Our message forum are where where our homeschooling community comes together to discuss homeschooling and life in general.  With one easy registration you will have access to the forums listed below, each offering within them, a wide range of topics.  We look forward to seeing you there!!

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1)  Click on "Register" in the menu at the top of the page.
2)  After you register on the message forum, we will send you a note asking for just a little more information before activating your registration.  Fill this out and return it to us.  This extra step is in place to insure the greatest forum security that we can.
3)  Once we receive that from you, we will let you know that you are good to go.  


General Homeschooling Discussion
Share your homeschooling doubts, questions, successes, resources, articles of interest, etc.

Legal
Legal Updates and Discussions

Flea Market
To sell, buy, exchange, give away. Please NO business advertising. If you wish to have your business included in our resource list, please contact us. Thank you.

Green Footprints
For gardeners - beginners to veterans

Ephesians 4:1-6: In One Spirit
For Christian homeschoolers

IInvitations to the Homeschooling Community
A place for support groups and individuals to extend an invitation to the homeschooling community to those activities and field trips they consider open to all.

Yakety-Yak
Not necessarily about homeschooling discussions (movies, books, the weather, etc.)




Traditional
Uses textbooks, workbooks, etc. It is like "school" at home

Unit Studies
Cover many subjects around a theme

Classical
Dorothy Sayers and the Trivium (3 distinct stages of learning)

Living Books
Charlotte Mason Living Books and Life Experiences

Natural Learning
"Unschooling" - directed by the child's interests

Principle
Based on a Christian world view

Delayed Academics
Raymond and Dorothy Moore: Formal education should be delayed until the child is physically, mentally, and emotionally ready

Montessori
Founder was Maria Montessori - This method is done with the use of prepared manipulatives that are designed for the purpose of letting the child's hands be their educational guides.

Waldorf
The Wadorf Approach was developed by Rudolf Steiner. Education with this approach is based on the idea that every human is a physical, spiritual, and mental being.