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Complying With Regulations Advice It's so much fun, it can't be legal AN A to Z ARTICLE But homeschooling is legal and fun for the whole family. My Kids Won't Let Me Teach By Ann Leadbetter, HEM. Your kids won't go along and let you "play teacher." What do you do? Unschooling - Triviality: Textbooks For Unschoolers By Sandra Dodd, HEM. "So you don't use books?" Like fingernails on a chalkboard that question breaks into a calm day from time to time. College Unschooling High School and College Advisor Alison McKee writes on how to help your unschooled high schooler enter college or a career path. Course of Study Descriptions ACME Academy Course of Study - Elementary Students This is a plan for elementary that took Carol's unschooling curriculum and expanded it using the California state educational standards' language. It could be customized by someone needing to submit something to a school official. It would also be useful as a "suggestion list" for putting different activities under educationese-sounding headings, if you have to turn something in like a report or portfolio. ACME Academy Course of Study - Secondary Students This is a secondary education plan that took Carol Narigon's unschooling curriculum and expanded it using the California state educational standards' language. Records Records and Reports AN A to Z ARTICLE An Excel spreadsheet from your guide and other resources to help you plan, record and report. Unschooling Record Keeper The HomeschoolMom site gives you two pages to track your observations of your children's learning over a week. Unschooling Record Keeping Many people wonder how you can unschool and still keep records. Many people view unschooling and record keeping as being at odds with one another. -Karen Gibson

Home Education Magazine Every issue of this award-winning magazine features outstanding articles on a variety of subjects, interesting and informative columns by experienced homeschoolers, and reviews of the best new homeschooling resources. An excellent source of support and encouragement for homeschooling! Subscription Form.   Viral Learning: Reflections on the Homeschooling Life by Mary Griffith Mary Griffith pulls no punches with her witty insights into her life as a homeschool mom, the making of herself into a "famous homeschool author," and her part as a vital leader in the growth of homeschooling. Review by Ann Zeise.   Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves by Alison McKee Discouraged by her teaching experiences in the early 1980s, McKee was inspired to teach her own children at home by John Holt's work. She soon discovered that "learning really was a natural part of the growth and development of all children. HEM M/J 02. Search Now: More homeschooling books here