Homeschooling

The home school manual : plans, pointers, reasons, and resources\\

The Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling\\

The homeschooling handbook : from preschool to high school, a parent's guide\\

Family matters : why homeschooling makes sense\\

Home schooling
Home schooling handbooks, manuals, etc.
Home schooling juvenile literature
Home schooling United States
Home schooling United States handbooks, manuals, etc.

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Issues & Controversies in American History\\

1. Catalog searches for relevant searches in the C/W Mars Catalog for Western Massachusetts Libraries.

The home school manual : plans, pointers, reasons, and resources\\

A Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling\\

The homeschooling handbook : from preschool to high school, a parent's guide\\

Family matters : why homeschooling makes sense\\

DATABASES (home access with a Forbes Library card number)

ON THE WEB

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Gale InfoTrac
Extensive menu of databases on a range of topics in the humanities, business and health.

Educator's Reference Complete\\

Junior Edition K-12

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Thinkfinity
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An extensive free resource for curriculum materials, lesson plans, and relevant source material for grades K-12, searchable by subject and grade level. Thinkfinity draws on a wide range of reliable partner websites and links resources to state curriculum standards. Must be seen!

An extensive, rich resource for curriculum materials, lesson plans, and relevant source material for grades K-12, searchable by subject and grade level. Thinkfinity draws on a wide range of reliable partner websites and links resources to state curriculum standards. Must be seen!

Thinkfinity
http://www.thinkfinity.org
An extensive, rich resource for curriculum materials, lesson plans, and relevant source material for grades K-12, searchable by subject and grade level. Must be seen!

Science Online\\

SIRS Knowledge Source
SIRS Researcher contains relevant, current information on social issues. It includes carefully selected articles, primary source documents, websites, charts, maps, and illustrations chosen for relevancy, currency, credibility, and curricular applicability. It's a great place to start student research.
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Issues & Controversies in American History\\

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This source combines authoritative factual accounts with in-depth explanations of opposing points of view and numerous special features, so students and other users can quickly grasp the essentials of even the most complex historical topics.

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Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators

Junior Edition K-12

Designed for students in junior high and middle school. Provides access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids InfoBits

Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

LearningExpress

Provides an online, interactive learning platform of practice exercises and test, diagnostic tools, and tutorials in math, language arts and Spanish language acquisition.

SIRS

A digital teaching and learning resource providing multimedia and interactive content.

ON THE WEB

National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/

The mission of NHEN is "to encourage and facilitate the vital grassroots work of state and local homeschooling organizations and individuals by providing information, fostering networking and promoting public relations on a national level." The site provides news, articles about homeschooling, information about finding support groups, and discussion forums

Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts
http://www.ahem.info/

Massachusetts Home Learning Association
http://mhla.org/

Home Education Magazine
http://www.homeedmag.com/

This online edition of the magazine features essays, articles, and op-ed pieces about homeschooling. Features a FAQ that answers questions about legislation, teaching, networking with other families, and students with special needs. Also recommends books, curriculum resources, links to state laws and regulations, and links to other related sites. Includes archived issues of both the magazine and online newsletter and a printable homeschool guide.

A to Z Home’s Cool
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/

Find links to "the best and most interesting and useful sites and articles about home education on the web." Features homeschooling laws, lesson plans, advice on homeschooling teens, support group and community networking resources, distance learning programs, ideas for field trips, and much more. Maintained by a parent with homeschooling experience.

Waldorf Family Network
http://www.waldorffamilynetwork.com/

A community service project of Michaelmas Farm, a grassroots family-owned initiative with related programs and services based in MA. “Our primary purpose is to act as a vehicle to help foster personal connections, share practical resources, and nourish a sense of community among home learning families who are inspired by Waldorf education and the work of Rudolf Steiner.”

Massachusetts Department of Education
http://www.doe.mass.edu/

Professional collection\\

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The homeschooling handbook : from preschool to high school, a parent's guide\\

Home schooling
Home schooling handbooks, manuals, etc.
Home schooling juvenile literature
Home schooling United States
Home schooling United States handbooks, manuals, etc.

The home school manual : plans, pointers, reasons, and resources\\

A Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling\\

The homeschooling handbook : from preschool to high school, a parent's guide\\

Family matters : why homeschooling makes sense\\

The librarian's guide to homeschooling resources [electronic resource]\\

|Home schooling\\

LearningExpress

SIRS

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Home schooling United States handbooks, manuals, etc.

Professional collection\\

Junior Edition K-12

Kids InfoBits

The librarian's guide to homeschooling resources [electronic resource]
Susan G. Scheps.

Home schooling
Home schooling handbooks, manuals, etc.
Home schooling juvenile literature
Home schooling United States
Home schooling United States handbooks, manuals, etc.\\

Kids InfoBits

LearningExpress

SIRS

The home school manual : plans, pointers, reasons, and resources
Theodore E. Wade
IKE+W119h+1995

A Beginner’s Guide to Homeschooling
Patrick Farenga
IKE.F223b 2000

The homeschooling handbook : from preschool to high school, a parent's guide
Mary Griffith
IKE.G875h 1999

Family matters : why homeschooling makes sense
David Guterson
IKE.G982f 1993

National Home Education Network \\

Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts\\

Massachusetts Home Learning Association\\

Home Education Magazine\\

A to Z Home’s Cool\\

Waldorf Family Network\\

Massachusetts Department of Education
http://www.doe.mass.edu/

ON THE WEB

National Home Education Network' http://www.nhen.org/
The mission of NHEN is "to encourage and facilitate the vital grassroots work of state and local homeschooling organizations and individuals by providing information, fostering networking and promoting public relations on a national level." The site provides news, articles about homeschooling, information about finding support groups, and discussion forums

Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts http://www.ahem.info/

Massachusetts Home Learning Association http://mhla.org/

Home Education Magazine http://www.homeedmag.com/
This online edition of the magazine features essays, articles, and op-ed pieces about homeschooling. Features a FAQ that answers questions about legislation, teaching, networking with other families, and students with special needs. Also recommends books, curriculum resources, links to state laws and regulations, and links to other related sites. Includes archived issues of both the magazine and online newsletter and a printable homeschool guide.

A to Z Home’s Cool http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/
Find links to "the best and most interesting and useful sites and articles about home education on the web." Features homeschooling laws, lesson plans, advice on homeschooling teens, support group and community networking resources, distance learning programs, ideas for field trips, and much more. Maintained by a parent with homeschooling experience.

Waldorf Family Network http://www.waldorffamilynetwork.com/
A community service project of Michaelmas Farm, a grassroots family-owned initiative with related programs and services based in MA. “Our primary purpose is to act as a vehicle to help foster personal connections, share practical resources, and nourish a sense of community among home learning families who are inspired by Waldorf education and the work of Rudolf Steiner.”

Massachusetts Department of Education

DATABASES (home access with a Forbes Library card number)

Gale InfoTrac
Professional collection Full-text periodicals for teachers and school administrators

Junior Edition K-12
Designed for students in junior high and middle school. Provides access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Kids InfoBits
Developed especially for beginning researchers in Kindergarten through Grade 5. The curriculum-related, age appropriate, full-text content is from the best elementary reference sources and magazines. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

LearningExpress
Provides an online, interactive learning platform of practice exercises and test, diagnostic tools, and tutorials in math, language arts and Spanish language acquisition.

SIRS
A digital teaching and learning resource providing multimedia and interactive content.

ON THE SHELF

The home school manual : plans, pointers, reasons, and resourcesTheodore E. WadeIKE+W119h+1995

A Beginner’s Guide to HomeschoolingPatrick FarengaIKE.F223b 2000

The homeschooling handbook : from preschool to high school, a parent's guideMary GriffithIKE.G875h 1999

Family matters : why homeschooling makes sense David GutersonIKE.G982f 1993

E-BOOKS (electronic books available online - search Forbes online catalog by title)

The librarian's guide to homeschooling resources [electronic resource] Susan G. Scheps.

SUBJECT HEADINGS (search in all Western Mass. Libraries)

Home schooling Home schooling handbooks, manuals, etc. Home schooling juvenile literature Home schooling United States Home schooling United States handbooks, manuals, etc.