I joined up this yahoo group. I’m an honorary Oak Parker:
A note from Cathy:
Hi all, I am trying to connect with homeschoolers who live really
close to me, so I started a yahoo group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nearparkers/
for homeschoolers who live in near Oak Park: Forest Park, River
Forest, Berwyn, etc. IL USA.
Please also share this
invitation with other lists that may […]

The unschooling conference in Madison is coming and they have their own website. Visit for details.

Natural Sciences for ages 5 to 8 a science class for homeschoolers taught by Biologist and homeschooling mom, Rebecca Irwin
Oak Park Conservatory 615 Garfield (near East and Garfield, just south of the Eisenhower)
Wednesdays 2:00 to 3:30pm
Fee: $75 per session ($140, if you register for both at the same time)
Winter Session - Physical Sciences (6 weeks) […]

Christine Escobar, a local homeschooling mom around these parts, recently interviewed Liz Edwards for the Huffington Post about their decision to homeschool their young children this year while John Edwards is campaigning. It is a really excellent interview, with Christine clearly trying to extract some opinion from Liz on homeschooling. It appears Liz is so […]

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.
Visit his

I bet all of these years you’ve felt a big hole in your heart and didn’t know why. Well, I’m here to tell you, it was because there was no magazine for homeschooled sports. But now you can feel complete, thanks to HSinsider (Homeschool Insider), the magazine all about sports and homeschoolers playing them, as […]

Removing the School Glasses: Seeing the World of Unschooling
Wisconsin’s Only Unschooling Conference!
12 January, 2008 in Madison, Wisconsin
Sponsored by H.O.M.E.
We are thrilled to be reprising Wisconsin’s only unschooling conference.
Our 2008 conference promises to be a fun day of renewing and
strengthening your families commitment to unschooling. Or for learning
more about how you might make unschooling and all […]

Subject: Drum Workshop, Gurnee, IL, Thursday, November 15, 10.30am - 1.30pm.
For children of all ages! Sign up now!
From Pam Z.
Hello everyone,
I finally found a place to hold this workshop! We need a big turnout, so
please pass this along to all your fellow homeschoolers and post this to
other homeschooling groups that you think might be interested. […]

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