Our America…The Pilgrim Adventure by Susan Kilbride
New from Homeschool Book Club: Summary- Finn & Ginny’s parents are lost back in time, and the two young twins have decided to go back to early America to find them. Their search takes the twins to the Mayflower where they discover that the Pilgrims had far more adventures than...
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May
2012
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Snap up this $5 Learn Our History DVD 3-Pack!
Awesome 48-hour deal for the one-year birthday of Mike Huckabee’s Learn Our History video series. Our family loves these!!! We just watched our newest one this morning, about the Pilgrim (the kids did a video review for you). ————– IT’S LEARN OUR HISTORY’S 1ST BIRTHDAY, BUT YOU GET THE GIFT!...
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May
2012
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Homeschool Missionaries to Mexico Robbed
From Misty Marr: I would like to ask you all to pray for my parents, Mike and Pam Richardson. They are missionaries in Mexico and are presently traveling across the country hosting a series of home-school conferences. They were robbed this morning (5-10-12). We praise God that no one was...
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May
2012
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Rick Santorum’s Endorsement of Governor Mitt Romney
From Rick Santorum: On Friday, Governor Romney came to Pittsburgh for an over-hour long one-on-one meeting. The conversation was candid, collegial and focused on the issues that you helped me give voice to during our campaign; because I believe they are essential ingredients to not only winning this fall, but...
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May
2012
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10 Lessons Mike Farris Has Learned in 30 Years of Homeschooling
Great article by Homeschool Legal Defense Association’s Mike Farris. I love to hear what wisdom the home educating veterans have to share! 10 Lessons Mike Farris Has Learned in 30 Years of Homeschooling Points #4, 5 and 9 were especially helpful to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, too!...
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May
2012
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science
Lots of great events coming up through Landry Academy… Deadlines for registration are May 1: Hi Savannah, The deadline for the current early registration discount for live online classes, intensives, summer camps, etc. is Tuesday, May 1.. http://www.LandryAcademy.com ________________________________ Closing Tomorrow – Summer School Registration Registration for our online summer school classes closes tomorrow, 4/26/12… http://landryacademy.com/classes.html _____________________________ Dads, Will You Do This with Your Son? Will you participate in our.. Dad & Son Fun Challenge See the challenge and the Marble Mania Extreme you can win here.. http://landryacademy.com/fun.htm ______________________________ Faculty and Student...
SeaLife Aquarium AZ has $6 advance admission for homeschoolers from May 7th to 11th (a $12 discount from regular adult admission!). You need to purchase tickets in advance online and select your day and time of arrival. Here is the link: http://www.visitsealife.com/Arizona/homeschool/ They do require you to bring your homeschool ID or AZ Letter of Intent, along with your tickets, when you enter that day....
My son’s science project video didn’t make the finalist cut in CurrClick’s fair, but look at these fabulous ones that did! Have your children vote, too. Exciting bonus? CurrClick is holding a 40%-off sale during the Science Fair voting, through May 3! Get 40% OFF select science curriculum AND be able to watch & vote for your favorite student Science Fair video projects Here’s Nicolas’ video about the Bernoulli Principle: (Little sister is the cameraperson.)...
March Means Free Creation E-vents! HSLDA’s @home e-vent team and New Leaf Publishing Group proudly present this free series on creation studies. Why Can’t a Day Mean a Day?—Dr. Tommy Mitchell The Foundation of Genesis in Today’s Culture—Bodie Hodge Current Events in Creation Studies—Dr. Don DeYoung Why I Abandoned Evolution—Dr. Carl Werner From the truth about the days of creation, to the truth of God’s salvation found in Genesis, to the truth of the book of Genesis found in science, these four e-vents will build a well-founded knowledge of creation studies—and they are all presented free by New Leaf Publishing...
The name Janice VanCleave has been synonymous with teaching science successfully for many years. Now, this scientist, teacher, and award-winning book author has become a tech-savvy online curriculum developer, reaching a whole new generation of… Read full article at Marie-Claire Moreau’s Examiner page...
Mark Macluskie, a 13-year-old homeschooler from Phoenix, won 1st place in the recent VEX Robotics regional competition in Tucson. He will be going to the national competition in March. Mark will give a free presentation at noon on Friday, February 3. He will show the robot he built to win the competition and will talk about how he learned robotics. He will also answer questions from anyone interested in getting started in robotics whether competitively or just for fun. Mark himself started in robotics with the LEGO Mindstorms robotics kit, and entered his first robots in the FIRST Lego...
Our favorite CurrClick teacher is featured this week in their email newsletter. Meet our online friend, Science Jim: Teacher Spotlight – Science Jim! Science Jim (A.K.A. Jim Mueller) is one of the most unique science educators around. Since 2002, Jim has been developing and teaching a physics curriculum specifically for homeschoolers. He has created books, web sites, movies and, most recently, live web classes for students all over the world. He uses an entertaining and humorous approach with all of his materials, which make his products quite unique in the world of education. Science Jim, his wife Science Mary...
Registration begins Aug. 15 for the Arizona Science Center’s Home School Connections science classes for ages 6 and up. This popular series includes dissection labs, chemistry, physics, and so much more. Classes are divided into Explorers age 6-10 and Tweens ages 11 and up. There is also an Usery Mountain Park class. Details are at http://www.azscience.org/home_school_science.php or to register, call 602-716-2028. ...
Kingdom Education for Young Scholars of Arizona is a new
standard in Christian-based, homeschool co-op. Join us for those classes you don't want to (or can't) teach at home: American Sign Language, choir, advanced sciences, math, writing, and art. Check out our website at www.keysofaz.com and look under the "Just Visiting" tab to find a class that fits your family!
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Great free Narnia audio resource