Random babblings of a fiber-obsessed nutcase

I'm still processing the doctor's visit on Friday. He spoke with Himself for a *long* time....and, the upshot is that he feels that Homeschooling IS the best option. (And he said "I *never* recommend homeschooling, but in this case, I do.") So......SG is freaking out about finances. The kids are so-so....Himself immediately started in with "It's my fault that we can't do X, or Y, or Z or...." and I had to step in - I mean, my job isn't going to be around much longer *anyway*. (And SG is fine with that thought, for some reason. It's just the sudden-ness, I think.....although being fired/laid off would be even MORE sudden.....)

I am scrambling around trying to figure out where to start. Himself wants to stay in school at least until Feb. 4 - his science class is doing a NASA project that he's just totally into. (This is good - it gives me at least 1 more pay-cycle to work with. 2, if I stay after the 1st, because I'd turn in my 2-weeks Feb. 1 and get paid the 15th.)

Texas is very liberal with Homeschooling. As long as I teach Reading (he's at a 12.3 reading level, so that's covered), Math, Grammar, and Good Citizenship (whatever THAT is), we're considered a private school and good to go. NO standardized tests, NO gov't oversight.....so, that's good. I just have to figure out What and How and how to do it on the cheap.

It's raining here, again. Gotta go stoke the fire and get back to google.

OK.....I figured I'd post this here instead of emailing those of my friends who homeschool. I found these - anyone have any feelings about them as use in homeschooling?

www.coolmath.com

www.sciencemonster.com

www.budgethomeschool.com

I also found this: www.ocw.mit.edu/index.htm - a list of FREE MIT courses. They are, of course, college-level, but perhaps some use can be made of them.

Still searching - budget homeschool has a ton of links I need to check out.

If anyone has other links/ideas they'd like to share, please do - I'm trying to get everything in a row so we can proceed.