Homeschooling Information

So you are considering home schooling as an alternative form of educating your children. This type of education may just be for you, but it may not. The best way to find out is to seek out all of the information you can get on home schooling. Homeschooling is definitely not something to rush into.

However, parents who assume responsibility for homeschooling have found it to be an excellent instructional method. Home education is the fastest growing educational movement in the United States! It is a tutorial method of education in which the parents retain the responsibility for their children’s education.

Home education is based in the home, but your classroom is the world. The low student-teacher ratio allows students more opportunities to learn firsthand about science, history, government, and art in the real world. Children are educated in museums, libraries, places of business, art centers, the seashore, the mountains, in backyards, in kitchens, and even in cars. Home education is comprehensive. Home education allows students to work at their own pace. Learning is not limited to six hours a day.

ATTENTION:

If you are planning to withdraw your child from public school
at any time other than at a semester break (i.e. winter
vacation or summer vacation) and enroll them in a
home school program,

OR

If your child(ren) is withdrawing from public school while
disciplinary action was being contemplated or begun at
the school, (an example of disciplinary actions the school
may have begun would be truancy, expulsion, etc.)

OR

If an agency concerned with child welfare (juvenile court,
Department of Social Services, etc.) has made a formal
request to determine if your child(ren) are in school,

then you need to make a careful note of the information and
suggestions found in the Best Practices Document.

For a FREE PDF copy of our complete Homeschool Information Packet, click here. This is a 2-megabyte, printer-friendly 65-page PDF document. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.) All the information listed in the links below is in the complete Homeschool Information document.

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Also, visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.

General Home School Information

What is Home Education?
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Suggested Reading List
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Curriculum and Other Resources
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Home School Check List
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Homeschooling: More Than A Passing Fancy
Answers most-often asked questions about homeschooling, like, are parents qualified to teach, and how well do home-schooled children do, etc.
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Conscientious Opposition
Gives background on the historical and constitutional foundation of Kentucky's freedom to homeschool.
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Setting up a Portfolio
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Kentucky Requirements (includes Best Practices)
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KHEA Membership Information

Homeschooling High Schoolers
You will find a complete list of resources on our Homeschooling High Schoolers page.

Sample Home School Forms

These links will download printable PDF files:

Sample Letter of Intent to Home School

Sample Syllabus

Sample High School Transcript

Sample Lesson Plan Page

Attendance Chart Form

Two Sample Report Cards

Subject Planning Form

Curriculum Record Form

Weekly and Daily Planning Forms

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