HUB news update-March 26

Homeschool HUB Weekly News--March 26   Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094 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 by the Homeschool HUB.     Send information to be added to the update no later than the Thursday before the week you want it to appear:  homeschoolhub@yahoo.com   Details for the following events are on the calendar at: www.calendar.yahoo.com/homeschoolhub ON THE CALENDAR: Mar. 29 and Paril 1--Open swimming for homeschoolers at Niles YMCA, 2-4 pm, $2  April 2--Homeschool bowling, Strikes and Spares, 1-3, $5 April 3--Chess at Niles library, 9:30 a.m., free HERE'S THE BUZZ: 1) Travel club 2) International food fair 3) Interesting TV program 4) Nest Watch project 5) Online math classes 6) Michigan home education convention And LAST BUT NOT LEAST: classified ads and links of interest at the end of your weekly news.  See also the Letting it Ride section at the end.  1) Travel Club forming The Homeschool HUB is planning to start a homeschool travel club.  We will plan two trips each year, one big trip and one smaller trip.  Next year we want to go to London in the fall and to Chicago in the spring.  If anyone has information on good deals for airfare or hotels please let us know.  As we get things set up we will send out the details.  If you want to help, contact Donnelda Lohr at 269 683-2372.  To raise some of the money homeschoolers can work concessions for Silverhawks games in South Bend this summer.  Call Kathy Joyce at 269 695-1654 this weekend to find out the details and dates available for working the games. 2) International Food Fair at Andrews This Sunday from 1 - 7pm is the annual International Food Fair at Andrews University.  This is an opportunity to go out for lunch or dinner, spend $5 - $8 per person, and buy a meal made up of samples of genuine ethnic food from many different lands.  We've gone several times and always loved it.  For a description from the Andrews web site go here:  http://www.andrews.edu/news/2010/03/food_fair_2010.html 3) Food Revolution Here is a show that looks interesting and educational - Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.  The trailer is here - http://www.jamieoliver.com/about/jamie-oliver-videos/jamies-food-revolution-trailer and the show is tonight (Friday) at 9pm.  We are taping it for the HUB resource library if you are a member and you miss it tonight.     4) My name is Laura Burkholder and I'm the new leader of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's NestWatch project. As you may know, collecting information about nesting birds is what NestWatch is all about. The new season is just getting underway--and we need friends like you to help gather information from across the continent.  The always-popular NestCams are also back in action. You can get a live peek into nests and nest boxes across the country. Live cameras for Barn Owls, Barred Owls, and Wood Ducks are online right now with Eastern Bluebirds and other species soon to follow at www.nestcams.org. Everything you need to take part in NestWatch is available online at www.nestwatch.org, including directions on how you find nests, how to build and put up nest boxes, and how you monitor nests without disturbing the birds.  5) Move over Saxon, Math-U-See, and Teaching Textbooks, there's a new kid on the block! TabletClass online homeschool curriculum delivers high quality video math lessons for middle school and high school students without the high price tag.   ·Free Trial ·Experts in Middle and High School Math ·Special Discounts/Group Plans   Don't make your homeschool math curriculum selection before seeing the amazing benefits TabletClass Math can offer- you'll love us!   www.TabletClass.com      Check out a full review of TabletClass Math at the PEAH Homeschool Site:  http://www.homeschool-curriculum-savings.com/online-homeschool-curriculum.html      Best regards, John Zimmerman, President "Clear and Understandable Math" 6) Michigan's largest homeschool event of the year is coming May 14 and 15 to the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave.,  in downtown Lansing… Are you coming, too?!?   Registration and details are now available on the INCH website: inch.org ~ Visit today and register by March 31 to get the best "early bird registration" rates! Featuring: Three amazing keynote speakers… Plus more than 50 other talented and knowledgeable workshop leaders Over 70 informative, inspiring workshops… on topics for every homeschool family Expanded shopping hours… Exhibit hall opens at 10 am Friday for 16 hours of shopping pleasure Special onsite programs for children and young adults… Led by Children's Conferences International and HSLDA's Generation Joshua Discount group rates at local hotels… Plus FREE host homes offered by local homeschooling families NEW Used Curriculum Sale, "Taste of Homeschooling", and Leaders' Seminar… All offered on Thursday Discounted family registration rates… Make it a family affair, and bring your children, teens, young adults, and even interested grandparents! Concerts, movies, networking, recognition of 2010 homeschool grads… and much, much more! Become an INCH fan on facebook to keep up with all the latest convention details and developments. http://www.facebook.com/INCHMI We invite you to join thousands of other home educators from around the state ~ Attend the 27th annual Michigan Home Education Convention in Lansing on May 14 & 15, with Pre-convention activities beginning on Thursday, May 13! Hurry… Early bird registration ends March 31!   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  CLASSIFIEDS   Have something for sale, free or trade?  Advertise here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LAST BUT NOT LEAST--LINKS OF INTEREST (links do not imply endorsement):  Virtual field trip to Peeps factory: http://www.justborn.com/resource/corporate/popups/virtualTour.cfm Fun family science experiments:  http://www.justborn.com/resource/corporate/popups/virtualTour.cfm Live owl cam: http://www.sportsmansparadiseonline.com/Live_Owl_Nest_Box_Cam.html Online geography games: http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FS Interactive geography game: http://www.homefires.com/click?billybug Do you have any favorite websites?  Send them to us and we'll share them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LETTING IT RIDE: The Homeschool HUB is continuing to collect Campbell Soup labels, Campbell's Chunky Soup labels, Campbell's Healthy Request labels, Campbell's Select harvest, Franco-American, Pepperidge Farm, Spaghettios, Swanson, V-8 Beverages, V-8 Fusion, Prego Italian Sauces and Campbell's Food Service.   Give your labels to any board member or bring them to our homeschool functions. --AND-- We are still accepting Boxtops for education labels.  You can find these on: Betty Crocker goods Gold Medal Flour Nestle products Cherrios Cascadian Farm products Chex Cocoa Puffs Cookie Crisp Country Cornflakes Fiber One products Golden Grahams Honey Nut Clusters Lucky Charms Oatmeal Crisps TotalTrix Wheaties Green Giant vegetables Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Totino Pizza olls Hamburger Helper meals Old El Paso Suddenly Salad Yoplait Fruit Flavored shapes Ziploc Kleenex Scott Kotex Poise Depend Hefty Nature Valley Cottonelle  Huggies Goodnites Pull Ups Avery School supplies Go to Boxtops for Education.org for more info, and then SAVE SAVE SAVE  those labels.  Each one nets 10 cents and every 10 cents adds up. You can give them to any HUB board director or bring them to any of our functions that we will be having.  Thank-you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.