The homeschooling experience is one that you need to share. Thanks to the internet there are many ways to do this. Here we consider some popular sharing tools that other homeschooling parents have used with great success.
The Homeschooling Parent’s Blog
There is physical outlet for the adult homeschooling teacher and a good way to find a support group: share your trials and tribulations in a blog. Describing your day and letting others know about your emotional upheavals is a great way to de-stress and gain some insightful advice from others. A large number of mothers who have homeschooling blogs and are followed by others even end up getting free samples of homeschooling resource materials from companies to get reviews. That is a nice side benefit you can look forward to once you build up your blog’s readership.
The Online Homeschool Community Forum
Not being in the same physical location is no deterrent to making friends in the online homeschool community. A number of forums are available for homeschooling parents and by joining a couple of them you will may find a great a support group. You can make friends with parents whose kids are in the same grade, share the experiences you go through with them, and learn from their mistakes as well. Some people even give away worksheets that they have designed for their own children in the previous grade. Keep your eyes peeled for whatever you can use in your own classroom.
Use Social Media to Connect with Other Homeschoolers
Facebook has a large number of groups, pages, and profiles dedicated to homeschooling. Some of these groups can offer great tips for getting study materials, others focus on meeting up for co-curricular activities and yet others discuss teaching methodology. Whatever your question, there usually someone in the group who is able to answer it. If you don’t have the time to scroll through endless discussions in Facebook groups, stick to the microblogging site of Twitter. The hashtags like #homeschool, #hsbloggers, #hschat and the like are a great way to pick up material without investing too much of your own time and effort into building relationships.
