Home Schooling Resources
The Wisconsin Parents Association. Wisconsin Parents Association is a state-wide, inclusive, grassroots organization dedicated to protecting the right of homeschooling families to provide an education to their children according to their own principles and beliefs. Additionally, two general resources that our homeschooling families have found useful include:
- From School to Homeschool: Should You Homeschool Your Gifted Child? by Suki Wessling to be a helpful read as you decide on curriculum. Other families found this book particularly helpful because Suki was not a homeschooling mom by choice; she calls herself a “reluctant homeschooler.”
- Gifted Homeschoolers Forum is an online community and resource hub for gifted homeschooling families.
A few other homeschooling resources that may be worth exploring:
Science
If you would appreciate a science curriculum with more hands-on work and experiment-based learning, here are just a couple ideas that may be worth exploring:
History
If you are looking for a history curriculum, the following resources may be helpful to review:
Language Arts
When thinking about a language arts curriculum, you may want to look at the Online Language Arts Program Comparison chart. Until then, here are a few programs that come recommended by some of our Young Scholar families; each of these has its own approach to language arts:
Math
When deciding on a math curriculum, you may find the Online Math Program Comparison chart to be useful as well. Below are a few programs that other Young Scholar families have utilized for math:
- Homeschooling the Gifted Child (from Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page).
- Homeschooling Curriculum for the Gifted Child
- Homeschooling tips
- Tips for Parents: Getting Started in Homeschooling
- Homeschool Buyers Co-op--this is a large purchasing cooperative for families educating with a homeschool curriculum. They negotiate exclusive member discounts for homeschooling families from educational suppliers offering homeschooling resources.
- Homeschool Facts
- Homeschooling Gifted Children
- Hoagies: Internet Investigations for Gifted Learners
Science
If you would appreciate a science curriculum with more hands-on work and experiment-based learning, here are just a couple ideas that may be worth exploring:
- Subscription boxes- You could utilize science subscription boxes that would send Elise a science experiment to conduct every month. Here are a few that may be of interest to you:
- Nature Centers- You can always take advantage of local nature centers, museums, and national parks for science supplementation. You may find the bookEnriching the Young Naturalist: The Nature of a Science Classroom by Jeff Danielian to be helpful as it has more ideas on how to utilize the outdoors in a student’s science education.
History
If you are looking for a history curriculum, the following resources may be helpful to review:
- Big History Project—is a free curriculum that some homeschooling families use. Parents can register under “teacher.”
- The Lukeion Project—offers courses and workshops to students.
- Prufrock Press—has endless book curriculums that parents and teachers can use.
- Royal Fireworks Philosophy Curriculum
Language Arts
When thinking about a language arts curriculum, you may want to look at the Online Language Arts Program Comparison chart. Until then, here are a few programs that come recommended by some of our Young Scholar families; each of these has its own approach to language arts:
Math
When deciding on a math curriculum, you may find the Online Math Program Comparison chart to be useful as well. Below are a few programs that other Young Scholar families have utilized for math:
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