Its not like science hasn’t saved your ass before.  Great inventions have cooked the bacteria out of your meat, drilled the decay out of your teeth and got you to the 33rd floor for your meeting without costing you more movement than a pokey index finger. But how much time have you spent really thinking […]

 
As always, please don’t contact me here at Chicago Homeschool Habitat if you are interested in this class. Contact information is at the bottom of this post. Maybe we’ll see you there though!
“Happy Winter!
 
We are excited to offer Weekly Sessions at the Museum starting in January and our Science Fair on June 11. 
 
Weekly sessions […]

Laura has set up some science classes at Peggy Notebart. Details from her:
I’ve organized two science classes for homeschoolers at the Peggy Notebaert
Museum. If we reach capacity (15 per class), each 11-week course will cost
$110 per child. Will you please forward the information below to CHC, NUG,
and any other Chicago list you might […]

The Chicago Wilderness Initiative would like to urge you to leave no child inside. They’ve got plenty of ways you can get out and about with their manyfold plan to keep kids away from the big screen. Time to go play in the big blue room!

Hey, the up-to-date schedule and all the details are there for the wonderful 11th annual In-Home Conference in St. Charles this March 7th-8th.
Okay, so they’ve had 11 conferences and we’ve been homeschooling for 7 years. I guess we’ve been to quite a few! They are never a disappointment. There is almost always big fun to […]

 
(We got a head start with the woodpecker in the pear tree yesterday.)
The great Backyard Bird count is back again. What better time than February to count the birds in your yard? And who better than homeschooling folks who are possibly more able to spend a huge chunk of the day classifying birds in their […]

As always, Cheryl has organized another great season of nature classes for homeschoolers at Emily Oaks. Sign up quick because these things fill up!
Scoutin’ Around at Emily Oaks
Winter 2008
Sessions will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. The content
for Tuesday and Wednesday of each week will be identical. Specific
age requirements exist for each session and are […]

Close to Indiana? This might be a fun activity!

Natural Sciences for ages 5 to 8 a science class for homeschoolers taught by Biologist and homeschooling mom, Rebecca Irwin
Oak Park Conservatory 615 Garfield (near East and Garfield, just south of the Eisenhower)
Wednesdays 2:00 to 3:30pm
Fee: $75 per session ($140, if you register for both at the same time)
Winter Session - Physical Sciences (6 weeks) […]

(Out for the day on the ocean in December of last year with the family! Bliss.)
It is getting to be kind of cold out now. Many Chicagoan’s thoughts turn to those December and February trips to Florida where they get to hang out with the snow bird grandparents and see the local palm trees sway, […]