Don't homeschool alone. Get involved in a homeschool support group where you can get help throughout the year and find social activities for your children. Homeschool support groups come in all flavors: Christian, Catholic, Secular, Special Needs, etc. Find the one that meets your particular needs and get involved.

Here is a list of homeschool support groups around the US. I will be adding other states in the next few weeks:

Index:

State Support Groups:

Oklahoma Support Groups:

  • Charlotte Mason Support Group/Tulsa. Meets every third Thursday @ Mardel's 71st & Mingo from 6p-8p
    For more info: CMDGnTulsa@yahoo.com
  • (CHEER) Christian Home Educators Encouragement Resource. The CHEER Support Group is a group of 100+ homeschool families in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area who support and encourage each other and provide tools to help each family achieve excellence in their homeschool. Contact: Erin and Terry Blain, Tulsa,Oklahoma, Contact Email: cheer@cheersupport.com.
  • CHEF - Tulsa (Christian Home Educators Fellowship). CHEF of Oklahoma is open to any homeschool family who signs their statement of faith. Affiliated support groups are located throughout Tulsa and the surrounding areas. They also sponsor a new and used book fair in June. E-mail at CHEFOFOK@aol.com. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 471363, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74147-1363. Phone: (918) 583-READ (583-7323).
  • Cornerstone Tutorial Center located at 3160A S. 129th E. Ave., Tulsa, offers academic counseling to homeschooling families. Contact them at 664-9527 or by email homeschoolconsultant@valornet.com.
  • Edmond Home Educators' Support Group: We offer field trips, mom's fellowship, educational events, social get togethers, website information, and yahoo group discussion. Membership is $10/per family for the school year. Affiliated group of OCHEC. Contact: Andrea Pflughoft, Email: pflughoft@sbcglobal.net.
  • Great Plains Home Educators, Hydro and surrounding areas. Support, activities, and co-op.
  • Green Country HERO (Green Country Home Educators Resource Organization) was established to provide support for homeschoolers in the greater Tulsa area. The group is open to all homeschoolers and is Christian based. We provide a wide variety of social and educational opportunities, all organized by group members. Benefits include the following: a monthly newsletter, a member directory, use of our lending library, an HSLDA discount, bi-monthly business meetings, and monthly moms' night out. We are affiliated with OCHEC, THE, and HERO of Oklahoma. If you are interested in joining Green Country HERO, please contact us at gcheromail@yahoo.com. Location: Tulsa Area, Oklahoma. Contact: Dawn Osborn, Phone: 918-261-4688.
  • Heartland Home Educators, Owasso. Open to all. Classes and field trips for kids. Support for moms. Contact: Julie Attebury at heartlandhe@yahoo.com.
  • HERO: HERO of Oklahoma's primary purpose is to provide information concerning the many local and state educational resources available to Oklahoma home educators.  As a network of homeschooling families and support groups, HERO of Oklahoma also helps families connect with each other through their web site, gatherings, and e-mail discussion groups. Information on this website includes recommended lawyers for homeschoolers, booklist, shopping info, and much more.
  • Liz's Liszt: A Christian information group for West of Tulsa Area homeschoolers includes field trip ideas, activities, and other information such as new finds, book and movie information, cool websites and more.
  • The McAlester support group meets once a month and takes field trips. Our next meeting will be Thursday November 3, 2005, at the First Baptist Church Activities Room. It will be from 7-9. A Christmas party is planned for Friday December 9 at Central Christian Church from 6:30-9:00. For information you may contact Deborah Stone 918-426-0909 or cstone1234@allegiance.tv.
  • OCHEC. (Oklahoma Christian Home Educators Consociation) is a statewide homeschool support organization directed by Christian leaders to serve and help anyone who strongly desires to teach his or her children at home. Contact info: Phone: 405-521-8439. Email at staff@ochec.com. Web site: http://www.ochec.com. Blog: http://www.ochec.blogspot.com/.
  • OKHSMoms Info Group: A yahoo group by Ellen Latimer that provides encouragment and LOTS of free information for Oklahoma homeschool moms on what's happening in Oklahoma that is of interest to homeschoolers. I highly recommend signing up for this group. (Also a good friend of mine!)
  • Oklahoma Home School Connection. OK.H.S.C is an organization of families from Midwest City/Del City Oklahoma who come together for the common purpose of encouraging one another in their endeavors to faithfully train and educate their children at home. While the leadership of OK.H.S.C. is Christ led, and each individual family allows God to determine the path of their homeschooling, as a service organization, we will strive to support and encourage anyone who seriously desires to educate their children at home. Contact: Laura Martin martinhomeschool101@yahoo.com.
  • Okmulgee Area Home School Association. OAHSA is dedicated to serving home educators and their families. Our goal is to glorify Jesus Christ and to encourage parents in the training of their children to follow Jesus through home education. We hope to guide and help families to educate their children carefully in the way that would be pleasing to God. We maintain Christian leadership but membership is open to all. Contact: Shelley Boland, Email: iwisdom@sbcglobal.net (918)758-0217.
  • Okmulgee County Homeschoolers, Membership Requirments: Homeschool in Okmulgee County or be interested in homeschooling in Okmulgee County. NO fees or age limits. Information about group: this is just an online group for now until group grows some-would like to get group big enough to start doing field trips etc. Contact Info: Heather Lawrence, 7385 Fox Run Henryetta, OK 74437, Email: Dhlawrence@sbcglobal.net, Phone: 918-652-4382.
  • Osage Skiatook Christian Homeschool Association (OSCHA)
    We are a new non-profit support group in the Skiatook area with members from Sperry, Hominy, and Avant. Members must sign our statement of faith and agree to abide by our by-laws. We offer structured PE, field trips, holiday activities, and promotion night.     Contact: Wendy Kuerbitz at 918-407-3936 and Victoria Myers 918-396-0655.
  • Pottawatomie County Home Educators Association (PCHEA). Serving Pott. County and the surrounding areas. PCHEA is Christian in orientation and leadership, but not exclusive in membership. We offer support and encouragement to homeschooling families in Shawnee and surrounding counties through various monthly activities, contests and field trips for our children, and a monthly newsletter and website. Contact: Julie Cockroft. Phone: (405) 214-0497. Email: pcheainfo@gmail.com.
  • Proverbs 22:6 Home Educators, 7015 East 41st Street, Tulsa, OK 74145. Serving Tulsa and surrounding area. Contact: Jami:  (918) 622-2444 or jamiharl@cox.net. Open to anyone. No membership fees or forms to sign. Members should provide at least one volunteer service for the group. Proverbs 22:6 Home Educators support group exists to provide a support network for families who honor the seventh day Sabbath and have chosen to educate their children at home. Membership benefits include: Student public speaking; PE co-op; play-dates; educational field trips; e-mail loop; fun academic competitions; friendship and fellowship. Moms and Dads are encouraged to attend the monthly meetings together. Child care is available if needed.
  • Sallisaw Home Educators. Sallisaw Home Educators is a Support Group for Homeschool families in and around the Sallisaw, Oklahoma area. Our group is open to all home edcucators regardless of race, religion, learning and/or teaching styles. Contact: Danielle Crawford. Email: ruaou4life@yahoo.com.
  • Shawnee Home Educators: No membership fees. All families that have children birth to high school. Non-home schoolers welcomed. We offer Field Trips, Co-op type classes, park days, debate team, and photography class.We do have monthly meetings.Phone: 405-395-2146 Email: cherees@shawneehomeeducators.org.
  • STILLWATER - Home Is Where The Heart Is. Serving Stillwater, Perkins, Tryon, Perry and Mulhall.  Contact:  Pascha Franklin, easygoingmom@sbcglobal.net.  Homeschooling or thinking about it. Please, whether your children are old or young, whether you are married or single, whether you are religious or not, textbook teaching or unschooling and everything in between. We are here to support each other in the decision to keep our children at home with us, learning with us. We do NOT have to agree on anything else, just be respectful of each other as you would want people to be with you.  Please, visit the website for current meeting times & places. We look forward to meeting you!
  • T.H.E. (Tulsa Home Educators), published by Linda Duntley, is a subscription-based newsletter for homeschool parents that provides information on local support groups and community activities open to homeschoolers in the Tulsa metro area. Well worth the subscription price! Contact Linda at lduntley@aol.com for more information.
  • Victory Homeschoolers, organized in 1999, serves the homeschooling families of Victory Christian Church and is open to any homeschool family who signs their statement of faith. Tulsa, OK. Email: Roberta Smith at vhsschoolnews@sbcglobal.net.
For support groups in other states, go to HSDLA's listing of State Organizations

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