Dear Group Owner,
I’m working with Blake Boles and Abbi Miller (from Not Back To School
Camp) with their new project, Unschool Adventures. Unschool
Adventures offers innovative international and domestic trips for
independent teenagers. One of my roles in this project is recruiting
teens and advertising trips with online unschool/homeschool groups. The
following is a synopsis about our trip to Maui, […]

 A bit about a local nature class that is well spoken of:
 
 
I found the Northside Unschoolers of Chicago through the Evanston Home Educators website, which was suggested to me by a local homeschool family. I thought that you and the families in your group might be able to use the resources that […]

I’m moderately excited. Missed it last year because I was all puritanical about how late my children could be up for. Now I’ve readjusted my thinking a bit. They might not get the full ‘white night’ experience. I think that should be reserved for college. But why not stay up until midnight one night in […]

Tracks
This past weekend I had the rare opportunity to swim in a indoor/outdoor pool at Pheasant Run while feeling my hair freeze. As if that weren’t enough, I was attending the 11th Annual In-Home Conference with a hundred or more of my best friends. We’ve been going for years and have delighted in it […]

This post is from the McHenry County Unschoolers and The School for the Intuitive
Arts and Sciences Carla is organizing this. Her contact info is at the bottom of this post.
Get ready for a one day exciting program with David
Albert! David Albert is a renowned homeschooling author and speaker.
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(Out for the day on the ocean in December of last year with the family! Bliss.)
It is getting to be kind of cold out now. Many Chicagoan’s thoughts turn to those December and February trips to Florida where they get to hang out with the snow bird grandparents and see the local palm trees sway, […]

Thanks Lori for the details about this performance;
The amazing play that 8 homeschooled girls are performing in as part of the Rhino Fest will have it’s two final shows next weekend, September 29 and 30, at 3 pm, at the Athenaeum Theater, 2936 N Southport.
A Break With Charity is a compelling look at the Salem […]

This is a sample of the monthly newsletter Julie Schnepper puts out every month at the Northern Illinois Homeschool Monthly list. Visit there to subscribe. Isn’t it chock full of stuff? Maybe you ought to print it out and take it to your kids swim lessons so you have time to peruse it at leisure. […]

I think I posted about this last year, but just in case you are looking for a thrifty vacation and feel comfortable swapping your home with another homeschooling family, there is HELM.

Here’s a message from Carol about the very fun unschooling trip being planned for January. Unschoolers around the country are invited!
Hey Everyone!
I just finalized all the information with the Kalahari Waterpark Resort for a winter waterpark gathering that will be Jan 21 - 24 (Mon - Thur.), 2008
Reservations will be directly through the Kalahari Waterpark […]