LINKS

VT Agency of Education Home Study:
Includes information for families considering home study due to COVID-19.
There are guidelines around homeschooling as well as a ton of resources.

HSLDA - Homeschooling law, rights, cases, and resources

PBS Learning Media
VTPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more.
Highlighted resources:

• Practice Language and Literacy with Arthur:
  Help young students discover a love of language and reading for International Literacy Week! 
  
• Inspiring Middle School Literacy:
  Find teaching guides and self-paced lessons for blended learning that will help struggling readers build literacy skills.
  Students will find videos, interactives, and more to help them develop more advanced note taking, reading, and writing skills. 

Rebecca Rupp Resources: A blog of educational links and resources.

NEK Moms (& Dads) - where to find reliable homeschooling in Vermont resources blog

Outdoor Learning Article in Kids VT

The Underground Workshop - student journalism opportunity through VT Digger

Pacem School - provides homeschoolers with the academic support and social community that many families are seeking.

The Clemmons Family Farm launched a multicultural online curriculum for K-12: Windows to a Multicultural World.
The program provides African-American and African diaspora history, art, and culture education as an alternative to school field trips to the Clemmons Family Farm.

The Library of Congress published a comprehensive bibliographic guide: K-12 Music Education Resources at the Library of Congress.

Oak Meadow - Resources for families and independent learners in kindergarten to grade 12
Homeschooling during Coronavirus
Transitioning from School to Homeschooling
Adjusting to Homeschooling Mid-Year
14 Tips for Working from Home and Homeschooling
Setting Up Your Homeschool Space
Organizing Your Homeschool Day
Guidelines for Home Teachers

Homeschooling booklist compiled by the VT Department of Libraries - books in our collection listed below, for others, Just Ask!

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Facebook/Listserv Groups:​

• Central VT Homeschool Collective
• Central Vermont Homeschoolers
• Vermont Homeschoolers & Unschoolers Unite
• Homeschooling Vermont Chat Group
• Waldorf Inspired Homeschoolers
• Secular, Eclectic, Academic (SEA) Homeschoolers
• It's Not That Hard to Homeschool K-8
• It's Not That Hard to Homeschool High School 
• Central VT Homeschool Resource Group (Yahoo group)

Books
(in our collection):
-A Charlotte Mason companion : personal reflections on the gentle art of learning by Karen Andreola
-Getting schooled : the Reeducation of an American Teacher by Garret Keizer
-Hands-on nature : information and activities for exploring the environment with children by Jenepher Lingelbach
-Home Learning Year by Year by Rebecca Rupp
-Homeschooling : the teen years : your complete guide to successfully homeschooling the 13- to 18-year old by Cafi Cohen
-The Homeschooling Book of Answers : the 88 most important questions answered by homeschooling's most respected voices by Linda Dobson
-How Your Child is Smart : a life changing approach to learning by Dawna Markova
-Real-Life Homeschooling : The Stories of 21 Families Who Make It Work by Rhonda Baxfield
-This is My Home, This is My School by Jonathan Bean
-Unschooling in Paradise by Kathleen Kesson
-The Unschooling Handbook : How to use the Whole World as your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith