Archive for March, 2006
Pizza Hut Book It! Program registration began.
Pizza Hut Book It! Program registration began… ends June 9, 2006. Available for K-6th grade students for the 2006-07 BOOK IT! Program. Call 1-800-426-6548 (9 am to 4 pm, CT M-F) to receive your free materials in September. Program Dates: October 1, 2006 – March 31,2007. Or, Click here for the direct link to a [...]
Comprehensive Home school data
I believe every home school parent should arm themselves with a copy of this comprehensive home school survey report with extensive data: Homeschooling Grows Up is the largest research survey to date of adults who were home educated. Over the last decade, researchers, professionals, parents, the media, and many others have asked repeatedly: How do [...]
Home school gym class
We’re in our third session of Home School Gym with Sylvania Recreation at Tam-o-shanter on Sylvania Avenue. For 8-weeks, 2-hours each Friday from 1 – 3pm… the memories, lessons, great gym leaders/teachers, and community of friends… $35 is a huge bargain! Being our first “official” year of homeschooling, this was the only “real” thing I’ve [...]
Home school in the news
Both home school articles below are pretty positive in their coverage. Both show national statistics from 2003 stating that home education in the U.S. to be approximately 1.1 million, while it may be between 1.7 – 2.2million today. 1. ) ‘Unschooling’ lets children pursue their own interests at azCentral.com. I got through this lenghty article [...]
Toledo home school music COOP
Toledo HELP (Home Education League of Parents) Music COOP: We meet every other Wednesday at 1pm to sing circle songs, familar family songs.While the average age is 7 years, we still have a blast! I thought it’d be hard since the girls can’t read all the lyrics themselves, but they remember all the lyrics more [...]
Toledo HELP Show & Tell Recommendations
In addition to the Toledo HELP yahoo group, I find the monthly meetings to be extremely helpful. Adults need be meet face-to-face to solidfy our online relationships. So, with the need to build a “community of homeschool friends” for our girls, and the vacancy in the Toledo HELP Meeting Coordinator…I assumed its role. I already [...]
Toledo homeschool yahoo groups
Toledo Home Education League of Parents (HELP) yahoo group was the very first yahoo group I ever joined, and I find absolutely critical to our success as a homeschool family here in Greater Toledo, Ohio area. Click here for details. You don’t have to become a member of HELP to join. While I’m not on [...]
