space Place - Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket
USGS TerraWeb - Kids can view the Earth
Science and Math Sites - Natural Science:
Education Resources - About 10 lesson plans, activities, and fact sheets on air quality
Great Backyard Bird Count - Learn about birds
Kid's Stuff - Earth DayThe Wilderness Society has an 11 page coloring book to print for Earth Day
Museum of Paleontology - University of California
Recycling Lesson Plans - And student activities on recycling
Sonoran Desert Naturalist - Has some great links
Surfing for Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Weather Education & Preparedness
Science and Math Sites - Misc.:
Bizarre Stuff and Projects - Chemistry, electricity, food, weather, physics, optics. Check this out!
Daylight Savings Time - All about time!
Experiments - Online experiments for kids K-12
The Exploratorium - Science Snacks
The Franklin Institute Science Museum
Frontier - Science of Earth, Ocean, and Space, age 12 -up
Science is Fun in the Lab of Shakhashiri - This site includes experiments, chemical demonstrations, Chemical of the Week, and Science in the Media
SAMI - Science and Math Initiatives - Part of a project to improve math and science education and resource access in rural settings.
Science and Math Sites - K-12 Educator's Roadmap to the Internet
Colleges That Admit Homeschoolers
Cullman County's New Learning Center
AICSA Calendar of Events - Mostly for Alabama