2009 Milwaukee NCFCA Qualifying Speech & Debate Tournament
500 adult judges are needed for Feb. 2-4 at State Fair Park. No experience needed - we will train you!
Home School students ages 12-18 from WI and surrounding states are competing.
Homeschool.com’s Product Testers have done it again! They have selected the Top 100 Educational Websites of 2009. We asked our 7,000 Product Testers to send us a list of the educational sites that they like the best and use the most often. The three sites mentioned most often were:
Note: Normally we would not include a commercial site on this list. However, so many people nominated Time4Learning, it seemed unfair to leave them off the list.
All of these sites are safe, proven and used by thousands of parents just like you. So grab a cup of coffee, put your kids on your lap, and have fun exploring these wonderful sites.
News from the Crow's Nest. Listen to the story of the man who spotted the iceberg, RMS Titanic lookout, Fred Fleet. Time: 10 a.m. to noon.
Student Poetry Competition
The Milwaukee Public Museum, in conjunction with Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, is holding its first-ever poetry competition for students in the Greater Milwaukee area. The theme is "Titanic, Ships and Shipwrecks." The museum is pleased to offer this opportunity to encourage creative expression and the development of written language skills. Click here for detailed information about this competition. Or contact Richard Hedderman: (414) 278-2718; Hedderman@mpm.edu.
Connect with child prodigy and author Adora Svitak through videoconference technology, make your own Chinese New Year zodiac wreath, see museum artifacts such as an ivory dragon boat carving from Thailand and more. On Saturday, hear songs sung in four different Southeast Asian languages by the group Eastern Passions. Time: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Traditional surveys show that the No. 1 reason parents choose to home school their children is religion, but a new factor arose in 2007 -- an interest in a "non-traditional approach."
"We wanted to identify the parents who are part of the 'unschooling' movement," Gail Mulligan, a statistician at the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics told USA Today. Most home schoolers generally follow standard curriculum and grading systems, but "unschoolers" create their own systems, according to Mulligan.
If you're considering home school for your kids, check out these factors before making your decision.
Home School Open Gym
18 Years & Younger (with the accompaniment of parent)
Join us for an afternoon of unstructured creative play. A coordinator will make equipment available to participants but it will be the responsibility of parents to ensure safety and to initiate games and activities. Younger participants can enjoy parachutes, scooters, balls and more while older participants can play basketball, floor hockey, participate in games, etc. This opportunity is made possible through the use of parent volunteers. NOTE: For safety reasons, all personal toys and balls should be left at home. Athletic shoes must be worn at all times. Rooms and the gym may be divided for different age groups when and if needed.
Schuetze Recreation Center, Gym & Activity Room
1120 Baxter Street Waukesha
Fridays:
January 9
February 13 & 27
March 13
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Fee: $1.50 per child, pay at site
Downtown Racine Carves Its Niche: A Winter Sculpting Festival! Saturday, January 10
This year will be bigger than ever! Watch as professional ice carving artists create amazing sculptures using only hand tools, talent and imagination. More than a dozen ice blocks will be transformed along the sidewalks of 6th Street, Main Street and Monument Square.
While downtown, warm up with a visit to the
Racine Art Museum. Stop in for a Free Family Hands-On Art Event 1:00 - 4:00 pm
See the witty artworks by ceramic sculptor Jack Earl. Then, create "cool" self portraits inspired by this artist's biographical work.
The Geography Bee date is Tuesday, Jan 13 at 9:30.
As always, we love to have other home school friends join us. Any home schooled child from 4th to 8th grade is welcome. I think the kids have a good time with low pressure. The winner of this Bee takes a written test. The top 100 scores of the written test proceed to the State Bee finals. The WI winner moves on to the Nat'l finals. Could it be your child?! If you think you can make it, e-mail me just to give me a rough head count so I can have the correct number of chairs ready. My address is:
Free gifts from the Urban Homemaker: Our popular phone seminars featuring noted guests and authors are available for download in an MP3 format. Learn practical homemaking skills from these seminars on a wide variety of topics. Each seminar recording is approximately one hour in length.
Continuing Education for Moms -
A compilation of some of our favorite and popular phone seminars.
12 in all including:
1. Encouragement For Moms with Lorrie Flem 2. Health Begins in the Kitchen with Marilyn Moll 3. The Two-Stage Process with Sue Gregg 4. Healthy Water with Diane Carson 5. Cook Your Way to Wellness with Maria Atwood 6. Future Christian Homemakers with Laurie Latour 7. 12 Week Holiday Planner with Sheri Graham and Ann Voskamp 8. Cleaning Without Chemicals with Sandy Tuin 9. Child Training Tips with Reb Bradley 10. Canning Seminar with Lisa Vitello 11. The Hope Chest Society with Ruth Sundeen and Rebekah Wilson 12. Kick the Cold Cereal Habit
and get a free downloadable copy of Holiday Open House by Marilyn Moll
Our bi-monthly newsletter From the Heart of the Urban Homemaker is filled with tasty recipes, timely articles, information, product specials, and articles written by well-known authors on a variety of topics of interest to homemakers.
Moms & Moms to be are the most important people we know! Because you are a VIP, we want to reward you! Please take a moment to join our e-mom rewards program. We'll keep you posted on upcoming sale events and send you coupons, informative news, product recall information and fun stuff... all geared toward your busy lifestyle!
You will recieve a free welcome gift from USA Baby Our current gift is: $25 USA Baby Gift Card
Michelle Thanks to our loyal guests we have had another great year. We want to show our appreciation for your continued support. To show our appreciation on Tuesday December 30, 2008 we are inviting you to enjoy Culver's ButterBurgers for only $1.00 each. That's right...for one day only ButterBurgers for $1.00 each (limit 5 per order).
Enjoy A Single ButterBurger For Only $1.00!
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday December 30, 2008!
Sincerely
Your Culver's Team
Culver's of Oak Creek
7841 S. Howell Avenue Oak Creek, WI 53154 414-571-5000
Offer valid for one day 12/30/2008. Tax not included. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Only Valid at participating locations. Offer good for single ButterBurgers only. Limit of 5 ButterBurgers per order.
The Big Backyard, LLC is an indoor playground and birthday party center
that provides a fun, clean, and safe place for children ages 0-8 to
play, celebrate special events, and learn through our enrichment
opportunities.
Our facility consists of more than ten thousand square feet of warehouse
space converted into multiple play areas for children. There are
specialized play areas designed to meet the developmental abilities of
pre-walkers, toddlers and preschool/school-aged children.
The Big Backyard, LLC also features a snack area with a variety of
healthy food choices for adults and children. No carry-in food or
beverages are allowed with the exception of those with special dietary
needs/restrictions.
*Home** School** Discount*
*Tuesdays all day and Thursdays after 1:00 -$5 per home schooling family *
· Proof of home schooling for at least one child over 6 will be
required (DPI suggested)
· Adults and children under one are always free
Please check out the schedule of enrichment classes which can supplement
our teaching!
Any questions, please call the Big Back Yard directly at **262-797-9117**
The mission of Let's Say Thanks is to provide a way for individuals across the country to recognize U.S. troops stationed overseas. By submitting a message through this site you have the opportunity to send a free personalized postcard greeting to deployed servicemen and women.
The postcards, depicting patriotic scenes and hometown images, were selected from a pool of entries from children across the country.
All you have to do is click on your favorite design and either select the message that best expresses your sentiment or draft a personal note. The postcards are then printed on the Xerox iGen3® Digital Production Press and mailed in care packages by military support organization Give2TheTroops®.
Xerox is committed to helping people across the nation express their gratitude to our troops overseas. The launch of this program is aimed at reminding them how much Americans appreciate their service.
Ready to learn everything you need to know about the economy in the shortest amount of time?
Chris Martenson’s The Crash Course provides a baseline understanding of the economy so that you can better appreciate the risks that we all face. He explains the complex interrelated issues of the economy, energy and the environment in an easy to understand format. Along the way are lessons on the origins and nature of money, and many other economic concepts, which are well presented and perfect for students. There are 20 chapters in the course, and each is between 3 and 20 minutes in length each, so you can watch them a bite at a time, at your convenience.
Faith Comes by Hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” (Romans 10:17)
If you could listen to the Bible everyday for 40 days, would it impact your life? Would it challenge you to live each day as Christ taught us to? Would it provide peace in troubled times? Did you know that over 65% of Christians in America have never read the entire New Testament?
Take the challenge! – Listen through the entire New Testament in 40 days
… just 28 minutes a day!
You can listen at home, in your car, on your computer, or even while exercising! But most importantly, choose to engage in the listening.
There is a FREE downloadable version online. Simply go to faithcomesbyhearing.com.
Christmas in the Air
Monday, December 8, 2008
2:30-8:00 p.m.
Free admission for everyone.
Christmas in the Air attracts kids of all ages and has become an annual tradition at EAA. The event features festive music performed by over 20 local musical groups performing in four staged areas throughout the museum, free cookies and punch, a chocolate tasting competition between almost 30 different chocolate vendors as part of Just "Plane" Chocolate, and – what everyone waits for - Santa Claus arriving by helicopter at 6:30 p.m.
The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine is having an amazing sale on subscriptions
during their annual Black Friday Sale November 26 – 30. For those 5 days
only, they are actually lowering their new one-year U.S. subscription price
to $7.95! That's the price you would usually pay for just one issue at a
bookstore!
This is their lowest price ever on the magazine and they want all of you to
take advantage of this offer and share the info with your friends.
Please don't miss out. Your one-year subscription will pay for itself time
and time again as you receive practical tips and Biblical encouragement to
keep going strong in your commitment to homeschooling and to the Lord. Since
it's a quarterly magazine, they even have a monthly subscriber's only
E-Newsletter called Teacher's Toolbox that will give you seasonal teaching
ideas and a free E-Book download! It's like joining a unit study of the
month club! The free E-Books alone are valued at almost $250/year. It's
really perfect for people who are homeschooling on a shoestring or just
wanting to add in some little extras to your teaching.
Plus during the Black Friday Sale, they have all kind of bonus gifts when
you spend $50, $75, $100, or $150. Some are electronic downloads that you
can download immediately, while other are physical products mailed from
various vendors directly to your home.
Home School In the Woods would like to offer you a special gift! We have put together a fun-filled unit study on Christmas, sure to make your holiday special! Learn the science of crystal snowflakes (and make them!) and the history of many traditions we use today! Also included are printables, recipes, links, and a list of many ways you can give back to your community--a wonderful way to teach your children about servanthood!
One of our fabulous authors - Karla Akins - wrote a story about this man who has been sung about since the famous hymn was written by John Neale in 1853. Just who was this man, why do we call him "king" and why do we call him "good"? You can find out today!
We've decided to give away the story of Good King Wenceslas to everyone who is interested in preparation for the Christmas season. Tell your friends! This is an amazing story that your whole family is sure to love! You can download your free copy from this web page:
This biography is one of eight that is featured in our book - What Really Happened During the Middle Ages. Would you like to win a copy of your very own? Enter our drawing and you may be one of three winners randomly selected to receive a copy of the softcover book (not the ebook) delivered via US mail to your mail box.
You can enter this drawing by visiting my blog here:
All the details that you need are listed there. Have fun! Anyone can enter to win one of three books we'll be giving away. No purchase necessary. No strings attached. We'll post our winners this upcoming weekend.
We'll have more giveaways next month. Stay posted. And feel free to forward this email to a friend.
The holidays are just around the corner and The Learning Shop has everything you need to make this year a great one! Our Santa's Helper Sale takes place November 21st-23rd this year! Visit The Learning Shop during the sale and save 15% on ALL TOYS!!! Our staff is ready to help you find the perfect gifts for the special children in your life! As always, gift wrapping is free of charge! Don't miss this opportunity to save at The Learning Shop! This is your only opportunity all season to save on ALL TOYS!!!
You're invited to our biggest Customer Appreciation Warehouse Sale of the season! Save 25-80% off the cover price on books, software, gifts, and more at our Holiday Warehouse Sale.
Warehouse sales are exclusively for educators, homeschoolers, and Book Fair chairpeople / volunteers. It's our way of thanking you for your commitment to helping children become life long learners.
Register for a sale now! Sign up to get your Fast-Cart Pass to bypass the sign-in lines and you'll receive a valuable coupon worth $10 off a purchase of $50 or more. To get started, enter a zip code or select a state to find a book sale near you.
You are invited to the next Master's Touch meeting on Monday, December 1st. Come to Harvest Community Church early at 6:00 p.m. for a shared meal with the Master's Touch moms. Our special dinner guests will be missionaries Brad Hayes and his daughter Hannah of Outstretched Hands Romania, who will share an update with us of life in Romania and the kindergarten his family has created to minister to kids in need.
Join in an (optional, but fun) Ornament Exchange. :o)
Share your best gift ideas.
Fellowship with your homeschooling sisters!
As always, you do not have to be a member of Master's Touch to attend our monthly meetings. Feel free to bring a friend who is interested in homeschooling or looking for a group to join. (Note that anyone planning to participate in the Spring Enrichment Classes must be a member by December 1st!)
Starting early (6:00 p.m.)
Ending on time (8:50 p.m., lights out at 9:00 p.m.)
Please, do sign up on the website calendar so we know how many seats to set up, what dish you will bring, and if you will take part in the ornament exchange (wrap one and tag it with your name: "from:Suzie Q.") You do not have to do these things to come to the meeting though, we'll just be glad to see you either way :)
Come catch up with friends and make some new ones! Looking forward to seeing YOU there!
Lights, costumes, music – ballet! For a discounted price, your students can come to a special performance for kids only to see Milwaukee Ballet in their final dress rehearsals. Groups attending the Student Matinee Series will receive a comprehensive Study Guide prior to attending the show. These guides are also available on the Educational Resources page of this website. The Study Guides include a synopsis of the ballet as well as activities surrounding the history and story and of the ballet and utilize Wisconsin Academic Standards so that they can be built into regular classroom curriculum.
All performances are held at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets range from $8-$12. If you aren’t on our mailing list, email Education Assistant, Lori Flanigan, to receive order forms and information about the Student Matinee Series. You can also download order forms right here:
The Nutcracker
Thursday, December 11, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – dress rehearsal
Friday, December 12, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – dress rehearsal
Wednesday, December 17, 2007, 11:00 a.m. THERE ARE STILL SEATS AVAILABLE!
Homeschooling Today magazine is sponsoring a significant event this week that we want to share with you. Starting yesterday, there is a FREE Online Screening of Come What May on GodTube and the American Family Association. Come What May is a feature film made by forty homeschooled students, including a dozen from Patrick Henry College.
This nationwide event is helping to get the word out about Advent Film Group (AFG) and their inaugural film. It also showcases the work of homeschoolers who are helping shape our culture. Most importantly, it is starting to help affect the November elections for pro-life candidates, perhaps even the Presidency.
Over 210,000 people have viewed part or all of the movie since it went into a "trial period" this weekend. The film is notable in that even audiences of "choice" have said that Come What May is causing them to "reconsider their position."
You can assist us AFG and Voters by watching the movie online and sending email referrals to friends and family. Please also consider buying a copy so that Advent Film Group can make many more films such as Come What May.
Here are some important information:
FREE Screening of Pro-Life movie: Come What May
For the next few days, October 27 - 31, you can watch Come What May for FREE by visiting:
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