See the ‘Curriculum providers’ tab also for homeschool support and practical advice. The entries below have been recommended by the support group over many years. The ‘links’ to helpful websites are constantly growing, therefore this list is not to be considered exhaustive. Please check the ‘Resources – legal and research’ tab since these essential support organizations are not included in the listings below.
Adam Andrews (Teaching the Classics): www.centerforlit.com
Cathy Duffy
Cathy Duffy Homeschooling curriculum reviews, Christian Home Educators curriculum manuals: cathyduffyreviews.com
Charlotte Mason method (Philippines): https://ourlivinglearning.com/
Classical Education, Susan Wise Bauer: www.welltrainedmind.com
Classical Conversations (Richmond Community)
Classical education support, (encourage and equip), Annual Parent Practicum (mid June 2016), free conference. richmondcccommunity@gmail.com; https://ccpracticum.com/
Institute for Excellence in Writing, Andrew Pudewa: www.iew.com
KONOS (unit studies): www.konos.com
Mary Pride
Homeschooling curriculum reviews; Home School World; The Big Book of Home Learning; Mary Pride’s Complete Guide to Homeschooling; Practical Homeschooling Magazine. www.home-school.com
Mentoring Boys: http://www.mentoringboys.com/schooling.html
Moore Homeschooling (Moore Academy) The balance of Academics and Work/Service: www.Moorefoundation.com
Robinson Curriculum Homeschool Curriculum Excellence: www.robinsoncurriculum.com
Sonlight Curriculum Lots of practical homeschool advice on the website, including forums and blog: www.sonlight.com
Classes
Heritage Christian Online School
Community classes for Grades 1-9: differentiated classes for science, English, Social Studies, Fine Arts and PE. Register at: https://onlineschool.ca/
Traditional Learning Academy (Surrey)
TLA hosts various educational service providers in our classrooms. These instructors rent TLA classroom space and operate independently from TLA. All providers are screened and have criminal record checks with TLA.
Guitar classes for grades 7-12, art classes for grades 1-12, writing and social studies classes for grades 3-9
Magazines
Homeschooling Teen Magazine: www.homeschoolingteen.com
Practical Homeschooling – Mary Pride: www.practicalhomeschooling.com
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine: www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com
Misc
Donna Young’s Homeschool Resources and Printables (planners, calendars, math sheets, science, english etc. ) https://donnayoung.org
Organized Home: https://organizedhome.com/
Home Storage solutions: https://www.home-storage-solutions-101.com/index.html
Misc. Websites and Blogs
Greater Vancouver Homelearners Network: sites.google.com/site/gvhomelearners/home
Growing Home
Encouragement for Christ centred home education by a Canadian homeschool family: https://growinghomeblog.com/
Homeschool Canada: https://homeschoolcanada.ca
Lifestyle of Learning (Association of Christian home Educators) Empowering the family to combine growth with learning love for whole-life education: https://lolache.com
North Carolinians for home education: https://www.nche.com
The Homeschool Mom Encouragement, tips and practical helps: www.thehomeschoolmom.com
A FaceBook group is available for families who have a child registered under Section 12/13 (BC). It’s meant to be a venue where registration can be frankly discussed for its merits; so that registered families can touch base with one another and provide moral support along a “path less traveled”. Please request to join if you’d like to participate: https://www.facebook.com/groups/registeredhomeschoolers/.
Free internet resources
A2Z Home’s Cool – Alphabet of Homeschooling, Homeschooling for Free
https://a2zhomeschooling.com/all_time_favorites/how-to-homeschool-for-nearly-free/
All About Birds, by Cornell University. Online bird guide, bird ID: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/
Big Brainz math facts bigbrainz.com
Don Aslett’s Cleaning Resources – home making advice: https://donaslett.com/
Easy Peasy Homeschool K – 12 180 days/year, Christian homeschool curriculum https://allinonehomeschool.com/
Xtra Math: https://xtramath.org/#/home/index – timed, may be an issue with pressure
Duolingo Learn a language for free: https://www.duolingo.com/
Google search: images. ‘Best math apps’ (Google to get reviews) Exercise caution with apps – make sure in settings: “no” in ‘app purchases’. Potential for computer viruses. Can use a lot of space or data.
How to Homeschool for Free: https://howtohomeschoolforfree.com/
Khan Academy
Not-for-profit organization with a mission to provide a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. With over 2600 videos, they cover K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reach into other subject with playlists on finance and history. Each video is approximately 10 minutes long, and learning is self-paced. Parents, as teachers, can see any student in detail, have a real-time class report for all students, and see resources for providing targeted interventions in learning if necessary. Explains well
Net Nanny – parental controls and internet filtering: https://www.netnanny.com/
Only Passionate Curiosity
https://onlypassionatecuriosity.com/free-homeschool-list/
Typing
all different levels – beginner – intermediate – advanced. K – 12 and beyond
YouTube
Many instructional and informational videos- the sky is the limit!
