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Local Site Wish List
Dateline: 06/28/99
By Ann Zeise
Who should read this?
- Local & Regional Support Group Webmasters;
- Library site developers making homeschool resource pages;
- Local, Community or City site developers making homeschool
support pages;
- Local parenting resources e-zine publishers.
After the usual homeschooling information, what homeschoolers
would really like to see are pages with links to your unique
regional resources for families. If you don't know much about
homeschooling, link to this site,
your state page, and then
provide local resources. May I suggest these links could include
but not necessarily be limited to:
- Art resources (from supplies to lessons)
- Banks with free children's accounts
- Bookstores (including used books)
- Businesses and industries that give tours (Contact information)
- Children's theater and musical groups
- Drivers ed resources & teen driving regulations
- Educator Discount retailers who include homeschool teachers
- Genealogy collections available locally
- Historic sites, reenactments, societies
- Kid-friendly gyms, athletic clubs, and community athletic
teams
- Libraries (and how to access online)
- Music schools, piano teachers
- Museums (especially kid-friendly, hands-on places. Info about
classes.)
- Natural areas, especially those that have nature guides
- Publications that list family activities
- Science supply outlets (low priced) and classes
- Trails (within the city or out; bike paths)
- Tutoring and mentoring services (especially math and reading)
- TV stations with community college classes or similar programming
- Volunteer opportunities for young people
- Youth organizations (scouts, 4-H, Campfire, etc.)
I cannot hope to be an "expert" on such a wealth
of materials that are already in your grasp. Please! Let us partner
in what we each can do best. Link to the pages on my site that
give your audience what they need. Email
me and let me know you have begun a regional resource section
on your site, and I'll most likely link it in my "Regional
and Worldwide" resources page most relevant to your
area.
I'm also open to online "partnering" arrangements
for mutual benefit and promotion, without annoying banners or
advertisements. Consider what your time is worth. If you'd rather
concentrate on your local content and leave the homeschooling
content to me, drop me a line.
Consider joining the Home
School Web Masters Email list to glean not only helpful technical
information, but to find partners for your content.
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