Social Opportunities & Events for Kansas City Homeschoolers

You can find Social Opportunities and Events for Kansas City Homeschoolers at my main site, Homeschooling in Kansas City.

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Kansas City Area Homeschool Co-ops, Drop-offs, & Hybrids

Have you just moved to the area? Considering moving to Kansas City, the best place in the world to homeschool? Lived here your whole life? New to homeschooling entirely?

Is your homeschool curriculum religious, secular, eclectic, rigorous, relaxed, or a mixture of a few of those? Whatever — you're in the right place!

I've curated a popular post full of Kansas City homeschool co-ops (parents pitch in), drop-offs (parents get a break), and hybrids (a couple of days at a school building or other place to learn, and the rest of the work is done during the week at home)! 

Please check out the list and details for almost 60 Kansas City Area Homeschool Co-ops, Drop-offs, & Hybrids over at my main site, Homeschooling in Kansas City.

See you over there!

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Kansas City Area Homeschool Facebook Groups and Pages

You can find the massive list of Kansas City Area Homeschool Facebook Groups and Pages at my main site, Homeschooling in Kansas City.

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Homeschool Plays

Last night was one of my homeschool group's Spring Play. It was so great to have my mom, my in-laws, my friend Angeliina and her family and my brother-in-law and his kids (one of them our godson!) attend. Even the chaplain from Joel's Scout troop came!

I looked around the gym and was really happy that my kids have made some real friends, and so have I.

Homeschool Socialization. Check.

Halfway through the second play I remembered how, when I first wanted to homeschool, my mom was concerned about things like Christmas musicals and school plays and "school-type"activities she would miss.

Two kids in a play. Check.

This morning my oldest is off to go pick up trash at a stream for a few hours with Scouts.

Volunteering and being a good citizen. Check. (wait,they don't do that kind of stuff in school! what kind of hippie homeschool am I running here?)

Have a great day!

Homeschool Socialization Conversation Starters

I hate when ignorant people act like homeschooled kids are weird. They even cite examples of kids they knew who started school later after being homeschooled who were "strange" and did not fit in.

I have some questions for these morons:

1. So you went to school and you are so socially fabulous and perfect? I mean, I personally am, but I'm an anomoly.
2. How many "freaks" do you know who went to school, either private or public?
3. How many amazing homeschooled kids have you met? Probably not a lot because you aren't in contact with them. Seek them out and you will see that they exist in droves. I meet cool homeschooled teens every single day who can hold a conversation with me like no public school kid could!
4. Can you be awesome like me and realize that there is no "perfect" educational choice and that we are all doing the best we can and are doing what we feel called to do?
5. Can you imagine that not every parent who homeschools keeps their kid in seclusion from the world? Some of those "weird" kids you came across maybe never left the house.
6. When you met these homeschooled kids, were you a judgmental jerk to them or did you try to befriend them? Do you want your own children to be like you were?

Just some conversation starters, friends!

Homeschool Harvest Party

Here's my tweet from just now:

"Looks like I'm planning the homeschool Harvest Party ... why do I feel like I'm on an episode of Donald Trump's "Homeschool Apprentice"?"

Sometimes you do stuff for your kids, you know? Do I have time to do this? No.

Do I know what a Harvest Party is? No.

But I will dang well find out (thanks to the Internet), and I will work it out, and it will rock.

Then I will write an article about how to have a Harvest Party and it will make me millions of dollars. HAHAHA!

Seriously, though, my kids can help me and see how to plan a party. Maybe they will be party planners when they grow up. Maybe because I volunteered to do this one little thing my 5 kids will start a business called McLoughlin Party Planning and have a reality show about it.

HappyElfMom, you'd better come!