What are the best homeschooling programs? AND have they made it illegal to homeschool your child in CA?

You will be happy to know that homeschooling is alive and well in California. You are referring to a case that had nothing to do with homeschooling, but which resulted in a stupid decision by an Appeals court last February. The same court overturned their own decision, unanimously, in September.

Here is information on the various ways to homeschool in California. You will see that there are a number of options: http://www.homefires.com/ca_style.asp

Here is a great source of info for preschoolers: http://www.universalpreschool.co/

There are too many resources to list, so just do an internet search and you will find tons of info. And every state has it's own homeschool organization where you can find out what your state requires. I homeschooled my children in the Northbay area of S.F., but that was a few years ago.

http://californiahomeschool.net/default.htm

Ok i see that alot of ppl have been giving u the resources for home school. There are alot of free homeschooling sites out there, But no one has giving the the answer of its illegal to homeschool in California. No it's not. all u have to do is go Next yrs, cause its to late now to apply for the private school addfidavit here in cali. But its not. go to www.cde.ca.gov

I'm also a Homeschooling Mother here in california. Good Luck!!

I make my own curriculum from tons of free resources online. I just found out what the state requires for each grade, make sure that they are on track for their grade and work from there. My children are several years ahead of their grade level compared to their ages. That is one of the things that I think are great about homeschooling. You can tailor everything to their individual needs. We cut out alot of the "unnecessary" stuff, such as coloring a pic of Abe Lincoln, but that was at their requests. They would rather learn more about who he was in depth. I find videos on Netfix and the library. Of course the internet is a wealth of information.

I would say, start out with some software from Achieve. (Found cheap on Ebay), check out www.edhelper.com and go from there. There isn't anything wrong with paid home school programs. It just isn't in the budget here. I am fortunate enough to be home and spend evenings researching and printing material that I can teach them myself. I have to say.. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! Sure they drive me bonkers at times, but I wouldn't trade it for anything! Best wishes to you and yours!!

There are a lot of used homeschooling books on this site:

http://juniorsbooks.com/Childrens-Books/Homeschool

I use Seton Home Study. It's great. Check it out at http://www.setonhome.org/ .

K12 is good.