More and more universities and colleges welcome and encourage applications from homeschoolers. We’ll help you understand the process of applying for college and the special needs of homeschoolers, including preparing transcripts, entering college early, and working with institutions that may not be used to unconventional learning models.
Entrepreneurs are creative thinkers and experimental innovators. Unschoolers learn in these same ways, so it's no surprise that lots of unschoolers end up as entrepreneurs. Without the constraints of a classroom, unschoolers nurture their own interests and passions and many figure out how to make a living from these interests and passions. Fueled by their lifetime of curiosity and self-learning, many unschoolers end up very successful in their adult endeavors of self-starting business ownership.
This homeschool curriculum from Classical Conversations is intended for use in Classical Conversations communities across the United States and the world. It offers the three phases of classical education -- the grammar stage, the dialectic phase, and the rhetoric stage.
According to John Holt, unschooling allows children the freedom to learn in the world on their own terms. He saw no distinction between learning and living a meaningful life. Learning is a natural process and works best when integrated into the spaces and activities of everyday life. This article takes a look at some of John Holt's philosophy of education and explains why unschooling is often the very best choice of educational model.
An umbrella school is an entity, typically considered a private school, which serves to oversee homeschooling families and help them meet the requirements of their state’s homeschooling laws. Sometimes the umbrella school is an actual physical private school with which homeschooling families can partner. In other cases, an umbrella school is more of an organization established to help homeschoolers comply with the law.
907 N. Van Buren Ave., Suite 100
Loveland, CO 80537
Northwest corner of 8th Street and Van Buren Avenue
Phone: 970-278-0322
Salt & Light Learning carries Christ-based, hand-picked, used curriculum and resources focused on guiding homeschool families through the process of teaching their children at home. This used curriculum/Christian bookstore was started in July 2002 in order to meet the needs of the community, providing a place to buy curriculum at decent prices, trade in curriculum for the next level, research what curriculum is available, offering tried-and-true reading, experiments, crafts, music, videos, and other electives. They offer quality new and used home education materials at a discount, including an avenue for trade or consignment of curriculum, including teacher and student workbooks and textbooks, readers, teacher helps and aids, videos, science lab equipment, games and other materials. They also offer a refuge for families through fellowship, rejuvenation, and advice for getting started and continuing homeschool education. Over 14,000 discount new and used homeschool books, curriculum, resources and supplies. Used materials are sold on consignment.
Phone: 719-260-6030
Email: info@oldwestbooks.com
Old West Books has been in business since 1997 and specializes in books on the American West, Custer, military, Civil War, Indian Wars, cowboys, cattle industry, fur trade, Lewis and Clark, travel and exploration. They stock a mix of rare out-of-print books and new titles. Books are shown by appointment only. Books may also be bought via the Internet, catalogs, and book shows.













