Getting Started with Homeschooling

So, how does one start homeschooling anyway?

The Home School Legal Defense Association offers a great list of simple steps here:

7 Simple Steps to Start Homeschooling

Fun Resources for Kids

Resources for Kids from the CO Department of Education

Free Resources for Kids Available Anytime

• StoryBlocks --this one is local! This project from CLEL features short videos of CO librarians demonstrating rhymes and songs with early literacy tips. Videos are available in 7 languages.
• Story Preservation Initiative-- find a selection of audio stories from three master storytellers on the K-3 Storytelling Learning Lab, found at www.storypreservation.org. To access click K-3 Learning Lab on blue banner. A one-time registration is required and then click on “storytellers” and listen and enjoy at no cost
• One Hundred Museums Transformed Their Collections Into Free Coloring Pages
• Storyline Online from the Screen Actors Guild, featuring actors reading picture books
• Google Arts & Culture Collections--teamed up with over 500 museums and galleries around the world to bring anyone and everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world
• Virtual concerts, plays, museums and other culture--list of worldwide cultural activities to engage in online
• Free resources from Pop Culture Classroom--this one's local! This Denver-based nonprofit provides some of its comics-literacy based materials free.
• Read, Wonder, and Learn! Favorite Authors & Illustrators Share Resources for Learning Anywhere --webpage featuring authors reading their own kids' books, with the videos embedded in the page
• "Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing" Family Staycation Resources --from Too Small to Fail
• Story Time From Space -While in space, astronauts videotape themselves reading picture books to the children of Earth. These videos are being edited and placed on this website -- look under the heading 'Story Time Videos.'"
• KidLit TV --multimedia site celebrating all things children's literature
• Book Authors Reading their Books --YouTube playlist of kids' authors reading their own works
• Jarrett Lerner’s Activities Page --lots of printouts/activities that encourage creativity and story creation 
• Virtual School Activities --great list of free virtual tours and activities from around the world