I signed us up for the Illinois Urban Fishing Program. Dom will be meeting us at Gompers’s Park on Tuesday the 31st of July at 10am at the north pier to show us all how to fish. Kids 6 and up as well as teens and adults will get to use the equipment. Bring your […]

Interested in homeschooling or unschooling your children?
Would you like to talk with other parents who have homeschooled their children?
Would you like to look through and/or purchase previously used educational books and materials ?
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
*** Used Curriculum Sale ***
7:00pm to 9:00pm
at: The Portage Park Center for the Arts
5801 W Dakin Street
Chicago, IL 60634
1 block […]

The fall schedule for Corcoran School of Theater Arts is now up and Kelly Ann is very excited to be offering such amazing homeschooled classes as stage combat, and more! Wow,read below for details and a note from Kelly Ann:
Hi Everyone!
I’m so excited to get going this Fall!
First, great news: A Break With charity, the […]

Did you ever wish for educational websites to pop in to your life on a regular basis? Well, clickschooling is a good example of that. You subscribe to it (free) and a few times a week you get a link to a math, science, etc…website , usually with very interactive aspects. We’ve been subscribed for […]

(View of downtown Boston from the USS Constitution.)
Love to travel and love homeschooling and love home? Juli over at NUG dug this one up and I just had to post it here! it is HELM a house exchange program for homeschooling families. Check it out.

You know, I just roam around the city some days, picking up flyers and saying to myself “Oooooh, my invisible audience at CHH needs to know about this!”  Example, yesterday I found this flyer that lists the parks all over town that have storytelling this summer. Find one near you and you have an afternoon […]

Sometimes I get emails like these. Although I’d love to be the organizer on this one, Batavia is a bit of a hike for us. Let me know if you end up setting up this field trip and we’d try to clear our calendars and build in some other activity out there.:
Hi Kim,
My name is […]

Every year around these parts there is the much touted homeschool day at Six Flags Great America. This year the date is August 30th. If your crew likes the wild rides, check out this link and hope to see you there! Earlybird registration ends on July 20th.

Activity fair for home-school families scheduled July 31A Home-school Activity Fair, sponsored by the Springfield Area Home-school Association, will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. July 31 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts (Theater 3), 420 S. Sixth St.
The event is open to all homeschooling families, or those who plan to homeschool their […]

Here’s a message from the artiste in residence:
I am excited to announce that I am opening a new art space for young artists (and the young artist in all of us) called “Right-Brained” Studio, the art of creative thinking, located at 140 Harrison St. Unit GE in Oak Park.  This means that I will be […]