Homeschooling Information

High School:

     Most High School students can work on Individualized Lesson Plans, only needing lectures and explanation to get the student through more difficult lessons.  Some states will require a certified tutor.  We recommend that a correspondence study plan be used.  Some parents design a curriculum based on a work-study program depending on the student. Annual testing should be done as a diagnostic tool to assure everyone that proper progress is being made. American School, 850 East 58th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637 has an accredited correspondence program for high school. If your child is approaching ninth grade, this program is the preferred since some parents probably would not feel qualified to teach high school level subjects.

Junior and Middle School:

     This is a transition between Elementary and High School, and various schools of thought exist on how best to educate students at this age.  Generally, however at this level students begin to work effectively on individual projects that can be purchased from various suppliers. Requirements and curriculum guidelines will vary from state to state.

Grade School:

     Grade school students need almost constant supervision. Teaching children at this level is very demanding on instruction time.  Since the basics are taught at this level, a visit to the local library should be made with the student on a weekly basis.  A good source of lesson material is the super yearbook published by ESP, Inc., 5200 S. Jules  Verne, Tampa, FL 33611.  Contact with this company is limited to mail or by their web sites www.espbooks.com or www.espworksheets.com.  ESP publishes the super yearbook for each grade with all the various subjects for that grade in each book along with teacher instructions and answers in a removable section in the back of the book. Therefore, this workbook can serve as the basis of instruction with supplementary material added as needed.  For those with Internet connection ESP makes available for one yearly fee over 15,000 pages of basic worksheets at all elementary and many high school levels that may be printed on your computer.  Answer sheets for the parents may also be printed.

Preschool (Kindergarten):

     Some states do not require Kindergarten.  However, if your state requires kindergarten, ESP, Inc. (full information given in grade school section) has a workbook, which should cover all the material necessary for kindergarten.  The emphasis should be on counting, colors, shapes, alphabet, matching like and differences, following directions, hand and eye coordination, visual discrimination.

Legal Guidance:

     Each state will vary in requirements for conducting a home school.  A national organization, Holt Associates, 2269 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 maintains lists of local home schooling help groups for each state as well as information regarding legal requirements in each state.  Be careful that if you do become in contact with a local support group that the information and support which they give is taken with a grain of salt.  Local support groups can be a valuable source of information, but be careful of becoming involved with individuals with "modern, liberalized" thinking, or New Age philosophies.

Source Information:

     Text books may be obtained both new and used for a reasonable price from the following suppliers:  Follett Educational Services, 1433 Internationale Parkway, Woodridge, IL 60517-4941 (Phone 1-800-621-4272, web site www.fes.follett.com), ESP (address given under Grade School section), and Adams Book Co., 537 Sackett Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 (Phone 1-800-221-0909).  Each of the above suppliers has free catalogues available.  If you are interested in basic education from texts used in the 1800's (such as the McGuffey Readers) contact Classic Curriculum (Mott Media), 1000 East Huron, P.O. Box 656, Milford, Michigan 48042.  They have republished basic texts from the 1800's and supplemented with modern workbooks.  A catalogue explaining their program is available.

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