Illinois is a good state to homeschool in, very few regulations.

see http://www.hslda.com for details on the law.

some good sites for supplies:

http://www.teachingtextbooks.com

http://www.rainbowresource.com

http://www.homeschooldiscount.com

http://www.aop.com

http://www.abeka.com

http://www.christianbook.com

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http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp?State=IL

Finding a local group might help to answer some of the questions you might have about your particular area. I found this list for Illinois statewide:

http://homeschoolcentral.com/support/illinois_homeschool.htm

Insofar as online homeschooling, there are dozens of things available. try a yahoo search for online homeschool or homeschooling. These are just some of a few:

http://www.k12.com/

http://www.connectionsacademy.com/

http://www.time4learning.com/homeschool-curriculum.htm

http://www.thejubileeacademy.org/

Best of luck to you!

Here’s the link:

http://www.chicagovcs.org/

The website is www.homeschools.org