Homeschooling is a wonderful adventure that is both exciting and challenging. To get started on your journey, we've compiled some of the best resources to help you get started homeschooling in Arizona.
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From my experience of hundreds of children, I know that they have perhaps a finer sense of honour than you or I have. The greatest lessons in life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children. |
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- Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi |
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Preschool Math Printables |
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Homeschool Creations |
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These printables are free and help provide extra support for teaching preschool math. You'll find calendars, number tracing cards, number mats, patterns, and more. |
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Notes from a homeschooling mom: I am not qualified to homeschool |
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Andrea Hermitt |
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How can someone who nearly failed trigonometry teach higher math? How could someone whose teachers babied her through Chemistry allowing her to draw elements when she couldn't name them, teach higher science? How could a person who never took honors classes, or never took a higher math or science in college, not to mention education classes teach a child?
As homeschoolers, we tend to brush off these questions, but you have to admit that they have a point. Still, the answer is quite simple. Here are 3 basic reasons that you are qualified to teach your children. |
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Rainbow Explorers - The Well |
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The Well is an e-mail list for members of Arizona’s Rainbow Explorers, a Christian homeschool support group for African-American families in the Greater Phoenix area. |
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Is Homeschooling Right for You? |
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Karla Kassebaum |
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The decision-making process to homeschool a child is daunting. If the child presently attends public school, it’s more intimidating. Many people eagerly voice their opinions on home-based education and at times, the debate is heated. However, according to the National Home Education Research Institute, significant growth has transpired in the past three to five years with the homeschool population in 2010 reaching 2.4 million students.
But is it right for you? If you are considering a home-based education for your child, here are a few things to consider as you begin your decision-making process. |
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