Homeschool HUB News Update--May 9
Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094
email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org facebook: www.facebook.com/HomeschoolHub
Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy
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
To subscribe to this newsletter, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HUBnewsletter/ OR send an email to the following address: HUBnewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (You can also sign up on the home page of our website hshub.org--just type your email in the box!) Don't forget to do one of these if you change your email address!
Yes, you are welcome to forward the newsletter to anyone who might be interested! :-)
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
G2) Free Birdwatching/Bird Identification Lessons
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
This week's puzzle:
U.S. states – Letter Zaps – Zap (remove) 5 letters on regular questions and zap 7 letters on challenge question.
Example: SCHOOL FOR A DOG = S C H O O L F O R A D O G = COLORADO
1. EVERY MAN ON IT
2. FIND A HOUSE
3. FLIP FOR IDEAS
4. PARK BANS PUMAS
5. ARM ITCHING MAN
Challenge: COMING NEWS QUOTAS
Written by Alan Stillson http://stillsonworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=59 .
Answers to last week's puzzle:
1. YWOOD = PLYWOOD
2. OVEL = SHOVEL
3. IVER = SCREWDRIVER
4. INSAW = CHAINSAW
5. UNGER = PLUNGER
Challenge: ETRAP = MOUSETRAP
G2) Free Birdwatching/Bird Identification Lessons
The fields are bursting with song and the woods are teeming with feathery creatures—or you might say feathery question marks. Our four-part Inside Birding video series will walk you through the four basic keys to identifying any bird: Size & Shape, Color Pattern, Behavior, and Habitat. The videos take you out in the field with Chris Wood and Jessie Barry, two members of Team Sapsucker (see above) for clear, fun, one-on-one instruction.
Size & Shape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridajl8uic0
Color Pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rT7he15Js0
Behavior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owZ6bonrOjA
Habitat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmPXtsJeu5M
Practice: try the quizzes on our Building Skills pages: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=1053
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) INCH Homeschool Convention
2) Help a High School Exchange Student Next School Year
3) Upcoming Events at Barnes and Noble in Mishiwaka
4) safeTALK Lunch & Learn Workshop
5) Berrien County or Michiana Youth Track Club
6) South Bend Blue Sox Night
1) INCH Homeschool Convention
We are almost upon our 2014 INCH Homeschool Convention in Lansing, next week, May 15-17, 2014. There is STILL TIME to register and attend this convention. http://conference.homeschoolmichigan.org/
2) Help a High School Exchange Student Next School Year
Hello!
My name is Stefanie Clark and I have a wonderful learning opportunity to share with you. I work with a non-profit organization called CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) and we work with high school foreign exchange students. I got involved in the program because I wanted to expose my children to different cultures from around the world. Little did I know that it would be so educational as well as a life changing experience!
CIEE works with students that are 15-18 years old that come from over 55 different countries and they come to the U.S. for an educational home stay for either 5 or 10 months. We are currently looking for host families in Michigan. The students typically attend the public schools in the district that the family resides with while they are in country. They come to see what it is like to live with an American family. They come with their own spending money and insurance, so you are providing them with room and meals and some transportation during their stay. Here is our website if you would like to learn more about our program http://www.ciee.org/highschool/
I have found, from experience, that hosting a student is the best way to expose your children and your family to other cultures…what better way than to learn it first hand? My son is actually traveling to Brazil to stay with my exchange son and his family. Who would have ever guessed that we would have lifelong connections with families in different countries? It has brought the world to us!
People ask me, how does it work with families that homeschool their children and the student attends public school? Here is the response that many families have shared: "they go to school at a different school and we enjoy one another after they get home... We do our classes and they do theirs, it's not so strange!"
It was great for the exchange students to learn about the option of homeschooling because many of the countries we work with do not allow homeschooling. Some of our students have gone back and shared their experience and the positive things they learned about homeschooling from their host family with others in their country.
I would love to tell you more about this exciting experience! If you would like to find out more or see some of the amazing students we have available to share, please contact me, Stefanie Clark at sclark@ciee.org or call 877-872-0808. I would love to share more about our program and will be happy to get you in touch with our local representative in your area.
Thank you so much for your time!
3) Story Time at Barnes and Noble in Mishiwaka
Hello friends!
You are cordially invited to join us in the Reader's Lounge for:
Homeschool HUB phone: 269-240-6094
email: homeschoolhub@yahoo.com website: www.hshub.org facebook: www.facebook.com/HomeschoolHub
Editor: Andrea Bikfalvy
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
To subscribe to this newsletter, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HUBnewsletter/ OR send an email to the following address: HUBnewsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com (You can also sign up on the home page of our website hshub.org--just type your email in the box!) Don't forget to do one of these if you change your email address!
Yes, you are welcome to forward the newsletter to anyone who might be interested! :-)
GENERAL INTEREST
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
G2) Free Birdwatching/Bird Identification Lessons
G1) Brain Warmer Upper
This week's puzzle:
U.S. states – Letter Zaps – Zap (remove) 5 letters on regular questions and zap 7 letters on challenge question.
Example: SCHOOL FOR A DOG = S C H O O L F O R A D O G = COLORADO
1. EVERY MAN ON IT
2. FIND A HOUSE
3. FLIP FOR IDEAS
4. PARK BANS PUMAS
5. ARM ITCHING MAN
Challenge: COMING NEWS QUOTAS
Written by Alan Stillson http://stillsonworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=59 .
Answers to last week's puzzle:
1. YWOOD = PLYWOOD
2. OVEL = SHOVEL
3. IVER = SCREWDRIVER
4. INSAW = CHAINSAW
5. UNGER = PLUNGER
Challenge: ETRAP = MOUSETRAP
G2) Free Birdwatching/Bird Identification Lessons
The fields are bursting with song and the woods are teeming with feathery creatures—or you might say feathery question marks. Our four-part Inside Birding video series will walk you through the four basic keys to identifying any bird: Size & Shape, Color Pattern, Behavior, and Habitat. The videos take you out in the field with Chris Wood and Jessie Barry, two members of Team Sapsucker (see above) for clear, fun, one-on-one instruction.
Size & Shape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridajl8uic0
Color Pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rT7he15Js0
Behavior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owZ6bonrOjA
Habitat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmPXtsJeu5M
Practice: try the quizzes on our Building Skills pages: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=1053
MICHIANA EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
1) INCH Homeschool Convention
2) Help a High School Exchange Student Next School Year
3) Upcoming Events at Barnes and Noble in Mishiwaka
4) safeTALK Lunch & Learn Workshop
5) Berrien County or Michiana Youth Track Club
6) South Bend Blue Sox Night
1) INCH Homeschool Convention
We are almost upon our 2014 INCH Homeschool Convention in Lansing, next week, May 15-17, 2014. There is STILL TIME to register and attend this convention. http://conference.homeschoolmichigan.org/
2) Help a High School Exchange Student Next School Year
Hello!
My name is Stefanie Clark and I have a wonderful learning opportunity to share with you. I work with a non-profit organization called CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) and we work with high school foreign exchange students. I got involved in the program because I wanted to expose my children to different cultures from around the world. Little did I know that it would be so educational as well as a life changing experience!
CIEE works with students that are 15-18 years old that come from over 55 different countries and they come to the U.S. for an educational home stay for either 5 or 10 months. We are currently looking for host families in Michigan. The students typically attend the public schools in the district that the family resides with while they are in country. They come to see what it is like to live with an American family. They come with their own spending money and insurance, so you are providing them with room and meals and some transportation during their stay. Here is our website if you would like to learn more about our program http://www.ciee.org/highschool/
I have found, from experience, that hosting a student is the best way to expose your children and your family to other cultures…what better way than to learn it first hand? My son is actually traveling to Brazil to stay with my exchange son and his family. Who would have ever guessed that we would have lifelong connections with families in different countries? It has brought the world to us!
People ask me, how does it work with families that homeschool their children and the student attends public school? Here is the response that many families have shared: "they go to school at a different school and we enjoy one another after they get home... We do our classes and they do theirs, it's not so strange!"
It was great for the exchange students to learn about the option of homeschooling because many of the countries we work with do not allow homeschooling. Some of our students have gone back and shared their experience and the positive things they learned about homeschooling from their host family with others in their country.
I would love to tell you more about this exciting experience! If you would like to find out more or see some of the amazing students we have available to share, please contact me, Stefanie Clark at sclark@ciee.org or call 877-872-0808. I would love to share more about our program and will be happy to get you in touch with our local representative in your area.
Thank you so much for your time!
3) Story Time at Barnes and Noble in Mishiwaka
Hello friends!
You are cordially invited to join us in the Reader's Lounge for:
May 17th - "Oh The Places You'll Go" Dr. Seuss storytime at 11:00AM
4) safeTALK Lunch & Learn Workshop
Suicide Alertness for Everyone--SafeTALK is a training that prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help to stay safe. Alert helpers know how to use these opportunities to support that desire for safety. As a safeTALK-trained suicide alert helper, you will be better able to:
move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss or avoid suicide; identify people who have thoughts of suicide; apply the TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe) to connect a person with suicide thoughts to suicide first aid, intervention caregivers.
In only a few hours, you will learn how to provide practical help to persons with thoughts of suicide. Expect to leave safeTALK more willing and able to perform an important helping role for persons with thoughts of suicide.
Location: PATH, Inc. Office, 1755 Thornapple Circle, Valparaiso, IN 46385
Time: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CDT)
Cost: $40
More info: https://www.livingworks.net/programs/safetalk/safetalk-faq
5) Berrien County or Michiana Youth Track Club
This describes goals for a complete program. Race schedule and practice requirements may be attenuated during the initial year if this is seen likely to enhance participation.
Berrien County or Michiana Youth Track Club for Boys and Girls of junior high or high school level maturity, actively homeschooled according to state law or enrolled in private school that does not offer cross-country or track
Coach: Kevin Siek admitted as "masters elite" 2013 Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon, most recent PR Half Marathon 1:08:54 in 1999, career PR 1998 Philadelphia Distance Run #2 USA citizen, #11 overall time 1:09:04, homeschooling father of 7, and research chemist
Peak races:
Fall 2014: Niles Turkey Trot
Spring 2015: Suburst 5K
By fall 2015, if a full team is in place, participation in local cross-country invitationals
Other races as appropriate leading up to peak race each season.
General training schedule:
July: 1 required initial group run and meeting, where schedule and training logs would be issued.
For further information please contact Kevin at Kevin_Siek@lecotc.com!
6) South Bend Blue Sox Night
May 16, 2014 at Four Winds Field will be South Bend Blue Sox Night. This family fun and educational event is a celebration of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The League was founded in 1943 by Philip K. Wrigley during World War II, and the South Bend Blue Sox were one of the original 4 teams to play in the opening season of the AAGPBL.
Gates will open at Four Winds Field at 6:30 p.m. There will be a pre-game ceremony honoring the South Bend Blue Sox at 6:40 p.m. Betsy Jochum, a member of the original 1943 South Bend Blue Sox team, will participate in the pre-game ceremony and will be available afterwards in the Concourse to sign her baseball card. Other fun activities will include taking your picture as an AAGPBL player, seeing South Bend Blue Sox reproduction uniforms and entering drawings for special prizes! Families will also be able to stay and watch the South Bend Silver Hawks play the Fort Wayne TinCaps.
We are reaching out to you because we feel that this event is especially interesting for homeschooling families. Not only is it fun for the entire family, but it is an exciting and interactive way to teach your children about important historical events in our community.
For more information about the event call me or Marilyn Thompson at 574-235-9664 or visit www.centerforhistory.org. For information on tickets and ticket pricing call the South Bend Silver Hawks at Four Winds Field at 574-235-9988 or visit http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t550. Or see the facebook page: http://bit.ly/BlueSoxNight.
Best Regards,
Jennifer Henecke
Marketing Coordinator
Center for History
808 West Washington
South Bend, IN 46601
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LINKS TO SHARE:
Share your favorite websites! Email to homeschoolhub@yahoo.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLASSIFIEDS
Looking for a group? Join the HUB! We need you.
The HUB is a volunteer organization. Without the support and participation of homeschool families, we can't function effectively. There are several benefits of membership including a resource library that includes things like laptops, video cameras and other items to borrow. Members receive first chance at events and classes when availability is limited. The cost of membership is only $24/year. Information about becoming a member is on the website at www.hshub.org
Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! (Advertisements stay in for two weeks unless we work out something else in advance)
Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too. It's free!
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LETTING IT RIDE:
Like us on facebook for discussions, announcements, questions, and support: https://www.facebook.com/HomeschoolHub
Join our yahoo group for discussions, announcements, questions, and support: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolhub/
Check out our website for info (refer your friends, too, if you like!): http://www.hshub.org/
Amazon.com--Please come to www.hshub.org before you shop at Amazon. You can either shop the Associate Store listed in the Menu bar or click on the "Help the Homeschool HUB - Purchase at Amazon" link just below the Menu bar. By using this link to Amazon The Homeschool HUB will earn money through Amazon's Associates program on everything you purchase. So whenever you think "Amazon" please remember your purchase can help The Homeschool HUB.
The Homeschool HUB is collecting used textbooks. Contact Andrea homeschoolhub@yahoo.com or 269-240-6094
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 many products.
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 member or bring them to any functions that we have. 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.
4) safeTALK Lunch & Learn Workshop
Suicide Alertness for Everyone--SafeTALK is a training that prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help to stay safe. Alert helpers know how to use these opportunities to support that desire for safety. As a safeTALK-trained suicide alert helper, you will be better able to:
move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss or avoid suicide; identify people who have thoughts of suicide; apply the TALK steps (Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe) to connect a person with suicide thoughts to suicide first aid, intervention caregivers.
In only a few hours, you will learn how to provide practical help to persons with thoughts of suicide. Expect to leave safeTALK more willing and able to perform an important helping role for persons with thoughts of suicide.
Location: PATH, Inc. Office, 1755 Thornapple Circle, Valparaiso, IN 46385
Time: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CDT)
Cost: $40
More info: https://www.livingworks.net/programs/safetalk/safetalk-faq
5) Berrien County or Michiana Youth Track Club
This describes goals for a complete program. Race schedule and practice requirements may be attenuated during the initial year if this is seen likely to enhance participation.
Berrien County or Michiana Youth Track Club for Boys and Girls of junior high or high school level maturity, actively homeschooled according to state law or enrolled in private school that does not offer cross-country or track
Coach: Kevin Siek admitted as "masters elite" 2013 Indianapolis Monumental Half Marathon, most recent PR Half Marathon 1:08:54 in 1999, career PR 1998 Philadelphia Distance Run #2 USA citizen, #11 overall time 1:09:04, homeschooling father of 7, and research chemist
Peak races:
Fall 2014: Niles Turkey Trot
Spring 2015: Suburst 5K
By fall 2015, if a full team is in place, participation in local cross-country invitationals
Other races as appropriate leading up to peak race each season.
General training schedule:
July: 1 required initial group run and meeting, where schedule and training logs would be issued.
For further information please contact Kevin at Kevin_Siek@lecotc.com!
6) South Bend Blue Sox Night
May 16, 2014 at Four Winds Field will be South Bend Blue Sox Night. This family fun and educational event is a celebration of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The League was founded in 1943 by Philip K. Wrigley during World War II, and the South Bend Blue Sox were one of the original 4 teams to play in the opening season of the AAGPBL.
Gates will open at Four Winds Field at 6:30 p.m. There will be a pre-game ceremony honoring the South Bend Blue Sox at 6:40 p.m. Betsy Jochum, a member of the original 1943 South Bend Blue Sox team, will participate in the pre-game ceremony and will be available afterwards in the Concourse to sign her baseball card. Other fun activities will include taking your picture as an AAGPBL player, seeing South Bend Blue Sox reproduction uniforms and entering drawings for special prizes! Families will also be able to stay and watch the South Bend Silver Hawks play the Fort Wayne TinCaps.
We are reaching out to you because we feel that this event is especially interesting for homeschooling families. Not only is it fun for the entire family, but it is an exciting and interactive way to teach your children about important historical events in our community.
For more information about the event call me or Marilyn Thompson at 574-235-9664 or visit www.centerforhistory.org. For information on tickets and ticket pricing call the South Bend Silver Hawks at Four Winds Field at 574-235-9988 or visit http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t550. Or see the facebook page: http://bit.ly/BlueSoxNight.
Best Regards,
Jennifer Henecke
Marketing Coordinator
Center for History
808 West Washington
South Bend, IN 46601
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LINKS TO SHARE:
Share your favorite websites! Email to homeschoolhub@yahoo.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLASSIFIEDS
Looking for a group? Join the HUB! We need you.
The HUB is a volunteer organization. Without the support and participation of homeschool families, we can't function effectively. There are several benefits of membership including a resource library that includes things like laptops, video cameras and other items to borrow. Members receive first chance at events and classes when availability is limited. The cost of membership is only $24/year. Information about becoming a member is on the website at www.hshub.org
Have something for sale, free or trade? Advertise here! (Advertisements stay in for two weeks unless we work out something else in advance)
Homeschool groups are welcome to advertise their group, too. It's free!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
LETTING IT RIDE:
Like us on facebook for discussions, announcements, questions, and support: https://www.facebook.com/HomeschoolHub
Join our yahoo group for discussions, announcements, questions, and support: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschoolhub/
Check out our website for info (refer your friends, too, if you like!): http://www.hshub.org/
Amazon.com--Please come to www.hshub.org before you shop at Amazon. You can either shop the Associate Store listed in the Menu bar or click on the "Help the Homeschool HUB - Purchase at Amazon" link just below the Menu bar. By using this link to Amazon The Homeschool HUB will earn money through Amazon's Associates program on everything you purchase. So whenever you think "Amazon" please remember your purchase can help The Homeschool HUB.
The Homeschool HUB is collecting used textbooks. Contact Andrea homeschoolhub@yahoo.com or 269-240-6094
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 many products.
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 member or bring them to any functions that we have. 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.
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