This is a group for freethinking, humanist, agnostic, atheist, life learning, secular homeschooling and unschooling families. We get together for park play days, field trips, learning activities and any other fun events that take place in the Los Angeles area. I want to build a community where our kids can grow up around like-minded families. All ages are welcome. If you are new to homeschooling or if you've been homeschooling for years, we can all learn from each other's experiences. If this s …

*This meetup group is a way for us to meet new people. The members of this group hang out often, 2-3 days per week, but we do not use this site to do so. If you are interested in joining us, please email us. 1) This group is for people who are interested in living their Great Life and especially for those who value mixed-age social groups and want to have friends of all ages--toddlers through centenarians. This is also a group for whole families and especially for stay-at-home moms who practice …

Looking for a connection to moms practicing attachment parenting? Do you practice gentle discipline and would like to be with other moms that do the same?  Meet others with a desire to parent in harmony with their child's nature and spirit.  Attachment parenting and gentle discipline goes beyond babies and toddlers. The principles of unconditional love and support stay with us and our children as they grow and continue to experiment with the world.  We believe in parenting joyfully, nonviolently …

This group is for parents who are interested in learning how to nurture their child's intelligence, deepen focus, end power struggles, find support and build community together. Comprehensive written materials will be available along with one on one personal consulting for your specific needs. We will look at education, tears, tantrums & indignation and all the ways in which we can support the full potential in our children. This group is great for all parents, parents of children with learning …

Welcome to Life's Journey Homeschool Group! We are an inclusive and member-driven group. Our primary goal is to give homeschooling families a way to share activities with other homeschoolers. Doing fun things together gives us all more opportunities to establish meaningful connections, support each other, and build community. This group relies on our members to schedule real-life events and activities, and build our online community. All members of Life's Journey Homeschool Group are encouraged …

Mom's, do you have a tween or teen that just doesn't want to do "park days" anymore? Are your kids tired of doing things by themselves or just with their siblings and/or parent? Do they want more friends? Do you want some easy educational days to supplement your curriculum?  I think I have found the solution. Let's go on field trips and tours at some of our local (Southern California) museums, missions, wildlife sanctuaries, etc... together. Some are free, some are not... but you can pick and ch …

A virtual homeschooling cooperative for families with kids K-12 to connect and share interests through workshops, park days, community service, trips, tours and more. HOW TO POST: Please note that when you post a new event, it may take up to 24 hours for your event to be announced to other members with you designated as the event "host." Once you are designated the host and your Meetup event is official, you can add an RSVP limit to your post. (Meetup sets up the site this way, so that the sit …

"Let's get together, get out and socialize! We welcome all local families near Temecula who are currently home schooling/independently educating their kids. This group will be a great opportunity to plan field trips, playdates and special events so that parents and kids can explore, experience and meet new friends. We avoid drama and no one is left out.

The So Cal COMMUNITY IS LARGER THAN REPRESENTED BY THIS SITE & IS ON ANOTHER low volume, nonmeetup EMAIL LIST which you can join in addition to, or instead of this, meetup(info provided in your welcome email): we've added this meetup site to expose more people to these events & provide more social media options to our community so that the email-list stays low volume.  Plus our focus is around sharing experiences together in the real world, not spending time reading & typing on the internet: The …

"Since we can’t know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned." -John Holt This Independent Homeschool group is dedicated to helping families that are currently home educating their pre-school or school-aged child(ren) independently. Although most of the material covered in our resources is gear …

Renaissance Experiences. 21st Century Skills. Life Mastery. Think Renaissance learning experience.  Imagine apprentice opportunities and programs that develop not only the mind but the heart, body and spirit as well. Picture a proactive community of parents, educators, organizers, mentors, and youth advocates who are enthusiastic about creating valuable learning opportunities and meaningful life experiences to tweens and teens. Sounds like what you're looking for? Let's join forces and togethe …

We are looking for people to join us in learning together to see the distortions of humanity built into our culture. And we use the support of each other to move forward into living as humans are meant to live. This includes socially, financially, parentally, nutritionally, emotionally, compassionately, transparently, and honestly. Each of us has a stronger focus in one or two areas, educating each other. We are carving out a picture of what a healthy group of people may look like as we move c …

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." -Plato Life is not rehearsed! This is a changing world and we all need a new set of skills and tools to deal with the ongoing changes; both in our family environment and work place. In this gathering we will play and learn how to improve our interpersonal communication skills and build strong families and communities. And it is done all through playing! It is about larning and allpling the powerful …

This group is dedicated to helping families that are, currently, home educating their school-aged  child(ren) independently.  Families that do not utilize public charter schools/public funds or other "schools" (including but not limited to ISPs, PSPs, Umbrella that require the family to signup under them and follow the school's rules and not necessarily do what is best for the family) are welcome in this group. The primary goal of WR4HE is to help private, independent home educating families bui …

We are the OC Homeschool Group - living proof that learning outside of school isn't scary, sheltered or difficult. Homeschooling is actually easy; always engaging, sometimes hilarious (and it guarantees you'll never live the same day twice.) We meet every Thursday at Balearic Park in Costa Mesa from 11:30am until 4:30pm. People come from all over Southern California to soak up the sunshine and play with us! All families are welcome here. (Yes, that means you, too!) We are totally diverse: homesc …

We are a group of parents of gifted children and teens in Orange County who come together to offer support, resources, and encouragement. In addition to speakers at our monthly in person support group meetings for parents we will offer opportunities for social interaction with their peers for our gifted kids through activities, field trips, classes and park days. Our Children attend school in a variety of ways and all are welcome whether homeschooled, public, private or unschooled. Parents of Gi …