How to Start Homeschooling in Calgary or Alberta
In the video, Judy Arnall, discusses details of how to home educate in Alberta, how to choose a supporting board, and the differences between the various programs of distance education and home education. She will outline the home education plan and what to expect on facilitator visits. Children never stop learning and everyone home educates the first five years of their child's life - you can do this!
Judy Arnall, BA, CCFE, DTM is a certified childhood brain development expert, keynote speaker and master of non-punitive parenting and education practices. She is the bestselling author of: Discipline Without Distress Parenting With Patience Unschooling to University Attachment Parenting Tips Raising Toddlers To Teens and Plugged-In Parenting DVD
Alberta Homeschooling Association: http://albertahomeschooling.ca/
The Happy Homeschooling Handbook - Alberta Edition - Judy Arnall
This 120-page book contains everything you need to homeschool in Alberta. Includes a package of either grade 1-9 sample home education plans and/or grade 10-12 course proposal/summary templates. Credible information, regulations, responsibilities, how-to, tips, and a whole lot of encouragement. You got this!
In the presentation, Tasha explains how to start homeschooling in Alberta.
Tasha Dawn, Teacher/Facilitator, B.Ed, Home Education Coordinator, Bloom Home Education
Bloom Home Education Program: https://www.islamicacademy.ca/academics/bloom-home-education-program
Homeschooling Community & Support Groups
Alberta Homeschooling: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AlbertaHomeschooling
Alberta Homeschooling Teens: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AlbertaHomeschoolingTeens
Alberta Muslim Homeschoolers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TEMhomeschoolers
Calgary Muslim Homeschoolers: https://www.calgarymuslimhomeschoolers.ca/home
Calgary Muslim Homeschool: https://www.facebook.com/groups/715377621871198/
Calgary Homeschooling Events & Classes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CalgaryHomeschoolEvents
Calgary Homeschooling & Unschooling:https://www.facebook.com/groups/CalgaryHomeschooling
Homeschooling the High School Years: https://www.facebook.com/groups/484113635065757
Wandering Wednesdays: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1238193523388406
Homeschooling Books
History of the Public School System
Dumbing Us Down - John Taylor Gatto/Hamza Yusuf Hanson/Nabila Hanson/Dorothy Sayers
Educating Your Child in Modern Times - John Taylor Gatto
Weapons of Mass Instruction - John Taylor Gatto
Parenting
Hold On To Your Kids - Gordon Neufeld
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber/Elaine Mazlich
Homeschooling Guides/Methods//Philosophies/Theories
A Charlotte Mason Companion - Karen Andreola
Free to Learn - Peter Gray
How Children Fail - John Holt
How Children Learn - John Holt
Raising Critical Thinkers - Julie Bogart
Teach Your Own - John Holt/Pat Farenga
The Brave Learner - Julie Bogart
The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming the Wonder in Your Child's Education, A New Way to Homeschool - Ainsley Arment
The Read-Aloud Family - Sarah Mackenzie
The Well Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home - Susan Wise Bauer/Jessie Wise
Unschooling To University - Judy Arnall