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A student should not be taught more than he can think about.
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Ohio Email Lists, Support Groups, Message Boards, Forums and Newsletters
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- 4_Winds (The 4 Winds 4-H Group) - A branch of The Dayton Area Homeschoolers homeschool support group, The 4 Winds 4-H Group includes both homeschoolers and "traditional schoolers". We welcome you to join us! The younger set can learn through Cloverbuds, ages 5-9. If you're 9 as of Jan 1st, you can be a full member in 4-H, participate in the meetings, and bring at least 1 project per year to the Montgomery County Fair. Members can remain active through age 18, and the benefits of membership will last a lifetime! The leadership skills, public speaking experience and educational projects are huge benefits, and look great on college applications! We are an academic 4-H group, which means that we don't specialize in horses, for instance. The projects range from rocketry and small engines to animal projects, cooking and sewing, or make up your own! Our regular monthly meetings are 6-7:45pm on the 4th Friday of the month, with no regular club meetings scheduled in Nov. or Dec. We meet at Oakwood United Methodist Church, 206 E. Hadley Ave., Dayton OH 45419.
- To Subscribe, visit 4_Winds.
- 4Him - Homeschool Bulletin Board: This group is open to all homeschooling families and will be strictly used to post upcoming community events and any OPEN homeschool activities in (Northeastern) Ohio.
This group is moderated which means messages must be approved or rejected and the messages will then be available to members only.
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- To Subscribe, visit 4Him.
- AAHCO (AAHCo - AA Homeschoolers in Central Oh) - This list is for African American homeschoolers in the Central Ohio area to meet each other,plan fields, and just generally network with other AA homeschooling families in the area. This is an inclusive and anyone is welcome to join just keep in mind this may address many issues and concerns pertaining to African Americans in the homeschooling community. No spamming or flaming allowed.
- To Subscribe, visit AAHCO.
- Activitiesforohiofamiliesteachingathome (Activities for families teaching at home) - Welcome to your board!Please take a minute to introduce your family.The events and activities listed here are not sponsored by anyone group or school.You should get school approval for the trip if you are E-schooling. Here you can post activities you find that may be of interest to others, Post prayer requests. I will post trips, activities and parties. If there is some where your child wants to visit let me know just e-mail me I will do my very best to set it up.I am planning parties for Holidays, dinners, Clown school, bowling,swim lessons and others as I locate. Please feel free to post sites here that can help each other. I will try things in as many places as I can locate. Please invite your friends who teach and learn from home as well.Check the board often. God Bless, Sarah Wood
- To Subscribe, visit Aactivitiesforohiofamiliesteachingathome.
- Ashtabula-homeschool - Networking homeschoolers in and around Ashtabula county, Ohio and Erie county, Pa.
- To subscribe, visit Ashtabula-homeschool.
- athenscountyhomeschoolers (Athens County Homeschoolers) - Welcome! Athens County Homeschoolers in a networking list for home educationg families in the Athens County/Southeast Ohio Area. We welcome the diversity of all the thousands of different home educating styles and reasons to do so. Anyone who is homeschooling or interested in homeschooling is welcome to join for discussion, friendship, and to organize play dates, field trips, or announce any activities of interest to families.
- To Subscribe, visit athenscountyhomeschoolers.
- BSHEA (Black Swamp Home Educators Association) - The Black Swamp Home Educator's Association (BSHEA) Group is based on the mutual interest of homeschoolers in the Northwest Ohio (primarily Bowling Green and surrounding area) region. We are not based on political or religious beliefs. Our mission is to provide information, resources and support to home educators, their families, and those interested in home education; to co-ordinate educational and social opportunities in a co-operative, nurturing and multi-generational environment for adults, teens and children; and to promote an open and inclusive community for home educators to interact in an atmosphere of respect and dignity. Participation is open to anyone of any belief system, creed, race, gender, age, national origin, or educational philosophy or family type. (Please include your email address with your request to join. Requests to join that do not include an email address will, unfortunately, be denied.)
- To Subscribe, visit BSHEA.
- C-A-T-C-H (Cincy Area Teaching Children At Home) - Welcome to the e-list for CATCH (Cincinnati Area Teaching Children at Home). CATCH is a community-based educational organization for all who educate at home, or are interested in home education options, especially for those who live in the tri-state area which includes Southwestern Ohio, Southeastern Indiana, and Northern Kentucky. Join us to discuss current legal, educational, philosophical, and practical issues relevant to home education. Feel free to post your ideas and opinions, your sources and resources, news of interest to home educators, events and activities, internet links, as well as your support and suggestions for others in this member forum.
GROUP LIST RULES: This is and always has been a "members only" group, not a public list. Joining this list automatically gives you FREE membership in CATCH. All messages belong to the author of the message. Flamers, baiters, or spammers may be automatically unsubscribed from membership in this group. Members may not post what a fellow listmember writes to you via private email (off-list) without first receiving email permission. See full rules in the CATCH LIST RULES file in the group file section. Joining this list implies that you will comply with all rules.
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- To Subscribe, visit C-A-T-C-H.
- CentralOhioK12 (Central Ohio K12) - Welcome to Central Ohio K12! This group is intended for all families using the K12 curriculum in the Central Ohio area. Whether you homeschool independently with K12 or are enrolled in the Ohio Virtual Academy (OHVA), or are just thinking about k12, you are welcome.
While the school has representatives that occasionally helpfully participate on this board, this board is independent of the school and not officially affiliated with the school itself. And although we are users of the k12 curriculum, we do not have an official affiliation with k12, either. This group is intended to facilitate open communication amongst parents.
Members of this list discuss anything related to K12. The number of Central Ohio K12 users is steadily increasing, and this list will be a good way for us to connect with one another.
Members can also share their knowledge and experiences about other Central Ohio groups and activities that our children can join to enrich their educational experience, socialization, and those all-important supplemental hours, if you happen to use OHVA. Since we are more localized, we can more effectively arrange outing opportunities, play dates, and form more affiliations with other parents who are close to us by meeting and sharing the K12 curriculum teaching responsibilites. Sometimes we are just here to support each other and that's wonderful, too!
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- To Subscribe, visit CentralOhioK12 .
- CHEOWLEO - CHEOWLEO stands for Christian Home Educators in Ohio Who Love Each Other. This tongue-in-cheek name for a non-existent state organization appeared in an online conversation and is commemorated here.
The purpose of CHEOWLEO is to provide Christian home educators in Ohio with a forum for lively discussion of homeschooling issues. We are primarily a forum for addressing homeschooling questions and concerns, such as how to homeschool in Ohio, answering questions and providing support from a Christian perspective. Legislation alerts pertaining to education and family are welcome. We do ask that you *try* to focus on home education topics, recognizing that what constitutes a home education topic varies from family to family. Quotes from the Bible are welcome, as are varied opinions.
Since we are CHEOWLEO we are required to hold to two rules: to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love our neighbors as ourselves. We encourage posters, therefore, to refrain from damaging their relationship with other list members. Lively discussion is encouraged. But personal attacks are not. List members are reminded that we all come from different backgrounds and may not always agree. Sometimes we must agree to disagree.
Due to an increase of spam, new members will be moderated.
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- To Subscribe, visit CHEOWLEO.
- CHESCA (The CHESCA Support Group) - CHESCA is an acronym for Christian Home Educators Stark County Association. We provide support to Christian home educators in the Stark County, Ohio area. The purpose of this email list is to give up-to-the-minute news concerning our activities, sports, classes, field trips, fellowships, camps, political action on homeschooling, sharing prayer requests and all around general information to our membership. This is a restricted list. You must be a current member of CHESCA to receive announcements from this list.
For more detailed information about CHESCA, please see our website listed below or visit one of the Stark County District Libraries and search for our brand new CHESCA Library Manual called Home Education in Stark County and the State of Ohio. This is available as a PDF download at our website, CHESCA Online.
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- To Subscribe, visit CHESCA.
- CHSTeenNight (Cleveland HomeSchool Teen Night) - This group is for all homeschoolers (traditional, unschooled, eschooled regardless of religion, political views, etc. etc. (all that serious stuff)) and their parents to plan fun activities and events. This will enable the homeschooled teens in our area to get together in a safe environment and allow them to meet other teens.
- To Subscribe, visit CHSTeenNight.
- cincihomeschoolcoop (Central Cincinnati Homeschool Coop) - This is a small group of young families located in central/western Cincinnati participating in playgroups, field trips and organized activities. We aim to support each other throughout the homeschooling years. As most members see each other regularly, this site is used for activity planning rather than general discussion re. homeschooling.
- To Subscribe, visit cincihomeschoolcoop.
- Cincinnati_Home_Schoolers (Greater Cincinnati Home Schoolers) - This site is for Home Schoolers and those interested in learning in general. There does not tend to be much discussion but it is welcome if desired. You are encouraged to post information of interest to you as you homeschool/learn with your family. I post what is of interest to me as I do the same.
There is but one rule here - you must be respectful. This list is not affiliated with any particular religion (or lack thereof) or with any particular home schooling method or group. You may, therefore, encounter people whose beliefs are at odds with your own. Please take from this list what interests you and express your disagreement/disinterest by hitting "delete".
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- To Subscribe, visit Cincinnati_Home_Schoolers.
- Clevelandareahomeschool (Cleveland, Ohio area homeschoolers) - Cleveland, Ohio area homeschoolers are invited to join this group for discusions, field trips, classes, curriculum, or any other topic you deem appropriate dealing with homeschool issues.
- To Subscribe, visit Clevelandareahomeschool.
- colh (Columbus Ohio LDS Homeschoolers) - A local support group for homeschooling families that are member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Columbus, Ohio. We encourage people to also join INCHES Yahoo group for tons of local homeschool activities, classes, and info. This group is intended more for personal, spriritual support and a place to share more personal experiences. We would love to have members of any denomination as long as you are tolerant of our beliefs.
- To Subscribe, visit colh.
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Please notify if your email list, support group, message board, forum or newsletter is not included here or if you see errors.
This is an ongoing project - please check back often for updates.
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B Is For Buckeye
An Ohio Alphabet
by Marcia Schonberg
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| Did you know that Ohio is called "The Mother of Presidents" for the eight United States Presidents born there? Or, that 23 astronauts -- the most of any state -- are from Ohio? These and more amazing facts are revealed in B is for Buckeye, a must-have for every Ohioan (from Ulysses S. Grant to John Glenn)!
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The Unschooling Handbook
How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom
by Mary Griffith
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| Unschooling, a homeschooling method based on the belief that kids learn best when allowed to pursue their natural curiosities and interests, is practiced by 10 to 15 percent of the estimated 1.5 million homeschoolers in the United States.
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Roadside Geology of Ohio
Roadside Geology Series
by Mark J. Camp
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| Ohio's bedrock reveals a rich story of the ancient landscapes and animals-foot-long clams, massive meat-eating reptiles, lumbering mammoths-that existed thousands to hundreds of millions of years ago. Fluctuating seas full of marine life, widespread floodplains and rivers choked with sediment, and mile-thick ice sheets from the north all shaped Ohio's present landscape.
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Rail-Trails Midwest Great Lakes
Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Guidebooks
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| With 120 rural, suburban, and urban trails threading through nearly 2300 miles, Rail-Trails Midwest: Great Lakes covers Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
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A Patchwork of Days
Share a Day with 30 Homeschooling Families
Nancy Lande
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| What better way to create your homeschool than reading about others and picking and choosing the styles that appeal to you? Lande has corralled a variety of homeschoolers and, with some deft editing, allowed them to speak for themselves.
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Ohio Off The Beaten Path
Off The Beaten Path Series
by George Zimmermann
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| Discover a working cattle ranch in Gluocester, vineyards in Wooster, and the country's largest collection of acoustic guitars in Coshocton--Ohio has many unique sites waiting to be explored.
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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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Ohio (Hello USA series)
by Dottie Brown
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| An introduction to the land, history, people, economy, and environment of Ohio.
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Instead of Education
Ways to Help People do Things Better
by John Holt
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| Instead of Education, although less widely known than his more famous titles, is John Holt at the top of his game. If you are one of the millions of walking wounded still staggering from your own encounter with forced institutional schooling, and trying to spare your own kids from its damage, this book will be your guide and a good friend.
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