A Million Homeschooled Boys in Longmont

At a recent open house, Longmont homeschooling families gathered.  There were a million boys.  My goodness.  It was a great time. We chatted about learning, life and all sorts of things.  The kids enjoyed playing. 

Homeschooling in Longmont….with a million boys

A New Crop of Homeschool Kindergarteners

We’ve got tons of little ‘tag-along’ homeschool toddlers and infants.  There is always a pregnant tummy around here.  With all these little ‘tag-along’ toddlers, its fun to watch them grow into full-blown homeschooled KIDS!  In the last 3 weeks, we’ve had 3 kiddos hit that magic 5 year-old point that makes them official kindergarteners. 

 It’s never too early to start finding a support group for your young homeschooler. Babies and toddlers are always welcome our events.  If you plan to Homeschool in Longmont or anywhere in Boulder county, jump in and get to know the Niche group.  Our newest round of future kindergartners is currently incubating in tummies. 

Longmont Homeschool 101 Classes.

Are you considering homeschooling? Or have you been homeschooling, but still feel a bit lost or unsure?  Attend one of Niche’s Longmont Homeschool 101 Classes.

Homeschooling is quickly becoming a common educational choice.  If you have a child who is struggling, bored, unmotivated or just doesn’t fit in, then homeschooling might be a great choice for your family.  Perhaps you’d just like your family to be more bonded and less hurried.  Or maybe you feel that your child deserves an individualized education. 

Come join the growing number of families who are finding out that homeschooling can provide a quality, individualized education, more content family time and less stress.  This class will provide information about homeschool law, curriculum choices, philosophies and socialization. 

Classes are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month, every month in Longmont.  Classes are free but a small materials fee will apply. 

To register, or get further information, send an email to cohsmama at yahoo dot com

Local Homeschool Support Groups

As mentioned on the front page of this packet, Northern Inclusive Colorado Home Educators, or NICHE, is one such local group in this area.  NICHE is centered in Boulder County, with many of its active members in the Lafayette, Erie, and Longmont area.  NICHE has members as far away as Westminster, Fort Lupton, and Estes Park, though the vast majority of the activities take place in Boulder County.  NICHE welcomes all homeschooling families, whatever their homeschooling style, parenting style, or spiritual/religious beliefs may be.  Membership is free.  To join the NICHE e-mail list, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ColoradoNICHE/. 

The Boulder County Home Educators/Instructors Association, or BCHIA, is centered primarily in Boulder.  To join the BCHIA e-mail list, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bchia/. 

Blue Skies is a support group for “unschoolers”.  Their name stands for “Boulder’s Lifelong Unschooling Enthusiasts Simply Keeping Independent Education Special!”  From their website, they are “a support group for those Unschooling, beginning to Unschool, or interested in the philosophy, in Boulder and Surrounding areas. Unschooling is a child-led, self-directed process of learning, and LIFE is our classroom.  This list is not for curriculum discussion, or coerced learning. These things do not make up Unschooling, and are not a part of what we do.  This list also does NOT include talk of religion of any kind. We all are from different backgrounds, and beliefs, so please be mindful and respectful of this. Religious and political talk need to be taken off list amongst each other.  All ages welcome! Toddlers to teens, and kids at heart. Friendships are important… let’s get together and create a wonderful community of families, not only for our kids, but for ourselves as well.”  Blue Skies’ e-mail list can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BLUE_SKIES2/.  Moderator approval is required for membership. 

The Longmont Christian Homeschool Cooperative (LCHC) is made up of smaller support groups overseen by a central Steering Committee. All Steering Committee members as well as the leaders of each small support group must sign a Statement of Faith.  Each small group sets its own membership requirements.  LCHC publishes a monthly newsletter, and has information on their website of interest to new homeschoolers.  http://www.longmont-chc.org/ 

Pneuma Homeschool Group is a Christian group in the Erie area.  Email kimlancaster@comcast.net for info. 

The Leaf Bombers is a social group for teenaged homeschoolers, formed by NICHE member Ann Tisue.  It is open to kids ages 12 or so, and up; all homeschoolers are welcome. Three activities are organized per month, including one park day, with locations varying.  “To make logistics reasonable for the parents, younger siblings are allowed.  If siblings are small, parents should make sure they are present so that the siblings won’t distract the older kids.”  To join their e-mail list and find out about upcoming activities, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Leafbombers/. 

Excuse me while I toss out some search terms so Yahoo can find the site. Silly Yahoo!  Longmont Homeschool secular Colorado co-op inclusive support group

Yes, Virginia. There is an inclusive homeschool group in Longmont.

Welcome to the Longmont Homeschool Group. This is really a ‘annex’ of the Niche group. All the activities and chatter occurs over there. Here, I just keep getting the word out that Longmont is a hopping homeschool town and that “all the cool kids” are hanging out in Niche. How’s that for peer pressure? Niche (and hence, the Longmont Homeschool Group) is an inclusive group welcoming people of various faith and belief systems, various homeschool styles, various lifestyles…Just Plain Variety in general! Things are never dull. Everyone is welcome!

If you are just considering homeschooling, we’ve got a ton of resources including an awesome packet with information on Colorado homeschool law, homeschool classes and other homeschool support groups…What? This one isn’t good enough for you? This will all be getting added here soon. If I’m not quick enough for your needs, the just send me a comment and I’ll try and answer your question

Hope to see you at a park day real soon!

Ann

Excuse me while I toss out some search terms so Yahoo can find the site. Silly Yahoo!  Longmont Homeschool Colorado Co-op secular inclusive