Your family is simple – mom, dad, child. Homeschooling an only child has to be simple, right? You can get through all of the daily assignments without having to worry about teaching the other siblings, or bouncing a baby in your lap. This isn’t quite the case. Instead, homeschoolers of an only child face their own unique challenges.

These are math worksheets for preschoolers and above. there are over 100 printable kids worksheets designed to help them learn everything from early math skills like numbers and patterns to theri basic addition, subtraction, multiptheir basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills. These math worksheets are perfect for any teacher, parent or homeschooler and make a great compliment to any math lesson plan.

The right to home school is based on two fundamental principles of liberty: religious freedom and parental rights. Whenever one of these two freedoms is threatened, our right to home school is in jeopardy. Here are the battles we think home educators will be facing as we enter the next century:

Marilyn Burns discusses creative and effective ways to use manipulatives to teach math. Much of her information is oriented towards classroom instruction, but there is great information for homeschoolers too. She discusses the seven "musts" for using manipulatives, how to introduce a Geoboard, pattern block activities, and more.

MACHE is an association of over 100 home school families in the Milwaukee metropolitan area designed to support the home education activities of its members. MACHE provides its members with large and small group support meetings, special events, sports activities, field trips, legislative information and a newsletter published eight times a year.

As work load continues to increase, our environment can suffer unless we take some time to take care of administrative and organizational tasks. Because our busy lifestyles warrant continuous maintenance to keep an orderly environment, a key to being clutter-free is to put things away when we’re done with them. This new behavior usually has to be developed, like a routine.

Tips for teaching language arts (writing, grammar, handwriting) in a large family.

Do the math: Home schooling is cheaper than private school, but can cost more than you think. There are ways to cut the price.

This online auction site provides a place for homeschoolers to buy and sell used curriculum, materials, and books.