Warren County Homeschoolers: August 2010

Back to school time is here once again!

We kicked off our school year with a picnic and beach party at Chapman Dam on August 21st.

We had great food, fun games and school supplies for treats as everyone went home. The guys won the sandcastle building contest with their alligator creation on the shoreline. The girls turned Natalie into an adorable sand mermaid. It was great to see so many of you and celebrate the new school year!

Who's the monkey?

FALL TESTING

Fall Testing is October 11th, for 3rd, 5th and 8th graders.

Testing will be held with the PA Homeschoolers at Praise Fellowship.

Cost is $30 per child, if you pre-register postmarked October 7th or

posted online by October 9th. Cost is $35 at the door.

Go to http://www.pahomeschoolers.com/ for more info and to register.

FIELDTRIP #1

Date: Wednesday, September 29th

Place: Port Farms, Waterford, PA (near Erie)

Time: 10:00 am

Cost: $5 per person, with 1 free chaperone for every 5 paid admissions.

Agenda: Meet us at Port Farms at 10am.

Bring a sack lunch, we will eat together at 11:30 am in the barn.

Activities:

•We will be taking a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch,

where each student will get to pick their own mini pumpkin to take home (included in price.)

• Corn Box • Straw Fort •Tunnel Slides •Trike Trail

• Corn Maze •Cattle Chutes and more!

Please call Julie Turbide at 406-4957 to RSVP and to arrange prepayment, or plan to arrive to the farm about 15 minutes early, and pay me at that time.

I have to present all of our admission money upon our entering the farm, with our tour payment form. For more info & directions, go to http://www.portfarm.com/

Fieldtrip #2

Date: Monday, October 4th

Place: Battles Museum of Rural Life

436 Walnut St., Girard, PA (just on the other side of Erie)

Time: Meet there at 9:45 am

Cost: $3.50 per child, $5.50 per adult

Agenda: We will tour both houses.

Following the tour you are welcome to bring a lunch and picnic on the grounds.

After lunch, for those would like, we'll plan to hike together on their self guided tour trails that include a stop at an old Erie Canal spot.

Call Robyn Samuelson at 757-8016 by September 26th to sign up.

Check out their website at

http://www.eriecountyhistory.org/museums-exhibits/battles-museum-of-rural-life/

Fieldtrip #3

Come along this Friday Sept.10 to Erie for the Tall Ships Event.

We will meet at 10 am sharp to take part in an awesome day of learning.

We will get dockside presentations on each of the 8 ships, and be able to tour 2 different ships.

There is also a NASA trailer to explore, the maritime museumn and maritime films in the auditorium. The Land Lighthouse and the Wayne Block House will also be open.

The cost is $5.00 per person. ( this is a huge savings off reg. admission of $15.)

There will be a limit of 30 for this trip.

Call Robyn Samuelson 757-8016 to sign up ASAP. I need to know by Wed Sept 8th if you can attend. Pass on the info! check out their website! www.tallships.com

Homeschooling Material
for Sale

For Sale - Nan Chapman 723-7367

• Abeka Chemistry $10 for all

(Teacher's edition textbook copyright 1988, Lab manual teacher's ed copyright 1988, Quiz Key cop. 91, Test Key cop. 88, Video cop. 87) You can cover the answers to tests & quizzes & therefore do not need student books.

• Abeka Biology $10 for all

(Text book cop. 86, Field Lab Manual teacher ed. 2nd ed. cop. 98, Teacher Guide 2nd ed. cop. 98, Test Key cop. 98, Quiz Key cop. 98/91, Student Tests cop. 88, Answer Key cop. 89, Lab Manual cop. 87, Lab Manual teacher edition cop. 87, Video cop. 87)

• 7th Grade Order & Reality $3 (Textbook, Test & Study Key)

• 8th Grade Matter & Motion $3 (Textbook teacher's edition cop. 94, Student Tests & Quiz cop. 94, Teacher Test & Quiz cop. 94)

• American the Glorious Republic - beginning to 1877 Houghton Mifflin

• World Geography ABC pub.

•Science - understanding your environment Silver/Budent

• Saxon Algebra 1/2 $7 (2nd. ed. text, tests, test & problem answers)

The following range from $1-5, contact Nan for info.

• 3rd Grade Abeka Exploring God's World Science

• 3rd Grade Our American Heritage History

• 5th Grade Adventures in Nature speed & comprehension reader

• 5th Grade Investigating God's World text, test & test key, quiz & quiz key

• 6th Grade Observing God's World text, test key, quiz key,

• 6th Grade Adventure lands - reader

• 6th Grade Adventures in Greatness speed & comprehension reader

• 6th Grade New World History & Geography, text

• 7th Grade Order & Reality - text, student test & study book

• 7th Grade History of the World, text

• 7th Grade Vocab. & Spelling & Poetry I

• 7th Grade Of People (Literature)

• 8th Grade Let's be Healthy, text, teacher key

• 8th Grade Basic Mathematics II text

• 8th Grade Vocab. & Spelling & Poetry II

• 8th Grade Matter & Motion, teacher's ed., test & quiz key, activities & teachers ed. review bk.

• 8th Grade America - Land I Love, test Key, quiz key (no text)

• 8th Grade Of Places, test key

• History of U.S.

These items are not Abeka and are all FREE.

• Jacob's Geometry

• Good Health for you 7th

• Building Lang. Power w/Cloze skill booster, Grammar comprehension, writing practice

• Science - Merill

• The Pageant of World History Prentice Hall

• Modern school Math

• Spanning the Seven Seas reader

• BJU Basic Science for Christian School

• BJU Geography test answers

For Sale - Cay Heath 723-4816

•$20 - 6 Oliver Optic historical fiction novels from the Civil War

• $4 each - Jensen Grammar and Jensen Vocabulary

• $3 - A Reason for Handwriting, cursive book F

• $4 - Writing with a Purpose, like new

• $8 - Famous Men of the Middle Ages, with Greenleaf Guide

• $8 - Writing Power

• $5 - The Writing Road to Reading; for beginning writing and reading

Wanted - Prudence Perkins 927-8881 or jimpru_perkins9801@yahoo.com

• Apologia Young Explorer Astronomy Kit, Science, Anatomy and/or Creation

• Any other Zoology series

Book It Reading Program - Sign up Online Now!

Supplies are limited, so go now to http://www.bookitprogram.com/ to register your K - 6th grader for the Pizza Hut Reading Program. The materials will be mailed to you and you can reward your child with a Personal Pan Pizza coupon each month.

YMCA Swim Lessons for Homeschoolers

The first 5-week session will begin on Fri., Sept. 10th. Grades 5-8 will meet from 10:30-11:00am and grades 1-4 will have lessons from 11:00-11:30 am. Cost is $13/session for members and $41 for non-members. Membership for one youth is $124.

From Nan: Please let others who may not be on this email list know about this opportunity. I have found from my own personal experience that I would rather go in the morning than late afternoon when I need to be getting dinner together. This is also a great opportunity for our kids to get to know each other a little better. Sign up is going on now. Questions call Cathy Peterson at 726-0110.