Utah Homeschooling
How do I get started homeschooling my child? Does Utah have any special legal requirements? Where can I find a support group? How can I get help with teaching math? We have all the answers to questions like these and more! With tips, ideas, and information on everything from unschooling to structured curriculums, we can help you successfully homeschool in Utah.
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Salt Lake County Archives and Records Management
2001 S. State Street #N4100
Salt Lake City, UT 84190-1300
Phone: 801-468-2332
The County Archives holds historical records from Salt Lake County dating from 1852. Types of records available include Property and taxation, public health, aging services, public safety, and adminisration records.
Summary of State Homeschool Laws - John S. McAllister
Text of the summary provided by assistant to the Attorney General, John S. McAllister, to State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Scott Bean.
Born Again Used Books
1529 N. Union Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO
Phone: 719-528-8622Born Again Used Books offers 50,000+ new and used Christian and homeschool books and materials, Christian CDs, theology, classics, Colorado books, and gifts.
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Rainbow Bridge is the world's largest natural bridge. The span has undoubtedly inspired people throughout time--from the neighboring American Indian tribes who consider Rainbow Bridge sacred, to the 300,000 people from around the world who visit it each year. Please visit Rainbow Bridge in a spirit that honors and respects the cultures to whom it is sacred. While Rainbow Bridge is a separate unit of the National Park Service, it is proximate to and administered by Glen Canyon National Recreation...
Charlott Mason Study Group of Salt Lake City
The Charlotte Mason Study Groups of Utah is an informal association that provides a forum for people from various backgrounds and religions. They provide support for all those seeking to understand and apply Charlotte Mason's philosophy of education in homes and schools.
Colorado Homeschooling
This Facebook group strives to help families provide the best education possible for their children by offering stress-free evaluations, consultations, and test administration to homeschool families in Colorado.
53A-11-101. Responsibility for minor required to attend school -- Penalty for violation.
... (2) A parent shall enroll and send a school-age minor to a public or regularly established private school during the school year of the district in which the minor resides.
(3) It is a class B misdemeanor for a parent to knowingly:
(a) fail to enroll a school-age minor in school; or
(b) refuse to respond to a written request which is delivered to the parent pursuant to the provisions of Subsection 53A-11-103(1)(b) by a local school board or school district.
(4) The pr...
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Santa Fe emerged as the hub of the overland continental trade network linking Mexico and United States markets—a network that included not only the Old Spanish Trail, but also the Santa Fe Trail and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. After the United States took control of the Southwest in 1848 other routes to California emerged, and use of the Old Spanish Trail sharply declined. Because of its rich history and national significance, the Old Spanish Trail has been designated as a national histori...
How to Homeschool
A great primer on homeschooling in Utah.
Lesson Plans for the Utah Historical Quarterly
These lesson plans, made available by the Utah State Historical Society, are designed to involve teachers, students, and parents in using the Utah Historical Quarterly to learn more about local, state and the nation's history.
Colorado Statutes - Complete Text
Online access to complete text of Colorado statutes. Those pertaining to home education include: 22-33-104 (Compulsory school attendance); 22-33-104.5 (Home-based education - legislative declaration - definitions - guidelines); 22-7-409, 1.2-d-III (Assessments); and 22-32-116.5 (Extracurricular and interscholastic activities).
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Led by Brigham Young, roughly 70,000 Mormons traveled along the Mormon Pioneer Trail from 1846 to 1869 in order to escape religious persecution. The general route is from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, covering about 1,300 miles. The Mormon Pioneer Trail travels through five states over both public and private land.
Utah History
This website provided by the Division of State History and the Utah State Historical Society aims to presere and share Utah's past for the present and future. Areas of interest include archaeology, historic preservation, and history programs.
Colorado Homeschool Park Day
This Facebook group is the connecting point for secular homeschooling families. Meet ups most often happen on Tuesdays in the Denver metro area.
CHEC Products
19039 Plaza Dr, Ste 210Parker, CO 80134Phone: 720-842-4852
Browse their selection of homeschool curriculum materials, resources from Generations, Bible resources, creation information, modesty and purity books for all ages, worldview studies, family books, prayer cards, coloring books, and classic literature. Publishers they carry include BJU Press, Christian Liberty Press, Saxon, Apologia, Master Books, New Leaf Press, and Progeny Press. Keep them in mind not only for your homeschool curri...
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Homeschooling and Libraries: New Solutions and Opportunities
Homeschools are alwsy looking for alternative ways of schooling that do not necessarily reflect what a typical classroom looks like. Since homeschooling is so diverse across families, information institutions, including public, academic, school, and ...
Greenleaf Press
Greenleaf Press is a small family-owned and operated publisher and supplier of quality books for children. They are committed to "twaddle-free", living books, and approach teaching history to children using biography and chronology. You will find sec...
H. A. Guerber's Histories
Helene A. Guerber wrote histories for grammar school children in the 19th century. Published in 1896 by the American Book Company, ‘Guerber’s Historical Readers in the Eclectic Readings Series’ were used to introduce children to the histories of the ...
Rhythms of Learning : What Waldorf Education Offers Children, Parents & Teachers (Vista Series, V. 4) (Vista Series, V. 4)
In numerous lectures and through teaching teachers for the first Waldorf school, Rudolf Steiner described and suggested methods of education based on the rhythmic unfolding of spirit, soul, and physiology in children as they grow. In each section of ...
Explode The Code
Explode The Code provides a sequential, systematic approach to phonics in which students blend sounds to build vocabulary and read words, phrases, sentences, and stories. Frequent review of previously learned concepts helps increase retention. Each w...
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