HOMESCHOOLING

This pathfinder will be useful in finding information about homeschooling within the Sequoyah Regional Library System.

To learn about Georgia’s laws concerning homeschooling go to the Georgia Department of Education webpage at gadoe.org. From the top banner, select “Learning & Curriculum.” On the left select “Home Study” and it will take you to the “Home School” page. Click the “CLICK HERE to Submit an Online Declaration of Intent Form” to find the form you need to submit to the Department of Education. Scroll down to read more information about the laws and requirements regarding homeschooling.

To find current information regarding homeschooling in Georgia go to: Georgia Home Education Association at ghea.org; or homeschool.com.

Resources at a glance available through Sequoyah Regional Library System:

• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Homeschooling by Marsha Ransom (2001) (371.04 RAN)
• Homeschooling 101: a guide to getting started by Erica Arndt (2013) (371.042 ARN)

Call Numbers:               

371.042               

649.68   

  Search terms to use when looking up information in our catalog:            

Homeschooling

Home school

Education            

Great Courses

Modern Scholar

Modern Math

Resources available at your local Sequoyah Regional Library branches:

Our AWE Early Learning Stations offer an engaging, educational resource for kids ages 2-8 (5th grade). These Early Learning Stations offer children a safe, standalone computer not connected to the Internet that is age-appropriate, interactive, and academically relevant for early literacy skills. It is designed to support school readiness and early education while making learning fun. The learning content spans all curriculum areas: reading, language, arts, math, science, social studies, writing, typing, music and more.

eRead Kids collection offers more than 15,000 ebooks and audiobooks for children in Pre-K through 4th grade. Free access is available with your library card!

To access the following resources a Galileo password, available through your library, is required: 

Galileo Georgia Library Learning Online, more commonly known as GALILEO, is a virtual library operated by the University System of Georgia. There are numerous databases available, including abstracts and full-text. Novelist K-8 is a part of Galileo. The Digital Library of Georgia is also part of the GALILEO system.

Explora for Elementary is an interface designed for elementary students. Students can browse topics of interest or search for a topic of their choice. Search results can be limited to source type (e.g., magazines, news, biographies etc.) or by Lexile level.

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Ebook Central (ProQuest) From a single interface, researchers can access over 810,000 eBooks and 1,350 imprints from more than 650 publishers. On average, 100,000 newly published titles are added each year from leading publishers to help libraries build dynamic collections.

Your library PIN number is required for the following database:

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