For many families, homeschooling works better when one or more classes can be shared with a group. Parents and their children decide to regularly gather in each other's homes or a rented facility to cooperatively teach academic subjects like math or science or extra-curricular courses like art, sports, or drama. Better known as homeschool collaboratives, these groups generally have anywhere from five to 50 member families with homeschool parents volunteering to take responsibility for holding the group. Often the collaborative works best with a core provision which is then supplemented through the parent's initiative with various age-appropriate activities and experiences such as crafts, music, drama, environmental studies and sports. I offer half or whole day workshops for those interested in, planning or engaged in homeschool collaborative initiatives. I will tailor the session to your specific needs but in general, workshops are designed as a deep dive into what to include in a ...

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