This website has tons of great resources, including a scope and sequence and curriculum helps and resources. This is a great resource all in one. http://jc-schools.net/curr/index.htm The website is created from a TN state school but it has tons of things that I plan on using. I wish that each state would go this far with their website. and if you homeschool and are in TN you use this to be right up with the school system. Let me know how that you like it. it will take you a while to go through it all, but it is well worth it,

I too am still researching this method as well. I hope to see how far I can implement this in our homeschool co-op.

I am hoping tolearn more and introduce it to my co-op. Let me know if anyone else tries it.

Does anyone use the Thomas Jefferson Method of homeschooling? http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/thomas-jefferson-education.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3917028n  check this link out about hte Thomas Jefferson method of homeschooling and many others. I like this video, it shows homeschoolers in a social environment as well.

If you choose an online academy check this one out [urlhttp://www.progressacademy.org/][/url] If anyone has already signed up and using this curricula please let me know so that I can see about adding it to our co-op. It isn't to bad of pricing for the entire year and ofcourse by the month as well. It is cheaper then most in my area.

Here is a link to homeschool contests, thought you might like? http://www.home-school.com/contests/

Does hands-on activities and or crafts improve academic levels and scores. Here is a piece from this article that was published.
"Students who spent a greater proportion of their classroom learning time engaged in hands-on projects scored significantly higher on
writing and drawing knowledge application tasks. In classes that spent almost half of instructional
time on hands-on projects (48%), students scored an average of 83 out of a possible 100 on the
knowledge application task. Comparatively, students whose classes devoted a low
percentage of class time to craft projects (11.8%) scored an average of 75. The creativity and level
of detail students demonstrated on the application tasks also indicated that the hands-on projects
left many students with vivid and lasting understanding of both facts and concepts.
Teachers said that hands-on projects help students understand basic ideas (90%) as well as
broader concepts (86%), and 82% of teachers said that handcrafted projects help their students
apply information in new or different situations. Eighty-five percent (85%) of the teachers surveyed
also agreed that long-term hands-on projects give students a greater depth of understanding than
more conventional instructional methods."

[urlhttp://www.home-school.com/news/summ.pdf][/url]  View the link to read the enire booklet, and let me know what you think? Do you perform crafts and hands on projects such as lapbooks in your homeschool curricula?

Here is a Bible Reading Plan for the entire year for homeschoolers, here is the link. http://www.home-school.com/pdfs/BiblePlan2011.pdf  Let me know what you think and if you would consider following it.

Here is the link for news updates from the Homeschool Legal Defense Association http://www.hslda.org/inthenewsarchive.asp

There are many parents who struggle with the idea of homeschooling. There are ways to socialize without worry. Find a co-op in your area, or study group, if not then start one yourself, that is if you have the time. I even struggled with it at first working in a public school system but I saw how important it could be and helpful to those children that needs an extra something to get the best education for the child. Remember it is about the child being comfortable about learning and actually learning and being successful no matter what the situation is. If you are unsure why not try it then see. I will tell you that my children and others that I have taught has improved tremendously with homeschooling. I even know of parents who homeschooled their children until 7th grade then placed them in the public school, however they were so far advanced that they went to college at 15. Just be sure to check iwht your local state about laws and regulations regarding homeschooling and give it a try, and just see how things go you can alwasy re-enroll your child in public or private school. I have homeschooled over 18 children and worked for many years at a public and private school, there are those in the school systems in my opinion more anti-social then a homeschoolers. I see it all the time. I have only known 1 child in all of my teaching years that was homeschooled that was anti-social, but the child did have a personality disorder that kept the child from entering into the world, but with a little patience and a little job out in the world before going to college turned the child around.

Thanks for the site. I am going to check it out and let you know how I like it. I like to use homeschooling-inc.com I believe is the address. We only use it for children out of state through our co-op.

http://www.thehomescientist.com/kits/CK01/ck01-main.html I thought this was interesting for those of us who homeschool older children as well. I am looking into downloading the manual to see how easy it is, and to set up, etc. For a chemistry kit to be this well thought out and uncludes tons of things 150.00 isn't bad for a year or two worth of chemisty.

Thanks for the link. I will add it to the link library. Thanks. Always looking for a good deal.

I would take the advice of Daddude. i know that here our homeschooled children even get speech therapy paid by the public school system. so check with HSLDA.