Illinois Support Groups

Belleville
SCCCHE
St. Clair County Christian Home is intended to provide useful information to aid families in their endeavor to educate their children at home. Please contact us if you have any questions conerning home education.

Belleville
MECHE - Metro East Catholic Home Educators
Support group of Catholic Homeschoolers living near Belleville, IL.

Bloomington
Crossroads Area Home School Association
CAHSA unites Central Illinois homeschoolers in the area where I-74, I-39, I-55 and IL-51 connect. This website is a resource for those who have chosen homeschooling as the best route for educating their children. Here they will find information about classes, activities, field trips, and communications with other homeschoolers in the area.

Central Illinois counties
Homeschool Dads in Central Illinois
This group will serve as a meeting place and information exchange for Central Illinois area homeschool Dads. Fathers who are considering homeschooling their children are welcome as well. Here, Fathers can discuss homeschool issues, ask questions, exchange ideas about curriculum, share activities and schedule get togethers.

Champaign / Urbana
Christian Homeschool Connection
We are a Christian support group. We are based out of Champaign, IL and encompass many other counties as well. We hold classes, field trips, support groups and with our web site we are able to provide a secure place to communicate with other members and create learning experiences for our children.

Chicago
National Parenting Education Network (NPEN)
The vision of the National Parenting Education Network (NPEN) is that all parents/families will have the information, resources and support needed to provide a nurturing relationship and an optimal environment that will encourage their children’s healthy growth and development.

Chicago
Our Lady, Queen of Peace
Our group consists of practicing Catholic home schooling families. A primary purpose of the group is to build up the kingdom of God on earth by raising children who are strong in the practice and knowledge of their Catholic faith. We offer support and information to parents, and provide social, academic, and spiritual opportunities for our children.

Chicago
Mom's Home Room
Come and chat with other homeschooling moms! Share your homeschooling adventures, get some homeschooling advice, vent your homeschooling frustrations in a safe, friendly place. Have a field trip idea? A class idea? Want to meet for lunch? Share your ideas here on the list! This list is for informational purposes and sharing of ideas among are homeschooling moms. This list has members from all over the Chicago area and from many different religious backgrounds. Members also have different homeschooling philosophies. The common ground is homeschooling.

Chicago
Holistic Learners Homeschool Group
Holistic Learners Homeschool Group is a non-directed support group made up of open-minded homeschoolers of all ages, that puts our children's education safely in our own hands. This group does not only focus on the academic portion of schooling, but teaching the whole child - mind, body and soul to create life long learners.

Chicago & Southwest Suburbs
Christian Home Educators of Southwest Chicagoland
Home Discipleship Focused support group

Chicago, IL
Phenomenal Homeschool
Homeschool Co-op for Special Needs

Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will counties
Christian Family Educational Co-op
A group of Christian homeschooling families that have joined together in an Educational Co-op to help each other add to the Home School experience. The purpose the Christian Family Educational Co-op (CFEC), is to provide home education families an opportunity to enrich their children's academic curriculum and social experience within the context of a Christian-based, co-operative organization.

Decatur
Decatur Area Homeschool Network
A network of homeschool information and available community resources for homeschooled students and families. With the mutual goal of providing the best education possible for their children, this group is meant to be a source of support and information for experienced and inexperienced homeschoolers alike.

Decatur
Kaleidoscopes- Co-op
A homeschool co-op group.

Decatur
MICAH
MICAH is a new, inclusive homeschooling group forming in the Central Illinois area. We offer an exciting slate of cooperative classes plus all the things you want in a support group. We have a monthly newsletter, starting August 1st, containing details about MICAH activities such as field trips and special classes. MICAH members will enjoy: Field trips, Co-operative classes for K4-12th grade, Moms-only meetings, Family activities, School pictures, Homeschool ID, Book fair, Standardized testing, Private online groups for support and social networking, and small, specially arranged classes like horseback riding

DuPage, Cook, and Kane counties
The Prairie Connection for Christian Homeschoolers
The Prairie Connection is a non-profit support group serving the northern Illinois counties of DuPage, Cook, Kane and surrounding areas. Our mission is to provide support, information and encouragement to those who wish to homeschool. We meet several times each month, year-round, for fun and educational activities, clubs, functions and meetings. Membership is FREE! We are a Christian support group that welcomes all faiths (or lack thereof).

Dupage/Kane County
Holistic Learners Homeschool Group
Holistic Learners Homeschool Group is a non-directed support group made up of open-minded homeschoolers of all ages, that puts our children's education safely in our own hands. This group does not only focus on the academic portion of schooling, but teaching the whole child - mind, body and soul to create life long learners.

Forest Park and surrounding areas
Westside HOUSE
Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience is an inclusive, non-sectarian network of homeschooling support groups. The Westside HOUSE chapter meets the second Friday of each month at the Forest Park Public Library (at the corner of Des Plaines and Jackson) between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. You and your children are welcome!

Fox Valley
Prairie State Homeschoolers
PSH is a nonsectarian inclusive Homeschool group. PSH provides support, park days, gym days, book discussion, story time, field trips, used book sales, a lending library and more.

Glen Ellyn
SCARCE Homeschool / Community Membership Program
The Home School Membership provides homeschoolers with used textbooks and teaching materials, staff assistance, student programs, and other services designed for them, all at minimal cost.

Godfrey
Riverbend Christian Home Educators Coalition
We are a Christian home school support group. We do not have a web site, but our newsletter is sent by email.

Kane/Dupage/McHenry
Holistic Learners Homeschool Group
Natural/Organic Living

Lake and McHenry Counties
Off The Beaten Path
An inclusive support network of unschooling families. OTBP’s mission is to bring local unschooling families out of the woodwork and give them the opportunity to connect and support one another, both online and in person.

Lake County
Lake County H.O.U.S.E.
Home-Oriented Unique Schooling Experience Our mission is to provide non-sectarian and non-political support and information for homeschooling families as well as providing socialization and shared educational opportunities for our children. Lake County H.O.U.S.E. provides many clubs and field trip experiences organized by and for its members.

Matteson
Grassroots Homeschoolers HOUSE
This non-profit organization exists for the purpose of nurturing your family in a non-denominatinal, non-sectarian capacity. We welcome all faiths, all abilities, and all educational styles. To the homeschooling community, we offer social opportunities, practical information, and learning adventures to be experienced by not only our members but the general public as well.

Monee
Homeschool Resource Center
The Homeschool Resource Center exists to provide information, advice, encouragement, fellowship, and resources to Christian homeschooling families. The Center also conducts monthly meetings that include discussions on various subjects pertaining to the heart of homeschooling and home discipleship. There are also two co-ops, e-mail information loop, larger lending library, used curriculum, etc.

Naperville
Wild Indigo Life Learners
Wild Indigo Life Learners is made up of unschooling families who have chosen to be facilitators in the life learning journey of their children. We are based in the Naperville area yet draw from many communities in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. We are currently planning field trips and other organized events on Wednesdays.

Naperville, Aurora, Joliet
Many Rivers Unschoolers
An all inclusive homeschooling group. We practice child-led learning, as opposed to following a set curriculum. We meet every Wednesday for an unstructured play group, and on other days for special field trips and special-interest groups. Our special-interest groups currently include anime club, science club, game day, gym day, fiber arts group, and parent’s night out. We also produce Undercurrents, our own journal of arts and literature, and participate in homeschool acting classes, swimming, and skating days.

Northeastern region
SOTCHEHSers
This group will be an email resource for members of the Splendor of Truth Catholic Home School group comprised of members from northeastern Illinois (Winthrop Harbor, Zion, Waukegan, Gurnee, Wadsworth, Russell, etc) and southeastern Wisconsin (Kenosha, Racine, Pleasant Prairie, Sturtevant, Mount Pleasant, etc.)

Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois Homeschool Monthly
Monthly Newsletter

Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois Homeschool Monthly
Northern Illinois Homeschool Monthly is your news resource for Current Events, Field Trips, Co-op Classes, Private or Instructor Led Classes, Used/New Curriculum Sales, Groups, Conferences, Museum Discount Days, Nature Centers and so much more.

Peoria
Association of Peoria Area Christian Home Educators
"Helping Parents Excel in Home Educating Their Children from a Christian Perspective". The vision of APACHE is threefold: To provide education and information to parents. To provide activities to assist parents in their efforts. To promote understanding and acceptance of home schooling as an excellent means of education. Some of APACHE's activities include: a monthly newsletter, annual convention and curriculum fair, library, choir, a track and field day, history fair, science fair, talent night, and smaller local support groups and parents' meetings.

Peoria
Peoria Area Homeschoolers
Enhancing the home education experience for homeschooling parent/guardians of all backgrounds in the Peoria area. PAH provides an opportunity for members to provide support, play dates, field trips, and networking opportunities to each other.

Quad City
CHALK Quad City

Quad City area
Quad City Area Secular Homeschoolers
QCA Secular Homeschoolers is primarily geared toward families who are homeschooling for reasons other than religion and who are looking for an alternative to religious homeschool groups. Activity announcements, homeschooling related questions/stories/advice, event planning and supportive emails are all appropriate for the group. The QCA Secular Homeschoolers group is not limited to any one form/method of homeschooling.

Schaumburg, Elgin, Streamwood, Wheaton, and Bartlett
Schaumburg H.O.U.S.E.
A non-sectarian group of homeschoolers that support all educational philosophies and family lifestyles. We facilitate activities, classes, cultural events, and general gatherings to aid our children in making friends and being part of a larger community. Schaumburg H.O.U.S.E. is a chapter of Illinois H.O.U.S.E., the statewide organization (Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience).

Springfield, Illinois Area and Sangamon County
Queen of All Saints Home Educators
A group of Catholic Homeschooling families.

St.Clair and Madison Counties
St. Clair & Madison County Homeschoolers
Exchange ideas, give links, support each other with curriculum, homeschool, general talk, scriptures or encouragment!

Statewide
Illinois H.O.U.S.E.
H.O.U.S.E. (Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience) is a network of homeschool support groups whose purpose is to support families in exercising their right to homeschool regardless of age, color, creed, ethnic background, family composition, financial condition, gender, learning disabilities, race, religion or lack thereof, sexual preference, or special educational needs. H.O.U.S.E. is a non-sectarian homeschooling support group.

Statewide
Christian Home Educators Coalition
Christian Home Educators Coalition of Illinois is a state organization whose purpose is to preserve homeschooling liberties in the state of Illinois.

Statewide
Illinois Homeschool Announce (ILHSannounce)
This list is for all Illinois homeschoolers, or those who are interested in homeschooling in Illinois. This is to be an inclusive list, so while you may certainly identify your religious interests as it affects your home education program, we will not encourage comparative religion discussions. This list is intended for announcements of area activities, field trips, speakers, group meetings, and legal information discussions. Legislation information, whether local, State, or Federal, is requested although this list is not a source of legal advice. However, discussion of alerts from various sources is always encouraged.

Statewide
Homeschooling in Illinois
Explore Homeschooling in Illinois

Statewide
Illinois Christian Home Educators Support Groups
ICHE's vast network of Support Groups reaches all parts of Illinois. These locally based groups provide mentoring, schooling resources, curriculum ideas, prayer support, and the individual “hands and feet” of ministry.

Streamwood
TEACH Tri-county Eclectic and Creative Homeschoolers of Illinois
TEACH is an all-inclusive, private, volunteer-run homeschooling group for families residing in the NW suburbs of Chicago, including Northwest Cook County, Northwest DuPage County, and Northern Kane county. TEACH supports many different homeschooling styles and offers educational opportunities, social activities and resources for our member families. We offer the following activities: Park Days, Open Gym, Monthly Bowling, Monthly Nature Hikes, Monthly Teen only activities for grade 6 and up, Parent Meetings, Reading Programs including Read to Succeed and Kane County Cougars, Field Trips, Service Projects, Yahoo Group with Group Calendar, Fall Kick Off Party, Winter Holiday Party, Valentine’s Party, End of Year Picnic, Ice Skating, and so much more!

Will and DuPage counties
Legacy Christian Co-op
Homeschool co-op meeting weekly

Will County
Homeschool Resource Center
support group

Woodfield
Woodfield Area Learning Exchange
WALE, a chapter of IIllinois H.O.U.S.E. (Home Oriented Unique Schooling Experience)! We meet regularly to support all friends of homeschooling! Mad Math Mondays, Park Dates, FUN Excursions to area attractions, Accurate information through Illinois HOUSE and AdHoc on legal developments in our state, and updates on area happenings through our bulletin board chat on Yahoo! eGroups