Reno Homeschooling is northern Nevada's homeschooling information hub. They provide information and support for homeschool families in Northern Nevada, particulary Reno, Sparks, Carson City, Fallon and adjacent areas. The group is broad based with academics and social skills being the primary focus.
CHIEFS is a Christian homeschooling support group providing and sharing prayer, support, ideas, and encouragement to homeschooling families. CHIEFS offers monthly field trips, student speaking days, a reading club, music, physical education, and holiday socials.
This group is for parents using the Charlotte Mason method of classical home education or anyone who wants to learn more about CM. Based in Las Vegas.
This is the Southern California Homeschool Teen Connection Announcement board. This group is strictly for promoting Teen Only activities around southern California and connecting teen homeschoolers to groups in their locality.
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 loop for Christians who are combining classical education methods with Charlotte Mason ideas in their homeschools.
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 group is set up as a resource for enhancing your own Nature Walks and Nature Study activities within your Charlotte Mason homeschool or co-op group.
Northern Nevada Home Schools (NNHS) is a non-profit organization established to support and encourage home school parents in the Northern Nevada Region.
This group is an announcement list for the print magazine Live Free Learn Free, a forum for unschoolers and relaxed homeschoolers in which to share ideas and experiences.
CM Audiobooks was created to allow homeschooling parents the ability to share MP3 files of personal book readings. These audiobooks are of Twaddle-free books per the Charlotte Mason method and specifically created for those using the Ambleside Online curriculum. Anyone using the Charlotte Mason method is welcome to join and participate by reading books.
Raising a large, Catholic, homeschooling family is a great work (Magnum Opus) and a great deal of work! Hopefully this email discussion group will be a place for parents of four or more to help each other with the nitty-gritty details of raising and educating a large, Catholic family.
This is a board for homeschooling single parents of all religous and secular beliefs. Members are free to discuss topics related to homeschooling and single parenting.
Colorado River Homeschoolers an inclusive homeschool group, open to all homeschoolers, regardless of style of homeschooling or religion. Located in the Bullhead City/Fort Mohave, AZ, Laughlin, NV, and Needles, CA area.
This list is designed for anyone wishing to learn more about the Charlotte Mason method of education from reading her own books and engaging in discussions of a philosophical nature.
Las Vegas Life Learners is a support group for unschoolers in Las Vegas, Nevada, and its surrounding communities. Unschoolers allow their children to live and learn freely by following their passions. Sometimes called Natural Learning, Child-Led Learning, or Life Learning, unschooling can become a way of life as well as a method of homeschooling. This group hopes to support and inspire each other on the journey of living and learning.
This group is intended to help like-minded people who have made the choice to educate their children at home meet each other. They offer park days, field trips, and other opportunities to interact with other homeschoolers.
This support group, inclusive and non-profit, fosters a rich social life amongst homeschool and small school students by organizing sports leagues, dances, games, Karaoke, bowling, pizza or movie nights. Teens take responsibility to pick the events, decide upon the participants, set rules and select volunteers on this site, even to set up and clean up. Parents of teens then supervise and advise to make this group beneficial to all.
The Western Region Unschoolers is a group for unschoolers who live in the Western U.S. covering: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California. This is a forum to announce and organize conferences, travel, camping, and other places to get together.
Online email support group that provides free curriculum ideas, activities, resources, humor, support and discussion. Also offering free virtual homeschool conferences.
African-American Teens who unschool/homeschool: Come hear how others live exciting, creative lives outside of traditional schooling. This is a free and comfortable space for teens to call their own.
This list is dedicated to families homeschooling only-children. These families have unique socialization issues and must often be super-creative in their solutions. Join this list if you are homeschooling a wonderful Only.
The Homeschool Melting Pot is an inclusive support group open to all homeschoolers in Las Vegas and surrounding areas.
A single mom started this email group to provide a means of sharing the unique problems and solutions a single, working parent faces in their homeschooling pursuits.
Nevada Home Schools, Inc. (doing business as Home Schools United-Vegas Valley), is an all volunteer non-profit educational support group. They help any and all home schooling families with support and information.
The NNHS discussion list gives homeschoolers in Northern Nevada a place to talk. Subscribers must be members of Northern Nevada Home Schools, Inc. (NNHS), but prospective members receive free access for at least 90 days. Free access is also available to mentors and consultants who provide free advice to homeschoolers. Members come from Reno, Sparks, Carson City, Incline Village, Gardnerville, Fernley, Fallon, Lovelock, Winnemucca, Elko, Ely, Wells, Wendover, and all over Nevada. Discussion topics include curriculum, upcoming events, local school district policies, requests for advice, questions about science, etc.
This group is primarily for blind parents who are interested in alternative parenting styles and issues. This includes atachment parenting, family bed, baby-wearing, gentle disipline, loving guidance, breastfeeding, healthy eating and living, health prevention, nonviolence, nonspanking, unschooling or homeschooling, spirituality, and more.
Classical Lite is a group for families that like many parts of Classical or Charlotte Mason methodologies, but choose to have a less restrictive learning environment for their children. This list is for families who see the merits in both, Classical education AND Relaxed-Unschooling methodologies— families who wish to incorporate more of the later methods in their home or have children that learn best with Classical educational methods and the other family members are relaxed-unschoolers. Those who utilize child-led Unit Studies are also encouraged to join.
This is a message forum at vegsource.com especially for single parents who are home educating their children.
This email group is for homeschooling families who are using the classical approach to education as outlined in the book "Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum" by Laura Berquist or her independent study program "Mother of Divine Grace".
Nevada Homeschool Network (NHN) strives to advocate for homeschooling and to look out for the freedom of each family to educate their own children as they see best. They report on legislative, legal and other matters relevant to homeschooling and family education. They also offer networking opportunities for homeschoolers in the state.
This group is for parents who are currently (or are considering) homeschooling their only child.
This is the "Radical Unschoolers List". It is for all families, regardless of religious affiliation, choosing to unschool. Unschooling is learning as a part of life. It allows the child to learn naturally, without adult-imposed "lessons", schedules, or timelines. This list is to offer support, information, perspective, and enlightenment to anyone already unschooling or interested in unschooling.
This is a mailing list for people who home school or are thinking of homeschooling in Nevada, kids and parents alike. Here you can exchange ideas, support each other, and share resources and information.
Here is a place for home schoolers, using Montessori Method in their home education, to share and learn.