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Welcome to cyberspace!
Mail reflectors, usually called "mail lists", take messages sent to them and distribute copies to all list members. The "e-zine" or newsletter type of mail list sends an issue or a memo to your email box, sometimes on a scheduled delivery date. Two-way mail lists, to which members can send their own messages, are similar to a conversation between many people. Some lists have "archives", in which old messages are stored.
Many lists are open for anyone to join. Others are "closed", and joining requires a one-to-one email exchange with a list owner, after which you may be approved for membership.
Each list takes on its own flavor, depending on the personalities involved and the subject(s) under discussion. A long-standing list takes on the characteristics of a community. Some lists are virtual communities!
If you don't feel comfortable with a particular list, look for another that better fits your needs and your conversational style.
If you haven't already, read
Netiquette 101 and learn how to avoid those embarrassing social faux pas.
A2Z News is a
newsletter for those who want updates to the A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling Web Site emailed to them. There will be homeschooling tips lifted from email responses, announcements of chat times, links to the best homeschooling sites I think you'd like to see.
The Eclectic Homeschool Online is a magazine for creative homeschoolers. Our email newsletter updates you on the latest articles, resources, and suppport group information added to our website. We average two mailings a month.
Acorns Homeschooling
NewsletterAcorns is an online newsletter for pagan homeschoolers. It is
published 8 times per year, and is in its fifth year of publication.
Homefires Journal
Our friendly community provides free curriculum ideas, activities, resources,humor, support and discussion in a forum that welcomes and respects you no matter what method or philosophy you choose. For Beginners & Veterans! We also offer free virtual homeschool conferences!
Magnanimity
A newsletter for those interested in the educational philosophies of Charlotte Mason and classical education. Articles will focus on the philosophy of education as well sharing ideas about putting those ideas into practice.
Time for Tea
is a quarterly email magazine which features articles on homeschooling with a lifestyle of REAL learning in the Charlotte Mason Style...discipling our children with a godly heritage...being a godly helpmeet, and homemaking from the heart.
Christian
Homeschooling Enjoy a bimonthly e-newsletter filled with all the latest and best articles about Christian home education!
A2Z Homeschool
Kick off your shoes and relax! Homeschooling can be fun and successful with your online buddies cheering you on and supporting your best effort to educate your children in whatever manner you feel suits your needs. This list is inclusive, which means we respect your choice of religion or none at all.
Basically Beechick
Ruth Beechick Style Homeschooling is an Eclectic approach which focuses on
natural learning through Real Books and Real Life. Basically Beechick is a Christian homeschool support group to discuss the methods and ideas of Dr. Ruth Beechick. Other authors whose ideas mesh well with Beechick's will be discussed as well. These authors include Rebecca Rupp, Jean Soyke, E.D. Hirsch, Robin Scarlata, Jane Claire Lambert, Valerie Bendt, Clay & Sally Clarkson, Cindy Rushton, Mary Hood, and Charlotte Mason.
The Clonlara Parents Mailing List is for Clonlara parents to get and keep in touch with each other, share ideas on field trips and projects, offer support and encouragement, just shoot the breeze, and more. It's main purpose is to draw the whole Clonlara "family" closer together.
Clonlara Students
Students of the Clonlara home-based education program can discuss homeschooling with other students in the school. Make friends, share experiences, and help each other work through the challenges of homeschooling.
Oak Meadow
This list is for discussing Oak Meadow curriculum. Any ideas, questions, or just general discussion are welcome. All religions, races, etc. are welcome.
Heart of Seton This is a support group for families using Seton Home Study Curriculum. We can share our ideas, problems, joys, activites, and much more.
Eclectic
Homeschool email list is an adjunct of the Eclectic Homeschool Online. We expect the discussions on this list to run the gamut of home education topics. The Eclectic Homeschool is published from a Christian perspective, but we do not limit the resources we use to purely Christian ones.
We Teach Abeka
list is dedicated to Christian Parents/Home Educators, who teach their children K-12, using all or part of the ABeka curriculum without the use of the ABeka Video program. The purpose of the list is to offer and receive help, suggestions, information, support, share favorite teaching methods, share helpful websites, share problems and concerns, and find friendships.
Unschooling-dotcom
Unschooling is the confidence to trust that young people will learn what they need from living their lives in freedom and joy. An unschooling parent is a facilitator and cheerleader who embraces life and learning with curiosity and enthusiasm. An unschooled child is free to choose the what, when, where and how of their learning - from mud puddles to Shakespeare to Spongebob Squarepants!
Unschooling is the
art of using a child's natural curiosity to guide learning. Join us and learn more about this.
Well Trained
Mind The participants on this list discuss the book "The Well-Trained Mind A Guide to Classical Education at Home" by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer. This group is open to all homeschoolers who are interested in learning more about classical education methods.
WE Homeschool While the majority of our members are Waldorf-inspired homeschoolers, anyone with an interest in Waldorf Education and/or homeschooling may join. We are an inclusive list and we represent a wide spectrum of faiths, life philosophies, and geographic locations.
CM-Waldorf This
list is designed for those interested in the Charlotte Mason approach to homeschooling with a Waldorf twist. Topics for discussion will be geared towards combining these two approaches successfully, and any other related issues.
Spirit
Led Are you a Christian Home Educater who uses a child-led approach? I have found as an unschooler, I often feel uncomfortable in the local homeschool groups (which are predominantly Christian), but as a Christian, I feel uncomfortable in the unschooling groups (which are predominantly non- (or even anti-) Christian. Each group has it's strengths and each it's weaknesses, but I think we need a forum to share freely our educational philosophies AND our faith.
Comments and suggestions welcomed!
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