Anyone new to homeschooling has questions. To help you navigate through the vast amounts of information about homeschooling, we've compiled the best resources, support, information, and ideas to help you make your decision to homeschool and to successfully home educate your children. Florida is full of resources that can help make homeschooling fun and enjoyable for every member of your family. Here are some common questions:
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It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
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- Alec Bourne |
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Homeschooling: Back to the Future? |
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Isabel Lyman |
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Explore some of the history of the homeschooling movement, why some parents choose to homeschool, the basics of homeschooling, and more. The article includes some homeschooling statistics and demographic information. Also included is a discussion of the influences of Dr. Raymond Moore and John Holt on the emerging homeschool movement. |
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Association of HomeSchool Attorneys (AHSA) |
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AHSA is an informal network of attorneys and legal experts in the United States supporting homeschooling and homeschoolers by providing legal information about homeschooling issues, empowering homeschoolers to have the legal tools they need to meet homeschooling challenges, and providing a network of attorneys for legal representation. The website includes a legal directory by state. |
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HEM-Resources |
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This is a list for discussion of learning materials, and will include posts of commercial press releases, product announcements, and other news about resources of interest to homeschooling families. Sponsored by Home Education Magazine.
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Delray Beach Public Library |
29 SE 4th Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33483
Phone: 561-266-0194
Voted the best library in Palm Beach County, the Delray Beach Public Library is housed in a new 48,000 sq. ft., two-story building. It provides shelf space for about 250,000 items, with separate areas for reference and business/financial resources, for quiet reading and study and over 100 computers for information access. The children's section is a major attraction with a separate storytime room as well as comfortable seating and an environment where parents can share books and the joy of reading with their children. A Young Adult Room caters to the needs of teens age 13 - 17 providing both research materials to assist in their studies as well as a comfortable, safe space where teens can interact socially.
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