About Us
Join Us
- Benefits of membership
- Membership form
- Volunteering with OFTP
- Our Decision-Making Agreement, including the mandate and guidelines for the administrative positions:
- Treasurer
- Membership Secretary
- Newsletter Editor
- Printing and Mailing Coordinator
- Website Manager
- Hotline Coordinator
- Area Reps and Support Groups Coordinator
- Outreach Coordinator
- Joining the OFTP email groups
Contact Us
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OFTP Kids and OFTP Teens
Newsletter
Merchandise
Events
- Events main page
- Homeschool conferences and curriculum fairs
- OFTP conference: Diversity in Education
- OFTP conference flyer and registration form
- Seminars, workshops and talks
- OFTP information meetings
- Support groups Open House
- OFTP regional picnics
- Not-Going-Back-To-School picnics
- Homeschoolers' Campout
- Kids' camps
- Field trips: Home School Ontario Trips e-list
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Getting Started
- General information and useful links
- Taking your child out of school
- What to do if your child has never been to school
- School board monitoring/investigations
- Finding or starting a support group
Homeschooling FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions:
- What does it mean to homeschool?
- What are some of the benefits of homeschooling?
- How many children are homeschooled?
- Is homeschooling legal?
- Do I need to be a certified teacher to homeschool my children?
- How long can you home school?
- How do home schooling parents avoid burnout?
- What do I teach? Must I follow a curriculum?
- Is homeschooling expensive?
- How do I know which materials and resources to use?
- Where can I get materials and resources?
- What if my child wants to learn something I can't teach?
- How will my child learn to get along in the world?
- Can I work at a job and still homeschool?
- How do I know if my children are learning?
- Should I test my child?
- What about high school?
- What about higher education?
- Is there a support group in my area?
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Legal issues
- Know your rights:
- Ontario Education Act
- Policy/Program Memorandum #131
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- OFTP's official response to PPM 131
- OFTP's Communication Plan for PPM 131
- Inquiry process in Ontario
- Paper inquiry
- New (March 2006): Bill 52
- New (January 2006): OFTP request for changes to Directive 2.2 (ODSP) and Directive 21.0 (Ontario Works)
- Now archived: Ontario Works Act and home based education
- Now archived: Ontario Disabiliy Support Program and homeschooling
- Homeschoolers and Children's Aid Societies (CAS)
- History of legal issues
- OFTP political/legal archives
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University/College Info
- General information and useful links
- OFTP's Post-Secondary Admissions Project
- OFTP's Post-Secondary Admissions
Questionnaire
- for homeschooled applicants to college/university - Admission of homeschoolers to university/college in Ontario
- Canadian university/college admission policies for homeschoolers
- Higher Education for Homelearners
email list
Support Groups
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Resources
- Resources main page
- Home education magazines, e-zines, newsletters and blogs
- Books for the home educator
- Books for the home learner
- Suppliers of educational materials (books, textbooks, curriculum packages, software and other resources)
- Suppliers of educational toys and games
- Online lessons, worksheets and activities
- Tutors and educational tours
- Art, writing and science projects and competitions
- Charitable and non-government organizations that offer kits, newsletters and clubs
- Ontario high school credits
- Correspondence & virtual schools
- Part time public school enrolment
- Alternatives to classroom education
- Global Opportunities for Service Learning
- Testing your child
- Special needs
- Government Health Services
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Studies and Opinions
- Research, studies, reports
- Topics of discussion:
- Learning styles
- Homeschooling styles
- Teaching methods
- Socialization
- Satisfactory instruction
- Standardization
- Academic results
- Perceptions of education, schooling and homeschooling:
- Public perceptions of homeschooling
- Homeschoolers on homeschooling
- Famous homeschoolers
- Quotes on schooling and education
Links
- Many of our pages include links to other relevant websites. For your convenience, we'll be listing all of these external links a second time, all together on one bookmarkable page.
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