Chef of LA: our parent organization. Their headquarters are in Baton Rouge. It is a great source of information on homeschooling issues.
National Home Education and Research Institute: Offers statistics, research, and technical reports on home education.
Chef of New Iberia: Includes state info, curriculum for LA, a message board and much more.
Southern Baptist Church and Home Education Association: The SBCHEA hopes to serve as a national voice for homeschoolers in the denomination.
Southeast Texas Home School Association – Our neighbor organization in Houston.
College Entrance/Legal Information (top)
TOPS Information – Everything you need to know.
Home School Legal Defense Association: (HSLDA) Legal and legislative information, helpful articles, a bookstore, and much more.
LA Department of Education
McNeese State University: Entrance information for Homeschoolers.
General Resources (top)
This site offers many resources for new and veteran home educators. It is an excellent source for Louisiana info.
Calcasieu Parish Public Library: Your local public library at your fingertips.
Cameron Parish Public Library: Cameron Parish Library System Online.
JeffDavis Parish Public Library: Visit you local library!
Allen Parish Public Library: Allen Parish library system online.
Beauregard Parish Public Library: Visit you local library!
Curriculum (top)
Research & Catalogs
Common Sense Press - Excellent resource for helping you figure out what type of homeschooler you are and what approach might work for you.
CBD Homeschool - Homeschool curriculum and books at discount prices; sign up for the homeschool catalog and e-newsletter.
Rainbow Resource Center – Learning tools for homes and homeschools; sign up to receive the homeschool catalog for free!
R.O.C.K. Solid – Homeschool curriculum at discount prices; sign up to receive the homeschool catalog for free!
Homeschool Central – practical advice for homeschoolers, plus information on socialization, learning styles, and curriculum methods. An excellent source for all homeschoolers!
Curriculum Companies
Abeka Curriculum: online ordering and tracking, list of meetings, product information
Alpha Omega: ordering and tracking, list of meetings, product information
Konos: product information, articles, list of local courses, and seminars
Sonlight Curriculum: Product information, online ordering, and a message board where you can chat with other Sonlight users.
Sunshine Christian store: It serves the entire state with Christian Products and Home School Materials by Alpha Omega Publications. Your Parable Christian Superstore located in Baton Rouge, LA.
Educational Explorations – Debbie Locklin is our local Consultant
Special Interest
Creation Science Evangelism - Homeschool science curriculum for teaching kids science from a biblical perspective.
Apologia Science – “but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence.” 1 Peter 3:15
Math-U-See - Homeschool Math curriculum, many homeschooling parents have found this to be an excellent way to instruct children in math.
Shurley English - Shurley English provides your child with two important ingredients for success: a love of the English Language and an ability to use the English Language correctly, with ease and confidence.
Answers in Genesis – Upholding the authority of the Bible from the very first verse.
Louisiana Government Textbook – The Public Research Council of Louisiana has a free, updated online version of “Your Louisiana Government: An Owner’s Manuel.” It is a guide to state government, which was originally developed for use as a social studies textbook in schools, but it also serves as a reference to Louisiana government both for citizens and newcomers to the state. You can download a PDF version of the guide at www.la-par.org/State_Government.cfm . For more information, call PAR at (225)926-8414 or visit www.la-par.org .
Books, Magazines, and Writings (top)
Practical Homeschooling Magazine: Bill and Mary Pride's lively, colorful magazine has been around since 1993. It delivers how-to features and reviews on everything from preschool to how to win college scholarships. Well-known columnists, regular Day At Our House diary feature that tells how other families manage a homeschool day, Show & Tell success stories, and contests with prizes. Annual Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards and Practical Homeschooling Software Awards reveal which products your fellow homeschoolers rate as the best. Christian worldview.
Teaching Home Magazine: Online version of the popular print magazine for Christian home educating families, lists state organizations and suppliers along with FAQs concerning homeschooling.
Homeschooling Today: Online version of their print magazine It includes a list of conventions and a wide variety of articles, along with links and resources of interest to homeschoolers.
Family Reformation: A Christian magazine that delivers solid biblical answers to the unique challenges facing today's family. From the publisher’s of Homeschooling Today.
The Old Schoolhouse: The magazine for Homeschool families. Online version of the print magazine, plus a whole host of other homeschooling resources.
Family Vision & Parenting Resources (top)
Articles
Vision Forum Ministries - Rebuilding the Christian Family, one household at a time
Catalogs
Books on the Path – Lighting the Path to Godly Family Legacies – Psalm 127:4-5
Hero Dads.com – Tools and Strategies to help dads become heroes.
Mantle Ministries – Richard “Little Bear” Wheeler, Passing on the Mantle of Christian Heritage. It also includes information on Family Camps.
Vision Forum Catalog - Great biblically based resources for the Christian family
Nest Family – Changing Lives… Bible and Curriculum Video Resources (the best biblically based videos anywhere…)
Articles and Catalogs
Above Rubies - Encouragement for mothers and families; “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10
Dr. S. M. Davis - Excellent family and parenting resources (Biblical Child Training)
Family Ministries - Reb Bradley - Biblical help for the modern Christian family
No Greater Joy Ministries – Dedicated to helping families & parents with child training, marriage & family, homeschooling, etc.
Terri Camp - Speaker, Author, Columnist, Mother of eight, Wife
Titus 2 Ministries - Resources for Christian Homeschooling families
Whole Heart Ministries - Strengthen your family to follow God wholeheartedly
Doorposts: “You Shall Write Them On The Doorposts Of Your House, And On Your Gates.”: Bible Based, Parent-Designed, Family Tested Products To Help You Apply Scripture in Your Home.
Homeschooling Families (top)
The Potter's House School Information on learning styles, curriculum they use, and their gardening project.
2005-2006 School Calendars (top)
Calcasieu Parish Government Schools - Online Calendar
Cameron Parish Government Schools - Online Calendar
Jeff Davis Parish Government Schools - Online Calendar
Allen Parish Government Schools – Online Calendar
Beauregard Parish Government Schools – Online Calendar
Diocese of Lake Charles Catholic Schools – Online Calendar
Lesson Plans (top)
Language Arts
Bad Poetry Day
It's national Bad Poetry Day. So to combat bad poetry, here is a great lesson plan to teach your child similes and metaphors.
Bad Poetry Day
More ammunition to fight Bad Poetry Day! This is a great lesson plan to teach children how to write a poem about a friend or relative.
Math
Subtract Decimal Numbers Fun sheets (With Carrying)
The best part is that you can hit refresh, and you get a whole new worksheet. Create an unlimited supply!
Teach Depth and Distances
This is a great worksheet along with lessons (answer key included) to help your child with depth and distances.
Colorful Subtraction Worksheets
This is a collection of colorful worksheets that you can print out and use to help your 1st grader. There are several sets your can print.
Science
The Aeronautics Of Frisbee Flight
What better way to teach aeronautics to your child than with their own toy. Now every time they play Frisbee with their friends, they will think about science! Lots of other lesson plans here too!
National Aviation Day
In honor of the first flight, why not take a visit to the Wright Brother's Museum (virtually). There you can take a virtual visit of the hanger, listen to period music and learn all about the history of the first flight.
The Accidental Scientist's Exploratorium In the Science of Cooking section of the Exploratorium, learn about the science behind recipes, cooking, and food in general. Grab a cup of coffee or tea and prepare to stay at this site for awhile.
Social Studies
Archaeology Day Lesson Plans
This is a great way to teach your children about archaeology from the discovery channel. There are lesson plans, even vocabulary with multimedia and more.
Archaeology The ThinkQuest Way
Here's a great Archaeology resource from ThinkQuest. It has lots of great information and puzzles for your children.
American Archaeology
Let your children discover America through archaeology from the Colonial Williamsburg site with games and activities just for kids.
Geography
Place The State - Intermediate
Place the State in the correct position on the U.S. Map.
Other Homeschool Resources (top)
Christian (Bible) Coloring Pages! – great biblically based coloring pages for your children
Webster's 1828 Dictionary - Online! - The only dictionary for the Christian family
SchoolExpress.com : A great source of excellent thematic units. They offer free units by e-mail.
ABCteach.com
The Homeschool Mom
Achievement Award Certificates
Homeschool Tools Toolbox
Christian Teens Homeschool Page
Volcanolive.com
edhelper.com A great source for personally generated worksheets! Cost is $20/year
The Louisiana Purchase on CD
NEW CD-ROM PICTURES THE PURCHASE
29 historians join to give context to a real estate deal that changed the world
A CD-ROM bicentennial overview of the Louisiana Purchase – telling the human story of the largest land deal in the Atlantic world – has just been released by the Deep South Regional Humanities Center at Tulane University.
A marvelous introduction for the public, the CD is also a useful resource for teachers, students and researchers in the lead-up to the 200th birthday of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase Dec. 20.
The gargantuan deal doubled the size of a young America. Over 800,000 square miles, purchased for about four cents an acre, would later become all or part of 15 American states: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado and Montana.
“The Louisiana Purchase Multimedia Timeline Education Project is a collective endeavor of archives, museums, libraries and independent scholars, united by their zeal for education and their readiness to share resources and knowledge,” said Frey, a renowned colonial historian and founding director of the Deep South Regional Humanities Center.
The CD, published by DSRHC/Tulane, designed by Popefish Digital Design in New Orleans, and distributed by LSU Press, is divided into three sections:
• 1803-04 – Reshaping the Atlantic World with
– artist Jacob Lawrence’s colorful images of Toussaint L’Ouverture and St. Domingue
– context and views of the world’s first black republic
– raising the American flag in New Orleans on Dec. 20, 1803
– the U.S. Senate’s debate on the treaty
– slave baptisms
• 1804-1820