Homeschooling Resources

Community & Support Networks

Build connections within the homeschooling community through co-ops, schools, and forums that offer support, shared learning experiences, and social interaction.

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Alabama 17 Arizona 8 Arkansas 12 California 23 Colorado 12 Florida 39 Georgia 25 Idaho 14 Illinois 25 Indiana 19 Kansas 10 Kentucky 22 Louisiana 11 Maryland 11 Michigan 13 Minnesota 10 Mississippi 5 Missouri 27 Nevada 5 New Jersey 11 New York 9 North Carolina 24 Ohio 37 Oklahoma 15 Oregon 10 Pennsylvania 34 South Carolina 24 Tennessee 31 Texas 46 Utah 7 Virginia 17 Washington 20 West Virginia 5 Wisconsin 7

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Evaluation/Testing Leadership Makerspace Museum Private School Roadschooling Technology Tutor Unit Study Volunteer

Evaluation/Testing

Homechool evaluation and testing

Mosaic Academy Sugar Land Art Center & Gallery

Leadership

leading a group of people or an organization

Gather New Haven

Makerspace

a place in which people with shared interests, especially in computing or technology, can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, equipment, and knowledge.

Bergen Makerspace

Museum

A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.

Wisconsin Science Museum Wise Wonders Science & Discovery Museum Witte Museum Wonder Works Children's Museum WonderLab Museum of Science, Health & Technology Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City WonderTrek Children's Museum Wooden Old Stone Schoolhouse World Museum Liverpool World Museum of Mining Wright County Historical Society y Gaer - Brecknock Museum and Art Gallery, Brecon Library Yakima Valley Museum Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Yorkshire Museum Educational Resources Youngwood Historical and Railroad Museum

Private School

A school supported by a private organization or private individuals rather than by the government.

A Developing Mind Academy ABC Children's Academy Altus Christian Academy Ashland City Elementary STEM Academy Butler Art Center & Gallery Dixon School of Arts and Sciences Eagle Creek Academy Enlightium Academy Faithful Farms School House Foundations Learning Center Fox C-6 School District - Rickman Auditorium Frankfort Christian Academy Gilbert Nature School Grace Learning Center Hobgood Academy Home School Programs Inside Outside School Kuleana Education Academy - A Progressive Learning Institution in Hawai'i Leap of Faith Learning Center Life Church Learning Center - West Campus Lighthouse Christian Academy Lindsay Wildlife Experience Living Oaks Academy Ozark Adventist Academy Ozark Adventist School Pineview Public School Purpose Academy of Fine Arts Redbud Farm School St. Andrews Bay STEM Academy Strake Jesuit Student Activities Center The Healdsburg School The Learning Experience - Brighton The Phoenix School The Summit Preparatory School Wellington School West River Academy Whispering Pines Kids Wings Theatre School Wonder Years Academy Ludowici

Roadschooling

An educational approach that combines homeschooling with a travel lifestyle and experiential learning.

Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex Stillwater Center for Environmental Education The Harbour Self-Directed Learning Centre The Wanderpreneurs

Technology

Technology opens up new ways of learning and inspires creativity and curiosity in homeschool lessons. Homeschoolers can explore subjects through online platforms, educational apps, and video games that offer unique ways of engaging with the material.

7th Street Studio & Makerspace at Bucknell University Acadiana Center for the Arts Aurora Public Library District - Makerspace Bean Path Makerspace Brownsville Public Library Makerspace Busch Annapolis Library Makerspace CCL Makerspace Circuit Launch Makerspace Do Space Technology Library Engineering For Kids - Northern Virginia Innovation Station at Chula Vista Library Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Makerspace Library MakerSpace, OU Libraries Long Beach Public Library Studios Loveland CreatorSpace Makerspace - Mississippi State University Libraries Makerspace at Walker Library, MTSU Makerspace Pinellas NSB Maker Space Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft SynergyMill Makerspace The Bodgery The Hawk Makerspace The STEAM Express The X Lab - Round Lake Area Library Wauhatchie Forest School Willimantic Makerspace

Tutor

A private teacher, typically one who teaches a single student or a very small group.

Boys Farm Inc Createarium Imagine Foundry Inspiring Minds Learning Center Red Bank Public Library - RAD Lab & Story Walk Reed's Farm Scissortail Learning Center Soule Homestead Education Center STEM Christian Academic Homeschool Collaborative Sylvan Learning Center The Learning Curve

Unit Study

Comprehensive educational units that integrate multiple subjects around a central theme or topic.

Birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune Center Theatre Group Student Matinee Program FireStarter FABLab Limitless Academy McFarland Family Resource Center Nature Explorium at Middle Country Public Library Roots Farm Cafe & Education Center The Maker Lab at Herndon Fortnightly Library Wild at Heart Wildlife Rehabilitation Wild In M.E. Homeschool Program

Volunteer

freely offer to do something

Arts Center of Cannon County Calvary Baptist Academy Homeschool Partnership Edible Education Experience Holiday Farms Journey Home Animal Rescue Monroe County Friends of Animals (MCFA) Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Rock Springs Conservation Area Rockwall Makerspace West Monroe Community Center