Support groups for home schoolers.
When I first started home schooling four years ago, I did a search of Yahoo! groups for home schoolers in my state, and was amazed at the number of groups available. The home schooling community is thriving, all you have to do is make the connections. Often these groups schedule fun activities for their members – last month we went square dancing with our home schoolers support group.
Check local newspapers, library and the Internet to find other home schoolers in your area. Our local Christian home schooling support group has an annual open house for new members or those just thinking about home education.
If you desire to home school your child, don't let a fear of not knowing how to find socialization opportunities stop you. Get out there, don't be shy and with a little bit of effort, your home schooled child will be a social butterfly.
What's your favorite socialization outlet for your home schooled child?
Monica Brand is a home schooling mother of four in New Jersey. Visit her website Paper Bridges for more advice about how to home educate your children.
Loading ...
I didn't worry overly much about socialization with my daughters. But I did find that taking advantage of "free" children activities was great. We used the public library's Children Program to it's fullest. Our library even has something called Super Science Saturday – and right now they have college kids coming and teaching it, so it is really awsome. This Saturday they are doing "Temperature" as the theme. Sometimes they have crafts, special lectures, and fun nights. Our local Micheals, Lowes, and Barrons books have kids activities at least once a month – a few cost a $1 or so for supplies. And we take advantage of many of our church programs. My eldest has even written plays that the kids have then acted for a Sunday Night service. We are also involved in AWANA at my sister's church – which gives them a secons set of kids to be around.
We did try to join the local homeshcool group – but since I don't drive, we never seemed to be able to join in on anything.