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Recommended books to help you explore homeschooling
 
The Complete Idiots Guide to Homeschooling
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling
by Marsha Ransom
A step-by-step manual written for the new and inexperienced homeschooler. The explanations, resources, and recommendations apply to families homeschooling for a wide variety of reasons and to families who "afterschool" their children. February 2001 Paperback.
 

Home Learning Year by Year
How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School
by Rebecca Rupp
A structured plan to ensure that your children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it, from preschool through high school. November 2000 Paperback.
 

Homeschooling : The Teen Years
Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- To 18-Year Old

by Cafi Cohen
This book reveals the adventure and rewards as well as the special challenges of working with this age group. 2000 Paperback
 
Homeschooling The Early Years
Homeschooling: The Early Years
Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3- to 8- Year-Old Child

by Linda Dobson
More families are adopting the homeschooling lifestyle well before legal school age by not sending their toddlers to organized preschools. 1999 Paperback.
 

Mississippi Homeschooling

Associations

Mississippi Home Educators Association
A state-wide Christian homeschool support organization. Has annual conference and campout.

PEAK Network
The Parent Educators and Kids (PEAK) Network includes a number of groups in Mississippi. Our groups are member-led and inclusive, welcoming all local home educators who enjoy sharing and learning with other families. Our members represent a broad range of learning styles, parenting philosophies, personal beliefs and political viewpoints, and we value and find strength in that diversity.

Events

See also: Past Events in Mississippi

Field Trips

Mississippi Field Trips
Educational places to visit in Mississippi.

Legal Information

Mississippi Education Code For Homeschooling
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Not intended as legal advice. Laws for your information only.

Certificate of Enrollment Form
To homeschool in the state of Mississippi, the parent must file a Certificate of Enrollment EACH year for EACH child who has attained the age of six years but has not attained the age of seventeen years on or before September 1st of the current school year. The certificate must be filed with the attendance officer in the county of residence by September 15th. A parent who withdraws his child from public school during the school year may submit the Certificate of Enrollment to the attendance officer within 10 working days and still be in compliance with the law even though he missed the deadline. Homeschooling parents should mark Home Instructional Program and may simply state, "I am providing a home instruction program" as the Description of Instruction. It is not necessary to complete the forms in the presence of an attendance officer.

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Gulf Coast Charity
The mission of Gulf Coast Charity (Catholic Homeschool Association Religiously Inspired Through Yahweh) is to provide support to Catholic home schooling families living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and to promote the use of Catholic curriculum.

Homeschool Legal Forum for Mississippi
This list is for all families in the state of Mississippi concerned about preserving the right to homeschool. Updates on legislative activities, curfews, attendance officers, as well as support for new homeschoolers researching the current regulation is available.

Mississippi Catholic Home Educators
An association of families throughout Mississippi who choose home education for religious formation and/or the entire academic experience from a Catholic perspective.

MShomeschoolers
This list is for all homeschooling families in the state of Mississippi, (especially Christian based education home schooling), or those in Mississippi thinking about homeschooling.

Support Groups

Christian Home Educators Connection
The purpose of CHEC is to support and encourage home educators by providing information and opportunities for fellowship both educational and social. Although CHEC is a Christian organization with Christian leadership, membership is open to all those in the Metro-Jackson Area of Central Mississippi wishing to homeschool their children.

Christian Home Educators of Hattiesburg
This group shall be made up of Christian families actively involved in home-educating their children. The purpose of this group is to provide spiritual and emotional support as well as providing enriching ministry, academic, and recreational activities to member families.

Excelsior Classical Covenantal Community
A community of like-minded believers educating our children in the classical tradition of our forebears. Begun by several homeschooling families in Tupelo, Mississippi, we opened our doors for tutorials in 2001.

Fellowship of Christian Home Educators
Desoto County. FOCHE exists to provide encouragement and edification to home-educating mothers for the benefit of their families.

Meridian Christian Home Educators
Christian group with lots of events.

Olive Branch Christian Home Educators
OBCHE exists to inform, encourage, and aid Christian homeschooling families in Olive Branch and the surrounding areas as they seek God's will in training and educating their children.

Three Rivers Christian Homeschool Support Group
A local support group based in George County, MS with members in George, Greene, and Jackson Counties. Requires both parents to sign a statement of faith.

Vicksburg Christian Home Educators
We welcome anyone to participate in our group, but we do have a Christian emphasis as our name states. VCHE is an inclusive group open to all people, regardless of religion or philosophy.

Support Group Lists

Mississippi Support Groups
Long list of Christian support groups provided by MHEA. Listed by county on a map.

Mississippi Support Groups
List from Home Education Magazine. To be listed, email

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