First-Year Homeschoolers: “Smoothing The Way is a support group dedicated to serving first-year homeschooling mothers.”

http://www.smoothingtheway.com/

HOMESCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE ASSOCIATION

     Do you wonder what exactly are the laws governing homeschooling in your state? Wonder no longer. Click below:

http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/default.asp

     And get the latest homeschool legal news here:

http://www.hslda.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1

PREPARE FOR TESTS

     TEST-PREPREVIEW, “your source for free online practice tests,” leads you to many other sites that prepare for many kinds of tests.

http://www.testprepreview.com/

CHACHA IS WONDERFUL!

     REBECCA GRESCH will not only help you plan a curriculum, she lists out-of-the-ordinary lesson plans on many topics. In fact this energetic lady has a blog that covers not only homeschooling but crafts, entertainment, food, frugal living, and more. Her extensive experience is at your service.

http://homeschooling.chacha.com/blog.php/
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MORE LISTS OF INTERNET RESOURCES

     Blue Web’n says it “is an online library of 2147 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). You can also browse by broad subject area (Content Areas) or specific sub-categories (Subject Area). See ‘About this Site’ for a scoring rubric and answers to other burning questions!”

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/

     Educator’s Reference Desk has “2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.”

http://www.eduref.org/

     Kids.gov is Uncle Sam's family-friendly site that links to over 500 websites from government agencies, schools, and educational organizations, all geared to the learning level and interest of kids.

http://www.kids.gov/

     Learner.org contains K-12 “teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum,” from the Annenberg Foundation.

http://learner.org/

HOMESCHOOL BUZZ

     Search hundreds of homeschool related websites at once! This special homeschool SEARCH ENGINE is powered by Google.

http://search.homeschoolbuzz.com/

TOP 10 EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES FOR HOMESCHOOLERS

     Some excellent resources, all gathered onto one page.

http://education.more4kids.info/64/
top-ten-educational-websites-for-the-homeschool-family/

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FOR KIDS

     You’ll note that, in the lefthand column, the first item is “Kids, Families.” And they’ve got some great stuff.

http://www.loc.gov/index.html