North Carolina Homeschool "ology"

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“North Carolina Homeschool”ology”!

The blog was originally�a part of the “Homeschool Nations” which was the brainchild of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine (TOS) and�a blog hosted�by “Homeschool Blogger”.

The Purpose of the Homeschool Nations Blogswas to connect Homeschoolers with each other and with resources in their State that would help them to teach their children at home and encourage them in their educational journey!

Each State and Country was represented�by a�blog and a volunteer blogger updated the blogs with information, announcements and field trip ideas or answered questions for Homeschoolers who were new, or simply new to that area.

Who Am I?

I am MeritK and I took over blogging here from Tami Fox back in February of 2008 while I was still fairly new to NC myself! I am a former teacher and have been Homeschooling our 3 children from the beginning (for 11 years now). I�serve on our support group’s leadership team and lead our Homeschool 4-H Club, as well as being a community volunteer and assisting�with a Teen Program at our Community Center each week. I also host a New Homeschooler’s program each Summer for those who are thinking of Homeschooling, those who are new Homeschoolers and to help refresh those who have been Homeschooling for a while!�

The North Carolina blog has been a great way to connect with other Home Educators and with Homeschool Support Groups all over our State. There are so many good resources & field trip ideas that I discovered while Blogging here on the NC State Blog.

As you may know, Homeschool Blogger recently changed over to a new�Platform and�just prior to�that change, they decided to turn over the Homeschool Nations Blog sponsorship to those of us who wished to continue with the Homeschool Nations “tradition”.� The name had to change and so the�Homeschool Nations NC �Blog, became North Carolina Homeschool “ology”.

It is my hope that this blog will continue to be informative and be a blessing to others.� I am thankful for the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s continued dedication to helping Homeschoolers to connect!

I�plan to�organize the blog so that it is better�than ever with the new Blogging Platform by Word Press. There is a new search feature which I hope will enable Homeschoolers to find their county even more easily now.

The new HSB system is also very interactive so I also hope to be able to add more NC blogs to my blog roll as I discover you!

The changes have caused some compatibility issues with my PC, but I hope to iron that out and be able to continue to update this blog regularly.

If you are a provider of services or have a product�that you think would be of value to Homeschoolers in our state, please contact me so that I can post about it here.

If you are a Homeschooler, I would love to visit with you via my personal blogs too.�

I�am also a reviewer for the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s “TOS 2010-2011�Crew” and will be reviewing Middle School and High School Homeschool Curriculum and other educational materials at my Word Press blog titled “Mission Possible” : http://cre8tivehome.wordpress.com/

General Products or items of interest to Homeschool Support Groups and NC Homeschoolers particularly,�will�be reviewed and posted here on the NC blog now�too.

If you are looking at curriculum for your next Homeschool year and would like to see past reviews of curriculum that we have used and how it worked for us,�(Pre-school through High School & Non-Homeschool related as well)�you can visit my other blogs, where I try to focus more on telling about my educational philosophy and the personal “day to day life” of our�Homeschooling family:

http://agallonoflearning.blogspot.com/

http://homeschoolblogger.com/creativelearning/

Thanks for reading the NC blog-

So now you know all about the history of the NC Homeschool “ology” blog – please keep reading to see all the great upgrades that are coming & Email me if you need to�let me know about issues�with the blog, or if you have�questions that I might be able to answer for you or if you want to be added to the NC bloggers Blogroll!

If you are a vendor or a provider and would like to have me review, blog about or post an announcement about issues, products or events that you think would interest my readers, please feel free to contact me here as well:

cre8tivehomeschool@yahoo.com

God Bless,

MeritK