Wisconsin Homeschooling
Want to learn more about homeschooling in Wisconsin? Do you need information on the laws regulating home education in the state? Do you want to connect with other homeschoolers in your area? You've come to the right place! Your best source of information on homeschooling in Wisconsin, this website offers you the knowledge and ideas you need to successfully home educate your children.
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Wisconsin DPI Reports on Home-Based Private Education
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has compiled statistics on students who are home educated. Enrollment for the Home-based Private Educational Program is available by CESA, grade level, and by public school district. Data is available in Excel or Portable Document Format (PDF). Home-based and public school enrollment by school district is available on a year-by-year basis.
Ice Age National Scenic Trail
Imagine a public greenway meandering across Wisconsin's glacial landscape. Imagine a trail 1,200 miles long leading both to places of glacial beauty close to home and to some of the remotest parts of Wisconsin. That is what the late Ray Zilmer of Milwaukee had in mind in the 1950's when he proposed that an Ice Age Glacier National Forest Park be established along the entire length of the moraines marking the furthest advance of the last glacier in Wisconsin. An avid hiker, he proposed a continuo...
Henry Vilas Zoo
Adventures with animals from all over the world await you at Dane County's Henry Vilas Zoo, located in the heart of Madison. Highlights include the Discovery Center/Herpetarium,
the Discovering Primates Complex, the Big Cat Complex, and the Tropical Rain Forest Aviary.
Enrollment and Family Unit Trends in Home-Based Private Educational Programs in Wisconsin
A comilation of data from 2010-2011 school year to 2013-2014 school year showing enrollment and family unit trends in homeschooling, classified by CESA.
North Country National Scenic Trail
The North Country National Scenic Trail links scenic, natural, historic, and cultural areas in seven northern states. The approximately four thousand mile long trail incudes a variety of hikes from easy walking to challenging treks. When completed, through the efforts of many people, the trail will become the longest continuous hiking trail in the United States. From the Missouri River in North Dakota to the shores of Lake Champlain in New York, the trail allows hikers to experience a variety of...
Wisconsin Christian Home Educators Association
Wisconsin CHEA is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving all home educators in the state of Wisconsin. Offers a quarterly newsletter, conferences, information, and support.
Ten Chimneys
Just thirty miles from Milwaukee, WI, Ten Chimneys was the home of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Guests are treated to one of the most inspirational house tours in the country. Almost all the estate's beguilingly personal décor and collections are intact and unchanged since the Lunts first assembled them in the 1930s and '40s. Ten Chimneys is simply overflowing with memorabilia: notes from Laurence Olivier and Carol Channing, mementos from Helen Hayes and Noël Coward, inscribed...
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
The Marquette University Haggerty Museum of Art provides transformational learning opportunities through its exhibitions and programs. The museum enriches the intellectual and creative life of the students, faculty and community at large by collecting, displaying, interpreting and contextualizing art objects from a range of historical periods and media. As a forum for critical inquiry, the museum seeks to promote visual literacy and advance knowledge across the academic disciplines.
Valley Home Schoolers (VHS)
Valley Home Schoolers (VHS) is a Christian-focused cooperative with a current membership of over 140 families in 6 counties, open to all homeschoolers. Offers support, information, and activities for children.
Wisconsin Home-Based Private Educational Program Enrollment Trends by Grade
Contains data from the school year 1984-1985 through 2006-2007 of homeschooled students classified by grade level.
Creative Homeschoolers
Creative Homeschoolers is an inclusive homeschool group open to all homeschooling families in the Chippewa Valley. The group meets in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, and surrounding areas. Offers park days, celebrations, learning co-ops and more.
Milwaukee Area Home Learners (MAHL)
MAHL is a community of homeschooling families who gather for friendship, activities and support.
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Apostle Islands in Lake Superior offer wild landscapes of pine and hemlock. The area is the ancestral home of the Ojibwe people and includes the nation's finest collection of historic lighthouses.
Milwaukee Area Christian Home Educators (MACHE)
MACHE is an association of over 100 home school families in the Milwaukee metropolitan area designed to support the home education activities of its members. MACHE provides its members with large and small group support meetings, special events, sports activities, field trips, legislative information and a newsletter published eight times a year.
State Line Homeschoolers
A group for people homeschooling in or around Monroe, Wisconsin. This is an inclusive group, all homeschooling philosophies and religious paths are welcome.
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And What About College?: How Homeschooling Can Lead to Admissions to the Best Colleges & Universities
Get all your questions about helping your homeschooled student apply and get accepted to college answered with this resource. It discusses transcripts, diplomas, education choices, online colleges, and more. If you are worried about whether your home...
Creative Home Schooling: A Resource Guide for Smart Families
For a comprehensive guide to home-based education, that does not promote any particular curriculum or religious view, this is one book parents should buy! Parents will appreciate practical advice on getting started, adjusting to new roles, designing...
Homeschoolers' Success Stories : 15 Adults and 12 Young People Share the Impact That Homeschooling Has Made on Their Lives
Despite their growing numbers, many homeschoolers still find their experience somewhat isolating. This collection of short biographies aims to alleviate some of that loneliness. While the stories profile modern-day homeschool grads and students, famo...
Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child
Understanding your child's learning style can help with challenges in learning, improving outcomes in reading, writing, and behavior. This book offers strategies for understanding your child's learning style and presents tools that you can use to bec...
Discover Your Child's Learning Style : Children Learn in Unique Ways - Here's the Key to Every Child's Learning Success
When, where, and how does your child learn best? Because children process information in many different ways, what works for one child might not work for another. This book shows you how to assess and nurture your child's learning style based on his ...
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What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools, but that it isn't a school at all.
John Holt