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Local Links for Education and Fun
Curled Up With a Good Kid’s Book - A Sioux Falls based site, featuring reviews of children’s literature.
The Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum
Greetings from Sioux Falls - A fun site showing the past and present of Sioux Falls through Postcards and other photographs.
Horse Barn Arts Center - This page is specifically for workshops and classes for kids.
Museum of Visual Materials - A unique, hands-on museum in downtown Sioux Falls.
Siouxland Libraries and SL Kids
Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation
Other Local Homeschooling Groups
Sioux Empire Christian Home Educators (SECHE)
Living Legacy Academy (Cooperative Group Classes)
State/Legal
Alternative Instruction Association of South Dakota - A statewide association of homeschool families working together to defend the rights of alternative instruction parents to direct the education of their children. The SDHSA endorses this group and encourages all of our members to join.
The South Dakota Department of Education Alternative Instruction Page - Includes laws, responsibilities, and the PDF of the exemption form.
The South Dakota Legislature - Follow the legislative session, find your state representatives, and make sure your voice is heard when it comes to topics that affect your family.
National Homeschool Groups and Other Informational Sites
The National Home Education Network
Publications
(Includes magazines for homeschooling parents as well as educational magazines for kids.)
Cricket Magazine Group - Producing high-quality, nonfiction magazines for young readers since 1980. Titles include Babybug, Ladybug, Click, Spider, Ask, Cricket, Cicada, Dig, Odyssey, Calliope, Faces, Cobblestone, Footsteps, and Appleseeds.
Home Education Magazine - One of the oldest, most respected, and most informative magazines on the subject of homeschooling. Each issue offers the very best interviews, feature articles, regular columns, political commentary and analysis, news reporting, and more!
Life Learning Magazine - A magazine designed to help you discover how to employ self-directed, life-based learning in your own life and/or that of your child.
The Link, A Homeschool Newspaper - A printed version The Link, a Homeschool Newspaper, is available free -- there is no subscription rate. It is available in retail outlets, libraries, and bookstores throughout the United States.
National Wildlife Federation - Magazines include Wild Animal Baby, Your Big Backyard, and Ranger Rick.
New Moon - Profiles, poetry, and art for and by girls ages eight and up.
Sports Illustrated for Kids - Sports articles for girls and boys ages eight and up.
Stone Soup - Fiction, poetry, and art for and by kids ages eight and up.
Zoobooks - Animal articles, photography, and illustrations for ages five through 12.
Traveling With Children
Carschooling - Ideas for educating while on the road.
CityPass - Discount passes for museums and attractions in major metropolitan areas.
GoCityKids - Activities and attractions for kids in 20 larger cities.
