anyone know of any great homeschooling discussion forum on the Internet?
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I subscribe to a couple of Yahoo groups on the homeschooling book "The Well-Trained Mind" by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise-Bauer (classical education).  You might see if there's any groups that discuss your particular brand of homeschooling (Charlotte Mason, unschooling, ...)
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http://www.jkrowling.com/\nhttp://217.155.74.1/hpforums/index.php?act=home\nhttp://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/reading/index.asp\nhttp://www.ukchatterbox.co.uk/msg/120974\n\nhttp://www.chatmag.com/topics/entertainment/movies/harrypotter.html has a long list of good harry potter forums and chat rooms.
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www.proteacher.com has some great chat boards, lesson plan ideas, content ideas, strategies, etc.  Good site, I think all grades.
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Check out Princeton's links for homeschool as well as all the other resources on their site. Good luck.
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PLEASE DON'T TELL MY KIDS! They'll think I deprived them of all that fun leisure time all those years!  LOL\n\nI do know of one homeschool family who did that with their son, and it was horrible!  His mother claimed they were "unschooling" and all he did was play video games all day.  My daughters were friends with him and couldn't believe how far behind he was.  He couldn't read, write or do math anywhere near his grade level.  It was very sad.\n\nAnyway, that was only one of numerous homeschool families I was acquainted with.  Unfortunately, that's the one everyone focusses on and talks about.\n\nSue
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http://www.homeschoolmath.net/
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You need to find out what your state requires.  About.com has good info on homeschooling and how to begin and the basics:\nhttp://homeschooling.about.com/od/gettingstarted/p/homeschool101.htm\n\nAnd a list of links to state requirements and laws regarding homeschooling:\nhttp://homeschooling.about.com/cs/gettingstarted/a/legalusa.htm\n\nThey also have many resources and unit studies.\n\nThere are many places online that have numerous resources from worksheets, to projects, to lesson plans and unit studies.\n\nLocally you might have a homeschool group which meets for playdates, or classes or activities.  Probably your local library will know of some contacts.\n\nGood Luck!
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Free education on the Internet\n\n# Complete courses and tutorials for more than 120 different vocational and academic disciplines.\n# Study programs for homeschooling, advanced college prep, GED, technical careers, lifelong learning,  and much more.\n\nhttp://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/
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www.abcteach.com is a very good site. I've seen many of their worksheets - all engaging, exciting, and informative.
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I love the mailbox magazines but there are some great sources online too. \nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/\nhttp://www.atozteacherstuff.com/\nhttp://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html\nhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm\n\nDon't be afraid to talk to your fellow teachers. We generally love to help!
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Check out these sites:\nhttp://www.preschooleducation.com/\nhttp://www.preschoollearningonline.com/\nhttp://www.perpetualpreschool.com/\nContact me if you have any other questions, I am a preschool teacher.
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General - familyeducation.com  ; iknowthat.com  ;  schoolexpress.com  primarygames.com  prongo.com  ; awesome.i12.com  ;  learn4good.com  ;  mothergoose.com  ;  paulysplayhouse.com\nfavorite early reading site- starfall.com\nfavorite reward site dragongamez.com\nthese are just a few of the ones i have found to suppliment our homeschooling.  I hope you enjoy them
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http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm
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I went to homeschool.com\n\nThey have a getting started kit, that includes a book with guidelines for the laws in every state and information on the different options you have for homeschool education - working with a local school, interenet curriculums, unschooling, you name it. \n\nThere are lots of these types of organizations out there to help our growing population of homeschoolers.  In my state, California, they even have a California Home School Group\n(http://californiahomeschool.net/default.htm)  You might have something similar in your area.\n\nPeace!
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Try this group.  We used them when we were home schooling. \n\nhttp://www.connectionsacademy.com/portal/google.asp
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I did a google search for Littleton homeschool (I'm assuming you live in Colorado) and here's what I found.  The last two are specifically classical and Christian, respectively.\n\nIt looks like the state convention is June 15-17 in Denver.  This would be a great place to start, but they can be overwhelming.
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If you live in the state of Ohio they offer free homeschooling through TRECA.  It can be found on the web at treca.org. They give you the computer, printer and all the assignments are on the computer and the teachers are on-line.   If you need more please contact me or them.