Helpful Links

Here is a small sample of some websites SHG families have found helpful or interesting. Please keep in mind that any opinions expressed within the websites listed here are not necessarily those of the Seattle Homeschool Group or its members.

Homeschool law in Washington State

http://www.washhomeschool.org/ -- Washington Homeschool Organization, offering insight into the structure of home-based education law.

http://www.k12.wa.us/ -- Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, home-based education rules and policies are listed here including the informational "pink book" as a pdf file for download.

Homeschooling Philosophy

http://www.holtgws.com/index.html -- John Holt and Growing Without Schooling site. Many resources for unschooling families or those who love them.

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/index.php -- Classical Education for homeschoolers. The study of history is the core of a classical education.

Resources for homeschoolers

http://www.kcls.org/ -- The King County Library System, the online databases are fantastic. Rosetta Stone programs in 28 languages!

http://www.spl.org/ -- Seattle Public Library, libraries for all, indeed.

http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/ -- Seattle Parks and Recreation, very useful for finding lovely picnic sites, swimming pools, even homeschool enrichment classes (at Magnusen Community Center).

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/ -- "A to Z Home's Cool", a venerable, incredibly comprehensive site on homeschooling.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8259/index.html -- Finding Homeschool Support on the Internet, lots of HS philosophy links. An older site, but with many good links.

http://donnayoung.org/ -- This site has myriads of free worksheets, organizing tools, etc. A Christian site, many of the forms are neutral.

Interesting, strange, lovely or wild

http://www.gutenberg.org -- Free eBooks available as downloads. A wonderful list of classics and works whose copyrights have expired.

http://earth.google.com/ -- A "gee whiz" geography extravaganza. Zoom in to any place on Earth from space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page -- A great example of community-based knowledge sharing.