Community Resources
Homeschool Legal Defense Association
Every child is different and should have the freedom to learn in a safe, loving environment at their own pace. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) partners with 100,000 member families, donors, homeschool leaders, legislators, and others who want to protect this freedom. For over 40 years, HSLDA has advanced and protected homeschool freedom in the courts, legislatures, and in the court of public opinion, equipping parents with educational resources and Compassion grants.
Homeschool.com
Homeschool.com has been helping homeschool families like yours for over 20 years, helping you lighten the load as you experience your homeschool journey. Their team consistently provides outrageously beautiful tools, product reviews, guides, advice, and support to all homeschooling families.
Illinois Christian Home Educators
The Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE) is a not-for-profit Christian organization composed of families dedicated to the success of home education in Illinois. Started in December 1983 by four Christian families seeking the support and fellowship of like-minded home educators, the purposes of the ICHE are to encourage the formation of distinctly Christian support groups, compile information to help form such groups, and make the information available to support group leaders.
Illinois Homeschool Association
The Illinois Homeschool Association (ILHSA) is a statewide, nonsectarian network of people involved in homeschooling, supplying reliable and timely information to members regarding legal issues. Provides answers to common questions such as how to withdraw a child from public school, what the school district needs from homeschooling families and how to deal with officials who ask for more than they’re entitled to receive.
Illinois State Board of Education
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) recognizes that in order to achieve high standards, some students will need educational supports and other support services that are not currently provided by their regular school programs. At the IBSE homepage on homeschooling, find information on registration, requirements, resources, and more
Educational Resources
General Educational Resources
EBSCOhost LearningExpress
EBSCOhost LearningExpress supports those looking to improve core academic skills, pass a high school equivalency test, prepare for college, explore careers, join the military, study for occupational certification tests, become a U.S. citizen and much more. Contains practice tests, interactive tutorials, e-books, articles, and flashcards.
Note: When accessed outside the library, you will need to use your library card number to sign in.
ETS
Provided by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the GRE General Test at home is a safe and convenient option for test takers who prefer to take their test at home rather than at a test center. It’s offered everywhere that the test is normally available, based on the country of your account address. The at home test is identical to a test taken at a test center and taken on your own computer at home or another secure location. All at home tests are monitored by a human proctor. At home testing is available around the clock, 7 days a week.
Pre-K – 12 Educational Resources
123 Homeschool for Me
Serving parents, teachers, and homeschooling families, 123 Homeschool 4 Me offers FREE worksheets, educational activities, homeschool tips & tricks, plus fun crafts, science experiments, history lessons, and book lists! Allow 123 Homeschool 4 Me to help take the work out of teaching by providing easy-to-use and free printables resources for children of all ages.
Clark Creative Education
Clark Creative Education is an educational company that brings vibrant ideas to life to maximize critical thinking and problem solving, strengthen perspective taking, and create family fun. Through using relevant and appealing concepts, Clark Creative Education aims to achieve engagement and meaningful learning experience, with popular concepts like Whodunnits, Escapes, CSIs, TableTops, and Adventures extending into Math, Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts classrooms around the world.
Digital Classrooms
Calvert Homeschool
With a time-tested and proven curriculum, Calvert Homeschool has the right home learning curriculum for you and your family. Calvert’s award-winning educational products have enabled thousands of families to discover the amazing benefits of home education. Take a closer look and see what makes home learning so special!
Duolingo
Learn a language with Duolingo. With free, bite-size sessions, each lesson feels more like a game than a textbook, and that’s by design: Learning is easier when you’re having fun. But Duolingo isn’t just a game — it’s based on a methodology proven to foster long-term retention, and a curriculum aligned to an international standard. Let’s explore how language learning happens with Duolingo!
edHelper
edHelper is an online subscription service that provides printable worksheets for teachers and homeschooling parents, offering a wide range of materials, including math, language arts, reading and writing, social studies, science, and much more! As a subscriber, you will be able to use all materials in the subscribed package for a single, affordable price.
hand2mind
hand2mind believes children learn best by doing. From math to science to STEM to literacy and from manipulatives to lessons to teacher/parent support materials, hand2mind is always on the lookout for new ways to get students’ hands and minds working together.
Khan Academy
With practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard, Khan Academy empowers learners to study at their own pace, both in and out of the classroom. Covering subjects from kindergarten through early college, including math, science, reading, computing, history, art history, economics, financial literacy, SAT, MCAT, and more, Khan Academy focuses on skill mastery to help learners build the strong foundations they need to succeed in higher education and in their careers.
Open Culture
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Open Culture whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high quality content whenever and wherever you want it.
Prodigy
Prodigy harnesses the power of game-based learning. With an innovative approach to game-based learning, Prodigy Math has been propelled to become one of the most popular tools in North American classrooms. Millions of students use Prodigy to practice curriculum-aligned math skills — all while playing a game they love, built with tools for educators and parents to support their students’ learning journeys and motivate them.
Skooli
Skooli is a personalized, student-focused learning platform that meets the needs of students in a digital age, helping students learn difficult concepts and get better grades by connecting them with professional teachers in a digital classroom. Whether you need help understanding a complex topic or want to take your knowledge to the next level, Skooli has tutors who can help you achieve your academic goals.