You may wish to choose a style of learning that works best with your family; I have an introductory post about that here, where you can find more information through other organizations, too. Your daily structure is also up to you; in our family, every day is different and full of adventures! We learn in every room of the house as well as the yard, taekwondo class, other sports, library programs, playdates, park days, you name it. Some families do prefer to create an in-home classroom, though.

Now, as far as resources, they are as wide as the sky. My favorite groups are SHARE: St. Louis Homeschooling Activities Resources and Encouragement (membership is only $15 a year for a ton of activities—including dances and art shows! You’ll also be able to print a membership card to help you get into homeschool events (such as at the Magic House, History Museum, etc.) and get teacher discounts.), the St. Louis Homeschool Network (a very diverse and fun bunch), and Homeschool Families of St. Louis. This last one is a Yahoo! Group; you can find dozens of others if you search for them. St. Louis Homeschoolers also has a TON of information, various resources, and other cool stuff for you to check out. Chances are that anything I haven’t covered (from graduation to choirs, transcripts to playgroups) can be found at one of these sites, too.

There are so many other cool things for homeschoolers in the St. Louis area, as well, such as Dayspring School of the Arts, where kids can take all kinds of courses, to Leftovers of St. Charles, a cool place where you can find all kinds of cheap classes for kids and materials for learning. To see a list of many homeschool activities going on each week, visit the St. Louis Homeschool Events List; of course, you can find hundreds of things to do in the area at St. Louis Sprout & About, the Missouri Conservation Department (which also can send you dozens of materials, lesson plans, free magazines, and even the Conservation Frontiers program, which is like a free Scouts program you can do with your kids), St. Louis Kids, and so many more places online.  

If you live outside of the St. Louis area, you can always simply do an Internet search for resources in your area. Local colleges, rec centers, libraries, YMCAs, and plenty of other places have lots of homeschool programs! Many other online support groups, from unschoolers to religious-based schoolers (which can be simultaneous, of course) and everyone in between, can be found with simple Internet searches, too. And if you don’t have a local group and want to start one, why not go for it?

For more information, please be sure to visit Homeschool Primer, where I have written many more articles about homeschooling ideas and topics. I also blog for IDEA: The Institute for Democratic Education in America here. If you have questions, feel free to post them at Homeschool Primer and I will be happy to answer as best as I can or direct you somewhere you can find what you need. Good luck!