Treon Goossen will be in town (Colorado Springs) next week Tuesday to speak about how the homeschooling situation in California may well affect homeschooling in Colorado too. Here are some brief details:
Treon will be speaking about "What's going on in California", The Colorado homeschool Law, What we can do to protect ourselves and there will be a question, answer time.
We also will be collecting a "Love Offering" for Treon because she works so hard for ALL homeschoolers in the state of Colorado!
Thank you Tammy of Springs First Home Educators for passing this info along!
Are you looking for a place to have your homeschooled child tested? The Colorado Springs Homeschool Support Group will have testing in April. Applications are due March 31. Go to the website to get all the info and to download your application right away! If you have any questions, please leave a comment.
Looking for something local (Colorado Springs) to do with your homeschoolers? Pikes Peak Library District has a homeschooling newsletter. Check it out here. You can check out the "Homeschool Hub" right here too.
The cutoff date to get our Winter issue recently passed. If you subscribe now, your subscription will actually start with our Spring issue which will arrive in mailboxes in April.
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We're going to show you some free resources for your homeschool, let you peek in on homeschool life for other families from Hawaii to South Africa, and give you fun unit study information on the Iditarod and Civil War.
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The end of January and beginning of February is a traditional time of discouragement for homeschool families.
HOME has gathered some incredible local speakers to encourage and uplift Christian homeschool families on Saturday, February 2, 2008 from 9 am-3 pm. The HOPE Workshops will be held at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 2215 N. Wahsatch Ave, Colorado Springs
There will be three tracks.
Especially for Dads Track
Encouragement for Homeschooling Dads with Kevin Swanson
Men Leading in the Home and Leading in the Movement with Mike Cheney
Transition or Commission with Bill Roach
Communicating between Generations with Keith Dorscht
Homeschool Parents Track
Automaticity, Learning Foundations for Success with Bridget Mosley and Peggy Wilbur
An Introduction to Lapbooking and Notebooking with Amy Brown
The History of Homeschooling in Colorado with Treon Goossen
High School Track
Real Life Civics with Sarah Anderson
Christian Ethics in the Business World with Gary Holden
High School Formula, a Record Keeping System for High School with Lesli Selk
Panel of Graduates answers your questions
Treon Goossen will end the workshops with a talk on Current Colorado Legislative Issues.
There is a $10 family registration fee when you register by January 21st ($20 after Jan. 21st). Lunch will not be provided. Feel free to bring your lunch and eat during the lunch-time Q & A focusing on beginning homeschooling and testing/evaluation options.
We encourage teenagers to attend, but unfortunately cannot provide child care for younger children. Nursing children less than one year of age would be allowed.
Volunteers needed! Please contact Tina Hickman at hickmansd@comcast.net if you can help!
Registration form:
H.O.P.E. 2008
Workshop Registration
Name:
Phone:
Address:
City: State:
Zip Code:
E-mail Address:
Do you belong to a homeschool support group? Yes No
Name of group:
Cost per family: $10 by January 21st ($20 after January 21st).
Please send registration form and check (payable to HOME) to Carolyn Martin, 3820 Inspiration Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80917.
List all attendees: List Age (if student)
Cost per family: $10 by January 21st ($20 after January 21st).
Please send registration form and check (payable to HOME) to Carolyn Martin, 3820 Inspiration Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80917.
Are you new to Colorado? Are you new to Homeschooling? This is a great place to get some wonderful links full of ideas and encouragement for homeschooling. December is a great month to have your kids home with you! The holiday season is the perfect time to "de-school" and get out of the doldrums of seat work and time constraints. I hope you can catch a "vision" for your homeschooling endeavors as you learn all about the why's and how's of keeping your kids at home.
Here are just a few ideas for learning at home. Just pull those kids out of school right now, and start enjoying them!
You can:
Bake cookies,
Deliver them to neighbors,
Volunteer at a soup kitchen,
Shovel snowy sidewalks together,
Plan meals,
Make birdfeeders and learn about the birds,
Have the kids write the family newsletter this year,
Create homemade ornaments,
Learn new Christmas Carols,
Visit shut-ins,
Do an impromptu Christmas video,
Cut down your own tree,
Learn about the names of Christ,
Make a nativity,
The list can go on and on!
These are some of the things we have done in the past. If these things don't fit with your faith, or your idea of the holiday, please feel free to share what you are doing with us! We would love to hear your ideas too.
Have a blessed week everyone!
Nancy
Colorado
Be sure to check out the sidebar for important links for Colorado. Let me know if you have a link that you think should be there. Just leave a comment. Thanks!
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