Web Resources

General Homeschooling Online Resources

http://www.hea.asn.au/
Home Education Association Inc. (HEA) has been formed to support, promote and encourage the practice of home education. Great source of articles, support available, discounts for homeschoolers, insurance for events.

http://www.shen.org.au/
Sydney Home Education Network facilitating communication and interaction among home educators in the greater Sydney region. Regular events organised.

http://aussiehomeschool.com/
really helpful forums and classifieds

http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/
On the design-your-homeschool website you can find a step by step guide to designing your unique homeschool.

Charlotte Mason Online Resources

http://www.simplycharlottemason.com
http://www.amblesideonline.org – have put together a curriculum to follow through all school years. Plus has free download of Charlotte Mason’s original writings.

http://www.ohpeacefulday.blogspot.com is a blog with the journey of a family doing Amblesideonline, with added Australian content.

HEAPS of yahoo groups including:
Amblesideonline
CMandFriends-ANZ

Natural Learning Online Resources

Websites:

http://homeschoolaustralia.beverleypaine.com/articles/naturallearningindex.html

and

http://homeschoolaustralia.beverleypaine.com/articles/unschoolingindex.html
A great Australian based website with lots of articles and links on Natural Learning and Unschooling (also on Homeschooling in general)

http://www.holtgws.com/index.html
A collection of writings from Holt and other prominent natural learning and unschooling advocates

and

http://www.holtgws.com/growingwithoutsc.html

Home of the Growing Without Schooling Magazine

http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/

The home of Life Learning Magazine – a great resource! Avilable on line and in print. Back issues also available.

http://www.unschooling.com/index.shtml
American based with lots of essays and articles from experienced unschooling families

Online forums/email discussion lists:

Australian based discussion forums:
http://joyouslearning.info/

http://liberatedlearning.info/phpbb/

Australian based email discussion group owned by Beverley Paine:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learningnaturally/

American based email discussion groups but with international participation:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlwaysLearning/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlwaysUnschooled/

Blogs:

Australian:
http://hablog.beverleypaine.com/

http://theparentingpit.com/

http://artunderthefigtree.blogspot.com/

http://karismaskids.blogspot.com/

http://valleysprite.blogspot.com/

American:
http://joyfullyrejoycing.com/

http://www.sandradodd.com/unschooling

Life Learning Blog Directory – A selection of unschooling blogs mainly American but still relevant and inspirational for all readers

http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/blogdirectory.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

An inspiring talk by a school reformist on the TED website.