Getting Started
- Illinois HOUSE - Arlington HOUSE is just one chapter of several throughout Illinois.
- Homeschooling in Illinois
- Illinois State Board of Education
- Deschooling--definition
- A to Z Home's Cool
- Best Homeschooling
- Khan Academy - free online math and science videos this is a must see for all ages
- Hoagie's Homeschooling the Gifted Child
- 12 dozen places to educate yourself online
Conferences
Forums/Lists
Libraries
- Arlington Heights Memorial Library (there is a reference book at the front desk)
The Arlington Heights Memorial Library holds an annual open house for area homeschoolers. New and prospective homeschool families are invited to see projects displayed by homeschooled kids, view resources available in the library, and mingle with others who have been homeschooling for a while. The 2012 event will be held on May 15.
In addition the library has a binder of homeschool resources. Ask at the reference desk in Kid's World to see this great resource!
Books
- Homeschooling Our Children, Unschooling Ourselves by Alison McKee
- The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World as Your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith
- How Children Learn
- How Children Fail
- Learning All the Time
- Dumbing Us Down: the Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling by John Taylor Gatto
- Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense by David Guterson
- The well trained mind: a guide to classical education. by Susan wise Bauer
Classes
- The Dance Xpress
- KIAGA (Kids in Action Gymnastics Academy)
- Des Plaines History Center Homeschool Classes
- Schaumburg Spring Valley Nature Center Homeschool Classes
- Harper College Kids Zone
- Johnsburg Library Homeschool Resource Center
- Schaumburg Township District Library Kids Zone
- Edge Theater
- Tesseract Ensemble
- Palatine Park Distict Theater Classes
- Microsoft store, Oakbrook offers classes, you need to email
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- Museum of Science and Industry
- Free Museum Days in the City of Chicago