Helpful Resources

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**PLEASE NOTE: Some linked websites are Christian while others address a broader audience. We do not endorse all opinions expressed or advertisements appearing on other websites. We just happen to find the linked material helpful and encouraging.**

Did you know we have a local Homeschool Lending Library?

For information and open-door hours, visit https://pgbc-hsl.enceladus.opalsinfo.net

Private Homeschooling Forms, Templates, and Examples

CHEA Downloadable Forms - Includes attendance sheets, withdrawl letters, recordkeeping forms, etc.

123Homeschool4Me Downloadable Forms - Printable calendars, withdrawl letters, planning pages, etc.

Donna Young's Homeschool Resources - Subscription-based website for printable worksheets, calendars, planner pages, etc.

HSLDA High School Transcript Templates - Free to members

Fast Transcripts - Online recordkeeping and transcript generating site

Homeschool Manager - Online supscription recordkeeping software and app

Living Life & Learning Printable Homeschool Planner - Free to download

10+ Printable Homeschool Planners - Free options from the Homeschooling Today Website

Homeschooling Facts and Ideas

The Benefits of Homeschooling

Facts On Homeschooling - National Home Education Research Institute

Homeschooling and Socialization

Homeschooling: Socialization Is Not a Problem - The Washington Times

Socialization for Homeschool High Schoolers

Social and Community Involvement Ideas

A College Professor's Experience with Homeschoolers

Homeschooling on a Budget

Homeschooling on a Budget - OR No Budget

Homeschool Your Kid On $100

Books, Materials, and Teaching Helps

Cathy Duffy Homeschool Curriculum Reviews - An Extensive Collection of Curriculum Reviews

23 Places to Find Used Curriculum - This site offers helpful suggestions on where to find used resources and includes links to buy/sell/trade websites and groups

Rainbow Resource Center - A Huge Variety of Curriculum, Teaching Tools, and More!

Eagle's Nest Homeschool Supply - Family-Owned Curriculum and Homeschool Resource

Christianbook (Formerly Christian Book Distributors) - Christian Books, Gifts, and Homeschool Curriculum

Miller Pads and Paper - Reasonably Priced Paper Supplies, Journals, Art Supplies, Games, Learning Materials, and Homeschool Curriculum

Home Science Tools - Science Supplies, Kits, and Curriculum for K-12

Homeschool Giveaway - Freebies and Printables

Freeology - Free Worksheets and Printables

Productive Homeschooling - Notebooking Pages, Templates, and Page Generator

Math-Aids - Math Worksheet Generator

Homeschool Math Resources - Free Customizable Worksheets, Activities, and Games

Math Playground - Free Online Math Concept Practice (in the form of games)

Starfall - Online Reading and Early-Learning Skills Practice

Artists Helping Children - Holiday and Themed Craft Ideas and Assorted Recipes for Bubbles, Paints, Glues, Playdough, etc.

Foundation Worldview Blog - A Critical Thinking Program

Homeschooling Opens the Door to Different Ways of Learning

Please note that there are as many ways to homeschool as there are homeschooling families. Hearthstone does not promote one approach over another among our members or recommend adhering to a single method at all. Most of us mix-n-match, choosing what works best for our teaching and learning styles.

We encourage you to seek the Lord first and let Him guide your steps rather than a formula for learning.

With that said, those who are just discovering homeschooling will find it eye-opening to consider other ways to approach education. Therefore, here are some overviews of common methods you might explore:

Five Homeschooling Styles - Traditional, Classical, Unschooling, Unit Study, Charlotte Mason

Comprehensive Guide to Homeschool Styles - Classical, Charlotte Mason, Waldorf, Montessori, Unschooling, School At Home, Eclectic

About Classical Homeschooling

Charlotte Mason In a Nutshell

About Notebooking

About Unit Studies

The Brave Writer Lifestyle

Relaxed/Eclectic Homeschooling and Unschooling Compared