Our group is especially for Christian homeschooling families for whom one of the following is true:

1. You still just daydream about country living...
2. You recently made your big move to the country and you're still learning...
3. You've been well-established on country acres for years and living the dream with plenty of expertise to share!

We talk about everything from healthy chores and wholesome bread recipes to birdwatching and gun safety. Anything goes!!

We will also read some books together, including Carla Emery's Encyclopedia of Country Living.

We promote a philosophy of relaxed, productive, character-building, homespun country education. This list is not for curriculum discussion, but for sharing our homesteading ideas and how country living affects the way we train our children.

For more information, visit Homeschool Country Living.

For more information, resources and articles about relaxed homeschooling, unschooling, child-led and interest-led learning, visit LeapingFromTheBox.com.

Educators using Patricia Kenschaft, Frank Smith, Charlotte Mason, Thomas Jefferson Ed / relaxed classical, Ruth Beechick, Montessori, Waldorf, "eclectic" and unschooling philosophies and methods may benefit from the exchange of ideas.

Members pass on articles, links and resources that might be of interest to home educators, tutors, and classroom educators interested in resources beyond curriculum.

From the site: "Insisting a child must be taught solely traditional, scope-and-sequence arithmetic to learn mathematics is like saying one must learn classical note reading and scales before one can learn music. You might get there, but you miss out on the inspiration of beautiful music created by the masters along the way. We need not master all the "basics" before being able to experience the appreciation that carries us through the hard work of learning. Think of applying living math principles as developing a 'mathematical ear' while working toward the mastery of basic theory."

For more about the list owner, Julie, visit Living Math!.

This list is dedicated to exploring how math can be learned without "school", without canned curricula, without lesson plans, without artifically dividing it up into grade levels and testing and drilling it to death; and how math is naturally all around us and how children (and adults too!) are doing math all the time, whether they realize it or not!

This list is geared towards unschooling, but those who are "unschooling except for math" (but are looking to let go of that last hang-up) or homeschoolers of any sort who are interested in thinking about math education outside the box are welcome!

In addition to being a an open discussion list, this list also serves to distribute regular "math fun" postings two or more times a week. This includes Link of the Week (cool math stuff on the 'net), Resource Recommendation (NOT canned curriculum stuff, just fun books, toys, games, etc. to play with and enjoy), Mathtivity (math tricks, games, puzzles, etc.), Math Lingo (fun with math vocab), Math Around the World (ethnomathematics), and Random Math Trivia (um, did you know that 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321? LOL).

SO...

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*Are you a single parent concerned you might not be able to meet the demands of homeschooling?

*Does your child have special needs?

Dell's Place has established a network for working moms, single parents, and the rest of us who struggle to pull it all together. The purpose of this network is for support and encouragement, but it's also to offer real solutions from other parents who struggle with the same issues. New Rising Homeschool Network is a brand new place where homeschoolers can meet other homeschoolers to offer and receive support and encouragement. If one of us doesn't have an answer, we're certain someone else will or at least have some insight into the matter. We're open to just about any topic (WITHIN REASON) whether it's specifically a homeschooling matter, potty training, or finding creative ways to stretch that dollar on one income. Our purpose is to offer real solutions from other parents who may struggle with the same issues. Not to worry, there's hope and there's help. Come on in and make new friends! Just remember, this is a Christian group. Inappropriate comments will not be allowed.

For more information, visit Dell's Place!.

This educational resource group is set up to share information about every kids' favorite learning resource (and best friend): the classroom pet. We hope that you will feel this a fun site to be a part of.

This is an all-inclusive group of educators (private, public and homeschool) that share using pets in the classroom/homeschool.

Our variety of pets may vary: hamsters, mice, frogs, ants, worms, lizards, cats, dogs, Triops (pre-historic Aquarsaurs that I could never get to grow with my kids), fish, butterflies, Guinea Pigs, lady bugs, crabs,or some other animal/creature; all with pets are welcomed to join.

Joining this group will encourage you to share: funny stories, pet care ideas (it is good for kids to know how to take proper care of them), favorite books and movies highlighting our pets, animal health care ideas, classroom projects, other websites, links, lesson plans, why our pet makes a good classroom pet, poetry, and new ideas on how to have our pets be a part of our educational day. You are also encouraged to add to the links, files, lesson plans, coloring pages, activities and health & care-giving information.

Questionnaire must be answered before being approved for membership.

Maybe you continue to help families in some way.

You are looking for ways to fill your empty nest with some new joys. Perhaps you are taking up new hobbies or traveling more.

Come join this relaxed group of mature, retired homeschool moms and dads.

You do NOT have to be a computer geek to join our list or have prior knowledge of robotics to participate. Anyone interested in finding out more about robotics and related fields is welcome to join our list, ask questions, and share resources.

Visit our main robotics page for additional resources: Robotics mailing list.

For more information, visit Roserock Homeschool Network.