CANADIAN, BC AND VANCOUVER RESOURCE
The Canadian Home Learner’s Page
The Canadian Home learner’s Mailing List
A wonderful place to meet over 600 other Cdn. homeschoolers approaching homelearning in a variety of ways.
BC community support groups
(including all the lower mainland groups)
Greater Vancouver Homelearners Events Site
Burrardview Homelearners (formerly vancouver homelearners)
NSHLG
The North Shore Homelearners Group Website
Homelearners Young Naturalists’ Club
HS-VAN : Vancouver Homeschoolers Mailing List
Enrolling & Registration Options for BC Homeschoolers
BC Government List of Distributed Learning Programs
Mailing list to discuss Enrolling Options (DL’s) in BC
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/del_learninginbc
Self Design
Wondertree Foundation for Natural Learning is an organization committed to serving the learning interests of children and youth with our unique, award-winning methodology.
The BC Home Based Learning Page
BCHLA
(BC Home Learner’s Association)
the organization that represents all homeschoolers politically and legally
BCHSA
(BC Home Schoolers Association that organizes a big conference every June
WEBSITES FOR RESEARCHING HOMESCHOOLING:
Here’s a page by one of the mom’s on the homeschool-ca list that answer’s those Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.’s)
http://www.homeschoolingnb.com/faq.html
Registration options for BC Homeschoolers
http://nchl.bc.ca/fundedprograms/registrationoptions.htm
Research Report on Homeschooling (Canadian)
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/education/index.asp?snav=edu
Homeschooling: The Ever-Changing, Never-Ending Story, An essay from The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child by Linda Dobson
http://www.besthomeschooling.org/articles/linda_dobson.html
Alison McKee Articles- Homeschooling Teenagers, Dealing with Doubts and more
Canadian Specific University and College Information
John Taylor Gatto’s writing on the Web
Article: Why Teachers Choose to Homeschool
Home Education Magazine’s Online Resources
Natural Life Magazine (formerly Lifelearning Magazine)
Homeschooling Horizons (only all Canadian Homeschooling Magazine)
Canadian Alliance of Homeschoolers
Several articles on homeschooling (mostly U.S., but some Canadian)
http://www.illinoisloop.org/homeschool.html
Jon’s Homeschooling Pages
Links to Every Style Available
A Charlotte Mason Education or Living Books Method
A Classical Education Approach
HOMESCHOOLING MATERIAL SUPPLIERS
Academic Distribution Services
New West, BC Homeschooling Curriculum Supplier
Abbotsford, BC Curriculum Supplier
Home and Hearth
Alberta Based Homeschooling Curriculum and Resources Store
The Upside Down School Room
Ontario Based Curriculum and Resources Store specializing in finding material that works for all learning styles
A Canadian Used Homeschooling Resources Site
The Home Works
an Ontario based curriculum supplier
BOOKS TO READ
As for reading material the website list above will give you a good start. If you prefer a real book- you’ll find recommendations on the web sites but here’s a few books that could get you started. I’m assuming you’ll be able to find them all in the Vancouver Public Library system.
Learning at Home: a Mothers Guide to Homeschooling by Marty Lane
(A wonderful book written by a Victoria BC homeschooling mom)
Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery: A Journey of Original Seeking & Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow: Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Loveby David H. Albert
The Complete Home Learning Source Boo
The Essential Resource Guide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic to Zoology Home Learning Year by Year: How To Design A Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School
by Rebecca Rupp
Hold On To Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld
Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
The Homeschooling Book of Answers
The 88 Most Important Questions Answered by Homeschooling’s Most Respected Voices by Linda Dobson
Homeschooling the Early Years by Linda Dobson
Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense by David Guterson
(school teacher and author of Snow Falling On Cedars)
Homeschooling Our Children, Unschooling Ourselves by Alison McKee
The Teenage Liberation Handbook:
How to Quit School and Get A Real Life and Education by Grace Llewellyn
How Children Learn by John Holt, Teach Your Own (and anything else he
wrote)
The Unschooling Handbook
How to use the whole world as your child’s classroom by Mary Griffith
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