Getting Started with Homeschooling
Practical Considerations for Parents of School-Aged Children
© Beverley Paine
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Setting Up A Network
Setting up a network may be difficult if you don’t know of anyone in your area also home schooling. However, many formal networks already exist, some with state membership, and most are happy to include a note from you introducing your family in their next newsletter, or alternatively, to have one of their members living in your area contact you.
Another avenue for finding other near by home schoolers is to place a notice on your local community board about home education, asking interested families contact you. If you feel very confident you could also write articles for local papers and community newsletters. Some families have made contact with others by wearing articles of clothing with home schooling slogans on them!
Once you have a group of people in regular contact with each other, this group can decide to
stay small or expand. If you all find the group’s collective needs will be better met if the group expands, the group can become more formal and organised. This usually requires the
dedication and commitment of two or three members to organise gatherings, newsletters and
activities.
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Excerpt from Getting Started with Homeschooling, Practical Considerations
© Beverley Paine, 1997
