Homeschoolers face tremendous demands on their organizational skills. Frequently creative, hardworking, and goal oriented, they must manage the home, other children, teaching, and the many other demands of a stay-at-home parent. This board is designed to offer support, find solutions, and discuss troublesome situations. Although there are many aspects to homeschooling, the focus, the only focus, of this board is solving organizational problems related to home schooling. This group is a part of the Messies Anonymous website.
This is a safe place for Christian families to share their hopes, joys, concerns and prayer requests as they homeschool an only child
This email list is open to all homeschoolers working with Waldorf education (also known as Steiner education, after its founder Rudolf Steiner), as well as those exploring the possibility. Others, such as teachers or parents with children at Waldorf or public schools, who are interested in an open approach to Waldorf in the home, are also welcome.
This is a Christian email group that can help you face those feelings of burnout.
Whitewater Inclusive Homeschool Network (WIHN) is an inclusive homeschooling network whose purpose is to help homeschooling families in Dearborn (IN), Franklin (IN), and western Hamilton (OH) Counties and surrounding areas connect with and support each other in the task of educating their children at home. This network is open to families of any race, religion, and nationality, and actively welcomes diversity among its members. This is not primarily a parent support group but a means for families to find and cultivate relationships with others around common interests.
This is an inclusive homeschool support group that offers families support through regular activities including weekly classes, field trips, enrichment activities, and lots of fun. This group serves families throughout the westside of Indianapolis, Avon, Brownsburg, Martinsville, and Mooresville and surrounding areas. It accomodates families with children of all ages.
Ruth Beechick Style Homeschooling is an Eclectic approach which focuses on natural learning through Real Books and Real Life. Basically Beechick is a Christian homeschool support group to discuss the methods and ideas of Dr. Ruth Beechick. Other authors whose ideas mesh well with Beechick's are discussed as well. These authors include (but are not limited to) Susan C. Anthony, Rebecca Rupp, Jean Soyke, E.D. Hirsch, Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer, Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn, Laura Berquist, Robin Scarlata, Jane Claire Lambert, Valerie Bendt, Clay and Sally Clarkson, Cindy Rushton, Mary Hood, Marilyn Howshall, and Charlotte Mason.
This is a list for all homeschoolers living in Indiana who consider themselves unschoolers by nature.
Roman Catholic Home Educators of Indiana supports Catholic home educators in the state of Indiana. Offers annual conference, used book sales, information, and support.
The HSN is families working together to support each other in the joys and responsibilities of educating their children at home. Members come from the greater Cincinnati area, including southern Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Members' children range in age from infants to graduating seniors. They do not advocate any particular method, style, or philosophy of home schooling, but help families to connect with one another and to find the information/resources that they need.
Families Learning Together is an inclusive & diverse group which serves Indianapolis, IN & the surrounding counties. Many views, philosophies, faiths & lifestyles are represented within the membership. Members generally post activities & info of interest to homeschoolers, and/or ask questions pertinent to home education.
This list is for persons who are using or are interested in using the Charlotte Mason Philosophy for education (including homeschooling), or to enrich their own lives. Thislist espouses a Christian philosophy and is also a prayer list. It is also a very active discussion list, often 100 posts per day.
Indiana Homeschoolers is an e-list community for all homeschoolers in the state of Indiana. It is intended to help link parents who homeschool or are thinking of homeschooling, and provide information about support groups, activities, legal issues, and homeschooling news statewide and nationally.
This is a group of Catholic home school families in the Michiana area. Their goal is to promote and support Catholic homeschooling.
This group was started for homeschoolers using the curriculum of Angelicum Academy and its sister school Great Books Academy. This is a place to resell/swap school books and materials, and to discuss general homeschooling topics pertaining to the Angelicum/GBA curriculum.
This is a list dedicated to achieving a deeper understanding of a Radical Unschooling lifestyle with young children. It is geared towards thoughtful discussion and exploration of what Radical Unschooling looks like in the early years, from toddlerhood to around age 8 or so. Experienced and new Unschoolers can discuss how they made the transition from peaceful parenting to Unschooling in daily practice, when that transition occurred and what benefits children gain by Unschooling from the beginning.
Large traffic email list whose stated purpose is to move out of comfort zones and critically examine beliefs, ideas, and viewpoints about learning, and seek a deeper understanding of unschooling and more respectful relationships with one's children.
This is an unmoderated discussion and support group/list for single parents (living in Indiana) who are also homeschooling their children. Sharing of help, advice, and concerns is encouaged.
This list is sponsored by Home Education Magazine (HEM) for networking and communication within the online homeschooling community.
Support and encouragement for single parents that are or want to home school their children.
This non-profit organization exists for the purpose of nurturing families in a non-denominatinal, non-sectarian capacity. They welcome all faiths, all abilities, and all educational styles. To the homeschooling community, they offer social opportunities, practical information, and learning adventures to be experienced by not only their members but the general public as well. This group is a member of Illinois HOUSE.
This is a mailing list for people who home school or are thinking of homeschooling in Indiana, kids and parents alike. Here you can exchange ideas, support each other, and share resources and information.
Indiana Home Educators' Network (IHEN) is a statewide organization providing information, support, and resource to home educating families in Indiana.
SE Michigan Homeschooling Teens and Pre-teens is an informally structured homeschool support group comprised of homeschooling families in Southeastern Michigan. Email list offers a place to connect to place events and activities for teens and pre-teens.
This mailing list is set up for parents of large families. Large for this list is defined as having five or more kids. They welcome everybody who has at least that many of any religion, or even no religion.
An e-mail loop for Indiana Homeschoolers who want to post only information about homeschooling, with particular emphasis on homeschooling in Indiana. Information on the politics of homeschooling (not general political talk), how to's, events, resources and support.
Christians can and do unschool. Here you'll find support and more.
This group consists of two things: 1) a bi-weekly newsletter with articles about living books, book collecting, taking care of and organizing your home school library, using living books in your homeschool, notebooking, book and author reviews, and more; and 2.) a bi-weekly catalog of living books for sale on eBay, plus and some unit studies.
This forum at vegsource.com focuses on parents with adopted children who choose to home educate.
This list is for expatriates who homeschool their child or children.
The Indiana Foundation for Home Schooling is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that encourages and supports the homeschooling community by providing financial and other services to those who pursue, provide or promote home education.
Life Education and Resource Network (LEARN) is a group of Indiana homeschooling families from Bloomington, Monroe County, and the surrounding area. The network is diverse and inclusive; many political backgrounds, educational philosophies, and religious views are represented, and all are welcome. They also provide information for the broader community about homeschooling in Indiana. LEARN parents have regular planning meetings to generate ideas and coordinate activities.
This is a list for homeschooling mothers; specifically those using Charlotte Mason's approach, to broaden their knowledge and horizons by reading some of the classic books that Charlotte Mason recommended and by listening to classical music.
This group is for large families using the K-12 curriculum created by Dr. William Bennett. Both homeschooling families and Virtual School families are welcome. It is particularly intended for families with more than 3 children in K-12 as well as additional teens, toddlers and babies. Discussions include both the curriculum and the challenges of implementing it in a large family.
This is a group of homeschooling families in northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois who are providing socialization and educational opportunities for their children.
DYOCC stands for 'Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum' - the book on homeschooling written by Laura Berquist. This group is designed for Australian and/or New Zealand families who are following the suggestions as laid out in the book, 'Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum'.
Homeschoolers United is a group of homeschoolers in southwest Michigan and northern Indiana that are starting a new kind of homeschool group. They are a non-profit corporation with a mission to be an information clearinghouse for local homeschool groups and individual homeschoolers, and to provide a place for meetings and enrichment opportunites. This is their email list designed to facilitate communication between members.
Whether you work part-time or full-time, this board is to support you! It's not easy being a breadwinner and a homeschooling parent. You can find the encouragement you need right here.
Southwestern Indiana Home Educators (SWIHE) provides encouragement to area homeschoolers through educational opportunities, such as monthly fellowship coffees, printed literature, publication of a regional newsletter, etc. They also offer a resource packet for new homeschoolers.