A tempting offer to drive to Johnsburg from kathy:
Please share where appropriate to do so:
While I don’t normally announce library used book sales on homeschooling
lists I do think this is one many of your would love. I have so much
educational stuff coming up for sale that I had to move the education
section to the kitchen […]

(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, […]

Snowflake Ball 12/ 29/ 2007 and Valentine Club Dance 2/ 16/ 08
Please forward this homeschool event information to those who might be
interested.
It is a teen only event.
Limited registrations are available.
*Second Annual*
*Formal Snowflake Ball*
December 29th
8:00 PM
The Barn of Barrington
Dinner, dancing, and socializing. This is an evening you won’t want to miss!
*First Annual *
*Valentines Dance*
February 16th
8:00 PM
The […]

(Voluntary boy’s club disarmament captured here.)

I prepared this for the Northside Unschoolers Parents meeting last week, which, ahem, nobody showed up to except Lori, who already knows this stuff. So we ended up enjoying Wicker Park on our own little field trip of sorts. Meanwhile, there could be hapless unschoolers roaming Chicago without a […]

I can’t log on to my blogs this week. It keeps coming up “Problem loading page”. I’m looking in to it. Meanwhile, here’s some news about Chicago area homeschoolers.

(Miss Mia and Ratso doing their hosting last Halloween.)
There’s puppetry. There’s jokes. There’s dance and there are live bands. Kids are welcome and every day is Halloween there, to quote a bit of Ministry.
CHIC-A-GO-GO SATURDAY OCTOBER 13!
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13th 2007
NOON-3PM
at CAN-TV Studio - 322 S. Green St. (Van Buren, 1 block west of Halsted)
please join […]

Entrepeneur Night, Monday, Oct 15 at 7pm
Homeschool Resource Center Support Group Meeting
Meetings are held the third Monday of the month at 7:00 PM. at: Family of Faith Church 6645 W. Steger Road Monee, IL 60449 708-235-1901
Entrepreneur Night–an opportunity to sell items you make, offer services you provide, advertise your home business, etc. Come and see […]

Homeschooling families may meet and work together as part of a resource and sharing group sponsored by the Oak Lawn Library, 5300 W. 95th St.
The next session for the group is from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 11 at the library. The group will hold a Science Fair.
Participants should bring a science fair project […]

Halloweeeeeeeeeeen fun.

(Finally found the perfect muffin. Apple muffin avec buttermilk.)
Its not every day chef’s come to local kitchens and teach children how to cook! It is not every family who would open up their kitchen to a bunch of 5+ kids either. But put those two together and you’ve got a really awesome cooking class!
Cook Austrian […]