SFHS

Homeschooling Styles & Options

• Please see HSC's (HomeSchool Association of California's) page, "The Legality of Homeschooling: Complying with California Law"
• Most San Francisco homeschoolers use the "Private School Option," establishing their own private schools to educate their children and filing an annual "Private School Affidavit" with the State each October, declaring their use of this option.

SFHS Information Resources

• Letters from individual San Francisco Homeschoolers to potential homeschoolers
• Articles relevant to homeschooling
• Classes and programs list

Homeschooling Organizations

• HomeSchool Association of California
• California Homeschool Network
• Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (of California)
• National Home Education Network -- see especially NHEN's "Thinking about homeschooling?" pages -- a rich collection of articles and resources
• American Homeschool Association

Other Nearby Support Groups

• HomeGrown Kids -- inclusive group covering Oakland-Berkeley-El Cerrito-Richmond.
• Family Village -- meets in Berkeley. Contact Mary Dee at (510) 548-7435.
• Alameda-Oakland Home Learners
• Marin Homeschool Families -- Marin County.
• Welcome Homeschoolers -- San Mateo County.
• Tri-City Homeschoolers -- an informal community of homeschooling
  families in the Fremont -- Union City -- Newark area.
• Tri-Valley Explorers -- inclusive group for Livermore to Concord area.
• Sonoma County Homeschool Association
• Nature Explorers of the East Bay (NEEB) -- homeschooling families who go on nature hikes around the Bay area

Magazines

• Home Education Magazine
• Life Learning

Web Sites

• Unschooling.com -- articles, message board
• Unschoolers Unlimited
• A to Z Home's Cool -- lots of links
• Home Education Magazine -- articles, message board
• Homeschooling California Style -- laws and requirements (Homefires)
• Homeschool.com -- site by author of Homeschooling for Success
• About's Homeschooling page
• Jon's Homeschool Resources
• The Resourceful Homeschooler

Educational Materials

• Math Forum
• The Resourceful Homeschooler
• Rainbow Resource Center (great prices -- get the catalog)
• Fun Books (very good prices)
• San Francisco Public Library (free)

Mailing Lists

• Bay Area Homeschooling Calendar (Homefires)
• Bay Area Homeschool Field Trips
• HSC's California Homeschooling
• TAGMAX - Homeschooling the Gifted (national; click Mailing Lists)
• San Francisco Gifted (SF Bay area list for families with gifted children)
• California Gifted Homeschooling

Good Books

• How Children Fail (revised edition) -- John Holt
• How Children Learn -- John Holt
• Learning All the Time -- John Holt
• Teach Your Own -- John Holt & Patrick Farenga
• Education and Ecstasy -- George Leonard
• Homeschooling for Excellence -- David and Micki Colfax
• Teenage Liberation Handbook -- Grace Llewellyn
• And the Skylark Sings With Me -- David Alpert
• Homeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery -- David Alpert
• Homeschooling Our Children, Unschooling Ourselves -- Alison McKee
• The Unprocessed Child -- Valerie Fitzenreiter
• The Homeschooling Book of Answers -- Linda Dobson
• Dumbing Us Down -- John Taylor Gatto
• Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense -- David Guterson
• The Unschooling Handbook -- Mary Griffith
• Carschooling -- Diane Flynn Keith

Good Deals

• Coyote Point Museum membership -- best reciprocal arrangements with other museums and zoos, for half-price admission at those institutions
• Discount admissions to many Bay area venues -- get a Young Audiences ArtsCard

Museums & The Library

• For events at area museums, please see the SFH Calendar as well as our list of Other Calendars
• A list of free museum days in the SF Bay Area.
• San Francisco Public Library