RCHEC
Riverbend Christian Home Educators Coalition
April, 2009
Friday, April 3 1:00 p.m. RCHEC Monthly Meeting at Abundant Life Church on Humbert Rd in Alton. A children's vision specialist will be our guest speaker this month. Since we didn't have too many opportunities to collect this month, we'll continue Our Oasis Center collection of hair accessories (barrettes, combs, ponytail holders, etc.). If you have any to donate, please bring it to the meeting. The kids will pick an item from their ongoing needs list to collect next month.
Monday, April 6 9:00 "WORLD'S FAIR" PROGRAM at Missouri History Museum/Cold Stone Creamery Tour - At the museum, we will have a Presentation & Tour followed by a classroom activity; at 2:00, a tour of the Cold Stone Creamery. The museum will provide us with a room to eat lunch in between activities. The Museum Tour is free; The Cold Stone Creamery Tour is $3.00 per child, which includes their ice cream. We will meet at the downtown (Broadway) Alton McDonald's to caravan to the museum &
leave promptly at 9:00. Sign up at the April meeting, or RSVP to
wdworkman@aol.com .
Friday, April 24 2:00 p.m. BOWLING at Bowl Haven in Alton. $1.85 per person/per game includes shoe rental. Please sign in & pay before you bowl.
Exhibit Night: We would like to hold an Exhibit Night (end of April/early May) to give the students an opportunity to show off some of their work. Don't have anything to show? There's still plenty of time. Exhibits can include anything: essay, poem, short story, research, art, science, history, geography, etc., and they can exhibit as many as they'd like. Each child will have an opportunity to talk about their exhibits. We have not set the date yet because we are looking for a facility. If you know of one, please contact Amy Barnes or Sue Ellen Rayborn. Thanks!
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Crayola
This site does require registration, but it's free. You can sign up as a parent or as a teacher. If you sign up as a teacher, you can sometimes get some freebie offers, samples, etc. as well as lesson plans sent to your email.
http://www.crayola.com/index.cfm
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Book Sale/Swap
Start collecting the homeschool items you've outgrown. Since most of us are wrapping up our studies in May, our June 5th meeting will be a chance to sell or swap books, curriculum, etc. Also, start thinking about what you'd like to do as a group over the summer. We could have playdays at the park or continue meeting at the church once a month for some air-conditioned playtime. I know it's hard to get people together during the summer months, but a few activities would be a good opportunity to meet people that will be homeschooling for the first time this fall.
