Oklahoma Homeschooling
Get to know more about homeschooling laws in Oklahoma as you explore our website devoted to the needs of home educators in this state. Connect with other homeschoolers for support and socialization, learn how to incorporate different ideas and homeschooling methods into your approch to homeschooling, and read out dealing with special challenges you may face. We offer all this and much, much more!
- Ready to begin? Check out our "Beginning to Homeschool" section.
- Is homeschooling the best choice for your family? Learn more about the advantages of homeschooling.
- Read the actual laws regulating home education in Oklahoma and get summaries of these laws by homeschooling experts.
- Browse through our curriculum reviews and lists, and find what will work best for you and your child.
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Office of Standards and Curriculum: Curriculum Links
Curriculum Links contains a host of links to subject-area resources for lesson plans and student activities. Provided by the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
Fort Smith National Historic Site
At Fort Smith National Historic Site you can walk where soldiers drilled, pause along the Trail of Tears, and stand where justice was served. The park includes the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Exhibits in the visitor center focus on Fort Smith’s military history from 1817 – 1871, western expansion, Judge Isaac C. Parker and the federal court’s impact on Indian Territory, U.S. Deputy Marshals and outlaws, Federal Indian policy, and Indi...
Attorney General of Oklahoma - Opinion 73-129 (1973)
An Attorney General's Opinion, No. 73-129, was issued in response to four questions submitted by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In it, the Constitution, the Statutes, and several court cases were quoted to answer the Superintendent's questions.
Oklahoma City National Memorial
Oklahoma City National Memorial honors the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed forever on April 19, 1995. Located on 3.3 acres, the outdoor Symbolic Memorial consists of the Gates of Time entrance gates, Reflecting Pool, Children's Area, Rescuers' Orchard, the "Survivor Tree," and the Memorial Fence.
A+ School Supply Educator Discount
Homeschoolers can get a 15% off discount card for a fee, allowing you to receive the discount off of all your purchases.
Oklahoma Technology Association
Oklahoma Technology Association provides leadership, legislative voice, professional development and support for the integration of technology into teaching and learning in Oklahoma. This is accomplished by providing information and services to its members, teachers, districts, legislators, and the general public.
AmblinOkies
This group is intended for Okies using at least portions of Ambleside Online's materials and philosophies.
Oklahoma Homeschooling
Email support list for home educators in Oklahoma. Subjects of discussion may include upcoming events, legislative action, media coverage of homeschooling, and practical and philosophical homeschooling discussions. You also will have an opportunity to network with individuals and group. This email list is sponsored by HERO of Oklahoma.
Cornerstone-Tulsa
Support group for Cornerstone, a participant-driven homeschooling information and support network for families in Northeastern Oklahoma.
A+ School Supply
Florida Store:
787 US 41 - Tamiami Trail
Port Charlotte, FL 33953
Phone: 941-627-1460
Oklahoma Store:
311 N.E. 2nd Street
Buffalo, OK 73834
Phone: 580-735-2476
A+ School Supply offers a large selection of homeschooling materials, workbooks, supplies, and books. Every item is always 10% off catalog prices.
Section XIII-4: Compulsory school attendance.
The Legislature shall provide for the compulsory attendance at some public or other school, unless other means of education are provided, of all the children in the State who are sound in mind and body, between the ages of eight and sixteen years, for at least three months in each year.
Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum
The Tulsa Zoo is located on 78 acres within Mohawk Park, which is the third largest municipal park in the United States. Currently, nearly 1,500 animals (436 species) are on exhibit, many of them rare and endangered.
Home Educators' Resource Organization (HERO) of Oklahoma
HERO of Oklahoma is a voluntary, not-for-profit network of support groups and families dedicated to providing a quality education for their children in a home environment.
70 O.S. 10-105
A. It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian, or other person
having custody of a child who is over the age of five (5) years, and
under the age of eighteen (18) years, to neglect or refuse to cause
or compel such child to attend and comply with the rules of some
public, private or other school, unless other means of education are
provided for the full term the schools of the district are in session
or the child is excused as provided in this section. One-half (1/2)
day of kindergarte...
40 O.S. 79
The age and schooling certificate shall be approved by the
principal, headmaster, or equivalent administrative officer of the
school which the child attends or should be attending or by one of
the child's parents if the child is being schooled at home, who
shall, for the purpose of this article, be empowered to administer an
oath. The principal, headmaster, or equivalent administrative
officer of the school which the child attends or should be attending
or by one of the child's parents i...
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A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling
In 1991, shortly after receiving both the New York State and New York City Teacher of the Year Awards, John Gatto resigned to begin a new career as an education reform advocate. In this collection of 16 essays, Gatto analyzes the problems of American...
Home Schooling from Scratch : Simple Living, Super Learning
Parents learn what they really need, how to find or create materials and opportunities for less money, and how to organize their household for economical, happy learning.
Reading Made Easy
Reading Made Easy is a phonics-based program, featuring 108 easy lessons, designed to be taught in less than 30 minutes per day. It is fully scripted and has original Christian content and stories. Includes hands-on writing and drawing activities. Re...
Elementary Geography
Elementary Geography is a reprint of the original work by Charlotte Mason. It includes her ideas about teaching children about their world, with poetry selections throughout the book. Explores ideas of place from space to our earth, seasons, map...
Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education)
John Holt looks at the role that schooling in society plays in education.
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Homeschooling and public schooling are as opposite as two sides of a coin. In a homeschooling environment, the teacher need not be certified, but the child MUST learn. In a public school environment, the teacher MUST be certified, but the child need NOT learn.
Gene Royer