We visited the St. Louis Zoo this past week. I didn't realize how busy it was going to be on a weekday. Arg! We didn't spend much time at the park but we did see the sting ray exhibit. I recommend visiting this exhibit!!! It was $3 a person to enter and food was $1 for two pieces of food. (no requirement to purchase food). The sting rays were slippery! Here is a video of AJ learning how to feed the fish and attempting to feed them. Poor video quality but you get what you get :).
ECIHEN is one of the homeschool groups to which we belong. It is once again time to register for the 2012-13 School year! The cost is $15 per year. ECIHEN taken from the website: ECIHEN is a membership organization for safety and privacy reason. Membership is just $15 per school year. This includes: * 17% discount when joining the Home School Legal Defense Association * The ability to read and add posts to forums on the ECIHEN website * Participation in ECIHEN field trips, special events and workshops * Access to the full calendar of ECIHEN and other Homeschool Events * Exclusive weekly email * Pictorial online members’ directory * Fellowship and support with other home schooling families ... It has been well worth the small fee. The link for the site is below. This is a new site and I really like it. LOL! Please pass this link along to anyone who may be interested. Special Note to my Jasper Co. pals: If you ever attend the field trips we can meet in greenup and carpool. http://www.homeschool-life.com/il/ecihen/ I found a great blog! I was surfing around on www.homeschoolconvention.com. Via the Homeschool 101 section, I found The Homeschool Classroom. They have a great article, "10 Tips for New Homeschooling Families".
I hope everyone had a nice July 4th! I am thankful to all the men and women that serve or have served our country. You are greatly appreciated by the Blair Family! I would like the kids to become more independent with school work during the upcoming school year. I think using their very own planner would be a fun way to encourage this behavior. I've looked around for a student planner but none focus on what I would like them to. So, I decided to make a kid-friendly version of my curriculum schedule. I am super excited about them! I photocopied the Week Overview of each unit from my teachers guide. (My Father's World -Exploring Countries and Cultures) Each assignment/subject has a handy check mark box that will work perfectly and enable the kids to keep track of their daily accomplishments. I can add in the English and Math assignments. The kids picked out the paper! It is a light card-stock weight. The binders are 1inch- 3 ring binders. Each country is separated by color. I didn't have enough colors for every country so I rotated through the colors. I plan to save these planners and store them with our records at the end of the year.
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