Living Math Home

If we unschool, this would be the way to teach math. Actually, we already use "living math" with the boys. Cutting a sandwich in 2 pieces makes halfs. 30 minutes is longer than 5 minutes. There are 12 pez in a package, after sharing 3 there are 9 left.

Wichita Independent Home Schools

This is the page for the WIHS group. We also have a yahoo discussion list.

Frequently Asked Questions About Unschooling High School and College

A question about diplomas came up on WIHS today. In Kansas each school issues its own diplomas, so a homeschool would issue a diploma when that school's graduation requirements have been met.

Gifted Development Center - Assessment

I'm pretty sure that I've linked this site already. It came up on HSGifted, and since we go through Denver semi-annually, we could go there if we deem this appropriate for the boys.

Homeschooling - Guilt-Free Homeschooling Homeschool Blog

Who Wrote This "Rule Book" and Why Do I Think I Have to Follow It? is a great blog entry about figuring out your own style of homeschooling. There are many links in the sidebars that I want to check out later.

Oklahoma City Doctor Finds Her Way Home

I can relate to this woman so much! I will be quitting a job of almost 20 years to stay at home with my 2 boys to raise them and homeschool them if everything goes as currently (tentatively) scheduled. In a recent discussion with my husband, we came up with the notion that it is really just a career change for me. Many people (including him) change careers several times in their adulthood. Not only have I had the same career for close to 20 years (just 4 weeks shy), I have worked for the same employer the whole time, and except for the first 10 months in a different department, I have had the same job for the whole time. (Since I am in the computer field, the job itself has changed as technology has changed, though.)

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature is a website written by a librarian that compiles a reading list of award winning children's books. It references 60 awards from 6 English-speaking countries. My mom would have really liked this, and maybe even wanted to do something like this herself. (She was an elementary school librarian. She died before my boys were born.) I definitely will be back!

No Greater Joy: Homeschooling as a Way of Life

I found the No Greater Joy website today after reading a quote on Sonlight's forums about how it used to be soaps that distracted mothers from their children but now it is the internet. There are many articles there, each of which is categorized to one or more topics. There are some ideas that I disagree with, but there are also many that I appreciate greatly. This article, in the homeschooling category, emphasizes the home in homeschooling and relates how homeschooling is and can be learning all the time just living together as a family.