This came from one of the other coordinators, I thought I would share, Sunny

Dear Friends,

I usually don't send these kinds of announcements via e-mail, but this is one offer you absolutely HAVE to check out!  It’s all about raising your children to be leaders, by using classic literature in your homeschool. Even better, it’s based on a Biblical perspective. If you respond by Sunday May 18, you can also get some FREE classic books and other resources! Please go to my website where I have posted the details, as well as the links to the website to sign up:

http://www.knowledgehouse.info/classics.html

Blessings!

Teri

P.S. Don’t forget, the deadline for getting the free set of classics is this Sunday!

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My very creative friend, Laura comes up with neat ideas this one created lots of buzz and rootbeer!! Enjoy and thanks Laura! PS I also know how to make the rootbeer that you ferment if anyone wants to know how write to me... Sunny

New site from Diane Flynn Keith on this page you can sign up for all the free goodies that she offers. I love her free daily e-mails of recommended sites. She also has an archive page so you can search her old posts.

The Journal of Home Schooling Online

Enjoy, Sunny

Gleaned from LiszLizst:

This is the neatest site if you can't find your bug you can send them a picture of what you found hopefully they can identify it for you. Enjoy Sunny

Passing this along...

"Julie"
wrote:

My boys are always finding critters that I can't identify and I've found
a cool website called
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/ They even have caterpillars, which are
often very hard to
identify and know what they'll turn into. Just go to the website and
scroll down. There's a
list on the left side. If you still can't find what you're looking for,
you can send them a
picture and they'll help identify it! I always read the posts before I
let my sons because
they don't censor what other people send in and rarely I'll find one
with "ugly talk." Hope
this is as useful to someone else as it has been to me. : )

Scholastic Book Fair Tulsa and Ok City, for more information go to:

http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/events/warehouse/states/ok.asp

Ok City 5-9 to 5-23

Tulsa 5-15-5-17

This is a great book sale the books are always cheap with a good selection. Be sure to print off your fast cart pass for $10 off. Enjoy Cheryl

From Kris@ TOS~~ Thanks!

This is the last two weeks of the Win a Jan Brett Visit to your

Contact:

Pat Leonard

(607) 254-2137

pel27@cornell.edu                                                             For release: April 24, 2008

New Project Spotlights Life in the Nest

NestWatch project takes off, seeks participants

Ithaca, NY—What could be cuter than baby birds all atwitter in the nest? But amid the “oohs” and “aahs” are real data about the rhythms of bird biology and how they may be changing as the result of human activity. Combine the “wow” factor of the former with the scientific value of the latter and you have NestWatch—a new, free citizen science project developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in collaboration with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and funded by the National Science Foundation. Participants visit nests during spring and summer to collect simple information about location, habitat, species, number of eggs, and number of young in the nest. Then they submit their observations online.

“NestWatch introduces birding and simple methods of scientific inquiry to families, children, retired adults—people of all ages and skills,” says project leader Tina Phillips. “It’s easy and fun. It helps people reconnect with nature in their own yard, nearby park, or nature preserve.”

Peter Marra from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center at the National Zoo says, “Each and every observation is important because it helps scientists measure the impact of such things as climate change and habitat destruction. Without citizens across the country collecting this information for us it would be almost impossible to track these large-scale destructive processes.”  

The always-popular NestCams companion site has been revamped and is now up and running. Live cameras show the nesting activities of Barn Owls, Wood Ducks, and Northern Flickers in Texas and California. More cameras will be going online across the country in the weeks ahead at www.nestcams.org.

  All NestWatch materials and instructions are available online at www.nestwatch.org, including directions on how to find nests and how to monitor them without disturbing the birds.

 “One of the most exciting things about NestWatch,” says Phillips, “is that we’ll be able to take in data from as far back as 1900!” Anyone who’s been keeping nest records on their own will now have a way to put that important information to use. With all this information from NestWatchers, scientists will be able to track changes in reproductive timing and fledging success which may be linked to climate change.

For more information and to sign up, please visit www.nestwatch.org.

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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a membership institution dedicated to interpreting and conserving the earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Visit the Lab’s web site at http://www.birds.cornell.edu.

Thanks Cindy!

This came from LizsLizst~~ Thanks Liz

Volunteers needed at Children's Museum - Tulsa
The Kaleidoscope Children's Museum is set to open in June and we could
sure use some volunteers (handy or artistic folks) to make it on
schedule! The building at 6202 S. Sheridan and is 12,000 sq. ft. so we
have quite a project ahead of us! If interested, contact Deborah
Colbert at (918) 282-0314.

just sending another reminder of the edmond spring formal. the first deadline is coming up on april 24. after that the price goes up. we are also looking for parent sponser this year. i know everything has gone up in price, including prom. in order for us to have the things we have had in the past, we are asking for parents or businesses to help out this year. this may be our last year if we dont get some much needed funds in this year. lisa rice is handling the money for the formal. her info is on the attached flyer. if you can help chaprone or set up on friday may 9, you can get intouch with me through this email address.
 
        thank you very much,
             debra crow

debra.lynn.crow@gmail.com

You can scroll back through the posts for more info or request one form Debra. Thanks Sunny

FW: special OCHEC Info

Posted by: "Marc Lugrand" thelugrands@hotmail.com   agapedoula

Sat Apr 5, 2008 7:51 pm (PDT)

From Marilyn

Tuesday, April 8, Feagin Visiting Guest Artist, Indian Classical Music by Sandip Burman, tabla, and Sima Burman, vocals, Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.  Indian Classical Music by Feagin Visiting Artist Sandip Burman, renowned Indian tablist, and Sima Burman, vocals, will perform  in a concert on April 8, at 7:30 p.m.  in Tyrrell Auditorium. A native of Durgapur, India, Sandip's performances are marked with spontaneous innovation and tonal purity even when he is delivering complex rhythmic patterns at dazzling speeds. His repertoire is vast; it includes both commonly and rarely played rhythms.

Thursday, April 10 TU Junior Piano Recital, Karl Johnson, Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 11 TU Students Piano Trio Concert, Jeremy Ricketson, piano, Kent Dennis, violin, and Amelia Ivory, cello, Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 15   TU Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds Concert, 7:30 PM, ACAC Great Hall

Wednesday, April 16 TU Student String Quartet, Elizabeth Obal, violin, Jean-Paul Barjon, cello, Matthew McCulloch, violin, and Alicia Hutchins, viola - Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 19   TU Jazz Day at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, all day Jazz Clinic for High School Students – and 12:00 noon Concert with Feagin Guest Artist, Conrad Herwig and the TU Jazz Band

Sunday, April 20     “President’s” Concert, at the Allen Chapman Activity Center-Great Hall featuring  the TU Orchestra, Concerto-Aria Winners, ACAC, 3 PM

Thursday, April 24 Junior Vocal Recital, Lindsey Duncan, Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 25 Senior Piano Recital, Jeremy Ricketson, Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 26 Piano Recital, Molli McDaniel, Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 26 Senior Composition Recital, Heather Urquhart, Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 27 Junior Recitals for Olivia Lane and Rachel Lester, Sharp Chapel 3:00 PM

Monday, April 28 TU Junior Piano Recital, Kent Dennis, Tyrrell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

**All concerts are Open to the Public and free of charge.  For more information, please visit our website at www.cas.utulsa.edu/music

 TU Parking Availabiltiy:
If the Westby Visitor Parking Lot is unavailable, adjacent parking lots are available for concert parking after 5:00 p.m.  You may also park in the Harvard Parking lot at the corner of E. 8th Street and S. Gary Place and ride the TU Shuttle to Bayless Plaza, just south of Tyrrell Hall.  TU Shuttles will run every 10-15 minutes till 10:00 p.m.  To access a campus map, please log on to www.utulsa.edu/campusmap.

Homeschooling Book sale  gleaned from Homeschooling Metro

In case you missed the OETA show Ready for Life on homeschooling view it here: 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8209447242874451178

See what you think.... Sunny

Abeka will have a book display in Tulsa:

Date: April 22, 2008
Time: 11am-3pm
Ramada Inn
1010 N. Garnett Rd.
Tulsa, OK 74116
Directions: I-244, Garnett Rd. Exit
A Beka Book Representative: Mickey Pierce
This is a good time to take a look at the books.

Free photo workshop provided by Reasor's photo lab,  the first one is free the second one on editing is $20. for more info go to :

 http://www.douglashenderson.com/reasors.htm

I just had to make a few comments. I hope that eveyone got to see the program last night, it was for the most part good. I liked the family OETA chose to talk to. Cindy Downes was very good, I am glad they chose her to talk to, who better than someone who has been there and done it successfully?

The program had some good points they also missed so much. The two people who spoke of one or two bad cases showed their short sided thinking. A principal, (did everyone catch that he wished he could keep his kids at home and educate them there, but he had to trust the system??? Say's who?) and a woman who was in education. I was less than impressed with their take on homeschooling. Last night my inbox lit up before the program aired and then continued to smoke this morning with comments on what was covered and said.

I do think that it is hard to describe well, homeschooling with one family, a principal and person from OEA, and comments from Cindy a sesoned professional, all in thirty minutes...... if you missed it there are more airings , interesting to see......

Ready for Life on OETA:

April 15, 9:00 p.m.
April 27, 11:30 a.m.
April 29, 10:00 p.m.  Sunny