Homeschooling Resources

Parental & Educator Resources

Essential resources for parents and educators, including guides on state laws, evaluation tools, and supportive literature to navigate the homeschooling journey.

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Co-op

A group of families who meet together and work cooperatively to achieve common goals. Co-ops can be organized around academics, social time, the arts, activities, crafts, service work, or projects—or some combination of these.

Lawton Christian Home Educators Learn Together Lowcountry Legacy Homeschool Co-op Lemon Bay Homeschool Explorers Co-op Life Adventures Co-Op LifeGate Academy Lighthouse Christian Homeschool Association Lillibridge Free Methodist Church Homeschool Group Little Schoolhouse Museum, Temecula Living Legacy Academy Mason Dixon Homeschoolers Association (MDHSA) Michigan Homeschool Connections Midwest Parent Educators (MPE) Missouri Homeschool Groups & Co-ops Mount Airy Homeschooling Co-Op Navigators Homeschool Co-Op Baldwin County AL North Shreve Homeschool Program Northeast Louisiana Christian Homeschool Association (NELCHA) Northwest Arkansas Education Service Cooperative OAKS Leadership Program at Hidden Acres Ozark Regional Homeschool Collaborative Panama City Unschooling/Homeschooling Group Peer To Peer Teen Homeschool Co-op Perry County Homeschoolers Petroglyph National Monument Post Playhouse San Antonio Homeschool Santa Maria Homeschool Group SCHOLÉ Homeschool Center of Harrisburg Seeds of Faith Homeschool Co-op SEICHE - Stewarding Excellence in Christian Home Education Seven Oaks Classical Homeschool Fellowship South Central VA Homeschool Group Springfield, IL Secular Homeschoolers Texas Home Educators The Bending Willow Academy The Network - Christian Homeschool Co-op Thrive Christian Homeschool Cooperative Thrive Learning Hub at Joy Farms TriCity Impact Group United Homeschool Co-op Watershed Education Program - Canandaigua Lake Association Western Carolina University - Mountain Heritage Center Western PA Enrichment Center Inc Windward Oahu Homeschool Hui Winter Garden Art Association (SOBO Art Gallery) Yashiro Japanese Garden Your Homeschool Village Zion's Academy: East Idaho Homeschool Co-op

Field Trips

A trip made by students or research workers to study something at first hand.

AINA Farm Partners Aldridge Gardens Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center Apple Hill Farm Aullwood Audubon Aullwood Farm and Nature Center Aurora Water Education - Field Trips Aztec Ruins National Monument Education Programs Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook Buddy Holly Center Burr Oak Woods Nature Center Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Cedar River Watershed Education Center Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge Charleston Museum Chippewa Nature Center Clifford’s Tower Educational Resources by English Heritage Compton Gardens and Arboretum Connecticut's Old State House Coton Manor Gardens Current River State Park Diamond D Ranch Field Trip Directory for Columbia Fritz's Adventure Fruita Schoolhouse - Capitol Reef National Park Gale Woods Farm Gifford Pinchot State Park Goodwin Conservation Center Gottman Family Farms Green Meadows Farm Hancock Shaker Village Harriet Alexander Nature Center Helen and Allan Cruickshank Sanctuary Hiawatha Paddlewheel Riverboat Historic Lammersville Pioneer School Program Historic Oakland Cemetery Historic Prairie Village Historic Sites of Henrietta Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Hutmacher Farm Jones Family Farm - Educational School Field Trips Kendrick Woods State Nature Preserve Kindred Spirits Care Farm La Plata County Historic Register Lake Apopka North Shore Lake Dardanelle State Park Le Petit Theatre Student Matinees Lion Habitat Ranch Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center Little White School Museum Lynd Fruit Farm Manhattan Project National Historical Park Maricopa Agricultural Center Mission San Juan Capistrano Montgomery County Historic Sites Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) National Ranching Heritage Center Nez Perce National Historical Park North Dakota State Historical Society Field Trips Ohio County Historical Society Oliver Kelley Farm Ontario County Historical Society Oshkosh Public Museum Pittencrieff Park Educational and Community Engagement
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