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Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
~ Carl Bard
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Alabama Homeschool Support Groups (N - Z)
I have tried to include here only those groups that indicate they really are a support group and not just an e-mail list. Many are e-mail lists, but they also meet for park days, arrange field trips, schedule events, etc. That sounds like a support group to me!
That said, there are also a few Alabama homeschool information websites included here. These "groups" do not sponsor field trips or workshops or any sort of get together. But they do provide valuable information to Alabama homeschoolers, so I am including them.
I also have a listing of homeschool e-mail lists for Alabama homeschoolers. So if you don't find what you want here, please check out the Alabama e-lists page.
If your group is not listed here, please contact me. I would love to add your group!
NACHO - North Alabama Christian Homeschool Organization
NACHO is a homeschool support organization in the North Alabama area. NACHO Members receive The NACHO Illustrated monthly. Each newsletter provides field trips, workshops, roller skating days, ice skating days, homeschool helps, conference info, and much more.
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NCSAA - Homeschool Sports in Alabama
The National Christian School Athletic Association assists homeschooling families nationally who are seeking an opportunity for their children to participate in athletics. This is NCSAA's Homeschool Athletic News and Help Group for families in the state of Alabama.
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North Alabama Home Educators (NAHE)
We are a not-for-profit support group for anyone in the North Alabama area interested in home education.
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North Alabama Trailblazers
North Alabama Trailblazers is a group of homeschooling families. We meet together for mutual socialization and companionship of children and parents alike. We serve Madison, Morgan, Limestone, AL and Lincoln, TN counties only. Anyone from the surrounding counties is welcome to join us but will have to drive to the Huntsville metro area for functions.
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Northwest Alabama Christian Home Educators Association (NACHEA)
Our role in NACHEA (Northwest Alabama Christian Home Educator's Association) is to guide families to God's vision for them in their home schooling adventure. If you live in or near Northwest Alabama, please join us!
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OATHE (Open Activity Team for Home Educators)
OATHE is an activity/resource support group that is open to all homeschoolers in the Greater Birmingham area. It was created to plan local activities in the Clay/Pinson/Trussville and surrounding areas, as well as other social & cultural events and fieldtrips, both local and non-local. We welcome any homeschooler to join us for any activities.
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openmindsofmobile (Open Minds of Mobile Alabama)
Open Minds of Mobile Alabama is an inclusive support group for home schooling families and the surrounding areas. Our goal is to create a vibrant atmosphere by providing educational and social activities for children. We accept all families regardless of race, religion, ethnic background, political or sexual orientation.
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P.E.A.C.H. - Promoting Excellence Among Chilton Homeschoolers
We are a group for those who are thinking of homeschooling, starting to homeschool or have been homeschooling for a while. We are looking for like minded familes to set up play dates, field trips, give support and share ideas. We are out of Chilton County but would like to invite any of the surrounding counties.
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PEAK of East Central Alabama
Parent Educators and Kids (PEAK) of East Central Alabama is an inclusive, member-led group open to all home educators desiring camaraderie with other homeschoolers. All members are encouraged to plan and attend group activities and to join in our online discussions. Our members represent many walks of life and diverse homeschooling methods, parenting styles, personal beliefs and political stances. Our unifying factor is the common goal of enhancing our children’s development and education through homeschooling.
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PEAK of Mobile
Parent Educators and Kids (PEAK) of Mobile is an inclusive group, welcoming home educators of all beliefs, viewpoints and educational approaches. Our members plan local activities and share our homeschooling ideas and experiences. If you enjoy learning and having fun with families from different faiths, backgrounds and ideologies, we'd love to meet you!
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PEAK of Montgomery
Parent Educators and Kids (PEAK) of Montgomery is an inclusive, member-led group, welcoming all local home educators who enjoy sharing and learning within a diverse community. Our activities are planned by individual families, and all members are encouraged to plan activities for the group and to participate in our online discussions
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pikehomeschoolers
In an effort to promote and assist one another in the home-schooling of their children, members of this site in pike County Alabama share ideas, prayer requests and accomplishments with the rest of the group. This site is open to home-schoolers in Pike County Alabama.
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Roamschool
Group does 3-4 trips a month, all optional, all local to North Alabama, with a few driving trips further afield. Includes an egroup (Google e-list). The site itself is set up to encourage parents to get outside and do things with their kids that don't require books and pencils. There are general ideas for field trips and nature study no matter your location.
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Sand Mountain, In Love with Educating (SMILE)
This is a homeschool support group located on Sand Mountain in the state of Alabama. Our goal is to allow homeschooled students to have relationships through various academic and recreational activities with other homeschoolers.
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Southeast Alabama Homeschoolers 2
Support and information group for homeschoolers in SouthEast Alabama. (Coffee, Dale, Houston, Pike, Geneva area, others are welcome as well!!!)
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Selma Home Educators
A support group offering activities and field trips. Contact Sharon at edsharon@mindspring.com.
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Shelby County Alabama Homeschoolers
This group originated in Shelby County, Alabama for the homecshool families in and around this area.
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Southeast Alabama Educators at HOME
Southeast Alabama Family Educators at Home is a group of Christian homeschool families who provide ongoing support for each other and plan group activities to enrich our home schools by going on field trips and holding social events. We enroll members for 5 southeast Alabama counties:Houston, Henry, Dale, Coffee, and Geneva.
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Southeast Alabama Homeschoolers 2
Whether you are a current homeschooler or just thinking about homeschooling, if you live in Southeast Alabama or the surrounding area, this support/information group is for you!
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Teaching At Home
Teaching At Home is a resource group which encompasses all homeschooling families in the Central Alabama Region. It is our goal to provide quality educational activities, field trips, information, and as many resources as possible to those who have chosen to home educate. If you would like to receive three free newsletters, please contact Debbi Spradlin at debbido4@charter.net or 205-674-6030.
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Teen Scene
Teen Scene is a group specifically for our homeschooling teens, age 12 and up, to socialize and is open to all homeschoolers regardless of cover school. This group is not educational but SOCIAL. We now have several Teen Scenes located throughout Alabama including Blount County, Birmingham, Jasper, Enterprise, Huntsville, Auburn, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa. Each Teen Scene group has a private Yahoo Group for members only where events are posted.
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Tuscaloosa Teen Scene
This group is for homeschooling teens age 12 and up in the Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas that would like to get together and just hang out. For more information about Teen Scene in Alabama, visit Teen Scene
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THE - Tuscaloosa Home Educators Support Group
Open to all homeschoolers in the Tuscaloosa area. You can request a sample newsletter by contacting Julie McLaurine at (205)-333-6328 or e-mailing mclaurine@charter.net.
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Tri-County Home Educators
This is a homeschool support group for the Bibb County and surrounding area. We are a christian group that is here to offer support and fellowship to our members.
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Tuscaloosa Homeschooling Activities
This is a group for people in the Tuscaloosa County area. We will have field trips, and days to get together and let the kids have play time / meeting time with one another (locals). We will have activities for the older ones and also for the younger ones.
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Tuscumbia Homeschoolers Support Group
This is a group to foster friendship and social activities for homeschoolers in the Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Muscle Shoals and Florence area of North Alabama.
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wakenowdiscover
This is a space for unschooling-oriented families in North Alabama to meet and create community (and move that community into the world).
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Whiz Kidz Homeschool Group
We are the Whiz Kidz. We are a local support group, not a legal covering, for homeschooling families. We are located in Ozark, Alabama and have members in the surrounding areas. We provide various activities for homeschooling families, such as park days, field trips, Keepers of the Faith clubs, Moms only meetings, family nights, end of the year awards and recognition program, summer activities, a bebo site for photo sharing, and this board for discussion. We have a Christian statement of faith. This board is for paid members only. If you are interested in becoming a member of our group, email your request to whizkidzandco@yahoo.com.
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Wiregrass Education Association (WE3A)
An association of Wiregrass home-based education church schools who have united together to offer ongoing support and encouragement to one another.
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The Teenage Liberation Handbook
How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
by Grace Llewellyn
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| For everyone who has ever gone to school or is interested in the current national debate over educational reforms, but it is especially relevant for teenagers and the parents or caregivers of teens.
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Dumbing Us Down
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto
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| In this tenth-anniversary edition, Gatto updates his theories on how the U.S. educational system cranks out students the way Detroit cranks out Buicks. He contends that students are more programmed to conform to economic and social norms rather than really taught to think.
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The Three R’s
by Ruth Beechick
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| Three resources in one READING, WRITING, and ARITHMETIC! Learn how to take the mystery out of teaching the early grades with this practical, down-to-earth guidebook from Ruth Beechick.
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The Unprocessed Child
Living Without School
by Valerie Fitzenreiter
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| The Unprocessed Child is a work of nonfiction about a child raised with no coercion and no curriculum. It is the first book written about a radically unschooled child who has now reached adulthood and is a responsible member of society.
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Y Is For Yellowhammer
An Alabama Alphabet
by Carol Crane
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| Written in the popular two-tier format for the Discover America State by State series, with simple rhymes for younger children and expository text for older children, Y is for Yellowhammer is a delightful tour of the state of Alabama.
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Time For Kids
Our 50 United States and Other U.S. Lands |
| Gain important new insights to American history. Readers will follow the birth of the United States from the first colony to become a part of the new nation in 1787 to the last territory to be admitted to the Union 172 years later.
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Carschooling
Over 350 Entertaining Games & Activities to Turn Travel Time into Learning Time
by Diane Flynn Keith
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| "You'll be staggered by the ingenuity and imagination captured in these pages. What a brainbath!"
—JOHN TAYLOR GATTO, author of Dumbing Us Down and The Underground History of American Education
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