Life Education And Resource Network

Welcome to the LEARN website

Life Education and Resource Network (LEARN) is a group of Indiana homeschooling families from Bloomington, Monroe County, and the surrounding area. The network is diverse and inclusive; many political backgrounds, educational philosophies, and religious views are represented, and all are welcome. We are also committed to providing information for the broader community about homeschooling in Indiana; you will find hundreds of links throughout the website that will connect you to articles, books, museums, legal information, etc.  LEARN parents have regular planning meetings to generate ideas and coordinate activities.

To find out more about homeschooling and LEARN, please feel free to contact either of our volunteer members below via email or phone.

You are also invited to join us for Open Park Day, held on the first Thursdays of the months of April through October from 1pm to 3pm. There will be a LEARN representative there to help answer your questions. These Open Park Days are held at Upper Cascades Park. Upper Cascades Park is located on Clubhouse Drive, take the IN 45/46 bypass to Kinser Pike. North on Kinser Pike past the turnoff for the Skate Park to the first right (east) on Clubhouse Drive (follow signs to golf course), continue past to one-way loop road leading to playground. Alternately, take Old Hwy. 37 to Clubhouse Drive, follow to playground.

LEARN has an e-list that is only open to members. If you found the e-list on your own through a Yahoo Groups search, and applied to join the e-list, please be advised that you won't be admitted until you have joined the actual LEARN entity itself.

To join LEARN, please click on the "Join LEARN" button to the left. Print, and fill out the form, and mail it to the P.O. Box address specified on that page. Thank you.


  • IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE BASICS OF HOW TO START HOMESCHOOLING IN INDIANA, go to IN Homeschool Info.  You will find links to the official Indiana Department of Education Website, and also  information on contact people and support groups in various cities in Indiana.  To officially list your homeschooling family with the State of Indiana, and to get a free homeschooling information packet, call or e-mail Kate Clark, or general homeschool information, Department of Education, 1-800-833-2199 or go to the Dept. of Education web site for the state of Indiana.

    In the unlikely event that you can't find an answer to your homeschooling question through one or more of the many links here, then you may contact one of our contact people: 
    Amy via e-mail (click on her name)
    Barbara at 812-336-8028.


    Some activities that LEARN members have organized, and participated in, in the recent past have included:

    • a class on geology taught by one of LEARN's parents
    • a tour of IU Art Musuem
    • a tour of IU Greenhouse
    • language classes - French, Spanish, etc. - through private instructor, listed under "Other Organizations of Interest" on the IN Homeschool Info page/link
    • a theatre production
    • bowling tournament
    • ice skating
    • field trip to a honey farm
    • weekly park day
    • e-zine
    • piano/music classes
    • ornament decorating party
    • Pottery & Art Classes through private instructors (listed under "Other Organizations of Interest" on the IN Homeschool Info page/link) and at the Waldron
    • Indoor Wall Climbing
    • music classes- voice and instrument
    • dance & movement class
    • Eagle Watch presentation and hike
    • Beach Days at Paynetown on Lake Monroe
    • trip to a Honey Farm
    • Maple Syrup Farm tour
    • Peden Farm Tour
    • three original Musical Productions and their performances
    • WPAFB Air Force Museum (Dayton) home school day activities
    • large group horseback riding at McCormick's Creek
    • ballet performances at IU Nutcracker
    • homeschool ice skating classes and performance at Frank Southern Center
    • a class on Watercolor Painting
    • a class on Whales
    • a class on Introduction to Flying Airplanes
    • nature hikes
    • a trip to the Cikana Fish Hatchery
    • firestation tours
    • tour of the police station
    • Sledding Day
    • tour of the Mail Distribution Center
    • Indianapolis Art Museum tour
    • Indiana State Museum tour
    • Holiday caroling at a nursing home
    • volunteering at Wonderlab
    • Valentines and ornament decorating parties
    • SRSC Family Night first Friday night of every month
    • Group Sports at 9th Street Park including Soccer and Flag Football
    • LEARN's own "homemade" Quiddich Game at Girl's Inc.
    • public soccer classes at Bloomington United Soccer School
    • singing with IU Children's Choir
    • play groups
    • Pirate's Gold treasure/math hunt
    • study groups
    • and more.


    • To join LEARN, please click on the "Join LEARN" button to the left. Print, and fill out the form, and mail it to the P.O. Box address specified on that page. Thank you.

    General disclaimer: The members of LEARN are an extremely diverse group, whose philosophies of life and learning and homeschooling can differ greatly.  Therefore, if a LEARN member speaks about something, it shouldn't be assumed that this is a group policy or belief. Each member may have opinions that vary from those of other members or the group's desire as a whole.