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!