Can anyone help me find information on how to get started on home schooling?

First check with HSDLA and click on your state. There you will get a brief description of what the law is in your state. Also run a web search of Maryland homeschooling. Here you should be able to find links to homeschooling groups, news of any homeschoolers, and important info pertaining to homeschooling in your state. Each state is different and have different requirements. Also there are many sites to help homeschool families and a few offer free books, downloads and explain the different types of homeschooling styles. Depending on the age of your child now, you can already start by reading to them and working on simple preschool skills. My two year practices counting, recognizing shapes, and colors now.

Because you asked about homeschooling I will narrow my answer to just that. Homeschooling is where a parent accepts legal, financial and educational responsibility for their child's education. In homeschooling, the parent is the educator using materials they select to meet the individual, unique needs of each child. Each state regulates homeschooling in their own way; some have virtually no requirements, others have moderate ones and still others are a pain.

To find Maryland's - http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/Maryl...

you'll also find a lot of information about homeschooling in general at that site.

No state requires a teaching certificate. That would be saying that only certified teachers can teach adequately. It would be a very difficult thing to prove if challenged legally and a loss could cost a state its teacher certification laws. Additionally, many schools hire teachers who do not have certificates, so how could they require that of others?

You have other options, like public school online (k12, Connections, Insight, etc.) or a private or religious school, but those are not homeschooling and are regulated as public or private schools.

There is a difference between online public schools (home-based public schooling) and homeschooling which "Belle" thoroughly explained.

Following is a link to the Home School Legal Defense Association:

http://www.hslda.org/Default.asp?bhcp=1 (site home page)

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp?State=MD (Maryland homeschooling laws)

You do not need a teaching certificate to teach your future child, and you can do anything from buying a boxed curriculum, writing your own curriculum, using guidelines that others have written and finding your own materials to implement/support those guidelines, etc.

Eclectic homeschool online is a source for many articles and homeschooling helps:

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp?State=MD

You have plenty of time to do your research.

I hope the above is helpful.

I live in Western Maryland. You will need to write to the public school and give your letter of intent to homeschool You will then get confirmation. You will need to pick one of two choices to homeschool and get reviewed by the school board twice a year, or choose an umbrella school

No, you do not need certification to homeschool your child, and once you choose to homeschool, you have to find what you want to teach on your own.

We have a marvelous homeschool group in our area that is eager to help newbies to this style of learning.

I'm including links below to help you out.

I think you will find homeschooling provides a wonderful world of learning and exploration for you and your children.

Try Texas Techs homeschool program, its very good.

Its starts from KG up until 12th grade, you follow the same curriculum throughout and you dont have to be certified. They send you ALL the materials you need and if you need additional help, you can contact the school and they will transfer you to a teacher who will be able to help you and guide you.

i am homeschooled, and that i in my view suppose that you should not. cuz in case your going into your senior yr, then i might say you should not,although you get ill, you then must check out your quality to stick on most sensible of your homework (until you had a few rather unhealthy ailment, and also you need to keep within the health center)

I looked into this one and it seemed really nice. www.agora.org you don't need a certification because it is an online public school. They send you all of the materials you need and you get support from certified teachers online. There are also lots more like it you just have to choose.