National Homeschool Links

Homeschool Legal Defense Association
www.hslda.org
HSLDA provides legal services to members should you ever encounter difficulties as a homeschool family. MDHSA members are entitled to a 15% discount on HSLDA's annual membership fees. Please contact the MDHSA Secretary for details.

National Home Education Network
www.nhen.org
National news and issues of concern to the home educating population. This group sponsors some email discussion groups that I have found very interesting and informative!

We Stand For Homeschooling
http://westandforhomeschooling.org
We Stand For Homeschooling is a grassroots movement moving to reclaim homeschooling. Visit their site to join with those who have signed the statement. One need not be a homeschooler to join in signing this statement. All one needs to do is recognize the importance of reclaiming homeschooling as one of the last mainstays in true educational freedom.

Pennsylvania Homeschool Links

CHAP
www.chaponline.com
CHAP is an acronym for Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit corporation founded to encourage and support families interested in home education. CHAP assists parents in understanding and fulfilling the law's requirements and is affiliated with two national organizations: Home School Legal Defense Association and The National Center for Home Education. CHAP provides leadership and direction on issues facing Christian homeschoolers on a national and state wide basis. News and up dates are included in the CHAP Newsletter.

Pennsylvania Home Educators Association (PHEA)
www.phea.net
PHEA is an inclusive statewide coalition of home educators whose primary purpose is to provide accurate information and advocate for Pennsylvania home educators.

• PHEA believes in the freedom to home educate with confidence and without fear.
• PHEA actively endorses efforts to reduce or eliminate regulation, control, and oversight of home educators.
• PHEA believes knowledge equals empowerment.
• PHEA encourages its members to freely exchange information regarding home education.
• PHEA is not associated with any religion or educational methodology.

Pennsylvania Home Education Network
www.phen.org
The Pennsylvania Home Education Network is an incorporated, nonprofit, tax exempt, statewide organization of home educating families. Here you will find convenient downloads of Act 169, affidavits, a medical exemption letter and samples of objectives. New to homeschooling? Check out the Home education 101 page.
PHEN also has newsletters and picnics for the state and local groups. Local groups host a variety of activities and parent meetings.

Pennsylvania Department of Education
www.pde.state.pa.us/home_education/site/default.asp
Quick access to the Pennsylvania Home Education Law and Private Tutoring Law and Regulations.

Maryland Homeschool Links

Maryland Home Education Association
www.mhea.com
MHEA was founded in 1980 to serve and support families of all religious, philosophical and ethnic persuasions. For over seventeen years MHEA has been working for all homeschoolers -- members and non-members alike.

Regional Homeschool Support Groups

Coalition of Homeschoolers Across Lancaster County
www.chalc.org
CHALC supports homeschooling groups and families in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and neighboring communities. In addition to featuring member support group data and a bulletin board, this site will keep you better informed about homeschooling issues around Pennsylvania and beyond. CHALC serves over 800 families to date. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!

York Home School Association, Inc.
www.yhsa.org
Mom's meetings (various locations throughout York County), business meetings, lending library, monthly newsletter (32 pages each month), Member directory, HSLDA Discount, field trips (divided by age), classes, special activities (bus trips), Project Fair, Young Children's Fair, International Fair, Annual Curriculum Fair, Quarterly Orientations, Geography Bee, Spelling Bee, Citizen's Bee, Safety Day, Annual Picnic, New Member Tea, Book-It, Teen Group activities, Music Department, Summer Park days, Safety Days, Small group activities, Science Fair, Moms of Teen group and more! Year round busy group!

Contact coordinator Julie Tate (717-757-0533) or New member chair Buddy & Lydia Goulart (717-741-2566) Info packets available. Visit our website for more information at http://www.yhsa.org/

HANDS ON!
www.geocities.com/hands_on_families/home.
Hands On! is the Homeschooling Advocacy Network for Differently-abled and Specifically-challenged Families in Pennsylvania. HANDS ON! is a statewide network in Pennsylvania for home educating families facing specific challenges. HANDS ON! encourages parents with their own special needs to home educate their children. HANDS ON! promotes networking among families through a website, online forum, monthly newsletter, family database, and special events.

General information about special needs home education can be accessed at our online forum at http://handsonfamilies.proboards30.com.

General Homeschool Links

A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling
www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling
A guide to the best essays and information about homeschooling, explorations for kids, support group management, jokes, chat, newsletter, email list, calendar of events & daily topic starters.

Home Education Magazine
http://www.home-ed-magazine.com
Home Education Magazine presents free online newsletters, discussion boards, a networking list, and selections from the magazine, including articles, interviews, columnists, resources, reviews and more.

Homefires
www.homefires.com
Homefires®-The Journal of Homeschooling has offered resources and support for families who learn at home since 1992. Here you'll find ideas and activities for toddlers to teens in every subject. Get expert advice on homeschooling from respected contributors, authors, educators, parents, and business leaders who share their wisdom and expertise on learning at home. If you believe that learning is a joyful experience, and that teaching your child is a privilege and a good idea -- this site is for you!

Homeschooling at About.Com
http://homeschooling.about.com
Whether your interests in homeschooling are religious or secular, traditional or untraditional, Guide Beverly Hernandez keeps you in mind. This huge database has homeschool articles, activites, lesson plans, and much, much, more for the new or veteran homeschooler.

Homeschool/Household Organization

The Homeschool Mom
http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/gettingorganized/allplanners.php
Free Homeschooling Organizer Software

Homeschool Tracker
http://www.homeschooltracker.com/
Homeschool Tracker - Keep track of assignments, attendance, reading logs, field trips, grades, and more. Tracker allows you to print a variety of reports including assignments on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Tracker also offers an upgrade to the Plus version with more features for a fee. Windows only.

The Organized Home
http://organizedhome.com/content-36.html
Household Notebook: Make your own planner for an Organized Home

Free Homeschool Forms & Worksheets by Cindy Downes
www.oklahomahomeschool.com
If you like forms and other charts or great notebooking materials - this is a great web site.

Children with Challenges

Great Ideas for Teaching
http://www.greatideasforteaching.com
A company that supplies reproducible workbooks, professional books, assessments, games, and teaching aids for Speech Language Pathology and related fields of communication disorders. This site has ideas for working with Articulation, Auditory Processing, Autism & Aspergers Syndrome, Expressive Language, Listening Skills
Oral Motor Therapy, and Receptive Language. There are also several pages for assessment kits and professional resources, if you are looking to access your child privately.

HANDS ON!
www.geocities.com/hands_on_families/home.
Hands On! is the Homeschooling Advocacy Network for Differently-abled and Specifically-challenged Families in Pennsylvania. HANDS ON! is a statewide network in Pennsylvania for home educating families facing specific challenges. HANDS ON! encourages parents with their own special needs to home educate their children. HANDS ON! promotes networking among families through a website, online forum, monthly newsletter, family database, and special events.

General information about special needs home education can be accessed at our online forum at http://handsonfamilies.proboards30.com.

Testing Information

GEDonline - Prepare online for the GED exam
www.gedonline.org
GEDonline is the first continuing adult education website dedicated to helping you prepare online for the GED High School Equivalency Diploma Test.

New and Used Curriculum

Home and School Connection
www.homeschoolconnection.com
Local homeschool store carries homeschool curriculum, reading books, charts, posters, banners, art supplies, classroom supplies, science kits, microscopes, educational toys, flash cards and so on. Order on-line or visit one of two local stores.

www.vegsource.com/homeschool
Looking for used curriculum or trying to sell some of yours? This is a very active swap board for homeschoolers. It also has various message boards.

www.lacellefamily.com
Sells new and used books. Look for monthly specials.

General Resource Links

Link to Civics Courses
www.generationjoshua.org

Link to a free phonics program
www.starfall.com

Link to PENN DOT Kids Page
www.dot.state.pa.us
This is a fun wed site for kids from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.