If you are a Roman Catholic Homeschooling family living in the Shreveport, LA area and would like to join the group, please apply for membership. In your application, please tell us a little about yourself and why you want to join our group.

This is a support group for Buddhist homeschool families in the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida Gulf Coast region -- from Lake Charles to Pensacola. Here we can talk about how we home-school with Buddhist ethics in mind. How do we live the 4 Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in the Culture of the South?

Eventually, we will also plan a yearly retreat for Buddhists and home school families in the Gulf Coast region. Also perhaps we will be able to meet more frequently at field trips and home school events.

Our meetings provide practical support for parents while our children participate in supervised activites and playtime.

GET TO KNOW YOUR FELLOW HOMESCHOOLERS WHILE YOUR CHILDREN MAKE SOME HOMESCHOOLED FRIENDS!!!!!!!!

This group was created to support and connect unschoolers in Louisiana. We are not here to discuss curriculum or other school at home issues. Although secular in nature, we welcome unschoolers from all walks of life.

Beside planning physical get-together, we hope to explore unschooling topics such as natural learning, respectful/mindful parenting, joyful living, freedom and autonomy, living by principles vs rules, convincing family, surviving panic and criticism, living without fear, non-coercive parenting, deschooling ourselves, and letting go of controls.

To paraphrase the ending of John Holt's book, How Children Learn, "Birds fly, fish swim, man thinks and learns. Therefore, we do not need to motivate children into learning by wheedling, bribing or bullying. We do not need to keep picking away at their minds to make sure they are learning. What we need to do, and all we need to do, is bring as much of the world as we can [into their lives], give children as much help and guidance as they ask for, listen respectfully when they feel like talking, and then get out of their way. We can trust them to do the rest!

Please join us and use this list to make area unschooling connections! Share your families' unschooling stories, share and read cool unschooling articles and quotes, plan and attend field trips and get-togethers, and check out our unschooling books/website recommendations. Let's grow and learn together!

1. Announcement List - The purpose of this list is to alert homeschoolers to upcoming events or legislation, particularly as it pertains to homeschoolers in the state of Louisiana. This is an announcement only list. To join, send an email to: announce@la-home-education.com with Subscribe in the subject line.

2. General Discussion List - The purpose of this list is to discuss general topics relating to our everyday homeschool experiences. You are subject to removal from the list if you post disruptive or inappropriate material. To join, send an email to: discuss@la-home-education.com with Subscribe in the subject line.

Magnolia Home Educators is a secular group open and respectful to the beliefs of all of its members. Here we wish to form a support community, including resource sharing, friendships, planned play dates and fieldtrips. After joining this group please post a short introduction.

No matter how you home teach or homeschool your children -- whether you use a structured curriculum, unstructured curriculum or unschool -- you are welcome here. We welcome open dialogue but ask that debates and differences of opinion be stated in a constructive and non abusive matter. Please remember that children in the group may visit this forum so never use language that would be considered inappropriate for children. Avoid “hot topics” like religion and politics unless it directly links to homeschooling and can be dialogued in a non abrasive manner.

This board runs with a minimum of 2 moderators to keep inappropriate and abusive postings in check.

The group is led by a small committee of ever evolving members. However each family is encouraged to sponsor and organize events, field trips and classes for the children to benefit from. We choose our committee members in a democratic manner so your active participation is necessary in order to have a cohesive group.

To become a member of this group you must attend at least one group activity -- be it a park trip, field trip, or organized class or party. We do this for the protection of the children and group members. Meeting times, home addresses and personal information will be displayed on ths board at times – information posted on this board is not to be shared with non members.

To contact a moderator on the board email them at info@neworleanshomeschool.org.

Also, please visit our homepage at New Orleans Homeschool Group.

We use this yahoogroup to plan our activities, so please join in - we'd love to have you! This group is open to ALL homeschooling families in the Greater New Orleans area, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, homeschooling method, or parenting style.