A wide variety of activities, groups and resources within the state of Colorado http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Wed, 17 May 2006 00:11:00 -0500 Wed, 17 May 2006 00:11:00 -0500 Just in case you stumbled upon this blog, I want you to know that I have a more up-to-date version at COLORADO.   Please stop by there and say hi!  I am always looking for more information from "your neck of the woods" to post, and would love some feedback!   You are more than welcome to leave a comment here, but remember, I won't be updating this blog --- any upcoming activities and announcements I receive will be posted on the COLORADO page. You can, however still check out the links here on this side bar.   Thanks!!!   Happy Homeschooling,   Nancy http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/136246/ Wed, 17 May 2006 00:11:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/136246/ Hi there everyone!  HSN (Homeschool Nation) is standardizing everyone's state blogs, so this one will be transitioning over to just COLORADO.   I will be moving stuff over as fast as I can--bear with me!   Blessings, Nancy http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/77743/ Thu, 2 Feb 2006 20:50:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/77743/ HI!  Please check out the new group links added to my sidebar.  Be sure to look at "The Homeschool Book For Colorado Springs."  It is a great resource for all things Colorado Springs pertaining to Home Education!   And, if you had the opportunity to hear Treon speak yesterday, please comment and let us know what you learned.  :)   Blessings, Nancy http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/75115/ Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:36:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/75115/   Hi!  Here is info on an upcoming (this weekend) seminar being held in Divide, Colorado.  It is being hosted and presented by Treon Goossen of Concerned Parents of Colorado.          Dear CPCO, Here is information about a seminar I am holding on January 28th.  Please register by email with the appropriate information.  You can pay at the door at no extra cost.  I need a head count for lunch. The seminar is for singles and couples.  The morning session is general and not geared specifically for homeschooling families.  The afternoon session will be packed with encouragement for homeschoolers, information on the law, legal options, and a legislative update. I have had requests to hold meetings and seminars on the law, etc. from groups around the state.  Please feel free to contact me for dates available. Thanks, Treon     Encouragement Seminar by Treon Goossen January 28, 2006 Mountain Area Calvary Chapel   Registration opens at 9:30 a.m.  The morning session will begin at 10:00 a.m. and go until 11:45 a.m. Lunch from 11:45 until 1:00 p.m. and is included in the cost. Afternoon session begins at 1:00 p.m. and goes until 3:00.  Questions and answers may go longer.   Cost: $10 per single, 18 and older, $12 per married couple. Children 5-17: $2 for lunch. No cost for infants-age 4.   No child care is provided.  A cry room with speakers is available for moms with infants/toddlers.  Children will have to stay with parents.   Morning session: This is entitled "Entering God's Rest."  It will include what is God's rest, who can get there, how do you get there, staying there, and the benefits of being in His rest.  It is filled with encouragement for daily life as well as for marriages, children, and personal growth.   Afternoon session: "Heaven Not Harvard:  Keeping the Right Perspective in Your Homeschool."  This session emphasizes the perspective Christians should keep while homeschooling their children.  It is so easy in today's world to get side-tracked and over-whelmed by curriculum, college, peer and "relative" pressure, socialization issues, and life in general.  This presentation will comfort and encourage. The afternoon session will also include an explanation of the exceptional Colorado homeschool law - probably as you have never heard it before!  Legal options, a legislative update, and a question and answer time will end the afternoon.   Mountain Area Calvary Chapel is located at 11361 U.S. Highway 24, in Divide, CO.  Divide is 25 miles west of Colorado Springs on U.S. Highway 24.  The church is north of the highway and shares a driveway with the Western Convenience Gas Station.  After turning, go past the station and bear left.  The church is the only other building there.   Email Treon at treon@peakinet.net to register.  You may also fax the info to 719-748-8360. I need names of adults planning to attend and names and ages of children. You can send a check or pay at the door. Registration deadline is January 26th. Make checks payable to: Treon Goossen.  Mail to: Treon Goossen, 80 Hobe Creek TrailFlorissant, CO 80816 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/73298/ Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:59:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/73298/ Here is a very long, but very nice list put together by a local group here in Colorado Springs called H.O.M.E.  They said I could share it with you all!   *_The Whys of Homeschooling_*¨ _The Heart of Home Schooling_ by Christopher Klicka © 2002 - teaching and living what really matters¨ _Home Schooling ~ The Right Choice_ by Christopher Klicka © 1995 - comprehensive overview of the benefits of homeschooling¨ _For the Children's Sake_ by Susan Shaeffer Macauley © 1984 -- why we homeschool *_The Hows of Homeschooling_*¨ _Better Late than Early_ by Raymond and Dorothy Moore © 1977 - waiting until your child is ready to learn¨ _Home Style Teaching_ by Raymond and Dorothy Moore © 1984 - practical advice for beginning homeschoolers¨ _Homespun Schools_ by Raymond and Dorothy Moore © 1982 - ideas on how to begin homeschooling¨ _A Survivor's Guide to Home Schooling_ by Luanne Shackelford and Susan White © 1988 - wise and humorous advice for those who have been homeschooling for a little while¨ _The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling_ by Debra Bell © 2001 - vast resource for K-12¨ _Things We Wish We'd Known_ by Bill and Diana Waring © 1999 - 50 veteran homeschoolers share their experiences¨ _Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant Life Homeschooling_ by Diana Waring © 1996 - humorously shared tips for survival¨ _Christian Home School_ by Gregg Harris © 1988 -- just what the title says¨ _Homeschooling Book of Answers: the 88 Most Important Questions Answered by Homeschooling's Most Respected Voices_ by Linda Dobson © 1998 -- the title says it all¨ _Homeschooling for Excellence_ by David and Micki Colfax © 1988 -- just what the title says¨ _The WholeHearted Child Home Education Handbook _by Clay and Sally Clarkson © 1994, 2003 -- all around homeschool resource¨ _Wisdom's Way of Learning_ by Marilyn Howshall © 1994  -- delight directed learning¨ _Education PLUS_ by Inge P. Cannon © 1995 - patterning all learning upon Scripture as in II Peter 1:5-8¨ _Home School Manual_ by Theodore Wade © 1988 - guide to conservative Christian homeschooling¨ _A Charlotte Mason Companion_ by Karen Andreola © 1998 -- how to have a twaddlefree education¨ _A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the 21^st Century_ by Oliver Van Demille © 2003 - raising leaders who know how to think¨ _The Well-Educated Mind_ by Susan Wise Bauer © 2003 - guide to classical Christian education¨ _Teaching the Trivium_ by Harvey Bluedorn © 2001 - classical Christian education *_Literature Selection_*¨ _The Hand that Rocks the Cradle_ by Nathaniel Bluedorn © 1996 - read alouds for young children¨ _Lives in Print _by Ava Bluedorn © 2000 - good biographies and autobiographies¨ _Books that Build Character_ by William Kilpatrick, et al, © 1994 - teach your child moral values through stories¨ _Invitation to the Classics_ by Louise Cowan and Os Guinness © 1998 - thorough synopsis for classics through the ages¨ _Reading Between the Lines_ by Gene Edward Veith, Jr. © 1990 - a Christian guide to literature selection and discernment¨ _All Through the Ages_ by Christine Miller © 2001 - lists and timelines meant to enhance history studies through literature¨ _Honey for a Child's Heart_ by Gladys Hunt © 2002 -- book reviews and recommendations¨ _Honey for a Teen's Heart_ by Barbara Hampton and Gladys Hunt © 2002 - help your teen catch the lifelong reading bug and good choices in reading discernment*_Child Rearing Helps/Character Development_*¨ _Preparing for Adolescence_ by James Dobson © 1999 - how to survive the coming years of change¨ _Shepherding a Child's Heart_ by Tedd Tripp © 1995 - advice on Biblical parenting¨ _When You Feel Like Screaming - Help for Frustrated Mothers_ by Dr. Grace Ketterman © 2001-- how screaming and anger affects children and positive ways to get children to do what they must do¨ _Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes in You and Your Kids_ by Scott Turanski and Joanne Miller © 2000 --a book about returning honor to the family¨ _Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic_ by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka © 1991 -- the title says it all*_ _**_Special Needs_*¨ _God's Special Child _by Donna and Ellis Adee © 1996 - lessons from Nathan and other children with special needs, feasible, practical and logical approaches to meet the educational needs of a special needs child¨ _Learning in Spite of Labels_ by Joyce Herzog © 1994 - a vessel of hope for teachers who are discouraged, delightful techniques to replace stress in teaching children who learn differently*_ _**_Elementary Helps_*¨ _Teaching Children_ by Diane Lopez © 1989 -- for grades 1 through 6¨ _You Can Teach Your Children Successfully_ by Ruth Beechick © 1988 -- for grades 4 through 8¨ _An Easy Start in Arithmetic_ by Ruth Beechick © 1986 -- common sense approach to math in the earliest grades¨ _A Strong Start in Language_ by Ruth Beechick © 1986 -- great advise about beginning language skills¨ _A Home Start in Reading_ by Ruth Beechick © 1985 -- teaching reading made simple*_ _**_High School Helps_*¨ _Accelerated Distance Learning_ by Brad Voeller © 2002 - a new approach to college¨ _A Guidance Manual for the Christian Home School_ by David and Laurie Callihan © 2000 - a parent's guide for preparing their homeschooled child for college or career¨ _Senior High: A Home-Designed FORM+U_LA_ by Barbara Shelton © 1999 -- all in one guide to homeschooling a high school student *_Courting/Dating_*¨ _Of Knights and Fair Maidens_ by Jeff and Danielle Myers © 1996 - a practical approach to courtship¨ _I Kissed Dating Goodbye_ and _Boy Meets Girl_ by Joshua Harris © 1997 and 2000 - a new attitude towards romance and relationships *_For Dads_*¨ _The Homeschool Father_ by Michael Farris © 1992 - recommended for all homeschool dads¨ _How a Man Prepares His Daughters for Life_ by Michael Farris © 1996 - helps you become the father you want to be to your daughters*_ _**_Around the House_*¨ _The Organized Home Schooler_ by Vickie Caruana © 2001 -- organizational tips¨ _Managers of Their Homes_ by Steven Maxwell © 2000 -- helpful time organization of daily duties¨ _Once a Month Cooking_ by Mary Beth Lagerborg © 2001 -- planning and organizing cooking once a month¨ _Dinner's in the Freezer_ by Jill Bond © 2000 - multiplying your own recipes and time management *_Miscellaneous_*¨ _How to Be Your Own Selfish Pig_ by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay © 1982 - older teen explanation of complex Christian concepts¨ _Field Trips and Extra-Curricular Activities_ by Barbara Shelton © 1993 - a balanced approach to the "extras"¨ _Life Skills for Kids_ by Christine Field © 2000 - practical suggestions to bring your kids real life skills¨ _Christian__ __Home__ Educators' Curriculum Manual_ (elementary and junior/senior high) by Cathy Duffy © 2000 -- guide to the myriad of homeschool curricula now available http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/72330/ Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:21:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/72330/ Hey, I know your out there!  Please stop and and comment, and say Hello!  I'd like to be able to link to you all as my friends :)  And get some great links from you---tell me about your local groups (if they don't mind) and what kinds of resources you have for homeschoolers in your area!   Thanks so much! Nancy http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/71540/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 22:05:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/71540/ Favorite Field Trips in Colorado   Wow, there are all kinds of great places to go, just in the Pikes Peak region where we are! Some of our best trips are not necessarily "canned" visits, but just excursions out in nature! I'll put several here which are nature locations, then the rest will be more commercial!   Pikes Peak  America's Mountain   Of course, the peak is closed right now because of all the snow ---but you can go up from Memorial Day through Labor Day. This site also has a coupon link AND a whole lot more links for attractions in the Pikes Peak region!     Garden of the Gods      Fabulous Views of the sandstone cliffs and monoliths! Pikes Peak in the background, nothing like it! Miles of park trails for hiking and biking etc. And a super gift shop to boot!   Red Rocks Open Space    Just south of Garden of the Gods, across Hwy 24 lies a fabulous place to hike and explore! Still in the process of building some trails, this area of red sandstone is amazingly beautiful. There is a few ponds, and a magnificent stone quarry to climb through and it's beautiful in Summer or Winter!    Chatfield State Park and reservoir  (Denver )  A lovely place for just about anything outdoors.  Check out their website!   Cheyenne Mountain Zoo   Known for their giraffes, and also for the fact that they are America's only Mountain Zoo,  this is a beautiful place to engage some animals!  You will get a workout unless you ride the shuttle, but the veiws are exhilarating.  And Mom, don't forget to ride the carousel WITH the kids.  You will never stop laughing!   Denver Zoo   I haven't been here "yet" so please, comment and let us know whats up at the Denver Zoo if YOU hve been there.   Butterfly Pavilion   We went on a homeschool field trip here a while back and it was so wonderful!  They had great educational programs for us and the butterflies were amazing.   Florissant Fossil Beds   A great place to see the biggest collection of fossilized insects anywhere!  Be prepared for the "millions of years" theory.   May Natural History Museum   An amazing collection of insects collected all over the world by John May.  I highly recommend this.  It may not be high-tech, but it is absolutely stunning.    So there you have just a drop in the bucket of all the tremendous places to visit here in our lovely state.  Please let us all know what YOUR favorite place to go is, and post in the comments!   Blessings, Nancy       http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/71378/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:05:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/71378/ Check out this wonderful website with free museum days, free events of ALL kinds in our beautiful state of Colorado! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/66004/ Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:30:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/66004/ There are tons of great events happening at the Littleton Museum, including a free concert!  Check it out! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/63591/ Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:18:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/63591/ Hello Coloradans!  I have been searching for group info for our lovely state and have found several new resources to share with you.  I hope some of this is new to you also.  IF you have any group information you would like to share, or any activites or ideas, please post them in the comments section.   Blessings, Nancy Baetz       Homeschool Central---regional and state info.  (Please let me know if you find a broken link)   Denver Homeschool Connection   Rocky Mountain Homeschool   Homeschool Nation -- Colorado http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/63588/ Wed, 4 Jan 2006 11:02:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ColoradoHomeschoolLighthouse/63588/