I can tell you about our main support group/co-op. I hope some of the younger families figure this out and start forming other types of community again. I even suggested this at a parent meeting when our tutor expressed the difficulty she was having and was met with stares like I had two heads. I see the Challenge tutors pretty overwhelmed trying to teach their own dc and preparing 6 strands to lead for Challenge each week and think we could all share the load and make it so much easier for everyone. I think this every week at CC.even continuing the CC model could be done so much easier and way less expensive. Still, with one in high school I'm also looking forward to the college days. I love the idea of a purely social co-op as well. The only fee were a few supplies for the art/craft time and insurance for the co-op that the house church asked us to get. We had a small co-op that was academic - we met together and just did parts of our homeschooling together. I love the turn this post is now taking: encouraging and empowering homeschooling moms to create community where you are! It can be so simple. In my support groups in CA so much work went to planning the sports day and they were excellent but they take a LOT of volunteers and IMO wasn’t as fun as all the parties and field trips :) There were monthly moms nights out and a lady that organized these- went out to dinner, painting, wine and cheese or whatever. You had to sign up so they didn’t get inundated :) There were two or three experienced moms who were counselors for help with homeschooling who would meet one on one for free. There wEre two or three moms signed up to organize field trips and there was a field trip almost every month all within two or three hour drive There was a mom who collected box tops to raise money which mostly went to renting the pavilion and the craft materials We had Halloween/dress up, thanksgiving (everyone made a cute craft for grandparents and shared turkey and stuffing), Christmas (kids went off with two moms far away enough that you could see them but not the craft and made a secret gift for mom!), Valentine’s Day (the usual candy and valentine exchange), st Patrick’s Day (prizeįor the most green), Easter (again a craft), There was a party almost every other month and one mom was in charge of organizing. During that day the leaders would make announcements, sign up new members, ask for ideas and volunteers and hold the parties. We had a monthly Park day where we rented a huge park bench from the City under an overhang so the meeting would never be canceled. We had a weekly play day park day just for anyone to show up. Just to give you some ideas our support group in FL was Christian but any denomination. ![]() I'm the last person on earth who thought they'd be organizing anything because that's not my personality, but look like I might have to suck it up for a bit if I want a non-clique, and more importantly FREE place to hang out that has zero to do with joining a co-op or actually teaching anyone else's kids. I met a couple of Moms at a CiRCE retreat last week who feel abandoned by the CC groundswell but still want the network/community of other homeschoolers. I'm hoping to just start with a park day around here soon. That's what we're seeing here, but I'm slowly finding more and more people who dropped out/avoided/fled from CC and still want a community. Other Resources for Learning Challenges.Resources (and Curricula) for Processing Difficulties.Science Courses: Text/Online Support Packages. ![]() Apps, Learning Games, and Online Enrichment Activities. ![]() Getting Started: Beginning the Home Education Adventure.Stories and Tales From Around the World.
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