Ordinary as this sounds, we are no ordinary moms! (or dads!) We are a fun-loving and dedicated bunch, and we hope you will join us not just for the purpose of receiving timely updates on activities and happenings, but also for the purpose of fellowship via internet!

If you know of any other homeschoolers in the general Bedford County area, please invite them to join us! It is our hope that this egroup may serve to link us together more closely. So jump in and join! We are looking forward to having you! This group is moderated simply to keep our ranks free of spammers, etc.

The group is only for East Tennessee residents who are now homeschooling or are interested in homeschooling. Share your ideas, websites and neat field trip opportunities here!

Our meetings are held the second Monday of the month at Victory Baptist Church on Island Road (off Lee Hwy.) in Bristol at 7 p.m.

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." -- Proverbs 22:6

Please see our website, http://cnwgachs.tripod.com/ for more information.

Our email list is for home school related news, upcoming events, community activities, field-trips; or to ask questions that will help you educate your children at home. You may also list curriculum and other items of interest that you want to buy or sell.

Please use gracious speech if responding to someone's email. We will not allow any disrespectful, inflammatory, slanderous, vulgar, or mean-spirited language or actions on the message board, in person, or in private emails to any of our members. We will also not allow anything of the like on any of our member's Yahoo profile.

TO JOIN: Click the Blue "Join this Group" box on the top right hand side of this screen. You will receive an email requesting further information to process your membership. If we do not receive a response from you, your membership will not be complete.

Statement of Faith held by HOPE @ Home Leadership: We profess Jesus Christ to be our Lord and Savior and acknowledge Him to be the only begotten Son of God, who was crucified and died for the atonement of all sin of those who put their faith in Him. We believe He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are the foundation of our faith.

For more information, visit Learning Happens.

This Yahoo group is the way we communicate with our members through email and is by invitation only. For more information about this group, contact phillip_shelly@hotmail.com.

Please note: Our home school community is large and diverse. Some families may have a different theology. We all have the right as individuals to exercise our own religious beliefs. Please be sensitive to and respectful of religious beliefs that may differ from your own. Since the family is the seat of religious learning, it is important that we seek to not contradict the religious practices established within the home. We must respect one another work together in love to accomplish our goals. Our Core Values are:

Integrity, Honesty, Excellence, Accountability, Respect

For more information, visit http://www.heac.co.nr/.

New members, please email your contact information for the directory and "phone tree" to the moderator.

Members, tell us about your activities and add them to the calendar of events!!

HOMESCHOOL HIDEOUT E-MAIL BULLETIN BOARD. Participating families, individuals, support organizations may share their announcements, ideas, prayer requests list their "wanted" and "for sale" items by "posting" them on our friendly e-mail "bulletin board".

For more information, visit http://www.mytincottage.com/tenn.htm.

HS4RKids is a place where home schooling Moms can share their sources on home schooling for cheap(i.e. websites, free resources, lessons, used bookstores in the area, and much more). So, if you are interested in home schooling and would like to do it for a little less; then subscribe to HS4RKids.

I would like to have us meet for play dates, field trips, fun days (i.e. bowling, rollerskating, etc...), and also do seasonal/holiday parties.So when you join if you are interested in doing activites like this please feel free to organize them or email the listmom for any help you might want in planning a event.

If you would like more information about HS4RKids Social Group and our current activities, please subscribe to this list. ALL HOMESCHOOLERS ARE WELCOME AT HS4RKids ACTIVITIES.

Check out our website for more information http://www.tennkidsclub.org/.

LAMP is a local christian support group for homeschooling families and those interested in homeschooling in Murray-Calloway County and surrounding areas of Western Kentucky. We are dedicated to helping each other as we pursue the endeavor of home educating our children. It is our aim to provide support to parents as they educate their children. We believe in LOVING,AFFIRMING, MINISTERING, and PREPARING them as they take roles in the church, their family and in becoming "lights" in their community.

Members of the LAMP support group use this board to announce field trips & outings, parent support group meetings, homeschool activities and just general "chat" about topics of interest for homeschool families. This is not a "LAMP Members ONLY" board though, we welcome homeschool families to join us from Cadiz, to Hoptown, from Aurora, to Paris, from Metropolis to Fulton and all those little places in between! If you live in western KY, southern IL, southeast MO or west TN then this will be a great list for you!

All are welcome as we strive to encourage each other in a positive manner. We encourage you to ask your homeschooling questions and post local & national homeschool news. Happy Homeschooling everyone!

For more information, visit http://www.calloway-lamp.org/.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND FORWARDS FROM OTHER LISTS OR ANECDOTES, There are people who don't like to get lots of email and we need to be careful about this.

You can download articles or pictures in the files. If you have any questions about curricula, feel free to ask.

I have the board set to discard all attachments. This should help to keep us virus-free. If you don't want ads on the bottom of your email, go to "edit my membership," scroll down to "message format" and select "Do not convert to HTML."

I've started putting events on the calendar. Select calendar on the left of the screen.

If you have any questions or problems subscribing, please e-mail me at office@mthea.org. To join MTHEA, send $35 to MTHEA Membership, P.O. Box 147, Old Hickory TN 37138 or join through the website at www.mthea.org.

If you have any questions or problems subscribing, please e-mail me at office@mthea.org. To join MTHEA, send $35 to MTHEA Membership, P.O. Box 147, Old Hickory TN 37138 or join through the website at www.mthea.org.

By "alternative" we refer to unschoolers, eclectic homeschoolers, vegetarians, musicians, artists, hippies, attachment parenting parents, pagans and all homeschooling families who do not feel that they fit a typical stereotype.

Peace is our motto and negativity towards other members will not be tolerated. All are welcome regardless of race, religion, education theories etc.

This is a group where Nashville homeschool parents and their only children can meet together, form friendships, swap childcare, plan educational activities together and offer each other support.

All Nashville homeschoolers are welcome, new, old, school-at-homers, unschoolers. If you have a need to connect your child with other homeschoolers, then you have a place here.

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.

After all, this is an activity group for homeschool support and we do expect to see our members at activities from time to time so we can get to know them better. Also, the group and its activities are as successful as our member families make them be.

The NWTHEA list functions to connect homeschooling families and their support groups in North West Tennessee. Its purpose is to keep families aware of the opportunities for support and enrichment available within a roughly 60 mile radius of Henry County, TN. We welcome posts from local homeschool organizations. Meeting announcements, field trip and activity opportunities, workshops and conferences, and homeschool related for-sale items will be welcome. While we welcome families of all faiths to participate, please be aware that the overwhelming majority of members of this list are Christian and the subject matter of many posts will reflect a conservative, pro-family, pro-life point of view. If this is offensive to you, please do not subscribe.

This group has been formed for people of color of any ethnicity who homeschool and are located in Middle Tennessee. POCH will provide playgroups, field trips, support groups for parents and teens, and various other activities.

The purpose of POCH is to provide an environment for the children of color to connect with others who look like them. POCH is in place to assist parents with enriching their children's educational life with activities that speak to the unique experiences of diverse cultures. This is not meant to take place of regular play dates, field trips and various other activities. It is just a way to let People of Color know there are more of us out there homeschooling! It is also to provide a support group for the parents as well!

This is an announce-chat list. If you have homeschool questions, "homeschool" items for sale, would like to coordinate a field trip or play date, and so-on post the email here and all on the list will receive it.

POCH is a parent driven organization. Because Middle Tennessee encompasses a wide area of the state, POCH activities are not centralized. POCH members are encouraged to plan activiites that are convient to them and other members are free to attend.

This group does not discriminate and is not a closed group to any race. Anyone who supports our "purpose" is welcome!

The Southeast LDS Homeschoolers online support group fills a special slot that no other group offers. This group offers homeschoolers a chance to associate with outstanding families and home educators from all over the region. As a member, you can reach out and find other families who live near you. This is a great place to share ideas, plan activities, or just ask advice.

Do you live in the SE region of the United States? You are invited to join our online homeschool support group. We invite all parents who want to help their children succeed in school and in life, veteran home educators looking for a fresh start, new family educators searching for help and ideas, and parents just thinking about home education to join us.

Our Annual Homeschool Gathering is sponsored by the Southeast Region LDS Homeschool Association is held in Georgia.

For more information, visit http://www.schoolofabraham.com/segathering.htm.

Come on in to discuss the latest in homeschooling methods and materials. Ask questions, get answers about home schooling and your family. If you need more help than can be offered here our ggroup does have in place a mentoring program that we can match you up with a mentor who is a "seasoned" Homeschooler.

Please provide a real name and address when requesting membership.

While we welcome the sharing of information between different area homeschool groups. Please ask before sharing information from this group.

Questions prior to joining may be sent to: shapedirector@charter.net.

For more information, visit http://shapeeducators.com/.

To join, simply answer the following questions and mail to TChomeschool-subscribe@yahoogroups.com:

• What is your full name?
• Are you currently a Christian homeschooler?
• Are you located in the Tri-Cities of Tennessee: Kingsport, Johnson City, Bristol or surrounding areas?
• Do you know someone on our list? If not or if you are unsure, how did you hear about our group?
• What is the name of the church with which you are affiliated?

After approval, simply respond to the "invitation" that Yahoo will automatically send you. Follow instructions to set up an account, only giving the information that is required. You will then be sent additional information to help you navigate the Digest, in addition to information about local support groups, etc.

Our policy regarding "on-topic" postings - we do not impose an ON TOPIC ONLY policy on this list. The thought of having to police this list for "off" topic posts sends shivers down my spine. There isn't enough money in the world to pay me to take on the job of having to explain/defend to the vast majority of our feisty, opinioned list members why topic x is "on" topic and topic "y" isn't. Willingness to use the delete key for threads that do not interest you or to take the heat if you enter the kitchen are our expectations for list members. Other expectations are: willingness to keep your virus software up-to-date and willingness to execute user accomplishable tasks such as managing your list subscription needs.

Y'all come visit now, sit a spell, take your shoes off, but be prepared we can be a rowdy bunch.

For more information, visit Learning Happens.

Until the group size demands changes, I will post my own unit studies for all to review and follow, and any questions or comments can be posted in response. Be sure to check the links and files on the homepage regularly, as I am continually uploading new information.

New members are encouraged to post their own studies as well!

For more information about Tipton HEART, please visit www.tiptonheart.org.

For more information, visit our website at http://tnhomeed.com/Elist.html.

In consideration of everyone’s time we ask that you comply with a few rules. What takes you a moment to comply with saves many times that amount of time for your fellow list members.

• Please stay on topic (homeschooling and education in general).
• Extend grace when reading and replying to posts. Not every post needs an immediate response or a response at all.
• Verify or cite whatever information you share.
• Please refrain from forwarding to the list what is essentially Internet junk mail (advertisements, cute stories or joke lists, requests for postcards for a class project, virus warnings and alerts).
• “Me too” posts are discouraged. Consider whether your post needs to be read by ALL the members of the list or should be sent to the individual instead.
• Please snip unnecessary information from your replies and keep your signature to just a couple of lines.
• This list is ‘text only’ and doesn’t allow attachments. This keeps the list from passing on viruses.
• This list will have a Christian flavor but intolerance of any religion or non-religion will not be allowed.
• The list may occasionally be placed on moderation or require approval for membership. These are temporary changes. Posters who violate the above will be placed on moderation without notice.

TnHomeEd also hosts a Chat list which where the parameters are much wider and little is off topic. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tnhomeed-chat/.

At http://TnHomeEd.com, you'll find the law, umbrella schools, support groups, vendors, how to get started, a calendar of events and much more.

The basic rules of gracious behavior and an attitude of listening and understanding should be observed. Inflammatory language and judgmental tones should be avoided.

Attachments are stripped from messages before being sent.

This list is intended for homeschooling families in Tennessee.

This group is a community in which we all play an important role in deciding and implementing the activities we want for our children. Your suggestions, ideas, and opinions are important. With all of us working together, we can create another fabulous year for our children! Thanks for making this group a success!

By joining this group, you agree to:

1. Accept other members of this group as the individuals that they are.
2. Be tolerant of others beliefs, opinions, and personal views.
3. Work out disagreements in a positive, cooperative manner that keeps the interest of the group as a whole in mind.
4. Agree to disagree. Not all members are going to have the same opinions, ideas, or view points on every issue. Therefore, it is important to always respect each member and their ideals at all times.

This list is about about unschooling -- no school, no tests, no assignments, no lesson plans, no curriculum, no learning objectives.

This a place to give and get support for your unschooling journey, ask for and offer help, and receive and present suggestions for snags, frustration, fears, and general problems of being an unschooling parent. It's also a venue for creating friendships and sharing your unschooling triumphs and joys.

If you consider yourself a relaxed or eclectic homeschooler, who may require, force, or even strongly encourage your children to "do schoolwork" of any kind, *and you don't wish to stop*, then you may feel this list isn't for you.

Lurking is discouraged. This list IS NOT for discussing curriculums and "school at home" methods.

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.

This group is dedicated to bringing together all home schoolers and home school support groups in Williamson County, TN and surrounding areas; including Franklin, Columbia, Spring Hill, Thompson Station, Brentwood, etc. Even if you live pretty close to the Williamson County border, in another county, you are welcome too. Make sure you register with Yahoo to get an ID, this will allow you to access this web-page to view the calendar, chat, plan and event, view message threads, and archives.

Please use this email group to pass along any home schooling related news, activities, field trips, or anything beneficial to home schoolers. Blessings in the Lord Jesus Christ!