Homeschooling is education provided at home usually by parents, rather than in other formal school settings. This page will guide you to library resources about homeschooling and trustworthy websites and blogs.

Book Recommendations

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Articles from Our Databases

This is a list of research articles about homeschooling for more information. ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) is a great place to start your research.

• Home Education: Practising without Prejudice? by Rothermel, P. J. (2010)
• Who Needs Teacher Education? by Apple, M. W. (2007)
• Are All Homeschooling Methods Created Equal? by Taylor-Hough, D. (2010)
• Enrolled Home Study Partners with Public Schools by Lines, P.M. (2004)

Multimedia Teaching Materials & Magazines

• Language Series (Book on CD): The series includes Chinese, Spanish, German, French, and Japanese learning programs.
• Math for Children (DVDs): A list of television program DVDs for children's math education.
• Reading & Phonics (DVDs): Children can learn the basics of phonics with "sounding-out" words.
• Dig into History (DVDs): A series of DVDs to learn the history of California.
• Home Education Magazine (Periodical): A magazine published bi-monthly (6 issues a year) about homeschooling.

Websites

You can find useful homeschooling information and effective guidelines.

• California Department of Education
• HomeSchool Association of California
• California Homeschool Network
• Homeschooling in California
• Home School Legal Defense Association

Home Schooling Blogs

You can find other home schooling families and share your experiences together. 

• A to Z Home's Cool: This is a homeschooling community website for K-12 home education. 
• Heart of the matter: This is a homeschooling site with a daily blog, online conferences, and tutorials. 
• Throwing Marshmallows: This is an active blog page managed by a mother who is homeschooling her two boys.
• Alasandra's Homeschool Blog: This is a blog about homeschooling issues, field trips, lesson plans and homeschool resources 
• The Homeschooling Blog: This is a friendly blog runned by a christian mother. 
• Homeschool Math Blog: This is a blog with Math teaching ideas, links, and worksheets.