Some of us are more eclectic in approach than others, and if you are after a "pure" CM approach, you might be more comfortable on some other lists such as CMason,Ambleside,CMSeries and TimeforTea. However, if you love living books and CM's ideas on education, and want to share experiences and resources relevant to our home surroundings, you'll probably be comfortable here. We try as much as possible to keep "on topic" - if you consider CM methods and living books to be the "heart" of our email discussions, it will help in that direction!

Please note that this list has no affiliation to a particular religion. However, as many Christian homeschoolers use a CM or living books approach, this may be reflected in some posts. On the other hand, we understand that families who do not homeschool for religious reasons, also find such approaches beneficial. We ask for tolerance from all, and note that there is absolutely NO room for theological debate on this list.

For more information, visit Charlotte Mason and Friends.

Discussion is permitted on any topic related to being a homeschooling parent (so jokes, & anything about chocolate is definitely "OK", and anything else which may be encouraging or informative to others.

It is requested that the tone of all posts be kept polite. You may be honest - but not unkind. Eg "Rosalind is overweight" is an honest statement (sadly) ... but to say "Rosalind weighs more than an elephant and is sinking the North Island by her great bulk" ... is simply unkind...

The Moderator of this group is me, Rosalind Peterson, and those that know me suspect that the initials "CT" in the name of this group really stand for "Chocolate Too", rather than "Christian textbooks".

Upon requesting to join, you will be asked to provide personal details to protect the privacy of the rest of the group.

For information about home educating (aka homeschooling) in East Auckland, email eahssg-owner@yahoogroups.com

For information about home educating in Auckland (including regular basic information sessions), visit Auckland Home Educators Inc at www.home-education.org.nz

Pioneered in 1991 by homeschool mom, Denise Walmsley, the group was named after Ezra, a scribe and Bible scholar and teacher in the Old Testament. Ezra was committed to reading and obeying the Word of God, and to teaching it to the people. He was also an encourager who cared about people and interceded for them. Ezra was humble and obedient, and possessed excellent leadership qualities. He demonstrated godly wisdom and maturity by seeking God’s direction in all his endeavours, and giving God glory when success was met. Above all, Ezra’s heart burned with love for the Lord so that his teaching was an overflow of his daily life.

Ezra sets an exemplary model for homeschool parents to follow as teachers and leaders of our children. The meaning of the Hebrew name “Ezra” is “help” and this reflects what the Ezra Group aims to be - a “help group.”

As you join this online community of like-minded parents, may you be blessed by the exchange of information, the network and the sharing of our lives.

For more information, visit http://ezra.helpimamom.chosentreasure.org/index.html

Wanting to support the homeschool community? Here is where you can find what other homeschooling families are selling. Please join us, the mail volume is low.

Monthly a list of business (most of them are small cottage enterprises) is sent to you. There are occasional emails when someone wants to announce a new product or special offers ( Please limit these to one per business per three months). You are welcome to ask if someone is selling what you would like to buy.

Whether it is a little cottage business selling books or a business your child has started or something bigger let us know.

Established in July 1998, this group has expanded quickly and includes home educators with a wonderfully diverse range of political, religious, philosophical, and methodological views. This mix makes for some red-hot yet edifying debates!

No blatant advertising in posts of new books by those selling the resources. Of course people will mention this or that resource and rave about it positively or negatively. Spiteful negative criticisms are not to be posted, but honest criticism is part of free speech. Making reference to where one may acquire any resource is always helpful to other readers, but if the one making the reference is also the one selling the resource, reference to only one resource will be allowed. However, sellers of resources can answer honest, genuine questions about their resources; or better yet, simply make reference to their own website.

Advertising in one's signature is OK, but please limit it to a simple by-line plus a website.

Moderated by Craig Smith, a trustee of the Home Education Foundation based in New Zealand.

Upon joining the list, you will be asked if you are a non-Christian. If you are uncomfortable with this, or are of Christian belief, we ask that you join one of the many lists that are available to support Christians, or a mixture of Christian and non-Christian (NZUnschoolers is one that exists for both persuasions who live in New Zealand). You will also be asked if you belong to any other HE email groups, so we can try to keep as much cross-posting off HENC as possible.

Home Educators, Non Christian is an email list that has developed from the other NZ home education lists, particularly NZUnschoolers, which has the same list owner as HENC. Its name is not meant to be discriminatory - we simply could not find another acceptable, succinct name that described what the group was for. Christians are asked not to join the list because we feel that there are ample email groups already existing to support those of a Christian persuasion. At its inception, members came from the home educating email lists active within New Zealand - however the group is open to non-Christian home educators from other countries also. Additions to this definition of this list is subject to further expansion at a later date

It is NOT for curriculum. Please use the Harvest-curric-swap@yahoogroups.com list for buying/selling home education curriculum.

It is NOT for businesses. Please use Harvest-a-bit-on-the-side@yahoogroups.com list if you are a cottage business or the Yellow Pages if you are a large business . Members who break this rule will have one warning before being placed on the banned list. Please do not advertise your business in any way here.

To make it easier for all, remember to include the following in your messages:

• Whether the item is for sale, wanted or to trade
• Very clear description of items for sale including accurate description of condition and any damage. You may upload one photo of the item to our yahoo group page. These are listed in categories i.e. books, toys, animals etc. Photos may remain for a period of one month. Please remember to delete them if you sell the item!
• Where you live and whether or not you will accept pickups
• How you will accept payment and within what timeframe the trade must be completed
• Whether your price includes postage

Please post a follow up message when the item/s have sold.

The moderator accepts no responsibility for uncompleted trades, disappointments or disputes. Happy trading! Erena (List owner)

Membership is open to home educating families who live in this region. In the comments part of the joining page, please tell us where you live and whether you home educate.

Applications from home educators who live outside Horowhenua will be considered - please tell us why you want to join.

At this time, this group is for notices only - it is not intended for general conversation - there are many other excellent groups for homeschoolers to find support etc.

Especially welcome if interested in Pacific-British-African resources and ideas. There is already a large USA-dominated yahoogroup for Lapbooking.

New Members - Please check out (and add in pics of your latest lapbook to) the FILES, PHOTOS, and LINKS sections. Contributing to the life of this group is necessary.

Note: If you're still on 'moderated mail' (that is, not written in to lapbooksROTW@yahoogroups.com) 9months after subscribing you could be unsubscribed. This hopefully will keep the group active and fresh.

Please choose "special notices" instead of "no mail". Thanks.

This group is intended to be inclusive amongst NZ homeschoolers, regardless of location, beliefs or individual styles of home educating. Please keep tone of posts respectful.

This group provides information on activities and events which may be of interest to Home Educating Families living in Rodney District.

Please do not send spam or advertising (including ads about the Reading A-Z program)to the RUA list, unless it is very closely connected to unschooling. And please do not send spam or any form of advertising to listmembers privately.

This is a New Zealand unschoolers list that is unashamedly Christian, where we can share our faith, our struggles, and our hopes for our children. Anyone who is interested in Christ-led learning (Christian Unschooling) is welcome to join. Anyone using literature based learning (such as Five In a Row, Sonlight, or Charlotte Mason methods) and anyone using unit studies like KONOS or Weaver is also welcome.

See our webpage and site at www.avidnz.com/twincity.

Membership of the group is limited to financial members of WHSA.

The purpose of the group is to inform members of events within the Wellington Region organised by WHSA or other organisations which are of interest to home educators and for advertising home education materials for sale. See the Calendar for upcoming events - days highlighted in bold have events planned.

Please use discretion in posting messages regarding non WHSA events. The list is intended to be a message board not a discussion group. In particular it is not intended for political or religious discussions. Any member who objects to message content should refer complaint to the moderator privately. Replies to queries should be directed to the inquirer by hitting the reply button. Reply all will reply to the whole group.

For more information, visit http://www.home.school.nz.