Choosing teaching materials can be an overwhelming decision because there are so many excellent products available and each one claims to be superior to all others. Many veteran home schoolers suggest that you stick to a 'prepackaged" traditional curriculum for the first year or so. Others encourage new home schoolers to consider correspondence schools. Here are some suggestions concerning choosing curricula.

When children are nurtured, sheltered and loved, they can fully develop their social skills. Socialization doesn't just mean knowing how to act around other 12 year old kids. It means knowing how to function in our big world--a world that is much broader than the four walls of a classroom.

A list of great suggestions for anyone new to homeschooling.

This homeschooling journey is shared by a mom who is homeschooling her only child.

As the number of Internet courses increases over the next few years, here are some questions you can ask when considering a Web-based course.

This activity helps children to model basic numbers and use counting and grouping strategies to demonstrate and verbalise relationships between basic numbers--in this case, the numbers 1-3. Using the well loved and well known tale of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears will help engage your child and also give them a greater understanding, meaning and depth.

This was compiled from many of the wise voices of a great internet list called The Unschooling List. A great basic primer on the concept of unschooling.

This comprehensive toolkit publication guides homeschoolers to determine their NCAA eligibility. This pdf file covers classification of the homeschool program, evaluation of home school umbrella programs, transcript information, proof of graduation, a core-course worksheet, a discussion of the evaluation process, and an extensive list of resources for the home educating family.

These simple early learning math activities teach skills like number recognition, counting, simple addition and subtraction, sorting, sequencing numbers, and measuring.

Advice and encouragement for anyone who is homeschooling with small children.