Thinking of homeschooling your child? Here are some great beginning resources to get you started:

Home Educators Resource Directory 
Offers articles and a list of state resources and support groups.

Home School Legal Defense Association-HSLDA
Includes information on choosing curriculum, online resources, and testing, as well as legal support.

Homeschool Alumni
A network community for homeschool graduates. Communicate with those who took part in homeschooling.

Homeschool.com
Maintains a list of state resources and local support groups organized by state and then region.

Homeschooling Resource Center
Includes a friendly guide to different homeschooling approaches, issues to keep in mind when choosing curriculum, and product reviews of homeschooling books and online resources. Note: This website covers many approaches to homeschooling, but many of the resources and reviews are for Christian-based education.

HomeSchoolingLegal.com
Links to homeschooling online legal information.

National Alternative Education Association-NAEA
NAEA is a volunteer organization dedicated to information sharing and professional development, best practice, public policy, and advocacy for alternative learning and teaching.

National Home Education Research Institute
NHERI conducts and collects research about homeschooling and publishes the research journal, Home School Researcher.

About.com Homeschooling
Provides a great deal of information and a wealth of links to topics of interest to homeschoolers.

Homeschool Diner
Has information useful to those new to homeschooling, including a "Click-o-matic Homeschool Quiz" as well as useful, concise summaries of a variety of homeschooling approaches and philosophies.