Resources for Utah Homeschool Parents
WEBSITES/BLOGS/FACEBOOK PAGES TO LIKE
www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com
https://householdquotes.co.uk/homeschooling/
http://www.thebusymom.com
http://community.babycenter.com/post/a40704391/new_to_homeschooling_check_here_first This is a great list of the following- Books to read, Printables and Online Activities, Preschool Links, Games/Apps, Blogs, Boxed Curriculum, Math Programs, LA Programs, History, Handwriting, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Lang, Online Courses, Places to buy new curriculum, Buy/Sell used curriculum, and Free Resources.
Utah Events and Happenings for Homeschooler's http://purposedrivenmotherhood.blogspot.com/2014/03/upcoming-fun-events-for-homeschool.html
Get Involved in Davis County Educational decisions - http://www.davislocaled.org/home.html
Facebook Groups-
Davis County Homeschoolers- this is a closed group and you have to be a legitimate homeschooler not an advertiser to join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/daviscountyhomeschoolers/
Homeschoolers Northern Utah- this is also a closed group and you have to be a legitimate homeschooler to join. If you would like to advertise with us then click here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeEdNorthUtah/
Davis County Homeschool Field Trips Co-op- a new Facebook page dedicated solely to field trips for Homeschoolers. This is a great idea and recommend others to join so you can meet new people and have fun outings with your kids. https://www.facebook.com/groups/644954302230084/
Utah Homeschool Curriculum Swap- This group is open and for those who are wishing to sell and buy used curriculum in Davis and Weber County. https://www.facebook.com/groups/utahhomeschoolcurriculumswap/
Utah Homeschool Network- This group is for Utah Homeschoolers to support each other. https://www.facebook.com/groups/56067692247/
Yahoo Groups-
This is a great resource for homeschoolers to find answers about curriculum, meet ups, groups in Davis County. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/daviscounty_homeschool/
Must Reads about Homeschooling
A Well Trained Mind http://www.welltrainedmind.com/
For those just starting out, this would be a great book to read. It has lots of information and it is very thick so if you are not a fast reader and like to take your time, you might consider even purchasing it. It is a great resource to have on your bookshelf.
"The Well-Trained Mind is the perfect book for those just starting out with homeschooling, those who have a few years of experience, or those who have been educating their families for a long time and just need to read some recommendations for working with older students. With this model, you will be able to instruct your child in all levels of reading, writing, history, geography, mathematics, science, foreign languages, rhetoric, logic, art, and music, regardless of your own aptitude in those subjects."
A Thomas Jefferson Education "TJEd" http://www.tjed.org
TJEd is very popular in Utah. You can find several co-ops, camps, and internet groups that are focused around the Thomas Jefferson model.
"Discovered and articulated by Oliver and Rachel DeMille, Thomas Jefferson Education, or “TJEd,” (pronounced “tee-jay-ED”) is an educational philosophy and a methodology by which great individuals throughout history have been educated. Thousands of families and professional educators are applying those same principles today, with amazing success."
TJEd is very popular in Utah. You can find several co-ops, camps, and internet groups that are focused around the Thomas Jefferson model.
"Discovered and articulated by Oliver and Rachel DeMille, Thomas Jefferson Education, or “TJEd,” (pronounced “tee-jay-ED”) is an educational philosophy and a methodology by which great individuals throughout history have been educated. Thousands of families and professional educators are applying those same principles today, with amazing success."
The One World School House by Salman Khan founder of Khan Academy
Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning.
Like many innovators, Khan rethinks existing assumptions and imagines what education could be if freed from them. And his core idea-liberating teachers from lecturing and state-mandated calendars and opening up class time for truly human interaction-has become his life's passion. Schools seek his advice about connecting to students in a digital age, and people of all ages and backgrounds flock to the site to utilize this fresh approach to learning.
The School Revolution by Ron Paul
Twelve-term Texas Congressman, Presidential candidate, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with a highly provocative treatise about how we need to fundamentally change the way we think about America's broken education system in order to fix it.
Whether or not you have children, you know that education is vital to the prosperity and future of our society. Yet our current system simply doesn't work. Parents feel increasingly powerless, and nearly half of Americans give our schools a grade of "C". Now, in his new book, Ron Paul attacks the problem head-on and provides a focused solution that centers on strong support for home schooling and the application of free market principles to the American education system. Examining the history of education in this country, Dr. Paul identifies where we've gone wrong, what we can do about it, and how we can change the way we think about education in order to provide a brighter future for Americans.
Twelve-term Texas Congressman, Presidential candidate, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with a highly provocative treatise about how we need to fundamentally change the way we think about America's broken education system in order to fix it.
Whether or not you have children, you know that education is vital to the prosperity and future of our society. Yet our current system simply doesn't work. Parents feel increasingly powerless, and nearly half of Americans give our schools a grade of "C". Now, in his new book, Ron Paul attacks the problem head-on and provides a focused solution that centers on strong support for home schooling and the application of free market principles to the American education system. Examining the history of education in this country, Dr. Paul identifies where we've gone wrong, what we can do about it, and how we can change the way we think about education in order to provide a brighter future for Americans.
The Brainy Bunch- The Harding Family's Method to College Ready by Age Twelve
Having six out of ten kids go to college is no small feat on its own, but having six kids in college by the age of twelve— that’s nothing short of incredible. Meet Kip and Mona Lisa Harding, high school sweethearts whose simple homeschooling method produced exactly those extraordinary results. Kip and Mona Lisa are parents to an engineer (who earned her BS in mathematics at 17), an architect (who finished her five-year program at 18 and became the youngest member of the American Institute of Architects), a Navy physician (who earned her biology degree at 17), an entrepreneur (who earned a BA in English at 15 and an MS in computer science at 17), a 15-year-old college senior studying music theory and performance, a 12-year-old Middle Ages scholar with the highest average in his college class, and four others who are following fast in their siblings’ footsteps! No wonder the family is so used to being asked: How did you do it?
The Hardings are the first to say they’re not geniuses. Nor do they run a strict, high-pressure household. Instead, they find out early what really motivates their children, instill their kids with dreams, and allow those dreams to blossom. In a remarkable, down-to-earth narrative that is part captivating memoir, part invaluable guidebook for parents, Kip and Mona Lisa reveal with warmth and humility the strategies behind their family’s amazing educational accomplishments. Filled with daily regimens, advice for providing children with fulfilling experiences that go beyond the home, and tips for making the transition to college, theirs is an inspirational real-life success story that anyone can achieve—whether you homeschool your children or not.
The Brainy Bunch is uplifting and ultimately relatable proof of what any family can accomplish through dedication, love, faith, and hard work.
Having six out of ten kids go to college is no small feat on its own, but having six kids in college by the age of twelve— that’s nothing short of incredible. Meet Kip and Mona Lisa Harding, high school sweethearts whose simple homeschooling method produced exactly those extraordinary results. Kip and Mona Lisa are parents to an engineer (who earned her BS in mathematics at 17), an architect (who finished her five-year program at 18 and became the youngest member of the American Institute of Architects), a Navy physician (who earned her biology degree at 17), an entrepreneur (who earned a BA in English at 15 and an MS in computer science at 17), a 15-year-old college senior studying music theory and performance, a 12-year-old Middle Ages scholar with the highest average in his college class, and four others who are following fast in their siblings’ footsteps! No wonder the family is so used to being asked: How did you do it?
The Hardings are the first to say they’re not geniuses. Nor do they run a strict, high-pressure household. Instead, they find out early what really motivates their children, instill their kids with dreams, and allow those dreams to blossom. In a remarkable, down-to-earth narrative that is part captivating memoir, part invaluable guidebook for parents, Kip and Mona Lisa reveal with warmth and humility the strategies behind their family’s amazing educational accomplishments. Filled with daily regimens, advice for providing children with fulfilling experiences that go beyond the home, and tips for making the transition to college, theirs is an inspirational real-life success story that anyone can achieve—whether you homeschool your children or not.
The Brainy Bunch is uplifting and ultimately relatable proof of what any family can accomplish through dedication, love, faith, and hard work.
Home Education- Book One by Charolette Mason
The current state of the educational systems of the world has created much controversy among teachers, parents and the population in general. Charlotte Mason was a pioneer in the area of child education more than a century ago. She observed how 'modern education' in her day treated children as containers to be filled with predigested information. She spoke out against the extensive engineering of artificial learning experiences in a school classroom and promoted an alternative approach to education that received much criticism and resistance.
Charlotte Mason's first book, Home Education, is a compilation of a series of lectures given at Bishop Otter Teacher Training College in Chichester, England. The book forms the first volume in a series of six.
In Home Education, Charlotte Mason gives an extensive and detailed explanation of the principles she believed to be important in the upbringing and education of children from birth to nine.
The liberal education she promoted in the late eighteen hundrends are very popular and widely implemented in the homeschooling community of the twenty-first century.
The current state of the educational systems of the world has created much controversy among teachers, parents and the population in general. Charlotte Mason was a pioneer in the area of child education more than a century ago. She observed how 'modern education' in her day treated children as containers to be filled with predigested information. She spoke out against the extensive engineering of artificial learning experiences in a school classroom and promoted an alternative approach to education that received much criticism and resistance.
Charlotte Mason's first book, Home Education, is a compilation of a series of lectures given at Bishop Otter Teacher Training College in Chichester, England. The book forms the first volume in a series of six.
In Home Education, Charlotte Mason gives an extensive and detailed explanation of the principles she believed to be important in the upbringing and education of children from birth to nine.
The liberal education she promoted in the late eighteen hundrends are very popular and widely implemented in the homeschooling community of the twenty-first century.