Qualifications 101 by Rosalind Peterson

The most common question that we’ve been asked over the two decades that our family has homeschooled is, “But what about socialisation?!” And the second most common question has been, “But what about high school qualifications?!”

You may have already decided on what is your favourite answer to the school qualifications question, but if you haven’t, I hope that my version of “A Beginner’s Guide to High School Qualifications for the NZ Home Educator”, or Qualifications 101, will be of some use to you. Read more

From New Zealand

Mad Hatter Books Mad Hatter Books specialises in second hand, collectible and out-of-print children’s books

Auckland Zoo’s education programmes which are individually priced. www.aucklandzoo.co.nz

Freecycle is  a worldwide movement aimed at reducing items – both working and non-working – which would normally go to the landfill, in a not-for-profit way. You can either wait for items to come up (be very quick to make contact for a chance of getting them); or you can place a “Wanted” note which has to be very short.

www.freecycle.org/group/NZ/New_Zealand/Auckland – for Auckland
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ManurewaFreecycle/ – for South Auckland

I am sure there are other groups around the country.

Around the world

Exploring Homeschooling the ins and outs of the BIG decision ( Christian ) www.exploringhomeschooling.com/

Making a timeline using Excel www.microsoft.com/education/createtimeline.mspx

FREE e-book for those interested including stuff from Ruth Beechick, FIAR,
Amanda Bennett and Old Schoolhouse www.knowledgequestmaps.com/The-New-School-Year.html

Incredible Art Lessons

Database of Free online curriculum

Free Kids Astronomy Course

Spelling City A wonderful resource for free.

Audio science snippets for kids ( Thanks to Darnia )

A conversation with Greg Harris . Greg Harris has a blog here

www.brainpop.com ( approx 10yrs and over) and  www.brainpopjr.com (approx 6-10 yrs)