| Organizations |
Texas Home School Coalition
Join THSC Association and get benefits and discounts potentially worth $100s while you support the organization which is your advocate for home school freedoms in Texas! |
Home School Legal Defense Association
The Home School Legal Defense Association is a non-profit advocacy organization established to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to direct the education of their children and to protect family freedoms. Through annual memberships, HSLDA is tens of thousands of families united in service together, providing a strong voice when and where needed. |
Texas Home Educators
is a list to serve the Home Educators of Texas in discussions of homeschool styles, philosophy, books, curriculum, events, and laws in a Christian atmosphere. This is the place to discuss and share our triumphs, our questions, and our bumps. TexHmEd is now the largest statewide homeschool list. |
First-year homeschool support
Describing themselves as a support group dedicated to supporting first-year homeschooling mothers, this website offers so much more with numerous articles, resources, and teaching utilities created to equip and encourage the new homeschooler. |
Teen Pact - Leadership Training
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Middle School and High School courses
Work at your own pace, earn high school diploma. |
National Home Education Research Institute
Produces high-quality research (e.g., statistics, facts, findings) on home-based education (homeschooling) |
Texas' Special Kids
Non-profit ministry serving families with special needs children |
| Reference Resources |
Homeschool Christian
This site offers over 1,200 pages of free resources to support and assist homeschooling families in giving their children an outstanding education. |
Microsoft FREE Word Viewer
Word Viewer 2007
This freeware program allows users who do not own Microsoft Word to view and print documents that were created in Word. |
HomeSchool Reviews
Looking for reviews from real homeshoolers before you buy? This has hundreds of reviews divided up into numerous categories. |
Braintrain
A local educational diagnostic, testing and tutoring clinic |
| Curriculum |
Home Educators Resource
HER Store is a homeschool consignment store that has a comprehensive selection of new and used curriculum. |
Veritas Press - talks and conferences on classical homeschooling
Looking for teacher training from the experts in classical education, but can't travel the country to get there? Go here to download mp3 format talks and entire conferences sponsored by Veritas Press, the leader in classical homeschooling. |
Sonlight
Sonlight is the way you wish you'd been taught. Guaranteed. Their philosophy is to create a lifelong love of learning through great books. You can't go wrong with their fabulous reading lists and they have one of the best analysis of the top math curriculums available for elementary I've seen anywhere. |
Veritas Press
Veritas Press, innovators in the resurgence of classical education among homeschoolers, states its commitment to providing Christian educators in the home and school setting with quality tools for a quality education. Dedicated to raising the bar for the American educational system, their reading lists and art resources are top notch and will challenge your concept of how old children have to be before they are capable of understanding difficult concepts. |
Konos
Considered the granddaddy of unit studies, KONOS author Jessica Hulcy is credited with teaching parents how to work with the wiggle. Their hands-on approach to teaching has been a foundation of a number of long-term homeschoolers in our association. |
Cornerstone
Building a biblical worldview and some of the finest fine arts curriculum resources available have been favorites of ours for years. |
Lifetime Books and Gifts
Founded by long-time homeschoolers who believe in the "living books" approach to teaching, Lifetime Books and Gifts have provided literally dozens of valuable resources to our family over the years. If you love REAL books and desire to use them as your primary teaching tool, you will love this company. |
Homeschool Marketplace
Homeschool marketplace was founded by Chris and Ellyn Davis, formerly of Elijah Company, one of our all-time favorite resources. Chris Davis approach to homeschooling will refresh you and give you much to think about. I have NEVER been disappointed by one of their recommendations. |
| Math |
Math-U-See
One of our all-time favorite math curriculum resources. Math·U·See's goal is to help produce confident problem solvers who enjoy the study of math. |
| Social Studies/History/Geography |
A Child's Geography
Award-winning resources and beautifully written how-to articles that will both encourage and teach. |
| Science |
Dallas Zoo Education
Educator Workshops at the Dallas Zoo. |
Nature Study - Charlotte Mason Style
Looking for excellent ideas on how to introduce your children to nature studies without workbook pages? Great articles and resource lists, as well. |
| Physical Fitness |
Southwest Aquatics of Texas Swim Team
This local swim team has many members from our community. |
| College-related |
Information for college-bound students
To register your high school student for the PSAT or SAT exam, you will need to go here. In addition, this offers extensive information for parents including scholarship advice, practice exams, and study tips for students. |
| Publications |
God's World
This is a great science magazine. Seven or more subscriptions qualifies for a great discount. |
Practical Homeschooling Magazine
The magazine begun by homeschooling pioneer, Mary Pride |
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
This resource has it all - wonderful weekly e-Newsletters on various topics, an online magazine, a paper edition and an online store that sells all the "latest and greatest" homeschooling curriculum and supplies. |
| Other |
Homeschool Book Fair
Annual homeschool book fair in Arlington in May at the Arlington Convention Center |
