Homeschool Resources
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Advice and Articles
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Online Classes and Resources (most are free) Resources available through North Country Library System - all you need is a library card
Kanopy Libby (from OverDrive) provides downloadable eBooks and Audiobooks. You can read and listen right in your browser or download the Libby app to get started! Mango Language Universal Class Over 500 continuing education classes are online and available for FREE to patrons of North Country libraries. The classes meet online, at your convenience, with a real instructor. Khan Academy - https://www.khanacademy.org/
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We've also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content. Explii- What Would You Like to Learn Today? Discover multiple voices for each topic so that you can learn in your own style. Are we missing your favorite? You can even add your own.Jump into Explii for a guided journey through the precise problems that will take you to your aha moment in any subject. PBS Kids Coding for Kids CK-12 Wide Open School - Wide Open School helps families and educators find trusted resources to enrich and support distance learning. HomeSchool Mom - For almost two decades, TheHomeSchoolMom has been a guide to the best homeschool resources available online. Julia Brave Writer Math4Children Outschool - Live Online Classes and Clubs Explore any interest over live video chat! Discover fun, social, and safe learning experiences for kids ages 3-18 led by passionate teachers. Classes from $10. Prodigy Typing Scholastic Art Classes - list of free online classes EdX | Online courses from the world's best universities Access more than 1900 online courses from 100+ leading institutions including Harvard, MIT, Microsoft, and more. Udacity- online courses in programming, data science, artificial intelligence, digital marketing, and more. Built with industry leaders. Udemy-Udemy over 100000 courses and 24 million students. Learn programming, marketing, data science and more. Ecosystem for Kids - Interactive science diagrams for kids Living Environment Labs - Youtube Living Environment Labs - Teacher Pay Teachers Don’t forget - traditional books are always a great resource for pleasure or research. Google searches are also a valid way to explore ideas or seek out specific information. |
Deep Root Center Digital Homeschool Guide
Deep Root Center Presentation
NYSED Homeschool Q+A
Simple Homeschool Unschooling Mom2Mom Virtual Tours Collection of Museum Tours Frida Kahlo Museum Virtual Field Trips Mount Vernon The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Zoo Tours Film Documentaries Indigenous Films Netflix Global Oneness Project Films for Justice Critical Media Project Global Oneness Stories and Videos - a collection of uplifting stories and short movies Apps Audible - audio books NY Public Library - Reading app Misc. Lego Building Prompts How Drawing Helps You Think - TedX - Talk Science Experiments Nature Journal Indigenous Acknowledgment Native land App Video Crash Course(Youtube)- Amazing short videos courses on everything from Artificial Intelligence to World History YouTube Crash Course Video Channel -Free, high-quality educational videos used by teachers and learners of all kinds. These are the series you can currently find on our channel: Chemistry, World History, Biology, Ecology, US History, Psychology, Big History, Literature, Anatomy and Physiology, Astronomy, Intellectual Property, U.S. Government & Politics, Economics, Philosophy, Physics, Games, World Mythology, Sociology, Computer Science, Film Studies, Statistics, Theater, Media Literacy, Study Skills, History of Science, and Engineering. Schoolhouse Rock Storyline YouTube is an amazing resource. Your child can find anything they want to learn about. |
SDE Resources
There are multiple organizations and resources available for folks who are interested in learning more about self-directed learning or unschooling. We will be continually adding to this list of links and books as we find them.
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Liberated Learner Network The Alliance for Self-Directed Learning Naomi Fisher - Teen Burnout YouTube From the Alliance for Self-Directed Learning - A TedX by Zakiyya Ismail Fairtest AERO Sir Ken Robinson - Ted Talk Sugata Mitra - Ted Talk North Star Blog Princeton Learning Cooperative Blog Class Dismissed- Film Documentary Self-Taught - Film Documentary Khan Academy - free class resource Logan LaPlante - Ted Talk Peter Gray Blog Peter Gray - Play Makes Us Human SubStack - subscribe Dr. Naomi Fisher Kerry McDonald - podcast Going Natural in Education - Lora Smothers - Ted Talk |
Books:
The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewellyn Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom by Kerry McDonald College Without Highschool by Blake Boles The Art of Self-Directed Learning by Blake Boles Free to Learn by Peter Grey Wounded by School by Kirsten Olson Learning is Natural. School is Optional. by Ken Danford (Co-founder of North Star) Teacher Liberation Handbok by Joel Hammon Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich Making it up as We Go Along by Chris Mercagliano Teacher by Sylvia Ashton Warner Summerhill by AS Neil Feel Bad Education by Alfie Kohn How Children Learn and Teach your Own by John Holt *These books are available in most bookstores. Deep Root Center does not endorse Amazon. These are simply the links available for you to view the books. *We also have several of these on our shelves if you are interested in borrowing any of them. |
