This scholarship contest is sponsored by Beautiful Feet Books and Hewitt Homeschooling Resources. After reading The Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. Yonge, write a persuasive essay examining Yonge's position on ambition and duty as it would relate to educational and career choices for today's homeschooler. The deadline for this scholarship competition is April 30, 2006.

You'll find free printable multiplication tables, including a 0-10 and 12 x time table, a grid chard, blank grid charts, and more.

Pre-K Smarties is a preschool education resource for parents teaching preschoolers with tips for early reading using phonics, parenting articles, family freebies, and deals on the best educational toys.

When most people think of homeschooling, they automatically think of a large family. A family with at least five or six kids and a mom in a denim jumpsuit that has everything organized like a well oiled machine. While that stereotype still exists in some families, homeschoolers come in all shapes and sizes including a large number of families who now homeschool an only child.

Masterpiece Art Instruction offers a free newsletter, "Teach Art at Home," along with free projects and lessons, art instruction CDs, and more

Why do homeschoolers hear socialization questions more than any others? In fact, very few of them are home long enough to be unsocialized! Who made the rule that socialization is only acceptable if it involves a large group of same-aged children randomly thrown together on a daily basis in a place we call public school? Homeschooling offers diverse and amble opportunities for socialization. 

Elementary geometry is very visual, but you can teach it physically as well. Teaching with multiple modalities whenever possible makes information stick much better in the minds of children.

This blog follows Cindy and her family as she talks about homeschooling, large families, and parenting.

Susan Franklin reveals some basic concepts that empowered her to create an organized home and homeschool. She talks about how doing housework first thing in the morning, paying attention to small details, scheduling, and regular habits help create order and cleanliness. Includes her top ten tips for others with messy tendencies.