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Hawaii Homeschooling

Aloha and welcome to your best resource on the web for homeschooling in the beautiful state of Hawaii! Here you’ll find information, tips, and resources about the laws regulating home education in Hawaii, support groups near you, how to choose your homeschool curriculum, things to do in Hawaii for homeschoolers, and more. You probably have lots of questions as you begin this journey. We’ve got lots of answers!

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Military Home Educators Network-Oahu (MHEN-Oahu)

The Military Home Educators Network is a Christian support group of military home schoolers from all across the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. Offers monthly meetings at Hickam Air Force Base.

DYOCC - Classical Home Schooling the Berquist Way

DYOCC stands for 'Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum' - the book on homeschooling written by Laura Berquist. This group is designed for Australian and/or New Zealand families who are following the suggestions as laid out in the book, 'Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum'.

What is Montessori Education?: A Beginner's Guide to the Montessori Classroom

A basic primer on the nature of a Montessori school and classroom. No two Montessori schools look exactly the same. Each will be responding to the needs of individual children and to differences in the society and culture they are part of; teachers will also bring in their own special skills and interests. This article discusses the learning of practical skills, the use of sensorial apparatus, learning cultural subjects, math, and language, social skills, and more.

Home Schooling: How to Begin

A look at a practical way to begin homeschooling, by starting with the most important subjects first and then adding on week by week.

Look at the Evidence

This article features a summary of the NHERI study about home-school academic achievement.

Marking the Milestones: Historical Times

This timeline highlights the important milestones in the fight for homeschool freedom in the United States.

Cycles not Perfection

Laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning--are these things ever really done. Rather than looking at chores as needing to be "finished," see them as part of a cycle of living within your household.

Home Schools: How Do They Affect Children?

This article by American Psychological Association Monitor staff writer Bridget Murray, details how psychologists look at families that have chosen to school their children at home. It is a good example of the negative stereotypes and biases towards homeschoolers that can be found in mainstream society. This is a negative critical look at homeschooling, with a bias on looking at what is considered by the educational and medical establishment as the sheltered nature of homeschooling, perceived lack of exposure to diversity, and lack of participation in greater society. This attitude clearly contradicts the experiences, research, and results that the homeschooling community has seen for decades.

Triangle Education Assessments

Triangle Education Assessments offers the Iowa Tests and Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement.

The Ultimate Guide to Learning Styles

Understanding your child's learning style is the key that can unlock your child's potential. Children retain more when they are taught and practice independent learning in cooperation with their particular learning style. You can also avoid a lot of frustration by responding to your child's learning style rather than fighting it. This guide explains seven different learning styles and will help with understanding your homeschooling style and curriculum choices for that specific model of learning. This will help your child learn more efficiently as well as reducing stress in your homeschool. The seven learning styles explored include: visual learners, auditory learners, reading/writing learners, kinesthetic learner, mathmatical/logical learner, social learner, and solitary learner.