Change in Field Trip plans

The Alpaca Field Trip time has changed. It is still tomorrow, Friday, but it has been moved to 3:00 instead....we were overlapping with the Tae Kwon Do lessons and the Homecoming Parade. Sorry for the short notice!

Christian Academy Book Fair

Mtn. Grove Christian Academy is hosting a Book Fair Monday, October 6th thru the 10th beginning at 9:00a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday night will have a family night from 6 to 8:00 p.m.

Fruit Experiment Station

Sharing photos from our last field trip. If anyone has any pictures they would like to share, please email them to me at chrisjenn at ilovejesus dot net.

Field Trip this Thursday

Just a reminder: this Thursday at 10:00, see details below.

Directions to Springhill Dairy and Pumpkin Patch:

Go North on MM for 10 miles to Burley Rd (on the left.) If you get to Ben Davis, you've gone too far. Turn around at the gas station and head back. Burley will be the 2nd road on your right. Once on Burley, drive till you reach the T and turn left. Their drive is the first on the right.

September Meeting

At our last meeting, the prices for art were changed. From here out, art costs $2.00 per child.

The kids really enjoyed jump-roping and we will get to continue to participate in the jump rope workshop each 2nd and 4th Friday

At our next meeting, September 26th, Denise has arranged for a Flight Simulator demonstration. Several of us have enjoyed this guest study before and won't want to miss it!

Following this meeting, we will have a Tae Kwon Do sampler. Be sure to meet us on the square after lunch to see if this is a class you will want to continue.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all!

Field Trips

Fruit Experiment Station
Date: Thursday, Sept 18th
Time: 2:30pm
Cost: Free
Location: Fruit Experiment Station


Springhill Dairy and Pumpkin Patch
Date: Thursday, October 2nd
Time: 10:00am
Cost: $3.50 per child. Discounts for large families are available.
Each child gets to take home their choice of a pumpkin or gourd.
There are picnic tables, so bring a sack lunch and enjoy the afternoon and lots of activities for all ages.
Location: call 926-5945


Peace of Thyme Alpaca Farm
Date: October 10th
Time: 12:30pm
Location: near Dunn

2008 Meetings

This year's homeschool group meetings will be every 2nd and 4th Friday of each month. We will meet at First Baptist of Mtn. Grove from 9:30 to 11:30 in the Activities Building.

During the 2nd Friday of each month, Gym and Art will be offered and divided into two age groups. Art fees are $2.00 per child. Gym is free of charge. Age groups are 11 to 18 and 5 to 10. Older kids will go to Art first and then Gym at 10:30. Younger children will begin with Gym and then move to Art

During the 4th Friday, Art and Unit Studies are offered, also divided into two age groups. The art fees are the same and Unit Studies are free. Unit Studies are taught by families volunteering for different months classes. Our line-up so far is:

September.......Flight Simulator
October............Elections (Susie)
November.......Horses (Tabby)
December.......Computers (Jenn)
January..........(Trudy)

Everyone is welcome to join us, but each family is asked to please volunteer and participate in some way. There is a $10.00 fee per family to join. Also, we ask that students attend with you or with someone you trust to take responsibility for your child both in discipline and in safety.

Jump Rope Workshop is offered free of charge, at the church from 11:30 to noon following each 2nd and 4th Friday meeting.

Tae Kwon Do is offered on the square at 1:30 pm following each 2nd and 4th Friday meeting.

The prices on martial art sessions will be:

$2.50 for 1

$4.00 for 2 $6.00 for 3

$8.00 for 4

$10.00 for 5 & Up

* These prices are for each session that we meet.

Roller Skating is something we are still looking into.

Field Trips will be posted as they are scheduled.

Incredible Pizza

Springfield's Incredible Pizza is hosting Home School Days Monday, October 6th and Monday, December 1st of this year. If anyone is interested, they have great group pricing. Please contact me if you are interested.

Included in the package:

Presentations
Fabulous Buffet and Drink
Interactive Projects
Structured Games and Activities
Family Fun and Learning for ALL Ages.

New School Year

It's that time again!

We have scheduled a planning meeting at Marianne McGregor's house on Friday, August 15th at 9:00 a.m. to discuss everyone's vision for what they would like to get out of our group this year. Marianne has a pool and has said the kids are welcome to bring suits and join in the fun.

Something we need to discuss is finding someone to direct us. We have enough families to form a nice group if we all work together. It will require someone to lead though. Please consider whether or not that someone is you.

We may have a professional art teacher joining us for a class option this year. I know we've all missed Ms. Elaine's awesome classes. Ms. Kimmie Thornhill is considering the position this year.

Please start thinking of things you would like to see or things that you may be interested in teaching. Here are a few ideas I've borrowed from author Julie Forsythe to get you started:

Latin/ Greek Roots
The Human Body
Board Games
Scrapbooking
Brain Teasers
CSI – Forensics
Science Puzzlers
Creation Science
Community Helpers
Drama
Nature Journaling
State History
Creative Writing
Newspaper
Yearbook
Guitar
Sewing
College Prep
Careers
Guitar
Physical Education
Choir
Sign Language
Cooking for Kids
Home Ec
Manners
Spanish
Typing
Car Care
French
German
Science
Chemistry Experiments
Victorian customs
US history
World History
Civil War
Physics
Castles
Short Stories
Tools & Stuff
Critical Thinking
Book / Reading Club
Photography
Life Skills
Clown
Speech
Debate
Film
Biology
Algebra
Dinosaurs
US Presidents
Crocheting
Songwriting
Chess club
Puzzles
Founding Fathers
States & Capitols
Basic HTML
Computer Programming
Simple electronics
Heroes
Theater
Dance
Geography
Unit study about ANYTHING
Ancient Civilizations
Graphic
Illustrating
Intro to AutoCAD
Imaging Programs

This is just a starter list – the possibilities are endless!

See y'all Friday!

Contest!

CurrClick Essay Contest

Kids ages 8-18, tell us what is unique about your local homeschool group or co-op in a 3 paragraph, no more than 300 word essay, and you could win your very own digital camera and earn your homeschool group up to $300 in cash! We will nominate 5 of our favorite essays and let our customers vote for the top 3! Submissions are due by August 10th. Voting begins Friday the 15th and winners will be announced on Monday, August 25th. In order to enter, you will simply need to write us an e-mail and tell us what you think makes your local homeschool group or co-op unique or different. What interesting things do you do together? What makes the people in your group unique or special? What kinds of community outreach do you do? We want to hear about what's going on with local homeschooling groups in towns and cities everywhere so we can learn from each other about what makes a strong local, homeschooling group. Just e-mail your 3 paragraphs to: contest@currclick.com, be sure and include your name and age, the name of your group and if you can, include a picture of your group. Essays will be judged based on the originality of content and the ability of the writer to create a colorful and descriptive depiction of his or her homeschool group. The winning essays will be published in CurrClick's newsletter during the month of September. Essays referring to large, online communities that span multiple states and regions will not be considered. 1st Place will receive a Flip Video Camcorder, worth $150 in value and $300 donated to your homeschool group on your behalf. 2nd Place will receive a Flip Video Camcorder, worth $150 in value and $200 donated to your homeschool group on your behalf. 3rd Place will receive a Flip Video Camcorder, worth $150 in value and $100 donated to your homeschool group on your behalf. Prizes will be sent out by September 1st by Priority Mail. You have 6 days, 8 hours and 30 minutes to submit your essays!