We had a GREAT October meeting on homeschooling with almost 50 people present. A huge thank you to Stephanie Elms for her presentation. For more information, visit:
Stephanie also provided some other great resources:
VaHomeschoolers has a couple of events coming up:
2010 VaHomeschoolers Conference and Resource Fair
March 12-13, 2009 - Glen Allen, Virginia
http://www.vahomeschoolers.org/conference/
Homeschooling and College Entrance Seminar
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - Richmond, Virginia
http://www.vahomeschoolers.org/seminars/
For folks who were not able to make it to the talk, here are a few links to start learning about what is required to homeschool in Virginia:
Filing Your Notice of Intent
http://vahomeschoolers.org/noi/filing_NOI.asp
Evaluations and Testing Requirements
http://vahomeschoolers.org/eval/
Finding Local Support
http://vahomeschoolers.org/support/
A couple of recommended email lists:
VirginiaEclecticHS - statewide homeschool email list and great way to start learning about homeschooling from other homeschoolers in Virginia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VAEclecticHS/
NoVaUnschoolers - a Northern Virginia homeschool email list and a great way to start networking and learning about activities and events in the area
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NovaUnschoolers/
A couple of recommended books to start out with:
The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start by Linda Dobson
Teach Your Own and Learning All the Time by John Holt (Learning All the Time is a good book on how kids naturally learn, even if you do not plan on homeschooling).
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