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- Australian Sites :
- ADNIL Press
Run by a home schooling family, it provides access to material useful to others interested in home schooling. Australian based. While a good range, it is particularly strong in the language areas. - Always Learning Books
‘Homeschooling, unschooling and Natural Learning Books … to Inspire and Encourage.’ - Aussie Homeschool Classifieds
‘The place to buy, sell or swap curriculum - new or used. It is a place for fun, fellowship, information and learning.’ - Australia - Jon’s Home School Resource Page
Links to Australian home school information. From his home page you can also access home school links and world information. - Australian Education Online Resources
Annotated links. Click on ‘Resources’ and select from the range of choices. - Aussie Homeschool Classifieds & Forum
Resources for those wanting to home school. A message board with interesting content. You must join [for Free] to access the site. - Australian Used Homeschool Books
Extensive listing covering all areas. Very cheap for many items. - Barinya - Family, Fun & Educational Activities
‘Welcome to Barinya - an educational and information site for every family ! Barinya is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning Star. One of our main areas of focus is to help awaken a love of learning throughout life, by providing educational activities with a difference. Our educational activities are designed to stimulate a child’s natural curiosity and creativity.’ Many homeschooling and general educational activities, as well as movie reviews, travel information [South Australian based] and more. - Christian Homeschooling
Resources Australia
Linked to the Catholic Homeschooling sites. - Downunder Literature
‘Downunder Literature is an Australian homeschool supplier and publisher of Australian homeschool resources. We now have many products that will suit, science in the homeschool, English in the homeschool, and History in the homeschool. Our products have the Australian home educator in mind. On this site you will find uniquely Australian products for sale and Free homeschooling resources.’ - Educational Aids [Australia]
‘Educational aids and school supplies.’ Download their catalogue and price list in .pdf format. - Games for Fun, Fitness & Learning
‘A resource book for parents, teachers, childcare workers, Cub Scout Leaders, Sunday School teachers, and anyone else who supervises or entertains children. The book provides games for children between the ages of 7 and 16.’ - History For Homeschoolers
‘History For Homeschoolers is part of The Australian Homeschooling Net. It is designed to provide information, ideas, resources and links for those wishing to develop a rich and rewarding history curriculum in a homeschooling context.’ - Home Schooling Supplies [Australia]
Victorian supplier who has home schooled their own children. - Islamic Home Educators - Links
‘Here you will find a wide variety of links we use for resources, building unit studies, lesson planning, and of course worksheets.’ Not just related to Islam, but covering all curriculum areas and beyond. - KidsHQ
Extensive, quality information available from the Australian War Memorial. - Precision Academics©
‘A collection of over 400 Workbooks suitable for students with special learning needs. Resources are designed to cater for the needs of children of all ages, who attend mainstream, special schools as well as home school settings.’ While Fee-based, costs are well within the scope of individual families [and schools]. You can ‘download some Free samples to try with your [children].’ - Rockpool Homeschool
Access a forum, find information about events & groups, news & articles, reviews [even submit reviews], classifieds, blogs, information about newly added and popular material and links to further homeschooling information. - South Australia Homeschool Camps
A Yahoo Group covering these. - Youth Excel
‘A range of life skills resources that have been developed for the young people between the ages of 12-16. They are an excellent life skills curriculum set in themselves and are used by many schools throughout Australia. They have also made an excellent resource for home schooled children.’ Samples of the various resources are available. You can also access an e-newsletter.
Other
- ABC-Homeschool
A huge collection of material and other resources, just check the left-hand menus ! Being US-based means some sections will not be as relevant as others, but there is useful and usable material on the site. - CurrClick
[Previously Home School eStore]
[Tomorrow’s Lesson Today !]
Search for resources [Fee-based] by age, subject or publisher. There is also discounted material, reviews, FAQs, several tutorials and more. This is a US-based site so some material will not be all that relevant in the Australian setting. - Favourite Companies and Resources
[Homeschooling children with special needs]
Listed under two major groupings of ‘What families are using for … ’ and subject listings. - Free
Homeschooling Resources
‘Please feel free to use any of the Free homeschooling resources we have available here for your homeschool or classroom. There is an assortment of Free notebooking pages, Free lined paper, Free homeschooling charts and printables organized by subject in the categories you see in the left sidebar.’ US-based and strongly Christian in outlook. - Great Homeschool Links For Special Learners
Quite an extensive listing of annotated links for all sorts of products and information. - Homeschool Central
‘Homeschool Central has been around for many years helping homeschoolers of all types. Whether you are just beginning or you are a pro, we have information that will make your job easier.’ US-based. Several sections will not be all that relevant, while others will. - Home School Favourites
‘Home School Favourites provides resources to help educators develop a literature-based curriculum, that is, a curriculum that is based around reading good books.’ - Homeschooling Resources
An reasonable general collection of annotated links, collated by an American library. Check the Education & Research link, then Homeschooling for further information.
There appear to be some problems with this site. It will be maintained only until the next update unless these are resolved.. - Home Schooling Resources at
Questia
Articles, documents and more through the Questia. All have some connection to home schooling. - HomeschoolingSupply
A Canadian site. Being Canadian based means some sections will not be as relevant as others, but there is useful material on the site. - new !Homeschool Journey
‘The History Portfolio Series encourages rigorous study and plenty of creativity while providing a compact and handsome way of keeping and storing a student’s own written projects and reports, colorful drawings, photographs, clippings, downloaded images … anything that can fit between the pages !’ - Homeschool Planners and Organisers
‘Homeschooling can generate chaos unlike anything else if you do not have some sort of planning and record keeping system. There are a variety of homeschool planners and organizers available online, both Free and for purchase. The organizers are in several formats.’ - Jon’s Homeschool Resources
‘A source of neutral, non-commercial homeschooling information for over ten years.’ Check the “Quick Tips” as a starting point, then the left hand menu. - Kingsley Educational
‘KEPL is a mail order supplier of home education curriculum and support materials.’ - Mikey’s Big Book Of Drawing Tips
An extensive listing of techniques, with the majority using a cartoon-based format. Still very effective. - Online Learning Haven
‘This site provides a child friendly environment for learning just about anything and everything ! Ideal for homeschooling and vacation activities.’ Contains a range of areas but is strongest in the Social Studies. - Paula’s Archives
Find Homeschool Curriculum & Materials, information on stages of homeschooling, new additions, special links and more links to homeschooling information. - Planners & Organisers
The vast majority of these are Fee-based, though often not exhorbitant. Many also originate in the US. They can be useful but you need to be careful to ensure they suit your needs. Some are for particular operating systems - PC, Mac. - Edu-Track Home School [PC]
Extensive information provided on all aspects of its use through the left-hand menu. - Free Online Homeschool Planner
Costs you nothing to have a look and then nothing to pay if you find it useful. - Homeschool Chronicles
‘Many people are aware of the need to buy curriculum, but the difficulty of scheduling and keeping records can be surprising. This software is meant to assist in that challenge.’ - HomeSchool Easy Records
‘Automates and manages all of your home school record keeping needs.’ Features, help and more. - Homeschool Planners and Organizers
Links to an extensive range including some Free programs. There are also planning articles and other information. - Homeschool Reporting Online
Fee-based but there is a Free Trial period available. - Homeschool Tracker
Basic edition is Free but the other edition is not. Check for features, system requirements and more. Even check referrals. - Preschool Resources :
- Abecedarian Academy
[Homeschooling for Preschool]
‘Homeschooling for preschool allows you to nurture your child’s love for learning and foster the boundless curiosity that comes so naturally at this young age.’ - Homeschooling 3 and 4 Year Olds
A significant collection of short articles covering this topic. - Letter of the Week
[Preschool Curriculum]
A Free online curriculum that begins with Preschool and extends way beyond this. US-based and strongly Christian in outlook. - Preschool Activities
Links to other and lists of activities and ideas to use. - Quiz Hub
Information grouped in school levels also sections such as quiz, spelling and words. A good addition for home schooling. - Reading Skills Pyramid, The
‘The Reading Skills Pyramid illustrates a typical sequence for acquiring reading skills for use by parents for homeschools and enrichment. The reading skills are organized using the NCLB [No Child Left Behind] system. The “What Works ?” Report found that the five key areas in learning to read are phonemic awareness, phonics, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and reading fluency.’ - SpellingCity
‘We are an online spelling program that makes practicing for spelling tests fun. It contains over 30 000 words, including plurals, contractions, past and future tenses. It uses a real person’s voice to say the word and use the word in a sentence. Anyone can enter and save spelling lists for their students or children.’ - Starfall
‘Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. Starfall is perfect for home schooling.’ A large gathering of Free resources. These start with the alphabet and expand from there. - Teaching Treasures
Material and activities that can be used for ‘regular’ as well as gifted and talented students. Done in subject areas. - The Homeschool Freebie of the Day
‘Every weekday, Monday through Friday, we’ll post a new homeschooling “freebie” to this site. What kind of “freebie” ? Stuff like : Unit Studies, Ebooks, Audio Programs, Games, Samples, Lesson Plans, classic books and other quality resources !’ Only available Free on the one day. A US-based site, so some material may not be that relevant in Australia. - The Home School Mom
[Bringing You the Best Free Homeschool Resources]
This US site offers information for those new to homeschooling, help with getting organised, newsletters, a school room, teachers’ lounge, even help in the kitchen for busy homeschoolers who still have to cook. - The Montessori Great Lesson Page
Compiled under a series of topic headings. - Web Page Sites for Montessori Students
- Websites for Homeschooling
[Children with Special Needs]
From the ‘Freebie Queen’. Don’t just work with the links on this page, use the others which are accessible through the primary links at the top. - Writing Plans
17 sections covering a variety of writing processes and activity types.