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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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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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I saw the angel in the marble and I carved until I set him free.
~ Michaelangelo
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Montana Email Lists, Support Groups, Facebook Groups, Associations, Message Boards, Forums and Newsletters
- Billings Area Homeschoolers Facebook Page - A group for Homeschoolers (or potential homeschoolers) in the Billings, Montana area. Posts can be pretty much anything related to homeschooling, local activities or resources. Homeschooling specific for sale posts are ok. All types of homeschoolers are welcome.
- To Subscribe, visit Billings Area Homeschoolers Facebook Page.
- Bitterroot Homeschoolers Community Facebook Page - We welcome you to join us as we all explore this wonderful world of homeschooling in the Bitterroot Valley!
Please also visit our Bitterroot Homeschoolers Blog.
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- To "Like Us," visit Bitterroot Homeschoolers Community Facebook Page.
- Bitterroot Valley & Missoula Homeschoolers - Serving Homeschooling & Unschooling Families of Montana's Bitterroot Valley, Missoula and beyond, regardless of faith or schooling styles.
- To Subscribe, visit Bitterroot Valley & Missoula Homeschoolers.
- Bozeman Homeschool Network (BHN) - The Bozeman Homeschool Network is an inclusive gathering of families who share an interest in at-home learning. Through our activities we seek to support learners of all styles and philosophies. As a group we create opportunities for projects, field trips, community service, park days, family gatherings, discussion groups and sharing of resources.
- To Subscribe, visit Bozeman Homeschool Network (BHN).
- Butte HomeSchoolers Facebook Page - Come Join us for Park-days - Wednesday @ 11:00am Aquatic Park, Paradise - Thursdays @ Wildwood Park, Chico
Please check the Events for other get together's and if you are organizing an activity, class, park-day or other fun stuff please feel free create an event and if it's going to be a regular event let me know and I will put it up here.
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- To Subscribe, visit Butte HomeSchoolers Facebook Page.
- Butte, MT Home Schooling Families - A great place to meet other home schoolers in Butte and surrounding areas, ask questions, find answers, share information about events, plan a gathering with friends, buy or sell home school related items...you name it!
- To Subscribe, visit Butte, MT Home Schooling Families.
- Cascade County Homeschoolers - This is a meeting place for home-schoolers in Great Falls, and Cascade County. A place to network, and help each other on our homeschooling journey. We are predominantly a Christian Home School group, but we welcome home school families from all walks of life, and faith denominations. The site is intended for information exchange, post services and activities offered to the home school community.
For more information, contact Conny Mikulski at kds4_2grkds@yahoo.com
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- To Subscribe, visit Cascade County Homeschooler.
- Education Station - Whitehall / Jefferson Valley. The "Station" serves primarily as a community center for the home schooling families and others that have an interest in non-governmental solutions to the problems of the culture that we find ourselves in. Our primary focus is on home schooling families because we believe that as an identifiable group, they represent one of the best hopes for the reformation of the culture and society.
- To Subscribe, visit Education Station.
- Flathead Home Educators Association (FHEA) - Our main purpose is to encourage homeschooling. We are open to all but are Christian based. Our group has a variety of backgrounds so please do your homework and make sure activities are not offensive to your family morals or beliefs.
Membership dues are $20 per year. (Aug-May) The dues include newsletter subscription to the Homeschool Herald and a membership card that can be used at local businesses to receive discounts.
The F.H.E.A. helps support lobbying for home education at the capital in Helena, spelling bees, geography bees, Model UN, choir, band, graduation, senior banquet, the Homeschool Herald, website … your $20.00, along with the help from many local homeschool friendly businesses who advertise with us, goes a long way.
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- For more information, visit Flathead Home Educators Association (FHEA).
- Helena Area Christian Home Educators (HACHE) - HACHE is a home school support group that offers a monthly newsletter, connections, and fun activities for home school families in Helena and the surrounding area.
We are a nondenominational Christian organization that welcomes all home school families.
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- For more information, visit Helena Area Christian Home Educators.
- Helena Area Learning co-Opportunities (HALO) - We are a diverse group of families in Helena and the surrounding area. Our families cross the spectrum of homeschooling styles and all educational philosophies. We are an inclusive group and open to new members...
The purpose of this group is to provide support and networking for homeschooling families with children of all ages in Helena and the surrounding area. Through networking we can facilitate activities, classes, cultural events, field trips and general gatherings.
This is a place for homeschoolers to ask questions listen and learn, and relax with each other in a context where homeschooling, not religion or politics, is the primary common denominator.
... Join us, You might never know who you touch with your words. ...
HALO is a chapter of H.O.U.S.E. in Montana, a statewide network of homeschooling families (Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience)!...
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- To Subscribe, visit Helena Area Learning co-Opportunities (HALO).
- Helena Homeschoolers - This is a free, one-stop resource for homeschooling families in Helena, Montana and surrounding areas. We invite you to join us at our many activities free of membership or attendance requirements!
You can also find us on Facebook: Helena Homeschoolers Facebook Page.
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- For more information, visit Helena Homeschoolers.
- Helena Homeschool Network Facebook Page - Please post all your homeschool related events and questions! This page is intended as a clearing house for anything homeschool related.
- For more information, visit Helena Homeschool Network Facebook Page.
- Missoula Homeschool - Missoulahomeschool.com exists to support alternative education which encompasses all types of homeschooling, parent-directed learning, self-directed learning, and hybrid-schooling throughout Missoula, Montana and Bitterroot areas. Our goal here is to share relevant information with individuals, families and existing co-ops to make homeschooling a viable and successful option in this community.
- For more information, visit Missoula Homeschool.
- Montana Coalition of Home Educators (MCHE) - The Montana Coalition of Home Educators came together in 1988 as a cooperative effort of many individuals, organizations, and support groups in the state. The goal was to bring homeschoolers together to protect Montana's home school freedom while maintaining the independence and autonomy of the individual families and the existing local and state organizations. To accomplish this goal, a loose network of these groups, individuals and organizations was formed. An executive committee was selected to serve as a central clearinghouse for information, to set up and maintain a communication network, to watch for political and legal threats to Montana's freedom, and to inform homeschoolers and suggest possible actions to meet those threats.
MCHE was founded on the basic principles of responsibility and respect. Respect for the right and responsibility of parents to direct the education of their children was the motivation for forming a network for defending that right. Parents were encouraged to exercise personal responsibility for their families by determining for themselves what method of home education would work best for them. Respect for diversity and differences of opinions was encouraged. All parents and groups who wanted to be a part of the Coalition were encouraged to exercise their personal responsibility in defending home education freedom through public relations with legislators and local community, and by being involved with lobbying, hearings, letter writing and other actions needed.
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- For more information, visit Montana Coalition of Home Educators (MCHE).
- Park County Homeschool Network (P_H_N_) - Welcome to the Park County Homeschool Network web page and e-mail loop. We are a membership based cooperative of home educators created for the purpose of providing support to parents and students who have chosen to educate in a home environment. The web page provides a calendar of our activities and an information resource for all of our members. The e-mail loop allows any member to post questions or announce activities to the entire group.
- To Subscribe, visit Park County Homeschool Network (P_H_N_).
- Rocky Mountain Education Connection (RMEC) - Your friendly, inclusive network for homeschooling and unschooling information in Colorado and surrounding states (Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming). Need learning ideas, legal or support networks? Inspiration? A little humor in your day? We have that, too!
- For more information, visit Rocky Mountain Education Connection (RMEC).
- Yellowstone Coalition of Home Educators (YCHE) - he Yellowstone Coalition of Home Educators (YCHE) is a Christian based organization which was founded in the early 1980's and is open to members of all faiths. The purpose of YCHE is to serve the interests of home education, including; support of and assistance to members of YCHE, dissemination of legislative and other information affecting the rights of parents to direct the education and upbringing of their children, and sponsorship of educational resources for YCHE members throughout the Yellowstone Valley.
- To Subscribe, visit Yellowstone Coalition of Home Educators (YCHE).
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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Search results from both LeapingFromTheBox and blogs
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Free Range Learning
How Homeschooling Changes Everything
by Laura Grace Weldon
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Free Range Learning presents eye-opening data about the meaning and importance of natural learning. This data-from neurologists, child development specialists, anthropologists, educators, historians and business innovators-turns many current assumptions about school-based education upside down.
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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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The unschooling movement is founded on the principle that children learn best when they pursue their own natural curiosities and interests. Learning is a natural, inborn impulse, and the world is rich with lessons to be learned and puzzles to be solved.
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Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner
by Kathy Kuhl
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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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Homeschooling: The Teen Years
Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- to 18- Year-Old
by Cafi Cohen
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The teen years are when many homeschooling parents start to question or abandon their efforts. It's a precarious time, with challenging academics, pressing social issues, and the prospect of college looming. Parents can now breathe easy: this guide calms the teen-time jitters and even offers hope to those just turning to homeschooling now that their child is about to enter high school.
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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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