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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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Kindle Edition
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The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook
A Creative And Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling
by Dorothy Moore
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If you are thinking about homeschooling, or are struggling with a educational homeschooling curriculum that is difficult to use, let Dr. Ray and Dorothy Moore show you how to make homeschooling an easy-to-live-with family adventure in learning. This low-stress, low-cost program shows you how to build a curriculum around your child's needs and interests - and around a realistic family schedule.
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Learning All The Time
by John Holt
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This delightful book by the influential author of How Children Fail and How Children Learn shows how children learn to read, write, and count in their everyday life at home and how adults can respect and encourage this wonderful process.
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We find comfort among those who agree with us
- growth among those who don't.
~ Frank A. Clark
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Alabama Email Lists, Support Groups, Facebook Groups, Associations, Message Boards, Forums and Newsletters
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- NachoNews - North Alabama Christian Homeschool Organization - NachoNews is the official e-group of the North Alabama Christian Homeschool Organization. This organization is a support group led by a team of veteran homeschool moms. We sponsor several monthly events and publish a newsletter.
This list is for sharing updates to our monthly newsletter, for sharing homeschool information such as special events and opportunities, and for sharing any information that our members feel will be a blessing to others in our group. Our members can also use this list to post questions about planned activities or ask for advice or recommendations about issues of interest to Christian homeschoolers.
Membership in this list is limited to NACHO members in order to protect our privacy. For more information, visit the NACHO - North Alabama Christian Homeschool Organization Facebook page.
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- To Subscribe, visit NachoNews - North Alabama Christian Homeschool Organization.
- North Alabama Home Educators (NorthAlabamaHomeEducators) - We are an inclusive support group for anyone in or near north Alabama. We hold monthly Picnic & Play days at a local park when the weather is good and sometimes have other meetings and special events. All are welcome!
When applying for membership please let our ListMom know your name, your location (just area, not address) and your interest in the list (ie - looking for fun activities for my kids, looking for new friends, looking for other homeschoolers/unschoolers, etc). If you would like to include any other information that is optional. This information is private and only used by our ListMom to screen our membership as an anti-SPAM measure. It will not be passed on to anyone else. Posting an intro to the list is completely optional.
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- To Subscribe, visit North Alabama Home Educators.
- North Alabama Homeschool Curriculum and Resource Sale Facebook Page - This group is for people to post curriculum, resources, or materials related to homeschooling that they would like to sell or trade.
- To Subscribe, visit North Alabama Homeschool Curriculum and Resource Sale Facebook page.
- North Alabama Secular Homeschooling - A social/support group of people in the Huntsville metro area who are homeschooling for purposes other than religion. This group was set up by an atheist, but anyone is welcome who feels out of place in the religious support groups and/or who would like a resource for discussing secular curriculum.
- For more information, visit North Alabama Secular Homeschooling Facebook page.
- North Alabama Trailblazers (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.
We are a cooperative support group open to any homeschooler that needs one, not a cover school. We have kids of all ages but the heart of our membership is currently children ages 3-12. About once or twice a month we do field trips. We also do seasonal and holiday parties. We also do playdays twice a month from March-October at local parks. If a parent suggests an activity and is willing to help with it, we will try our best to do it.
If you would like more information about North Alabama Trailblazers and our current activities, please subscribe to this list. All homeschoolers are welcome to join us but in order to remain a member after joining YOU MUST EITHER BE REFERRED BY ONE OF OUR EXISTING MEMBERS OR SOMEONE IN THE HOMESCHOOLING COMMUNITY OR, IF APPLYING ON THE WEB AND YOU DO NOT KNOW US, MUST MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO ATTEND AT LEAST ONE FUNCTION WITHIN 60 DAYS OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO ALLOW US TO MEET YOU.
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- To Subscribe, visit North Alabama Trailblazers.
- North Baldwin Christian Academy - We are a Christian Homeschool support group. We schedule regular field trips and social time for our members. North Baldwin Christian is an active NETWORK SUPPORT GROUP in our community encouraging Families to be comfortable with their choice and religious right to home educate their children. You know your children better than anyone and have the God given knowledge to educate and provide resources to your own children. We DO NOT require families to sign our statement of faith, but understand we are a group of families with many different religious backgrounds working together for the same purpose of home educating our children. We serve: BAPTIST, CATHOLIC, PRESBYTERIAN, METHODIST, JEWISH, MORMON, CHURCH OF CHRIST, LUTHERAN, GREEK ORTHODOX, and NON- DENOMINATIONAL.
- To Subscribe, visit North Baldwin Christian Academy.
- Northwest Alabama Christian Homeschool - NACH - Northwest Alabama Christian Homeschool- a homeschool group for counties in Northwest Alabama (Winston, Walker, Marion, Franklin and surrounding areas). NACH a place where we can encourage one another, seek advice and counsel on our journeys towards raising and schooling our children to be Godly adults. If you are looking for a certain curriculum item or have something for sale, please feel free to post that also.
- To Subscribe, visit Northwest Alabama Christian Homeschool Facebook page.
- PathwaysAcademy - A list to provide encouragement, ideas and support to faculty of Pathways Academy.
- To Subscribe, visit Pathways Academy.
- PEAK Homeschool Network Facebook Page - If you live in Alabama or Mississippi and are looking for a diverse, collaborative community of inclusive homeschoolers, welcome to PEAK!
- To Subscribe, visit PEAK Homeschool Network Facebook page.
- Redstone Arsenal Homeschoolers Facebook Page - This will be the online meeting place for our members to share ideas, chat about homeschooling in our community, coordinate co-ops and field trips, and just get to know each other better!
Membership is open only to homeschooling families (military or civilian) who live on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama and Active Duty and Retiree military homeschooling families who live in the immediate area. If this describes you, please request to join the group! We would love to have you join us!
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- To Subscribe, visit Redstone Arsenal Homeschoolers Facebook page.
- Sacred Grove Homeschoolers (SacredGroveHS) - This is a closed list for enrolled families and staff of Sacred Grove Academy, a pagan cover school for Alabama homeschoolers. It is primarily a means for the staff to keep in touch with the parents and students of Sacred Grove, and also allows them to network with the other families enrolled in Sacred Grove. Families enrolled in Sacred Grove are automatically subscribed to the list.
For more info on Sacred Grove, please see our Sacred Grove Academy website. If you are a pagan homeschooler in Alabama, and simply want support and compansionship, please join our other list, Alabama Pagan Homeschool.
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- To Subscribe, visit Sacred Grove Homeschoolers.
- SAH Curric Share/Swap/Sell Facebook Page (South Alabama Homeschooling) Facebook Page - Here is a curric sale and swap for South Alabama Homeschooling. We will still discuss curriculum in the group but this will be for any curriculum you have to swap, share, or sell.
- To Subscribe, visit SAH Curric Share/Swap/Sell Facebook Page (South Alabama Homeschooling) Facebook Page.
- Selma Home Educators - A support group offering activities and field trips.
- For more information, contact Sarah at saghedo@yahoo.com.
- Secular Homeschool Encouragement Birmingham Alabama (SHE-BA) - Welcome to Secular Homeschool Encouragement - Birmingham Alabama. A place for those of you in Birmingham and the surrounding area who homeschool for non-religious reasons, to come together for support, encouragement and socialization. We welcome open minds and open hearts to join our group. All homeschoolers are welcome regardless of the ages of your children. We are located in Birmingham, so most of our activities will take place in Birmingham. So if you are currently homeschooling, or are thinking about it and need to find connections, please join.
- For more information, visit Secular Homeschool Encouragement Birmingham Alabama.
- Shoals Teen Scene Facebook Page - What is Teen Scene? It is a group specifically for our Alabama homeschooling teens, age 12* and up, to socialize. This group is not educational but SOCIAL. There will be at least one event per month September through May pre-scheduled. Other events may be added in throughout the year by members of the group.
Please request membership and at the same time of the membership request, please send an email to Deb Spradlin ~ everestacademy1@gmail.com. If I do not receive an email from you and do not personally know you, then I will refuse your request for membership.
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- For more information, visit Shoals Teen Scene Facebook page.
- South Alabama Homeschooling Facebook Page - Welcome to South Alabama Homeschooling! This group was created for all homeschooling families. I wanted a place to post tips, ideas for field trips, great blogs, etc. As well as have a online support system for other homeschooling families.
- For more information, visit South Alabama Homeschooling Facebook page.
- St. Clair Homeschoolers Facebook Page - A community for St. Clair County Homeschoolers. Events open to all areas of Alabama
- For more information, visit St. Clair Homeschoolers Facebook page.
- Tennessee Valley Homeschoolers (TNValleyHomeschoolers) - We are an all inclusive group of homeschooling families in the Tennessee Valley. Our intentions are to provide an avenue for homeschoolers in all of the Tennessee Valley to give and receive support and information. Currently, our group offers a Mom's Night once a month, holiday parties, field trips, and any other activity proposed and planned by any of our members. All ideas are welcomed and all members are encouraged to plan as well as participate. In order to insure that all of our new members are homeschooling families, upon request for membership you will be asked to give some very basic information.
- To Subscribe, visit Tennessee Valley Homeschoolers.
- Tennessee Valley Home School Events (TNvalleyHSevents) - Need a FREE place to advertise your home school groups' events so others who live in the Tennessee Valley can attend? Well, this is the place! Feel free to post any events that homeschoolers in North Alabama or South Central Tennessee are welcome to attend such as books fairs, library sales, field trips, classes, and community events. When posting, please include all pertinent information including a phone number and/or e-mail address of a contact person.
This is not a discussion list and please do not post items for sale. If you represent a company or a group, you may include your web site address in your sig. Attachments will be removed. Spammers will be removed.
And don't miss the only home business conference of its kind where you can take your teens to learn how to make money from home without college. Learn more here: Entrepreneur Days. For more information about anything, feel free to contact me. Welcome aboard! Rhea! Moderator
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- To Subscribe, visit Tennessee Valley Home School Events.
- Tri-County Home Educators (Bibb Couny area) (Tri-countyhomeeducators) - This is a homeschool support group for the Bibb County and surrounding area. Any information about activities and ideas for activities will be posted here. We are a christian group that is here to offer support and fellowship to our members. Please do not post any offensive material, thanks.
- To Subscribe, visit Tri-County Home Educators (Bibb Couny area).
- Tuscaloosa Home Educators (THE) - Tuscaloosa Home Educators (THE) is a support and resource group for home educators in Tuscaloosa and surrounding communities. THE membership is open to families who are schooling their children at home or anyone actively supportive of home education.
Membership in THE entitles member families to participate in THE sanctioned activities (e.g. sports teams, field trips, choir, Geo Bee, honor society, used book sale, parent workshops); discount membership in Homeschool Legal Defense Association; a yearly directory of members; and inclusion on an e-letter list.
Members in THE are not required to adhere to a particular statement of faith. However, the leadership of THE does believe in the authority and inerrancy of the Bible and that it is the parents' God-given role and responsibility to train and educate their children in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord."
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- For more information, visit Tuscaloosa Home Educators (THE).
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Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner
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Whether you already homeschool, are considering it, or just want to help your child after school, Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner helps you teach your child at home. "Anyone who lives or works with a struggling learner will find many a valuable nugget to aid in their work with these children." Barbara D. Ingersoll, Ph.D.
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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
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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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Homeschooling For Dummies
by Jennifer Kaufeld
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If, like many parents, you’re wondering whether homeschooling can be the solution you’re looking for, then you’ll be happy to know that the answer is yes.
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The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Teens
by Debra Bell
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Debra Bell has helped numerous homeschooled students, including four of her own, gain college admission and win substantial scholarships to the schools of their choice.
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The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child
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