FL Homeschoolers

Yesterday I was chatting with a friend about a situation in a local school. A student had passed away and grief counselors were present to 'help' students who were dealing with the loss.

I am shocked. I know that many times we hear of these grief counselors stepping into roles in the schools to help in these situations. I  know I always believed they were trained profes...

Life has offered me so many changes in the past year.  In order to still support the homeschooling community we have decided to make a few changes on a trial basis.

The forum is still up and will remain so. It is an archive of wonderful information and links.  The calendar on there will remain the main group calendar. I've found it to be so user friendly and wonder...

I just wanted to take a moment to let everyone know that there are updates to the site. You can now find some of the information on the upcoming events for the next few months.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank those members, group owners and moderators in other cities who have stepped up to the plate to bring FL Homeschooler events to their area. I hope as we advance ...

This one has me livid. . .

Kindergarten is supposed to be a special time in a child's life. The bright fresh faces, the 'big' kid clothes, learning the foundation for your education and the years ahead.

But for 5 year old Alex Barton, he learned about the cruelty of others. You see, he is special needs. He is bei...

Please allow me a moment to step up on my soap box.

Homeschoolers are a very active part of our communities. We pay the same educational taxes, and we follow our state's requirements to be homeschoolers. Generally when there is any type of educational contest it is either stated homeschoolers may participate - or you need only contact to get the okay.

I was recently contacted by a company called Grown Up Girl. Like many companies they were looking for an opportunity to reach the homeschool community. They had a truly unique product - so I just had to find out more. . .

Well we've just uploaded our first ever free worksheet - Homophones! It is a single page sheet that shows all about homophones! To download it just visit our Printables pages!

I also wanted to recomend parents check out  www.homophone.com  

I have been going nuts trying to find what I felt would be an appropriate book to cover the topic of puberty with my daughter.

I didn't want anything that went all into sex but more things on the normal hormonal changes. Our local (and wonderful) librarian recommended a book to me by American Girls.

It is called ...

First - Currclick is offering a free Victorian Tea Time Recipe book. This would be a supplement to a Victorian unit. They do have several Victorian units of course.

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The Homeschool Association of CA has asked for our help. Homeschoolers everywhere are asked to take part in a letter writing campaign.

Please read the request here: http://www.hsc.org/appellatedecision.