Homeschooling Resources

Visit our Parent Corner located in the Picture Book Room. This area has books, videos, and kits on subjects of interest to homeschoolers.

In Library Use only

• Homeschooling Notebook and Notebook of Learning Materials Catalogs 
• The library has copies of many of the Duxbury School textbooks available for in-library use.

Books available in the Parents Section

• The Well-Trained Mind: a Guide to Classical Education at Home by Jessie Wise (371.04 WIS)
• Homeschooling: the Early Years by Linda Dobson (371.04 DOB)
• The Homeschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith (371.042 GRI)
• Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn (371.04 LLE)
• Boys and Girls Learn Differently! A Guide for Teachers and Parents by Michael Gurian (370.15 GUR)

In the Adult Periodical Section

• Home Education Magazine

Websites for Homeschoolers

Consult our Teacher Resource page for educational weblinks

• Massachusetts Home Learning Association
  Created in 1987 to support home learning as an educational alternative. Includes information on how to get started in homeschooling, legal issues, networking and resources.

• AHEM -Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts
  An independent, grassroots, volunteer-run organization working to foster informed and active homeschoolers.

• National Home Education Network
  Considered the largest and most active national organization for homeschooling families.

• Home Education Magazine's Homeschooling Information & Resource Page
  Seventeen years of articles plus: networking with other homeschoolers, questions and answers, resources and reviews.

• Homeschooler's Curriculum Swap
  Site states it's the "oldest continuous used curriculum site on the Net, with many safeguards to protect our subscribers." A wide variety of online discussion forums are available for adults, teens, and children.

• Jan's Homeschooling Resources
  Started as a single page many years ago and now this homeschooling dad considers the site "a source of neutral, non-commercial homeschooling information..."

• NATHHAN
  Christian support group for families homeschooling children with special needs.

Contacting Us

Please contact us with any questions or comments: ndenman@ocln.org