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Recommended Resources
Index
Beginning To Home School
- "A Concise Guide to High School & College" by Flo McKinley
- Overview of homeschooling high school including: curriculum, transcripts, and college planning
- Recommend Reading List
- McKinley@cheohome.org
Information on planning a high school curriculum for college and non-college bound students
Lists information to be known in each grade (elementary grades)
An overview of the BJU Press elementary and secondary curriculum covering concepts, instructional objectives, skills, etc. for each grade level
Career Resources
- Includes a Career Planning Guide
- Sections include "Academic Requirements and Training," "Major Employers, Associated Careers," and "A Day in the Life of . . ."
- 100,000 opportunities to launch your career
- Provides information and contacts for internships throughout the US including high school and college internships
- Most widely used career information book
- Covers 270 careers providing information on average earnings, working conditions, advancement opportunities, related jobs, and training and education required
- Informative website listing great tips on preparing for college or trade and vocational schools
- Website includes: Directory of 4 year institutions and Community Colleges, Business, Trade, and Technical Schools, Distance Learning programs, SAT and ACT info, Career Planning, and article entitled, "What Can My Child Do To Prepare Academically for College?"
- Complete career guide featuring chapters on "How To Start Your Own Business" and "How to Find Your Mission in Life"
- Provides websites for career and personality tests
Provides one page overviews of over 250 jobs detailing education requirements and forecast for opportunities in each field
College Admissions
- Provides consulting services for home schoolers who are interested in applying to highly selective colleges
- Covers all phases of the college application process including interviews, recommendation letters, essays, and marketing strategy
- Jeannette Webb, Director
580-593-2993
(offering discounts to HSLDA members)
- Editor in Chief: John Zmirak
P. O. Box 7123
Berkeley, CA 94707
800.841.2665
Comprehensive guides to online and distance degrees
- Reviews colleges, majors, and professors from a conservative viewpoint
Provides information on colleges and services published by Petersen's
- Information on home school graduates, their ACT and SAT scores, academic & social performance in colleges
- Information on college officials' viewpoints
- Model home school college admission guidelines and applicable federal laws
Information on colleges seeking home schoolers
- Website lists colleges that have admitted home schooled students
- Provides financial aid information
Information on planning a high school curriculum for college and non-college bound students
Covers the basics of the admissions process
- This brochure lists courses necessary for a rigorous high school program.
- Published by Commonwealth Partnership Consortium Office representing Academic Deans of Allegheny College, Bryn Mawr College, Bucknell University, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham College, Dickinson College, Franklin & Marshall College, Gettysburg College, Haverford College, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, and Swarthmore College
College Prep Materials
- Comprehensive material regarding what courses to teach in high school, computing GPA's, keeping records, etc.
- For members only, there are sample downloadable transcripts available at the HSLDA website.
- Organization that produces studies and research on home schooling
- Article entitled "Homeschoolers on to College: What Research Shows Us," The Journal of College Admission Counseling
- Informative website listing great tips on preparing for college or trade and vocational schools
- Directory of 4 year institutions and Community Colleges, Business, Trade, and Technical Schools
- Distance Learning programs
- SAT and ACT info
- Career Planning
- Article entitled, "What Can My Child Do To Prepare Academically for College?"
Articles published by the National Association of College Admissions Counselors providing information for students transitioning from high school to college
Courtship/Dating
Curriculum
Lists short reviews of tons of curricula
This site provides short reviews of curriculum
Conference Info & Tapes
Devotionals
- Deeper Roots Publications
- 31 day devotional
- Free online Christian Bible lessons
- Streaming video, art projects, Scripture memory printouts, devotional material
- Written for elementary children, but some material can be adapted for older children
- Family devotional guide
- Daily Bible studies
- 52 topics - one for each week of the year
- Inductive Bible Studies for youth and adults
Distance Learning
Driver’s Ed
- Classroom portion can be taught at Home
- Contains: textbook, 6 audio cassettes, 14 video lessons, 2 mirrors, parent guide and student workbook
- Optional student driver sign for $12.00
- 800.562.6405
- Interactive DVD to use as a supplement to Driver’s Ed curriculum
- Includes quizzes and a printable teacher’s guide
State of California Dept. of Motor Vehicles Report of the Legislature of the State of California, April 2003
George Mason University's Center for Advancement of Public Health and the Virginia Dept. of Motor Vehicles, December 2000
Encouragement
Extracurricular Activities
Financing College
A search engine for local, national and college specific scholarships
Part of the Federal Trade Commission’s website which alerts people to scholarship scams
Website that includes everything you want to know about college financial aid
Information relating to home schooled students and the college application process as well as financial aid
(Includes sources for scholarships, tips on applying, and internet sources)
Free Publications explaining student financial aid and helpful websites:
The American Legion publishes a handbook entitled "Need A Lift?" that provides helpful college financial aid information -- it may be ordered from their website by typing "need a lift" in the search box ($3 fee) topics include: Financial Aid Basics, Federal and State Financial Aid Programs, Military Financial Aid Benefits, Scholarships, Career Info, and more
Gap Year
- Planning Your Gap Year: Hundreds of Opportunities for Employment, Study, Volunteer Work and Independent Travel
- Taking Time Off, 2nd Edition (College Admissions Guides)
Internships
- 100,000 opportunities to launch your career
- Provides information and contacts for internships throughout the US including high school and college internships
Learning Challenges: Special Needs
If your child struggles with learning, the following resources will provide you with help. In addition, HSLDA members may download a more comprehensive list of the resources that Betty Statnick, HSLDA's Special Needs Coordinator, recommends. Learning Styles
Library Aids
Magazines
Christian perspective
Provides encouragement, inspiration, practical teaching ideas, complete units of studies, educational craft projects, etc.
Features ready-to-use curriculum, teaching tips, resources
Articles on high school issues under High School Archive
Latest home schooling news, articles, organizations, events
Magazines for Publishing Students' Works
Christian Parenting Today
Family Circle
Family Fun
Focus on the Family
Guidepost
Nature Friend
Parents
Ranger Rick
Reader's Digest
Scholastic Parent and Child
Scouting (for those in Boy Scouts)
Woman's World
Mentoring
Military
- Military Academies
Military academies offer summer sessions to high school juniors (prior to their senior year) who may be considering a military career. Each service academy has its own application requirements, deadlines, etc.:
- Pays for college, requires 3-5 years of service
- Detailed information on various scholarships and how to win them
Find out the academic requirements for enlistment in the armed forces
How one homeschool grad aimed for the Air Force Academy
Homeschooling helped this young man succeed
- JROTC info
- A summary per state
Detailed information on entrance requirements for service academies
Motivation
National Honor Society
Parent/Teen/Family Resources
Preparing Students for College
- Books for Spiritual Growth
Alcorn, Randy. Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments
Brooks, Ron & Norman Geisler. When Skeptics Ask - A Handbook of Christian Evidence
Budziszewski, J. How to Stay Christian in College (An Interactive Guide to Keeping the Faith)
Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity
Little, Paul. Know What You Believe
Mahaney, CJ. The Cross-Centered Life
McFarland, Alex. Stand Strong in College
Noebel, David. Understanding the Times
Noebel, David & Chuck Edwards. Thinking Like a Christian: Worldviews in Focus Series
Sire, James. Universe Next Door
Stott, John. Basic Christianity
Stott, John. You Can Trust the Bible
Wile, Jay.
Reasonable Faith: the Scientific Case for Christianity
Keller, Timothy. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
- Focus on the Family
- Boundless, college magazine with issues for college students from a Christian perspective.
- TrueU.org, resources to evaluate real-life issues and situations from a Christian worldview.
Apologetics
Articles on high school issues under High School Archive
A ministry which fosters a healthy transition from high school to college by providing resources with a two-fold purpose to prepare and connect college students to campus ministries.
Recordkeeping
Seminars/Camps
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