Jackson County Library Materials

Jackson County Libraries offer a variety of books and resources related to homeschooling. While we do not provide curriculum materials, we have many resources to help you create your own lesson plans. Reference librarians are available to assist with research on homeschooling or on curriculum areas. Contact your local library for details.

Books

• Home Schooling
• Education -- Parent participation
• Education, Preschool

New homeschooling resources are added regularly. They are shelved with 649.68 in both the adult collection and the Parent Resources section in some library children's departments.

Some useful titles include:

• The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child
• Homeschooling for Success
• Homeschooling in Oregon
• Core Knowledge Series which features each elementary grade level, i.e. What Your First Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education.
• Homeschooling: take a deep breath -- you can do this!

Books are also available in academic areas, such as science, literature, history, geography, math, education, etc.

Magazines

The following Homeschooling magazines are available at these branches or they may be sent to any branch for check out::

Home Education - Medford, Gold Hill, Jacksonville, Rogue River, and Ruch.

Homeschooling Today - Central Point, White City.

JCLS also has Children's magazines with themes of geography, history, education, and science. For a list of all JCLS magazines see http://www.jcls.org/magsubject.html or ask a librarian for help.

For articles about homeschooling use EBSCO, a magazine and newspaper database available on all library computers and from home at www.jcls.org. Full-text articles are available from many of the 2,500 publications indexed, including Time, Education Week, Parenting, Reading Teacher, etc. To access EBSCO from the website, select “Databases,” select “EBSCO”, select “MasterFILE” and put in your search topic.

Curriculum Guides

CIM brochures, presenting public school curriculum guidelines, are available for K-6 in the Central Library Children’s Department and for grades 7-12 in the Central Library Young Adult (YA) Department.

Library Policy

The Jackson County Library policy which guides the selections of library materials states: " The public library does not serve as a curriculum materials resource, but rather functions to provide supplemental and enrichment materials for the children of Jackson County. "

We welcome your suggestions of books to add to the library within this policy guideline.

Local Resources

Southern Oregon Education Service District
101 North Grape Street
Medford, OR 97501
(541) 776-8590 or 1-800-636-7450
http://www.soesd.k12.or.us

Medford School District 549C
Contact: Mr. Todd Bloomquist, Curriculum Department
(503) 842-3630

Willow Wind Community Learning Center
1497 East Main Street
Ashland, OR 97520
Contact: Debbie Pew
http://www.ashland.k12.or.us/willowwind
(541) 488-2684
A homeschooling resource center for enrolled children.

State Resources

Oregon Department of Education
Division of Curriculum
255 Capitol St. NE
Salem, OR 97310-0203
(503) 378-3569
http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=146

CascadeLink Educational Area Resources
http://www.cascadelink.org./ear/tools.html
Resources, curriculum and links for homeschooling families.

Multnomah County Library Homeschooling Home Page
www.multcolib.org/homesch/
Links to national and Oregon based homeschooling websites.

Oregon Home Education Network
http://www.ohen.org
OHEN is an inclusive, statewide, nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of all of Oregon's homeschooling families. Oregon Laws and Regulations about Homeschooling can be found at this site.

Internet Resources for Homeschooling

All Jackson County Libraries have Internet workstations for public use. For information about the internet, internet tutorials and internet safety go to http://www.jcls.org/jr_safety.html.

Following are additional internet sites about homeschooling:

Beginning to Homeschool
http://www.ohen.org/oregon
Helpful tips on beginning homeschooling.

Homeschool World
http://www.home-school.com/groups/OR.html
"Practical Homeschool Magazine" website page listing of Oregon homeschool groups.

HomeworkSpot
http://www.homeworkspot.com/parent/homeschooling.htm
HomeworkSpot is a great educational resource that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites.

Jon's Homeschool Resource Page
http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/
A source of neutral, non-commercial information about homeschooling.