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Teach Your Children Well
Even if your local school system is good, it doesn't hurt to also teach your kids a bit at home, especially before they start school. Home kits like "Hooked On Phonics" teach kids to read in the form of a series of games (It also gets them away from the mind-numbing TV set for a few hours!). http://www.hooked-on-phonics.com
There are many home schooling groups across the USA. Ask around, but remember that some are rather far right-wing in scope, since many Christian Fundamentalists see "liberal" public education as a "corrosive influence".
Here are some places to start looking:
- Easy Homeschooling - http://www.easyhomeschooling.com/
- Homeschool.com - http://www.homeschool.com/
- Home School Free Stuff - http://www.homeschoolfreestuff.com/
- Home School Learning Network - http://www.homeschoollearning.com/
- Home School Legal Defense Association - http://www.hslda.org/
- HomeSchooler Network (Part of Family Education Network)- http://www.homeschoolernetwork.fen.com/
Wikibooks has a number of educational books for kids that can be downloaded free of charge as part of their "Wikijunior" project. Some books may be under construction.
A number of the completed books can be downloaded from links here:
If the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are not to your liking (or if they're not liking to you), consider SpiralScouts International, an alternative youth group for boys and girls of minority faiths. If there isn't a SpiralScouts group near you, they can help you start one.
Electronics designer and software developer Adam Pierce designed and built a miniature electronics kit for his son for a few bucks worth of spare parts (which does just about the same as a $50 kit from Radio $hack). Consider this for a kid who likes to tinker with stuff.
Check out Instructables for any number of construction projects you can do with your kids.
Free E-Books, Audio Books, and Educational Resources
Educational resources are many times expensive to the point of being prohibited financially. To counter this situation one can find easily through the internet an extensive base of educational resources from school books, teach your-self guides, language studies, computer programming, etc... in e-book form as well as in audio books.
For such one of the many options (and one of the most effective) is to make use of the "global collaborators network" (aka torrent seeds) through the bittorrent protocol (for further info on how to begin: http://wiki.stealthiswiki.org/wiki/Free_Software).
Through torrent trackers (ex. http://thepiratebay.org) or even through internet search engines (on http://www.google.com type first: filetype:torrent, followed by the subject wishing to obtain info about (ex. "filetype:torrent learn spanish" without apostrophes this will return an extensive list of usually expensive learning resources obtainable for free)) resources are easily accessible to download directly to your computer or any other computer within your reach and later either printed or transferred to another medium for future personal use.
Never underestimate the power of the internet and free information, virtually every book ever released is accessible.
Although please consider the following before proceeding.
The first con: Accordingly to the time of release of the respective object searched, it is possible it's electronic form not being yet available, as well as for rare and hard to find resources. But always there are exceptions, so if they are not accessible through bittorrent protocol, just try to google them.
Second con: Unfortunately in many countries downloading through bittorrrent protocol copyrighted material is considered piracy and by such illegal. This point should be taken in consideration although in many times disregarded be the weight of all the advantages.
Third and most important con: For much, if not all of the material accessible, there was a REAL COST involved on research, studies, time, effort, creativity, and etc... . So please recognize this effort made by hard working people in order for them to continue to provide us with ever more knowledge. BUY their books once having the chance or financial opportunity. It is at least the most honorable thing one can do, but always with consciousness (why should one waste their money buying a book from Shakespeare, Machiavelli, Freud, and many others who's selling of books only enrich the already rich perpetuating the current world order).
Outside Resources
The Teenage Liberation Handbook Read "The Teenage Liberation Handbook", even you're not a teen.
Dropping Out Booklet A pdf file about a drop outs life...ironically, i recieved a print copy of this a school sponsored concert awhile back.
An Essay On The Topic Of Dropping Out A nice essay on dropping out of society.
Search For a Library Go to the library. you don't have to have a card to read.
Locate Schools and Universities Ok, this is a lot like the site above, only it allows to locate public schools and colleges in addition to libraries. Quite nifty.
GED Info Answers to GED Questions
About the GED about.com's guide to the GED: including find a place to take it.
Find Volunteer Work volunteer...learn...
Unschooling Library Information On Unschooling
Unschooling Article Opinion piece on unschooling.
Learn Something online lessons on just about anything.
Free Courseware Courseware from universities across the world
Wilderness Survival Learn how to survive in the wilderness...as well as some creative solutions to everyday problems.
Computer Science courses online Interested in computer science? here's a site where you can find some coursework for computer science for FREE. real college level stuff.
Find an apprenticeship Run by the US department of labor, here's a site where you can locate some apprenticeships or just find out about different programs offered by the Department of Labor.
Find a Community College Near You Find a community college in your area. even if you're not interested in attending college, community colleges offer an array of services, ranging from free/low cost counseling, free meals, community lectures, free classes, concerts, meeting spaces and medical services.
Online Foreign Language Classes Free foreign language courses online. not comprehensive, but a good introduction.
Another Online Foreign Language Class Site Another foreign language site, only this one has TONS of links on it.
Practice Your New Language Online
Living Off The Grid Learn how to live off the grid.
Living Off The Grid Part II more on living off the grid.
NPR Programs A list of NPR programs.
More Detailed NPR Stuff A very comprehensive list of public radio shows and stations. find public radio no matter where you are.
Internet educational resources
Original Free Education
Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it. If there is stuff that you want to learn though, there is a way to get a college education absolutely free. Simply send away for the schedule of courses at the college of your choice. Make up the schedule you want and audit the classes. In smaller classes this might be a problem, but even then, if, the teacher is worth anything at all, he'll let you stay. In large classes, no one will ever object.
If you need books for a course, write to the publisher claiming you are a lecturer at some school and considering using their book in your course. They will always send you free books.
There are Free Universities springing up all over our new Nation. Anybody can teach any course. People sign up for the courses and sometimes pay a token registration fee. This money is used to publish a catalogue and pay the rent. If you're on welfare you don't have to pay. You can take as many or as few courses as you want. Classes are held everywhere: in the instructor's house, in the park, on the beach, at one of the student's houses or in liberated buildings. Free Universities offer courses ranging from Astrology to the Use of Firearms. The teaching is usually of excellent quality and you'll learn in a community-type atmosphere. LIST OF FREE UNIVERSITIES
- Alternative University-69 W. 14th St., New York, NY 10011 (catalogue on request)
- Baltimore Free U-c/o Harry, 233 E. 25th St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218
- Berkeley Free U-1703 Grove St., Berkeley, California 94709
- Bowling Green Free U-c/o Student Council, University of Bowling Green, Bowling Green Ohio 43402
- Colorado State Free U-Box 12-Fraisen, Colorado State College, Greeley, Colorado 80631
- Detroit Area Free U-Student Union, 4001 W. McNichols Rd., Detroit, Michigan 48221
- Detroit Area Free U-343 University Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.
- Georgetown Free U-Loyola Bldg., 28, Georgetown University Washington D.C. 20007
- Golden Gate Free U-2120 Market St., Rm. 206, San Francisco, California 94114
- Heliotrope-2201 Filbert, San Francisco, California 94118
- Illinois Free U-298A Illini Union, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois 61820
- Kansas Free U-107 W. 7th St., Lawrence, Kansas 66044
- Knox College Free U-Galesbury, Illinois 60401
- Madison Free U-c/o P. Carroll, 1205 Shorewood Blvd., Madison, Wisconsin 53705
- Metropolitan State Free U-Associated Students, 1345 Banrock St., Denver, Colorado 80204
- Michigan State Free U-Associated Students, Student Service Bldg., Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan 48823
- Mid-Peninsula Free U-1060 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, California 94015
- Minnesota Free U-1817 S. 3rd St., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
- Monterey Peninsula Free U-2120 Etna Place, Monterey, California New Free U-Box ALL 303, Santa Barbara, California 93107
- Northwest Free U-Box 1255, Bellingham, Washington 98225
- Ohio-Wesleyan Free U-Box 47-Welsh Hall, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delevan, Ohio 43015
- Pittsburgh Free U-4401 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Rutgers Free U-Rutgers College, Student Center, 1 Lincoln Ave., Newark, NJ 07102
- St. Louis Free U-c/o Student Congress, 3rd floor BMC, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
- San Luis Obispo Free U-Box 1305, San Luis Obispo, California 94301
- Santa Cruz Free U-604 River St., Santa Cruz, California 95060
- Seattle Free U-4144½ University Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98105
- Southern Illinois Free U-Carbondale, Illinois 62901
- Valley Free U-2045 N. Wishon Ave., Fresno, California 93704
- Washington Area Free U-5519 Prospect Place, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20015 and 1854 Park Rd. NW, Washington, D.C. 20010
- Wayne-Locke Free U-Student Congress, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas 76010
And a complete list of experimental schools, free universities, free schools, can be obtained by sending one dollar to ALTERNATIVES! 1526 Gravenstein Highway N., Sebastopol, California 97452, and requesting the Directory of Free Schools.
