Courtesy of Cindy over at Rocky Mountain Education Connection.
Jean Burk of College Prep Genius is hosting a “Master the SAT Class” in Colorado Springs! Designed specifically for homeschool students in 9th – 12th grades, MASTER THE SAT covers everything about the SAT –- from finding a “homeschool friendly” testing center, to the secrets of increasing your score [...]
Found this gem in the comments of a Pioneer Woman guest post. The comment below comes from Marcy. I’m wondering what you do to care for your self when you feel depleted. My “go to” is probably to just turn off the alarm clock. A few years ago, I realized that if I was in that overwhelmed place and I [...]
Creativity Express is a computer program that teaches art by combing art elements, animated characters, narration and exposure to art, artists and even scientists.
We received Creativity Express at the start of the summer. I planned to casually use it through the summer months. Then, my kids got a hold of it. That was the end of my casual plan. The [...]
Science and mathematics become ever more complicated every day. New advances today, become old news tomorrow. Today, our elementary school children are expected to understand many concepts that many of the world’s most famous scientists never even considered. Ancient scientists and mathematicians started with a blank slate and through time, with curiosity and determination, they have filled in many holes [...]
Time to start up your Colorado homeschool’s Christmas list? I’m adding this to our little families list. What’s topping your Christmas list this year? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below. - Ann
Settlers of Catan
Settlers of Catan has been around since the mid-90s, and while it’s long been appreciated by serious gamers it’s also grown in appeal [...]
A great opportunity for Colorado Homeschoolers to make College plans.
Check out this College Fair at Front Range Community College. Sounds like a great chance for all of Colorado’s high school and junior high homeschoolers to get a jump on college planning. There will be talks on financial aid, writing your essay and my favorite, concurrent enrollment.
NANOWRIMO is a great writing curriculum for Homeschool families. Join our Colorado Homeschool family as we take a NANOWRIMO challenge.
I’ve carried the game Hit or Miss for about a year now but until recently I’d never played it. I finally got the chance while hosting the most recent Game Night at the Lafayette Library. I had asked a mother-daughter-&-son group to test out Hit or Miss, and 10 minutes into their game they were enthusiastically endorsing it. Curious about [...]
Books and curriculum and resources, OH MY! How much fun would it be to get your grubby, little hands all over the coolest stuff the homeschooling world has to offer? If you’ve got a vendor you’d love to see or if you’re a vendor who’d like to be at the conference, let me know using the [...]
Kelly will be featured on Monday Night Radio next Monday, Oct. 11 about eating yummy food with dietary restrictions. Kelly’s cookbook The Spunky Coconut Cookbook is a great resource filled with gluten-free, casein-free, sugar-free recipes. It’s a beautiful book! Such lovely pictures. Kelly’s almond butter brownies are my favorite. You’ve gotta try these things.
AND, Monday Night Radio is hosted each [...]
I can’t wait to fill the conference with amazing speakers. You know the ones. You feel like a better mom (or dad) after you’ve heard them. Your world looks happier and more fulfilling. I’m enjoying the hunt for the areas best speakers, but I know who the real experts are. You!
Who motivates you? Makes you laugh? Warms [...]
Did you hear that? That’s the sound of the Wheels of Change turning.
I’ve officially started planning the 2011 CHEER Homeschool Conference. Right now, I’m looking for speakers and venders. Most likely these will be local resources. Colorado has no shortage of local experts in education, homeschooling and children so this should be pretty amazing.
If you [...]
Hey Theater Lovers! I’ve got a great giveaway for you.
Hurry! Deadline is Friday, Sept 10th.
On Stage Players is offering an awesome sounding theater performance class for homeschoolers. They’ve agreed to giveaway a pairs of tickets to see the actual show to the first ten registrants who are [...]
Harsh words from a valedictorian about compulsory education. A good reminder for homeschoolers to keep our eye on our child-as-a-whole, not on what subjects our child should master. Education as a journey…An Adventure. Here’s to the adventure.
The Colorado Ballet opens its final dress rehearsals up to school groups for a lovely reduced rate. We LOVE these performances. Because they are final dress rehearsals, they do reserve the right to stop the show and make corrections but we’ve never seen anything less than perfection!
I’m taking registrations if you’d like to attend. There are [...]
Colorado Homeschoolers love nothing more than a good book list! Here’s one to add to your ‘bookmarks’. The School Library Journal’s Fuse 8 blog recently conducted a survey of childrens’ favorite chapter books.
The blogging worlds is all abuzz about this booklist! Folks are grading themselves (how many books have you read? (63 for me. 54 for my kidlet). [...]
Check this out from Joy Hakim’s publisher:
Smithsonian Books recently changed to a new publisher (Random House) that distributes our titles including Joy Hakim’s The Story of Science series, and we have a special offer to share with you on The Story of Science books and teacher materials.
The discount is 50% off the retail price of The Story of Science books [...]
By Tammy Drennen
Washington, D.C. has awful public schools, as everyone knows by now. They’ve tried endless fixes, all to little avail.
Among recent experiments has been a new chancellor, Michelle Rhee, who has a reputation for shaking things up. I hope she’s able to make a bad situation more tolerable for the many children who languish and suffer in our capital’s [...]
Come join the conversation! Jeanie is asking about preschool curriculum on the CHEER Facebook page. To do or not to do? Come offer your thoughts and ideas!
I’d like to post a query to the group – what are you doing for pre-school. . any formal curriculum? I’m trying to decide if I need to start spending the [...]
One CHEERful Colorado homeschooling mama offered her art study ideas. Thanks to Oney Jones. for sharing her thoughts.
We have done a Charlotte Mason approach to art. After I read a Mike Venezia “Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Artists” book about our “artitst of the month” I provide pictures (whatever I can find) of that artist’s [...]
