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Links pertaining to home schoolers, gifted home schoolers, individual blogs, etc.
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GHF
giftedhomeschoolers.org/blogs.html
Gifted and Homeschooling: Blogs from Around the World Posted at 3:22pm on Thu, May 21 2009
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Suki Wessling's blog
www.parentclick.com/BlogPost.html?id=1134
She's in Santa Cruz, a homeschooler, and a marvel at ideas Posted at 10:45am on Thu, May 28 2009
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Homeschool Legal Defense Association
www.hslda.org/join/default.asp
If you homeschool, keep this link close Posted at 1:57pm on Sun, Jun 07 2009
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California Homeschool Network
californiahomeschool.net/default.htm
Already this group has been so helpful I can't even begin to describe it. Posted at 2:01pm on Sun, Jun 07 2009
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Balderdash & Blokus
balderdashandblokus.blogspot.com/
Knowing many things doesn't teach insight but exploring many things can prove to be rather fun! Posted at 1:12pm on Tue, Jun 09 2009
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Ramblings of a mom on a roll...
www.homeschoolblogger.com/MOMflippedisWOW
Unschooler at home. Posted at 1:14pm on Tue, Jun 09 2009
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Curriculum Resources |
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If we've found a great place for worksheets, craft ideas, etc., you'll find the links here
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Super Kids
www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/mixed/mixed1.shtml
Form your own math worksheets Posted at 6:19pm on Thu, May 21 2009
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About HomeSchooling: Geography
homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm
For geography worksheets Posted at 5:22pm on Thu, May 21 2009
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TLS Books Free Worksheets
www.tlsbooks.com/scienceworksheets.htm
Printable worksheets Posted at 6:22pm on Thu, May 21 2009
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Moving Beyond the Page
www.movingbeyondthepage.com/
Very popular curriculum for homeschoolers of gifted children. Posted at 6:25pm on Thu, May 21 2009
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Speekaboos
www.speakaboos.com/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=SEMhome
Fun educational resources including worksheets, etc. Posted at 2:29pm on Fri, May 22 2009
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Teaching Ideas
www.teachingideas.co.uk/index.shtml
This is an outstanding site from the UK that is chock full of fun ideas and lesson plans. Posted at 7:37pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009
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Information on Gifted Kids |
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This is developmental information, how to handle certain behaviors, things to help grow a healthy kid
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Perfectionism Article from Hoagies
www.hoagiesgifted.org/perfectionHG.htm
Perfectionism affects most gifted kids. See what Hoagies has to say about it. Posted at 2:30pm on Fri, May 22 2009
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Hoagies Gifted 101
www.hoagiesgifted.org/gifted_101.htm
Think your child might fit the "gifted" category? Did you know there was more than one? Check it out. Posted at 7:49pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009
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RI Gifted and Talented Page
www.ri.net/gifted_talented/character.html
Great page on identifying the gifted and talented, including the myths and misconceptions. This is also where I got the information from my page "Genius can be deceiving" Posted at 7:55pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009
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Studies Pertaining to Education |
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Studies that affect your child's education, public, private, or otherwise
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Crisis in the Kindergarten
www.allianceforchildhood.org/sites/allianceforchildhood.org/files/file/kindergarten_report.pdf
Study that shows why play is necessary to a child's natural development. Posted at 6:09pm on Thu, May 21 2009
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2007 ALEC Education Report
www.alec.org/am/pdf/2007_ALEC_Education_Report_Card.pdf
Want to know the statistics on public education? Here's one place to find them. My state ranked 40th that year. Yeah, 40th out of 50. Not great. Posted at 7:47pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009
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Other Education Alternatives |
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As this website wasn't compiled to necessarily promote homeschooling over any other method, and since all children are different, these are other approaches to learning you may need to look into.
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The Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning
www.nipissingu.ca/jual/
This journal seeks to bring together an international community of scholars exploring the topic of unschooling and alternative learning, which espouses learner centered democratic approaches to learning. JUAL is also a space to reveal the limitations of mainstream schooling. Posted at 6:14pm on Thu, May 21 2009
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Gifted Kids in Public Schools |
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The Gifted Kids Struggle in the Regular Classroom
www.helium.com/items/1012134-the-gifted-childs-struggle-in-the-regular-classroom
One story about a six year old suffocating in a school that cannot manage his mind Posted at 1:28pm on Fri, May 22 2009
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Baby Center Article "Gifted Children in Regular Classrooms"
community.babycenter.com/talk/a7919315/gifted_children_in_regular_classrooms?
Article about the inequities of "special education" when it comes to gifted children Posted at 7:40pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009
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Eduratio
www.eduratio.be/advocacy.html
How to advocate for your child in a regular classroom Posted at 7:41pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009
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