Resources

Attend this nuts and bolts seminar about homeschooling in the North Texas area. Topics include Texas laws regarding homeschooling, curriculum choices, local support groups, learning styles and timing. Unless noted, held at THEO, 1301 Custer Road, Suite 703, Plano, TX 75075

Most of the questions that home school parents ask, whether they are new to home schooling or just beginning a new phase such as the high school years, are answered on the "Getting Started" section of the THSC Web site. This page includes a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section which addresses many of the questions asked by new and not-so-new home school parents. It also contains a list of steps to follow to withdraw children from public school, information and links to aid in setting up a home school, and articles covering many of the challenges faced when homeschooling. Whether schooling preschoolers, teenagers, or both, home schooling parents will find encouragement and guidance in these articles.

Via media presentation, a panel of four experienced, kind, thorough homeschool moms will speak, so watch the web site for more information.

Please send your RSVP’s to Terri as we only accept 15 families per session due to room size constraints. Spots normally go fast.

THEO’s How Now is offered quarterly at the original THEO in the back band room from 6:30 - 8:30

September 15, 2011: Learning Styles of our students and how they affect our day to day school day

January 19, 2012: Body and Soul with two speakers—one will be a nutritionist and the other will be Terri Threadgill speaking on Interior Castles: Homeschooling without losing your spiritual walk, including topics on living with margin, boundaries, and choosing well. The session will end with a group show and tell session so bring your favorite book or resource to share with the group!

April 8, 2012: Choosing your Curriculum with the help of an experienced guidance counselor

Donna Szumila: How to homeschool through High School and meet the requirements of TEA’s Distinguished Achievement Program

TBD: How to homeschool a student with learning differences through High School

TBD: How to homeschool through High School meeting the recommended requirements

June 21, 2012: How to create a high school transcript—hands on session so bring a laptop if possible!

Home School Families of Twins (HSFT) is an organization that shares tips on how to get everything done with twins (and more children) and homeschooling for several grades. It is an international organization and has readership in almost every state. They provide a newsletter, research, curricula list, legal references, Spanish assistance, speech and seminar topics, resources list, Q and A, personal counseling, and Christian perspective. Most twins organizations are secular, so Christian moms really enjoy this organization and publications, and have found them helpful in deciding to do home school for their children, in deciding medical procedures, and in guiding the psyches of twin development. You can read more on the HSFT website at teachmytwins.org.

Home Educator's Resource is available year-round for you to check out new and used Homeschool curriculum and books. Visit www.homeeducatorsresource.com today to find their location and hours. Not only do they buy, sale and trade for books, they also list their inventory online!

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