This is a general message forum at vegsource.com designed to discuss all general homeschooling topics.

We all have busy lives, yet we want the most productive preschool activities for our children with as little fuss as possible. Here you'll find activities to stimulate gross motor skills, preschool songs, activities to develop visual perception, numeracy, and mathematical concepts, language building activities, and children's bible lessons and faith building activities.

Unschooling is a word coined by negating the idea of schooling; it starts off with a negative definition. What, specifically, is it about schools that unschoolers want to do without?

The Swap Cookbook features homeschoolers' recipes for healthy families. These recipes are compiled from contributions to the Homeschooler's Curriculum Swap Forums.

There are lots of things to love about a large family, but being agile and moving about quickly isn’t really one of them. Learning in action and experiencing something first hand is one of the best things about homeschooling. It’s often what really sets apart our education from that of a traditional brick and mortar school. It is worth it to make the effort for field trips, though it doesn’t necessarily make them any easier!

A homeschooling father recounts his views of why it is important to periodically attend homeschool conferences, including how they can recharge you and add "fertilizer" to your life.

This email group benefits all types of homeschoolers, but especially Charlotte Mason, Ruth Beechick, eclectic, relaxed homeschoolers, notebookers, etc. As a member of this group you'll receive a bi-monthly newsletter of tips for nature notebooks, encouragement, living book reviews and experiences. This is not a discussion list, but a newsletter.

Home School Legal Defense Association has compiled research and statistics on homeschooling and other education topics. You'll find information about the number of homeschooled children in the country, the benefits and advantages of homeschooling, and more.

Preschool math worksheets help your young learner develop essential early math skills. From number recognition to counting to addition, preschoolers learn a lot about numbers in one year. Our collection of preschool math worksheets is designed for kids who want to build skills that will prepare them for kindergarten and beyond. These preschool math worksheets help present new number topics to kids in a way that's fun and easy to understand. Help foster a culture of learning by doing these preschool math worksheets with your child.

Students who are in a registered home school, as provided in Section 22-1-2.1, NMSA, 1978, may also attend public schools if the local school district wishes to provide such an option to home school students. However, in order for home school students to be claimed for state funding purposes by a local school district, state law requires that students be "regularly" enrolled in one-half or more of the minimum course requirements approved by the State Board of Education....&uot; Section 22-8-2.M, NMSA, 1978.
     In reference to the law cited above for students in grades 1-8, we generally interpret "one-half or more" to mean that the student attends the public school for at least 50% of the required instructional time as specified in law, Section 22-2-8.1, NMSA, 1978. Minimum course requirements are also defined in law, Section 22-2-8.3, A-F, NMSA, 1978, for grades 1-8.
     For high school students, grades, 9-12, we interpret Section 22-2-8.4, NMSA, 1978, to require a planned course of study for all students leading to graduation. Relatedly, students should be enrolled in state required courses and approved electives leading to the fulfillment of graduation requirements.
     Home school students who are also qualified public school students are subject to rules, regulations, rights, and policies that apply to public schools while attending the public school. While simultaneously participating as a home school student and a public school student, students may receive school credit for course work successfully completed through public school instruction, but not for instruction provided at home. Public schools are strongly encouraged to address any liability-related issues that may apply regarding service to home school students.
     Students may also combine school instruction with home instruction in "Family Schools." Family Schools are programs that are approved by both the local and state boards of education as provided for under the Collaborative School Improvement Programs Act, Section 22-5-5.6, NMSA, 1978. Family school students are not registered home school students. They are qualified public school students enrolled in an alternative education program as approved by the State Board of Education. Because of the waiver authority available to the State Board of Education under the Collaborative School Improvement Programs Act, students in family schools may receive credit for instruction provided both at school and at home.