Greater Portland Homeschoolers (GPH) is a non-profit, participant driven support group of homeschooling families run like a cooperative. GPH welcomes families of all backgrounds and philosophies. GPH offers stories, events, and activities of interests to homeschooling and unschooling families located in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Some items are of statewide or general interest. GPH runs an email mailing list for GPH members only. Subscribers post announcements of field trips, activities, workshops, parties, performing arts, other learning opportunities and social events.

This is a discussion and support list for parents who wish to unschool but have found unschooling as a total lifestyle is not for them. Learning environments vary from one household to the next, and this group embraces and respects this fact. Feel free to discuss any unschooling methods here.

Homeschooler's Educational Resource provides information and support for home educating families in Oregon.

The Eugene-Springfield Homeschool Association is an inclusive homeschool support group in the Eugene-Springfield area of Lane County, Oregon. They offer a cordial and welcoming environment for homeschoolers to gather together for social and educational activities.

Whether you work part-time or full-time, this board is to support you! It's not easy being a breadwinner and a homeschooling parent. You can find the encouragement you need right here.

Orsig is an e-mail list where Oregon homeschoolers share their questions, concerns, joys, and passions. This list exists to allow Oregon homeschoolers to discuss homeschooling and topics of interest to homeschoolers. This list may also serve as a vehicle to organize or participate in homeschooling clubs, playgroups, tours, lectures, and other special events.

This list is for expatriates who homeschool their child or children.

A group for Charlotte Mason Mom's using the curriculum outline suggested in Karen Andreola's summer of 93 Parent's Review titled, "A Formidable List of Attainments for a Child of Six", and also trying to complete the Kindergarten Skills list as described in Catherine Levison's book, A Literary Education.

Email list designed to discuss the Charlotte Mason method of homeschooling for children, ages birth through 6 years. While this list is not primarily religious in nature, there are often discussions of Christian topics.

This is a mailing list for people who home school or are thinking of homeschooling in Alabama, kids and parents alike. Here you can exchange ideas, support each other, and share resources and information.

The Western Region Unschoolers is a group for unschoolers who live in the Western U.S. covering: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California. This is a forum to announce and organize conferences, travel, camping, and other places to get together.

A list designed for those new to the philosophy of unschooling. Ask experienced unschoolers all those niggling questions, and find out how unschooling works in real families. If you're familiar with John Holt's work, but unsure of how to begin or what an unschooling day really looks like, this is a place for you to discuss, question, ponder, and become deeply familiar with natural learning and how it affects our entire lives. From parenting issues to learning from the whole wide world and beyond, come explore the issues that unschooling families have dealt with in the past and how to get beyond "school-think" to a joyful unschooling lifestyle.!

Eugene Homeschool Co-Op is a cooperative of community-based education. It is an intimate group of homeschooling families sharing in the consistent organization of educational opportunities, study groups and activities. Bi-monthly meeting and newsletter help keep families connected. The purpose of this list is to connect homeschoolers in the Eugene, Oregon area, who want to be actively contributing to a fun, open-minded, community-based homeschooling cooperative. The EHC has no religious affiliation.

A single mom started this email group to provide a means of sharing the unique problems and solutions a single, working parent faces in their homeschooling pursuits.

OHEN is an inclusive, statewide, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting all of Oregon's homeschooling families. OHEN supports the right of all homeschoolers to educate their children with as little government intervention as possible.

A discussion group for pro-Black African and/or African Diasporan, Black homeschoolers, unschoolers, deschoolers, home-based educators everywhere. It is also open to non-homeschoolers and non-Blacks who are trying to teach their children about Blacks.

Email group intended to facilitate dialog between Oregon homeschooling families.

African-American Single Parent Homeschoolers is a discussion group designed to lend support and resources to parents who are home schooling alone.

This is a list for single parents homeschooling their children. The purpose of this list is to support single parents.

TheHomeSchoolMom In The Kitchen is an e-mail group designed to provide economical, balanced meal ideas that are quick and easy for busy moms. Provides dinner tips, recipes, and resources that help take "piranha hour" and turn it into calmer and more peaceful time.

A list for unschoolers who are interested in moving towards a sustainable lifestyle. Topics for discussion may include how sustainability and unschooling complement each other, and how we resolve conflicting values.

This group is for Oregon homeschoolers who educate their children in a more structured, methodical manner. It is a supportive place for those using curriculum, schedules, educational theories and other such methods in their homeschool, including ideas from books like The Well Trained Mind, the Charlotte Mason method, packaged homeschool curricula.

Discussion for homeschooling fans of John Holt, whose books Learning All the Time, Never Too Late, and Teach your Own have made unschooling an option for thousands of families.

This support group, inclusive and non-profit, fosters a rich social life amongst homeschool and small school students by organizing sports leagues, dances, games, Karaoke, bowling, pizza or movie nights. Teens take responsibility to pick the events, decide upon the participants, set rules and select volunteers on this site, even to set up and clean up. Parents of teens then supervise and advise to make this group beneficial to all.

Unschoolers meet to talk and share ideas at this vegsource.com message board.

Discussion for parents and/or educators in the Pacific Northwest (and points beyond) interested in the educational methods and philosophies of Charlotte Mason, a British educator from the late 1800's. Most of the list members are in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia, but there are others from across the USA, Canada and around the globe.

This is a group for Christians living in Oregon who are homeschooling their children.

The Homeschool Only One (HOO) message board is a place where those on this journey with one student could network with others.

This is the Southern California Homeschool Teen Connection Announcement board. This group is strictly for promoting Teen Only activities around southern California and connecting teen homeschoolers to groups in their locality.

This is a list created for the sole purpose of connecting Eugene area unschoolers. Connecting, networking, discussion, activities, gatherings and event planning is encouraged. This is an exclusive and secular list.

The Oregon Christian Home Education Network (OCEANetwork)is a group of home educating families who volunteer their time to support homeschool families all over Oregon and SW Washington with workshops, conferences and written encouragement. One of their goals is to protect the rights of families to home educate without government interference. They do this by monitoring legislative and congressional actions that may jeopardize those rights.

Connect with other military homeschooling families at this vegsource.com message board.

This group is an announcement list for the print magazine Live Free Learn Free, a forum for unschoolers and relaxed homeschoolers in which to share ideas and experiences.

This list is designed for anyone wishing to learn more about the Charlotte Mason method of education from reading her own books and engaging in discussions of a philosophical nature.

Corvallis Unschooling Family Connection is a support and activity group for unschoolers in the Corvallis/Albany/Lebanon area. Unschooling Family Connection was founded in order to to provide support for unschooling parents as well as activities, learning opportunities, socialization, and fun for the children. They offer field trips, park days, hands-on activities, clubs, celebrations, and online as well as in person support.

This is an online support group for families who are pursuing an eclectic style of homeschooling. Although many members of the group are religious-minded, the list itself is secular.

A recipe group list with recipes that big families can enjoy. Discuss recipe successes and failures. Feel free to upload your own recipes or download others.

This is a list for Jewish homeschooling families in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. The purpose of the list is to facilitate communication between members of the JHEN of Portland, OR support group.