Homeschool Portal is a wonderful resource for parents who are searching for a comprehensive list of educational materials for their children. Containing over 2000 links, the site is a comprehensive listing of websites, businesses, and educational resources that support the homeschooling community, teachers, parents, and students. Users can rate each site they visit, providing important insights to other users.
Because the site is so vast, the easiest way to browse for materials is to go to the bottom of the homepage and choose the directory tab, which will take you to a page where information is sorted by category and presented in alphabetical order. Scroll down the page to see main categories, and then click on a folder to view the subcategories and read a full description.
Under the directory, users can search audio, books, school subject, family and home life, homeschool information, software, toys and games, special needs, reference materials, early childhood learning, and a number of other subcategories. Under each subcategory, users will find a list of pertinent links to follow that relate to the particular subject.
Users can sort the results, choosing to show newest or oldest first, highest rated, most votes, least votes, or to list by alphabetical order, and choose the number of results to show per page. Since there is so much material available on this one site, having the information accessible by a number of different sort features makes finding just what you’re looking for easier.
The site also offers a “search the directory” feature for quick searches, but users who have time to may find it more interesting to browse around the featured links since the site is so packed with useful information.
The “featured” link connects users to the feature of the month and offers a link to previous features; the “homeschool ecards” link allows users to send ecards with a homeschooling theme; the “links” link is a place where users can report for deletion any links that pertain to gambling or adult themes; and the “supermall” link takes users to the supermall site, full of products for homeschoolers.
Users will find a vast number of resources on the Homeschool Portal, so set aside a lot of time to check out the many, useful resources offered here.