HUB weekly news-Dec. 21

Homeschool HUB Weekly News--Dec. 21   Homeschool HUB phone: (269)362-0651 email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org Editor: Annette Ernsperger   The information below is offered to you as a service.  Please research and decide for yourself the value to your family.  The Homeschool HUB does not endorse any programs or services other than those offered at the Homeschool HUB resource center.    Send information to be added to the update no later than the Thursday before the week you want it to appear:  homeschoolhub@yahoo.com   ON THE CALENDAR:   Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub   HERE'S THE BUZZ:     1) No news is good news? And LAST BUT NOT LEAST: classified ads and links of interest at the end of your weekly news!  Remember to check on the items in the Total Recall section below. 1) We don't have anything new for you this week, but we would like to wish you all a safe and merry Christmas!  Be sure to visit the websites listed below in the Links of Interest section for some fun Christmas math and science activities.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TOTAL RECALL (These items will run until their pertinent information expires)   1) Mendel Center and Bethel College offerings   Coming up:  The Color of Justice, If you Give a Pig a Pancake.  Details are forthcoming.   Please do not delay in reserving your seats for these performances.  If something comes up every effort is made to find another to take your spot. **There are performances in Kalamazoo for The Homeschool Performing Arts. They will be performing 4 plays in 2008/2009 that are performed by home schoolers. HPA uses only home schooled young people--even in the orchestra! Coming up is The Rose of Treason. That performance is November ; 6-8. Contact me for more information about this opportunity.  **I have also contacted St. Mary's College near Notre Dame because they also do plays. In response to my inquiry here is what they had to say; We do not typically have performances during the school day. Periodically we will have a matinee performance on Saturday and/or Sunday. I cannot guarentee that all performances are appropriate for the age group you specified. However, if material is mature in nature, we will include this information on our advertisements. - Those interested in seeing a play at St. Mary's College's Moreau Center may call them directly or visit their website. **If you are interested in seeing The Nutcracker at Morris Performing Arts Center this Holiday season, please send me your name. I will check into this in November to see if they are offering a field trip performance. Diane Day 269-445-1900   2) Here is a chance to go to dress rehearsals for professional plays, operas, dance performances, etc for only $10.  All over in Detroit, on Friday afternoons. Alvin Ailey Lecture/Demonstration   Fri, Feb 13, 11:00 - Noon Aladdin Children's Ballet           Fri, Feb 27, 10:00 AM Brundibar Dress Rehearsal           Fri, Mar 20, 11:00 AM The Elixir of Love Dress Rehearsal  Fri, March 27, 10:00 AM For information on each performance visit: www.motopera.org Tickets are $10 each. Please include an additional $1 PER ORDER (not per ticket!) to cover the cost of mailing the seating voucher from my house to yours. Deadline for ordering tickets is 15 days before each performance. That gives me time to place the order, receive the seating vouchers in the mail, and then mail them out to each family.  Be sure to include your address with your payment so I can mail your seating voucher to you!  I try to get the vouchers to everyone by the Monday or Tuesday before the performance. Seating is first-come first-serve.   Paypal:  Kimberly@mazepath.com Checks: Kimberly Hooper, 29898 Beacontree, Farmington Hills, MI 48331 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIFIEDS   Have something for sale, free or trade?  Advertise here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST BUT NOT LEAST--LINKS OF INTEREST (links do not imply endorsement):   The 12 Days of Christmas and Pascal's Triangle--Using Pascal's triangle, find the number of items given each day in the song, "The 12 Days of Christmas": http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/~judyann/LP/lessons/12.days.pascal.html   Gingerbread Math--At this website, you'll find all kinds of wonderful gingerbread man math activities with ingenious ideas for learning about measurement, symmetry, probability, graphs, geometry, perimeter, area, and more: http://www.mathwire.com/themes/themegb.html   Geometry: Make A Paper Snowflake--WikiHow offers several sets of instructions for making paper snowflakes with illustrations and a video demonstration. Students can learn about symmetry, geometry, and have an opportunity to use math skills as they estimate, measure, and cut.  You'll also find many free paper snowflake printable templates and instructions here: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Snowflake   Math Through Christmas Recipes for Kids--Sort, measure and follow instructions to make everything from Reindeer Poop to Snowman Soup:  http://www.dreamsalivemagazine.com/christmas2003/columns/justforkids/   Make a Christmas Paper Chain--Practice counting, measuring and sorting skills as you cut and glue paper strips and turn them into holiday decorations: http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/image_galleries/christmas_paperchain_gallery.shtml?1   HowStuffWorks: How Holiday Lights Work--Get the 4-1-1 on how those mini decorative lights are made. Clear explanations and great illustrations and photos help you understand how these incandescent bulbs work, why the removal of one bulb in a strand can break the circuit, and how they get the bulbs to blink:  http://christmas.howstuffworks.com/christmas-lights1.htm   Science I.Q.— The Gingerbread Man--Ewwwww! It's hard to believe, but at the Science I.Q. website they explain that gingerbread originated because of a wheat disease known as "stinking smut" that "replaces the wheat grain with a black powder of spores that has a strong fishy odor." Learn more about it at the website, although it won't exactly whet your appetite for gingerbread. Once you know the origin, try this experiment:  http://www.scienceiq.com/Facts/TheGingerbreadMan.cfm   The Science in the Ingredients of Gingerbread--The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California offers an interesting science lesson based on the ingredients in gingerbread. Find out how baking soda chemically reacts with molasses to produce carbon dioxide — and what that does to the gingerbread dough. Try their recipe for gingerbread and use their suggestions for experimenting with the recipe ingredients to get a variety of interesting results:  http://www.discoverycube.org/programs.aspx?q=56&c=51 Do you have any favorite websites?  Send them to us and we'll share them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DISCLAIMERS: While the Homeschool HUB believes that these events or opportunities may be of value to home educators, announcements do not constitute an endorsement by the Homeschool HUB, or its Board of Directors. It is the responsibility of individual parents to determine the appropriateness of any event or opportunity for their children. Participation in any event is voluntary and the participant assumes complete responsibility and liability for themselves, their family, anyone accompanying them, and their personal property.

Peace,

Anne Huffman

 Phillipians4:8

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.