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I know some of you may be thinking , or even are homeschooling. I thought I would give out some links if anyone is interested.

First and for most if your thinking about. You need to know the law in your state. Here is a good place to start.

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp

From there you need to find a curriculum. Some people prefer to go with a complete packaged curriculum , or online. Others don't use one at all. So that is something you need to decide what is best for you and your family.

My first year with my son , we didn't use one at all. I took the time to assess what he needed as well as what he wanted to learn. I went by a general education guideline for the grade he was in. Looking back , I would say it was not the over all best choice for us. I spent at least 1-3hours a day printing stuff out , and hunting down what I needed to teach. But just because it didn't work for me , it may work for one of you.

Here are some of my favourite links Homeschool Curriculum online , k-8th grades. The monthly membership is $19.95 for the first child and $14.95 for each additional child, with nothing else to buy.

http://www.time4learning.com/

The site is set up for Windows and Mac , but I have used Ubuntu Linux for the last 3 years with their site , after doing an add on for my browser. Free Online Grade Book

http://www.engrade.com/

Practice and Test Spelling Words

http://www.spellingcity.com/

Kids Health, it covers a lot of stuff .

http://kidshealth.org/

Hunter Education Online

http://www.hunter-ed.com/

Daily Grammer

http://www.dailygrammar.com/

Free Online Dictionary

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

Learn to type

http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/test/index.php?lang=EN

Typer Shark Game

http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/typershark.jsp

Digital History

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm

Cool Math , Ages 13-100

http://www.coolmath.com

Science for kids

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

Digital Libraries

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

Beginner Readers

http://www.starfall.com/

Test on Books . It is like Accelerated Reader Program that many schools have.

http://www.bookadventure.com/

Educational Games

http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/

http://funschool.kaboose.com/arcade/index.html

http://www.funbrain.com/

http://www.primarygames.com/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

http://www.netrover.com/~crose/memory/memory2.htm <- Simon Light Game

I saved this one for last. It covers sex ed in a modern way. I suggest parents look through the site and videos before letting your kids go there.

http://midwestteensexshow.com/category/episodes/

My 11 year old son and I sat down together and watched the videos and he laughed, and of course asked lots of questions. This site might not be fore everyone when it comes to this topic.

-Mercy