General Resource sites
A to Z Home's Cool
A good general homeschool site with a fun, informal twist to it
About Homeschool
About Homeschool is a good generic, non-denominational site with lots of resources and articles, plus advice for prospective homeschoolers
Best Homeschooling
Best Homeschooling offers one of the best collections of articles pertaining to homeschooling on the web
College Confidential
College Confidential is an enormous site dedicated to the complicated process of going to college, and includes a homeschool-specific discussion board
Easy Homeschooling
Easy Homeschooling offers free resources such as articles, book reviews, copywork, and checklists
Homefires
Homefires is a homeschool resource center for ready-made curriculum, advice, support, and community
Homeschool.com
Homeschool.com includes many resources, including guides to homeschool online courses, supplies, books, and more
Homeschool to College
A group/forum for homeschool parents to help each other through the process of sending homeschooled students to college
The Homeschool Mom
TheHomeSchoolMom helps you get started homeschooling, guides you through the free homeschooling resources available online, and helps you make the most of your budget and planning time
Homeschool Talk and Swap
Includes many discussion boards for all types of homeschooling; also has curriculum swap boards
Homeschooling on a Shoestring
This web site features extensive info on how to cut costs while homeschooling
Jon's Homeschool Resources
This is a very neutral, general homeschool site with lots of articles, guides to support groups, interviews, and a broad base of links to other homeschool sites
Learn in Freedom
This site is about learning in freedom, and taking responsibility for your own learning outside traditional education
Learner.org
Lots of free online videos to watch on subject ranging from economics to history to biology
National Home Education Network
NHEN provides information, fosters networking, and promotes public relations on a national level
Pennsylvania Homeschoolers
PA Homeschoolers offers a wide variety of online AP classes for homeschoolers
Unschooling.com
Unschooling.com provides a wealth of information on the unschooling method
Wikipedia.org
The online encyclopedia, and its offshoots. It's more accurate than most people think.
Local Homeschooling
Classical At Home
Classical At Home is Treasure Valley-based support group for parents using the classical homeschooling method
Idaho Department of Education Homeschooling Info
The Department of Education's section on homeschooling outlines homeschool guidelines in Idaho and provides some resources
Port Cities Home Educators
PCHE serves homeschoolers in Lewiston/Clarkston and provides monthly support meetings, field trips, co-op classes, statewide and local graduation ceremonies, and more
Southeast Idaho Homeschool Association
A support group for Idaho homeschoolers around the Pocatello area; provides articles, resource lists, and a newsletter
For Students
Apricotpie.com
Features essays, poems, and stories by homeschooled students; also includes galleries and message boards
Religious Homeschooling
Christian Homeschoolers of Idaho State
CHOIS serves Idaho's conservative Christian evangelical homeschoolers
Haven Homeschoolers of Mountain Home
Haven Homeschoolers is a support group in Mountain Home, Idaho for Christian families who have chosen to educate their children at home
Idaho Coalition of Home Educators
ICHE, the legal arm of CHOIS, offers annual standardized testing and is a watchdog for legislation affecting the rights of homeschoolers.
Idaho LDS Home Educators
This web site serves Idaho's Mormon homeschoolers
Inland Northwest Christian Homeschoolers
Inland Northwest Christian Homeschoolers (INCH) is a non-profit co-op and support group serving homeschoolers in Coeur d'Alene and surrounding areas
Just for Fun
All Music
Info on past, present, and future singers; songs, and videos (all ages)
Bored.com
A place to go when you're bored out of your skull (10 and up)
Cartoon Network
The web site of the TV station - includes games, activities, info and downloads from the shows (ages 8 and up)
Computer Stupidities
A web site filled with hilarious examples of computer stupidities (ages 10 and up)
Download.com
A site where you can find tons of downloadable videos, music, and trial versions of video games (10 and up)
G4 - Video Game Television
A wonderful place to read reviews of games, watch videos, play games, and chat on forums (13 and up)
IGN
The IMDB of video games; has downloads, videos, pictures, reviews, and cheats (ages 13 and up)
The International Movie Database
A great haven for any movie buffs to learn everything about past, present, and future movies
LetterJames
Create personalized e-postcards with writing that looks like it's written as graffiti on a wall, in the sand on a beach, in alphabet noodles, in scrabble tiles, and more fun choices
NeoPets
A very popular site where you can raise your own virtual pet (all ages)
Pandora Internet Radio
Want to find some new music? Simply type in a song or artist you like and it will find similar music for you! Free, but you'll have to create an account.
Personality Tests and Tools
Fun time-wasting quizzes that test everything from comprehensive personality to similarities with famous leaders (13 and up)
RuneScape
A free, fun MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game). Ages 10 and up (be careful, since you're playing with other people)
Sudoku
The web site of the popular puzzle game (recommended for ages 10 and up)
V-Cade
A place to play tons of games that people have made themselves (requires a reasonably fast computer; ages 10 and up)
Virtual Bubble Wrap
Not as good as popping real bubble wrap, but a good replacement (all ages)
Fun Videos
Animator vs. Animation
An amazing animation video that shows an animation project gone wrong.
Badger Badger Badger
A movie about a lot of badgers.
Homestar Runner
A site with tons of funny videos and games;just a good place to hang out for ages 10 and up
The Llama Song
Watch and sing along to the infamous Llama Llama Duck Song (all ages)
The Peanut Butter and Jelly Song
The famous and very addictive peanut butter jelly song
Sith Apprentice
Star Wars meets The Apprentice
Stupid Videos
Over 1000 short mildly stupid clips for you to watch (ages 10 and up)
Warthog Jumping
An experiment with the physics engine in the game HALO.
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