Support Groups
cm100873
How does one go about getting involved in an unschooling support
group? I have a 2 year old, and I've just recently learned about
unschooling. I would really like an opportunity to be around some
local people who are already involved in unschooling and see it in
action, perhaps ask a few questions as they come up, etc. I haven't
had any luck on my searches. I'm in Whittier, California, just in
case anyone here is local to me.
Thanks,
Charlene
group? I have a 2 year old, and I've just recently learned about
unschooling. I would really like an opportunity to be around some
local people who are already involved in unschooling and see it in
action, perhaps ask a few questions as they come up, etc. I haven't
had any luck on my searches. I'm in Whittier, California, just in
case anyone here is local to me.
Thanks,
Charlene
Deb
--- In [email protected], "cm100873"
<mrshertzberg@...> wrote:
probably find something - even if it isn't a group local to you, they
might know of folks near you who just aren't on yahoo. Or, look for
generic "homeschooling" groups - there are lots of them - and there's
usually at least one or two unschoolers hanging around at the park
days and such.
--Deb
<mrshertzberg@...> wrote:
>You can search Yahoo group's for "CA" and "unschooling" and you'll
> How does one go about getting involved in an unschooling support
> group? I have a 2 year old, and I've just recently learned about
> unschooling. I would really like an opportunity to be around some
> local people who are already involved in unschooling and see it in
> action, perhaps ask a few questions as they come up, etc. I haven't
> had any luck on my searches. I'm in Whittier, California, just in
> case anyone here is local to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlene
>
probably find something - even if it isn't a group local to you, they
might know of folks near you who just aren't on yahoo. Or, look for
generic "homeschooling" groups - there are lots of them - and there's
usually at least one or two unschoolers hanging around at the park
days and such.
--Deb
Michelle/Melbrigða
On 8/17/06, cm100873 <mrshertzberg@...> wrote:
or "Whittier Unschool" or "_____ County home/unschool" or "____region
(South Central, Silicon Valley, etc) home/unschool" Have you done a
google search with those criteria? Have you called the school
district (sometimes school districts have contact information for
local homeschool groups.) If you can't find unschoolers specifically
search out homeschool groups because sometimes unschoolers are "lost"
amongst the ranks of traditional homeschoolers as they can't find
others either :) I believe that there are a few message boards for
unschoolers around where you can post a "looking for unschoolers in
_____" type posts. And if all that fails, start your own unschooling
yahoogroup and sit back and see what happens.
Doing a quick google search I did find this group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SecularHomeEducators/ which (according
to Jon's homeschool resource pages) seems to be located in or near
Whittier. Sometimes you just have to be creative with your searches
and the words you use. Try using words like secular, inclusive,
non-coercive, relaxed, peaceful, gentle, non-religious. While you may
not find a bunch of unschoolers you may find people who are at least
gentle and loving with their children. That's the one thing going for
the group I'm in. While there are only a small handful of true
radical unschoolers, the other families treat their children with love
and respect, which I didn't find in the other (big old mean)
homeschool group.
--
Michelle
aka Melbrigða
http://eventualknitting.blogspot.com
[email protected] - Homeschooling for the Medieval Recreationist
> How does one go about getting involved in an unschooling supportHave you searched yahoogroups for things such as "Whittier Homeschool"
> group? I have a 2 year old, and I've just recently learned about
> unschooling. I would really like an opportunity to be around some
> local people who are already involved in unschooling and see it in
> action, perhaps ask a few questions as they come up, etc.
or "Whittier Unschool" or "_____ County home/unschool" or "____region
(South Central, Silicon Valley, etc) home/unschool" Have you done a
google search with those criteria? Have you called the school
district (sometimes school districts have contact information for
local homeschool groups.) If you can't find unschoolers specifically
search out homeschool groups because sometimes unschoolers are "lost"
amongst the ranks of traditional homeschoolers as they can't find
others either :) I believe that there are a few message boards for
unschoolers around where you can post a "looking for unschoolers in
_____" type posts. And if all that fails, start your own unschooling
yahoogroup and sit back and see what happens.
Doing a quick google search I did find this group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SecularHomeEducators/ which (according
to Jon's homeschool resource pages) seems to be located in or near
Whittier. Sometimes you just have to be creative with your searches
and the words you use. Try using words like secular, inclusive,
non-coercive, relaxed, peaceful, gentle, non-religious. While you may
not find a bunch of unschoolers you may find people who are at least
gentle and loving with their children. That's the one thing going for
the group I'm in. While there are only a small handful of true
radical unschoolers, the other families treat their children with love
and respect, which I didn't find in the other (big old mean)
homeschool group.
--
Michelle
aka Melbrigða
http://eventualknitting.blogspot.com
[email protected] - Homeschooling for the Medieval Recreationist