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| The Netherlands |
Marianne Lelieveld mariannelelieveld at unetmail.nl |
Together with a group of home educating friends, I organise (mainly crafting & creative) workshops for HE families with children up to approx. 10 y.o.a. in the Utrecht area. If you have any questions regarding HE-ing in Holland feel free to contact me. 21 Jul 2005 | |
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| Italy | Nina von der Becke
Treherne angelflores at post dot com |
we have two children 8 months and 3 and a half and ope to home school though this may mean moving away from Italy. 20 Jul 2005 | |
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| New Zealand | Matt & Pam
Learnihan mattpam67at yahoo.co.uk |
Home schooling for 2yrs. Emigrated to New Zealand January 05. 14 Jul 2005 | |
| Oamaru | Nicky
Kingswell kingswell at xtra.co.nz |
I have 2 children 16 & 5. Have been home educating for about 5 years although I would actually say I have been home educating for 16 years! I am the local co ordinator for Australasia on behalf of Education Otherwise. Also on the committee of NCHENZ, a home education group in New Zealand. I emigrated here just over 2 years ago and have been helping other families (especially those who home educate) to do the same.Have really found this website helpful and recommend the books One to One and Unqualified Education. 17 Jun 2006 |
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| Ireland | Gorey, Co. Wexford | Debra
James dejames at esatclear.ie |
Website: homeducationetwork.org Many years experience home-educating dyslexic son. Willing to offer advice and support |
| Letterkenny/ Donegal |
Natalia Colmenarejo nco48 at allsate.com |
We live in Donegal with our 2 year old daughter and we were looking at the primary schools available... I was very surprised to find out that there are not non denominational schools about and that they wanted a baptism certificate for the registration form? We were looking for a non denominational school with no religious education... Do you know if there is such a thing in Ireland? 01 Mar 2005 | |
| Co. Cork | Miriam Gallahue mgall97343at aol.com |
I'm currently living in Southern California, but I am a native of West Cork, Irl. We are very interested in returning to live there and would like to make contact with any Irish Home schooling families. We've home schooled or really unschooled since my oldest daughter was 5 and she's now 10. It works great for our family. Hope to hear from any family in Ireland, Miriam 14 Oct 2005 | |
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| France | Aquitaine - 47 , Villeneuve sur Lot | Georgia
Fowler jorjaclare at gmail.com] |
We are home educating our two girls of 11 & 14 and have been doing it for almost 5 yrs. would love to have contact by any means as i love hearing other peoples stories. we don't follow a curriculum and mostly learn in an 'unschooling' way. Would love to know of others in my area or even to have contact by email or letter. am always available to help or chat! |
| Brittany | Gareth
Lewis gareth.lewis at freedom-in-education.co.uk |
I taught in state schools in the UK and in a Steiner school in the UK before starting to home educate my 3 children with my wife, Lin, fourteen years ago. We now live in France, but I am available to help with questions from people in France or the UK. I am also the editor of this site. | |
| Morvan | Jim Bishop bishop.james at wanadoo.fr |
My boy is 3 and I don't rate the french system past age 7. Anyone home educating in the Morvan 58? 19 Jun 2005 | |
| Anne-Marie Hayes luddites at manx.net |
Hi I am moving to France with my family in about three weeks, (to the Vendee at first, final destination unknown!) I would love to hear from and hopefully meet up with other homeschooling families. 21 Aug 2005 | ||
| Brittany | Kim Hoffmeister james.hoffmeister at wanadoo.fr |
Our son Tom is 12 and we live in Brittany. 17 Mar 2006 | |
| Brittany | Penny Coutts tressaint at aol.com |
I have a 14 year old daughter who is having major problems trying to force herself to go to school. This leaves her feeling depressed and a failure. 22 May 2006 | |
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| Germany | Munich | Esther
Peacock esther.peacock at t-online.de |
I have three children at the European School in Munich, one of whom has mild Asperger's Syndrome, and one mentally handicapped child at a specialist German school. I am a full-time mother with a great interest in all educational matters and I am constantly evaluating the education that my children receive, both at school and at home. |
| Nicola Smyth Ncsmyth at t-online.de |
Information on Homeschooling in the UK and Ireland. Need contact to native-speakers (we are a british-german family living in Germany) 05 Mar 2005 | ||
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| Australia | Canberra | Bob
Collier bobcollier at parental-intelligence.com |
I have two children who have had dramatically different educational experiences. My 19 year old daughter was outstandingly successful throughout 12 years in the school system in both the UK and Australia and is now in her second year at the University of Canberra studying Arts and Law. My 9-year old son has been self-educated since quitting school after two years in December 2002. I publish a monthly online newsletter called Parental Intelligence that regularly features articles about alternative education and what I insist on calling 'real' education. http://www.parental-intelligence.com |
| Yankalilla, South Australia | Beverley
Paine contact at beverleypaine.com |
see my websites: http://homeschoolaustralia.beverleypaine.com ; http://sahome-ed.beverleypaine.com ; http://unschoolkidz.beverleypaine.com We began home educating our three children in 1986. I'm happy to chat via email with families from all over the world! | |
| Perth, Western Australia |
Sue Lang dogmatix at aapt.net.au |
Home educating two boys, now aged 12 and 15 years, since 1997 with an autonomous learning / natural learning approach. Happy to relate our experiences, if anyone is interested! 17 Feb 2005 | |
| Devonport Tasmania |
Natalie du PREL natalieduprel at hotmail.com |
I am looking for a pen pal for my 5 year old son who is learning to read and write. 13 Feb 2005 | |
| Adelaide | Alison Cromb crombsathome at optusnet.com.au |
We are a homescholing family with 7 chn, 3 of whom are now independent (graduated). We would love to make contact with like-minded people both here in Australia but also in other parts of the globe! We enjoy meeting people/sharing hospitality/learning about other parts of the world etc! 17 Dec 2005 | |
| Melbourne | Steiner Home Educators socari at internode.on.net |
We are a group of home educators who follow a Steiner curriculum, and meet to share resources and ideas, do craft together, and for our children to play together. 30 Apr 2006 | |
| tasmania | nicola
light paulcooper at clearmail.com.au |
Home-schooling, (natural learning style), eldest son @ 11 yrs. Have also twins @ 2yrs and daughter of 10 yrs at Steiner school. 14 Jun 2006 |
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| Atherton Tablelands |
Colleen Wheate & Adrian Church coolfrogs at bigpond.com |
We have 2 daughters age 9 and 7. They have been at home for 1 and a half years and we chosen a steiner based way of learning. We are relocating to Atherton Tablelands April 2007 and would love to meet like minded families in the area. 21 Oct 2006 |
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| Brisbane |
Eleanor Sparks Eleanor at sparks.to
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Contacts and information for Australian homeschoolers, quarterly magazine publication (Education Choices), contact for Brisbane Natural Learners (unschooling support group). Website at http://www.eleanorsparks.com 27 Dec 2006
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| Spain | N.W. Spain | Fiona fionashley at yahoo.co.uk |
We've recently moved to an 'alternative' village in the Montes de Leon, from the UK - any one around?! Francis and Rosie are 12 and 10... 20 Mar 2006 |
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| USA | Knox
County Maine |
Sarah
Baldwin sarahbaldwin at yahoo.com |
We are an unschooling family with a strong Waldorf influence. I am a former Waldorf early childhood educator. |
| Maine | Kimberly
Mazone eaglecove at prexar.com |
I am a former elementary teacher who coordinates a cooperative preschool of six families interested in home education with a Waldorf inspiration. I have one preschool-aged daughter. I am willing to talk to others who are interested in home education cooperatives or sharing ideas with those already doing so. | |
| Massachusetts | Karen
Klein noweareusa at usadatanet.net |
New homeschooling mom to 3 boys ages 13, 6 and 2.9. Need all the help and advice you can give me. | |
| Reston, Fairfax, VA | Rebecca
Besbris FaerieDust2001 at aol.com |
Homeschooling 2 girls--8 and 4--using a Waldorf-inspired curriculum partly based on the One-to-One book. We've been at home since 2002, and wouldn't have it any other way! Love to be a contact for people just starting out or to find pen-pals for my children. | |
| Roxbury, MA | Zakiya
Alake Zakiya at innercity.com |
Greetings, I'm the volunteer administrator of a virtual community, Roxbury.com, designed to serve the needs of our largely African American community and other people of color. We have an education section that members can post to. This site seems a good link that I'll add and other members can visit. Zakiya | |
| Taunton MA | Lisa Paull llpaull at msn.com |
I am interested in home schooling my middle school age children, if you could provide me with any helpful information in this regard, would be greatly appreciated. 15 Mar 2005 | |
| Greensboro, North Carolina |
Karen Burrell caivols at webtv.net |
I have found homeschooling to be such happy, peaceful, fun way to learn. I look forward to hearing from others. 01 Mar 2005 | |
| California | Margaret Winder margaret at 8winders.com |
I am English, but now live in CA and homeschool my six children. 18 Feb 2005 | |
| Wexford/ Alleghenny |
Debbie Witchel BWitchel at iup.edu |
My son is 8 and has ADHD. He is also struggling with reading. I am looking into A Waldorf education for him as the public school is making him feel dumb and an outcast. He used to love school as a young child and is full of life and insight. Do you think this type of education would be a good match? how do Waldorf schools handle ADHD kids? 10 Apr 2005 | |
| Columbia South Carolina |
Kelly Lovejoy kbcdlovejo at aol.com |
Been radical unschoolers for five years now after pulling our 12 year old son out of private (US) college preparatory school. I co-own the unschoolingbasics yahoo e-list with Ren Allen. I coordinate/host the Live and Learn Unschooling Conference each year as it moves across the US. I am happy to discuss radical unschooling at length! ~Kelly 20 Oct 2005 | |
| Appleton, ME | Amy Dorsky growit at gwi.net |
Homeschooling daughters, aged 10 and almost 9. 11 Nov 2005 | |
| North Carolina | Mary
Willis www.marysmontessori.com |
I have a small Montessori school in the Western Mountains of North Carolina. My blog has lots of stuff on Montessori, and raising young children. 12 Jun 2006 |
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| Canada | Meaford Ontario |
Dan Sandbrook-O'Connor sundanceexcavating at bellnet.ca |
I am 16 and own several pieces of heavy equipment and have a contracting business with my grandparents. Would like to meet other boys that are interested in construction. 05 Jun 2005 |
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| India | Bangalore | Amita Sharma theorganicdream at yahoo.com |
Would love to have email contact for my children who are Indo British---a 13 year old boy Dev and 11, Tara who have been homeschooled for the last 3 years. We have a home in Norwich but have chosen to live in India for now. We spent a week in Forest row, East Sussex, after checking out Michael Hall, and completely disillusioned with the school! But on the brighter side, we met theeee most amazing homeschooling families, and hope to move base from Norwich to Forest row, so that when we do spend time in England, we do not feel like the 'odd ones' who choose to home school! Very inspired by Gareth Lewis's books and am looking for more books like his to help me on this amzing journey. Tara and Dev are busy cooking from the recipes in his book! look forward to hearing from homeschoolers so that my children and I can connect ..... I use 'The spiritual Syllabus series ' by alan whitehead from australia, and have used Live education material in the past..... 04 Oct 2005 |
| Malta/Gozo | Gozo/Malta | Angela Cartwright angela at ajassociates.net |
We are a family with 3 children ages 9 and 8 year old twins. We moved to Gozo 6 months ago and wondered if on the off chance there might be any other home educators out here?!! If so, please get in touch we'd love to hear from you. 12 May 2006 |
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| Paraguay |
Viviana viviana.chamorro@btinternet.com |
My husband is English and I am from South America. We have one year old son and another one on the way, and are considering alternative schooling for our children, as we wish to divide our time between the two countries. I think its very important for my children to live part of the year in my home country, where they will benefit from contact with their other family and learn the language and culture. Most of the year they will spend in England, their country. As no conventional school will let us take them for a full term, I wish to agree flexi schooling with a School in my area, where they can attend school whilst in England, and be home educated when abroad. 03 Jul 2006 |
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| Cyprus | Paphos, Cyprus | Emma Kania photo-magic at hotmail.com |
Have
just started home eduacting my daughter ellie age 5 and would love to hear from
anyone else in cyprus or anywhere with child of similar age. |