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Chicago Area Field Trips

Posted in Field trip on March 22nd, 2008 No Comments »

Spring is in the air…technically at least and it is time to venture out again in to the world of field trips. Here’s some upcoming field trips going on over at Chicago Are Field Trips:

April 11 Drum Workshop- CONFIRM in Winthrop Harbor, IL
April 12th, Drum Workshop- Confirm in Westmont, IL
More locations if someone volunteers a […]

Math Club details

Posted in Area homeschooler organized, Arguably Educational, Classes on March 22nd, 2008 No Comments »

If you live near or can get to Johnsburg library for these math clubs I highly recommend them. Anyone who has taken them can’t say enough about how much fun it is to master addition facts and/or learn algebra. I attended Kathy’s Cure for the Math Curse workshop at the recent In-Home conference and […]

HELP Resource Fair

Posted in Area homeschooler organized, Events on March 20th, 2008 No Comments »

From Amy:
Running out of ideas of what to do with your homeschool? Come to the
2nd annual HELP (Home Educators Loving Parents) Resource Fair on
Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00pm at the Elk Grove Village Public Library.
There will be representatives from a bunch of different organizations
from support groups to art classes to enrichment programs, to theater
and more, […]

Writing contests galore

Posted in Arguably Educational, In the know, It is free! on March 18th, 2008 No Comments »

 
(Frozen days lead to writing!)
This morning Elizabeth posted on an older link about their website which listed writing contests for homeschoolers. Thought I’d link to it here so more folks could see. Check out homeschool writers.

In-Home and Out

Posted in Another lazy cross-post, Area homeschooler organized, Arguably Educational, Artsy, Classes, Counts as science!, Events, Field trip, In the know, Places, Qualifies as PE!, Things To Do, conference, roadtrip!, sporty on March 12th, 2008 No Comments »

Tracks
This past weekend I had the rare opportunity to swim in a indoor/outdoor pool at Pheasant Run while feeling my hair freeze. As if that weren’t enough, I was attending the 11th Annual In-Home Conference with a hundred or more of my best friends. We’ve been going for years and have delighted in it […]

Earth Hour gets Mayor Daley and Chitown motivated

Posted in Events, In the know, It is free!, Taking a stance, Things To Do on March 11th, 2008 No Comments »

Get ready to switch off the lights.Gee, does that mean we have to turn off the computer too? okay, for one hour I could do it.
“Earth Hour, March 29, 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Earth Hour is a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative to “turn off the lights” in cities around the world for one […]

Northside Unschoolers music jam

Posted in Area homeschooler organized, Arguably Educational, Artsy, Classes on March 1st, 2008 No Comments »

(Eyeball wallpaper at MCA.)
The classic Northside Unschoolers Monday open gym will now be adding a new dimension, music! Here are the details from Kelly Ann.
“Hi Everyone!
For the remainder of Open Gym I will be teaching family music class at 10;30AM for the smaller folks & parents while the older kids are in science. It […]