Join other homeschoolers at the Dartmouth Complex 10:15 - 11:45 am Fridays for an open skate. $4 per child, $9 per family. Afterward the homeschoolers will go upstairs to the cafe for tea and hot chocolate.
For more information about this and other homeschooling activities going on in the Halifax-Dartmouth area, go to the Facebook group "The Comedy of Errors"
Monday September 7, 2009 to Friday, September 11, 2009
Kejimkujik National Park
For more information or reservations call: 902-682-2772 or email kejimkujik.info@pc.gc.ca
Every year homeschoolers of all types from across Nova Scotia descend upon the Keji Campground when everyone else is leaving to go to school. A wonderful time is had enjoying the company of other homeschooling families. The weather is beautiful and homeschoolers have the campground to themselves to walk, hike, run, bike, sing, play games, play instruments, chat, and laugh. So, bring your camping gear and your wonderful homeschooling children, and celebrate yet another year of not-going-back-to-school!
Organized by "The Comedy of Errors" group on Facebook.
The Young Bohemians creativity group will be holding a spring concert entitled "Welcome to Bohemian TV", this Friday, May 22, at 7:00 p.m. at the North Woodside Community Centre Gym, 230 Pleasant Street, Dartmouth. Admission is $2 per person.
Come enjoy an evening of song, dance and performance by this lively group of young homeschooled students!
May 29th & May 30th at the Dartmouth Sportsplex, 110 Wyse Road, Dartmouth
Friday, May 29th
9 am - 4:30 pm;
Jr High/High School Essay Writing day & Student Writing Intensives
Workshops by Excellent Resources http://excellentresources.homestead.com/Workshops-Dartmouth.html
6:30pm - 7:30 pm Jesse Jost at the Bible Chapel, 225 Victoria Road
7:30 pm - 9 pm The Jost Family at the Bible Chapel Josties.com
Saturday, May 30th 8 am - 4:30 pm
Conference Workshops, Vendors, 2nd Hand Sale
Speakers:
Bev Remple - Excellent Resources
Kristen Habermehl - Getting started
TBA - High school
Jesse Jost - Hearts At Home
The Jost Family
Vendors:
Excellent Resources
Math U See
Tree of Life
Rod & Staff
Chrisitan Light
Homeschool & More
A.C.E.
HSLDA info
Cost is $30/household and includes a 1 year membership to NSHEA
Kids in The Forest Program - Department of Natural Resources
When: Wednesday, May 13th from 9am - 2pm
Where: woods of Beaver Bank (Sackville area)
Who?: Homeschoolers Grades 4-8
Register: by April 20th, email audreyrbarrett@eastlink.ca to register and for more information
Every spring, the Department of Natural Resources puts on a program called "Kids in the Forest". Bus loads of children come to spend the whole day in the woods of Beaver Bank (Sackville area), where learning stations are set up to talk about things like conservation enforcement, wildlife adaptation, forest harvesting and regeneration, aquatic life in brooks and streams, fire fighting (with the wild fire suppression truck and helicopter on site - always a big hit with the children!), water quality/wetlands, rocks and minerals, insects,.............. - it's a pretty full day! The folks who come to manage the learning stations are all professionals in their various fields, and the comments received from participating children and their teachers have been very positive.
I almost missed this completely this year! As I write this, I'm listening to a talk by Joan Ward of the Positive Image Network about Play. The annual "Say What You Mean Convention", a free convention online, is on now through February, 6th. Just for registering at Say What You Mean Convention you will receive a whole slew of freebies to download, some of which I have recently reviewed, such as offerings from Write Shop, Motherboard Books, and Media Angels! All day long you can listen to terrific podcasts, and you can even access the podcasts you've missed :) And great prizes are given out daily - all you have to do is register to get a chance to win! Enjoy!
Sugar Moon Farm offers a two to three hour school package that
includes an educational tour of the sugar camp, a self-guided hiking
trail to the sugar woods, wholegrain buttermilk pancakes and Maple
Syrup with orange juice (tea/coffee for the adults) and Sugar on Snow.
Cost will be $7 per person, with a minimum booking of 20 people.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 25 9:30 to 11:30
If your family is interested in participating, please email Rebecca at brysonvinetta(at)hotmail(dot)com with the number of children and adults.
In order for Rebecca to reserve space, please email ASAP. Payment will be required by February 19th.
Central Nova Home Educators' Project Fair
February 19, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Bible Hill Fire Hall
67 Pictou Road, Bible Hill
Set up exhibits 6:00-6:30. Between 6:30 and 7:30, students could attend their exhibits while everyone wanders around and asks questions. If anyone would like to make a more formal presentation about their project, please let Rebecca know. The evening will wrap up with some cookies and drinks!
Exhibits could be on any project that a student has worked on. They could include pictures, experiments, samples, models, timelines, etc. The idea is to share information and ideas. Tables will be available
to each participant (and some wall space too). If your student(s) would like to enter a project, please let Rebecca know by Friday, February 6th by emailing brysonvinetta(at)hotmail(dot)com. There will be an entry fee of $2 per project.
Family and friends are welcome at this event - and anyone interested in homeschooling. This will be a great opportunity to share in the love of learning!
Homeschool sessions at the Halifax Art Gallery have been running monthly on Thursdays from 10:30am - noon. This time has included touring the gallery exhibits as well as time in the studio doing hands-on art activities. The program is expanding to two morning per month beginning in March. Each group of children will attend one day per month in March, April, May and June, and the total cost per child will be $28.00, payable at the first session in March. No dates have yet been set, but more will be known in mid-January. Family groups will all attend on the same day, but the children will be divided into age groups at the gallery so that the programming will be age-appropriate. The programming is for children between the ages of 5 and 13.
If you are interested, please email audreyrbarrett@eastlink.ca and include:
your name
your phone number (in case of computer problems or last minute changes on gallery days)
your email address
your child(ren)'s name(s) and age(s) (so the gallery can plan suitable programming)
if you will be carpooling with another family and therefore need to come on the same day
The Spring Garden Road Library in Halifax continues to host Homeschooler events this November and December...
Especially for Homeschoolers
Ages 5+
Join us for a book-based event to inspire readers from "just beginning" to "already loving novels". Don't forget your library card! -60 mins
Especially for Homeschoolers
Ages 5+
Join us for a book-based event to inspire readers from "just beginning" to "already loving novels". Don't forget your library card! -60 mins
Introducing the Young Bohemians (ages 8-11, approx.) and the Little Bohemians (ages 4-7, approx.), Homeschoolers Creativity Groups, with Vicki Trainor, actor, singer, songwriter, poet
Location: North Woodside Community Centre
Price (12 classes): $120 per child; For more than 1 family member price drops to $96 per child
To register contact Vicki at torytee@gmail.com or 463-0052
Registration deadline: Sept. 18th
Young Bohemians: cooperative games, nature activities, songwriting, poetry, improve, drama, preparation for a play to be performed in mid-December
Fridays, 1-3 p.m., Sept. 26-Dec. 12
Little Bohemians: cooperative games, nature activities, singing, collective storytelling, collective songwriting, storytime (reading), pretend (improve), preparation for a short concert to be presented
with Young Bohemians mid-December
Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., Oct. 1-Dec 12
September 11-20th at the 28th Atlantic Film Festival, The Viewfinders International Film Festival For Youth has its own showcase of movies and they have offered 35 free tickets to homeschoolers! If you would like to see some of these movies, check out the program guide at: atlanticfilm.com and decide which ones you would like to see, and then email: torytee(at)gmail.com
Also, the Atlantic Film Festival is looking for volunteer "seat fillers" to be contacted at the last minute in case a screening needs more of a crowd. If you would like to be on their list of potential seat fillers, please send an email to Faith at: faithf(at)atlanticfilm.com
A Gym Program full of different sports and activities for Homeschoolers every Tuesday at the Temple Baptist Church, starting September 16th.
1-2pm (5-7yrs)
2-3pm (8-10yrs)
3-4pm (11-15 yrs)
The fee is $20 for 8 weeks.
The website for info and to register is HRM Recreation
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