Please forward this to all homeschooled teens

Calling all teens
We are planning a Murder Mystery/ Dinner/ Dance. If you want to be on the list of participants, please reply to save a place in this event.

We will need firm commitments later, because each participant will be assigned a character to portray for the mystery, but for […]

(Along the Trollway in Wisconsin)
The only problem I have with the majority homeschooling/unschooling articles I’ve read in the past year is that they tend to follow a predictable format. They are introductory articles, taking the approach that they just want you to wrap your head around the idea of homeschooling. This is reasonable I suppose, […]

(apparently I am a giant.)
It had to happen someday. I’ve been quoted in the media for the first time ever as a homeschooling mom. Although there is nothing to give this article any more validity as media than any blog article I suppose, except for that the author is a graduate student looking […]

You wouldn’t know from this week’s weather but rumor has it summer IS actually scheduled to happen this year. Nothing to do? Booked but have a free week? Mudlark offers a sampling of six exciting and intensive workshops in performance and design. Each workshop runs for a week and culminates in a Friday […]

HOMESCHOOL BAND ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITY

Enrollment for the 2007-2008 concert season of the West Suburban Home
School Band, the WSHSB, takes place only over the spring and summer.
Now is the time to act, giving ample preparation time to those who
will need to audition.

Does your child already play a wind or percussion instrument? Have
you had good intentions to add […]

(Zoo time last week on the one sunny day.)
Drama Classes with KellyAnn

NEW! Summer Drama Classes with KellyAnn

The Corcoran School of Theatre Arts
Super Summer Ensemble 2007
Ages 7 – 16

4 weeks — Monday through Thursday Mornings June 18th- July 12th

Times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 9:30-12:30, Wednesday: 10:30-12:30,
Tuition: $400 contact KellyAnn for information about scholarship programs
In this series of […]

Johnsburg Library Homeschool Resource Center
Annual Open House and Used Curriculum Flea Market

July 14, 2007

This is the perfect opportunity for current homeschoolers to get re-
energized and for those thinking about homeschooling to ask questions
and get REAL answers!

10:00 - 12:00 Used Curriculum Sale
Sell some stuff, buy some stuff, ask lots of questions.
(A limited number of tables and […]

The Chicago Defender published an article yesterday by Yasmin Tara Rammohan about one woman’s independent study of African American homeschoolers. The researcher, Cheryl Fields-Smith, gave a speech recently at the American Education Research Association meeting.
Fields-Smith has a lot of supportive and compelling things to say about why African-Americans are turning to homeschooling as a solution. […]

Service Opportunities for younger children
By Elaine Luther

- Oak Park Area Volunteer Center comes out with a booklet every summer of places that accept kids, what ages, what jobs, etc.

Animals
- Animal Care League accepts kid volunteers, ages 8 and up, with an adult to walk dogs and socialize kittens. Working with animals is often recommend […]

Okay, wow. Now it is time to go vote for your favorite blogs over at Homeschool Blog Awards. I believe you can only vote once per category, so pick your faves carefully. I am pleased to announce that I have been nominated in two categories for my blog Relaxed Homeskool, for Best Homeschool Mom Blog […]