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Homeschool Cyber-News #6
November 8, 1995
Homeschool Cyber-News is a feast by e-mail for all those interested in
homeschooling, free for the asking! It is served up by the Homeschooling
Connection of America Online, hosted by MyCamelot and Journey100, and their
lovely assistants, TinaNH, DACunefare, KWPNHorses, GingerHead and Elizabyrd.
Homeschool Cyber-News is edited by SandraDodd. At the end of this file is
information about the first five issues, in case you want seconds when you're
finished. Bon appetite, ya'll!
MESSAGE BOARD PROBLEMS
Here's the Scoop :)
We've been told that they're working on the message boards all over AOL
to correct the problems we've been having. The Educational Software,
Unschooling, and Considering/New Homeschoolers folders are full. We've tried
deleting older posts to make room for new posts and that hasn't worked
either. So... we're still waiting. Other folders are close to filling up, so
don't be surprised if you try to post in a folder over the next little while
and it says it's full. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused
and just wanted you to know that we're working to get it fixed as soon as
possible.
Journey100 and MyCamelot, Forum
Hosts
CHAT SCHEDULE
Chats are sponsored by AOL's Homeschool Connection unless PHS or HEM is
indicated. Chats are general unless "Christian" is specified.
New chats: Homeschooled Teens on Thursdays, and a new one-hour chat, with
topics, on Monday afternoons!
Monday Special Topic Chat
(Various Homeschool Forum Chat Hosts)
3:00-4:00 Eastern time, The Shade Tree
Nov 13th - DACunefare hosting Unschooling (SandraDodd unhosting)
Nov. 20th - DACunefare hosting Gifts for Learners
Nov. 27th - TinaNH hosting . . .
Dec. 4th - KWPNHorses hosting Learning Experiences for Toddlers
Please send suggestions for future chat topics to Journey100.
Monday PHS Chat (Host: PHS Renee)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Eastern time, Homefront Hall
Christian focus/Practical Homeschooling Magazine
November 13: Learning Differences and Difficulties
November 20: Homeschooling a Housefull
November 27: Christmas Crafts and Creations
December 4: Homeschooled Teens - Panel Discussion
December 11: Homeschooling Challenges
Tuesday HEM Chat (Host: Hegener)
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Eastern time, The Shade Tree
Wednesday Kids' Chats (Host: KWPNHorses, Asst: Elizabyrd)
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, The Shade Tree
Wednesday Chat (Host: DACunefare)
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Eastern time, Homefront Hall
Thursday Mid-Day PHS Chat (Host: PHS Renee)
2:00 - 4:00 pm Eastern time, Homefront Hall
Christian focus/Practical Homeschooling Magazine
November 9: The Urban Homemaker on Breadbaking
November 16: Learning Styles
November 23: Toddlers--Delights or Distractions?
December 7: Courtship vs. Dating
December 14: Christmas Party for PHS Secret Pals
Thursday Teen Chat (Host: GingerHead)
4:00 pm ET, The Shade Tree
Any homeschooled teens are welcome!
Thursday Evening Chat (Host: usually TinaNH;
Journey100 on 11/9)
9:00 - 11:00 p.m. Eastern time, Homefront Hall
Friday HEM Chat (Host: Hegener)
8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Eastern time, The Shade Tree
Home Education Magazine, general chat, no protocol--
get to know each other, share resources, encouragement, etc.
MUSLIM HOME SCHOOL NETWORK
I just wanted to let you know that Muslim Home School Network and Resource
(MHSNR) is on-line. Please write us at MHSNR. We also have a web page for
Muslim home schoolers URL: http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/taadah/taadah.html
READING and WRITING FOR REAL ["This is Not a Drill!"]
I just wanted to comment on the importance of children seeing adults read and
write in daily life. Children should see adults read for fun, read the
newspaper, write letters, thank-you notes, invitations, as well as look up
words in the dictionary, and use an encyclopedia for a reference. I am not a
homeschooler, I am an elementary school teacher. As part of our curriculum,
we read and write for a variety of purposes every day! When I said"
we"...that's what I meant!! Children must see that there is a real purpose
for reading and writing. Learning is an adventure, and there isn't a day that
goes by that I don't learn something new from the children in my class! I
truly believe that children must see that it doesn't matter how old you are,
you are NEVER too old to learn! I also wanted to let you know that I love
reading the newsletter and have gotten many great ideas from it. :-)
FDDIRISH
SHAKESPEARE and UNSCHOOLING
Just when I thought we had wasted a day today, I found out differently. I
entered my girl's room tonight, and all four kids and the cats were doing a
production of The Merchant of Venice. It was hysterical! Each cat had a
speaking part. Most of them were pretty cooperative. Each cat was being
held by a child (the child was actually doing the speaking), but the cats
were being helped to make gestures. They hadn't gotten very far in the book,
but they were having fun (at least the kids were). I don't think I've ever
read the Merchant of Venice (I hope it is appropriate). I picked up a bunch
of Shakespeare books today at a used book store. My daughter said it was
boring.
That's why they decided to get the cats to help. <g> At least they didn't
bring the dogs in to help too.
Oh well...this is what it's all about anyway! We can teach, teach,
teach,
but they learn best by doing and experiencing. Now if I had told them they
had to act out a Shakespeare play, they would have wanted to play instead!
Maryann
(MarannT)
KIDISMS
(featuring math, politics, astronomy, philosophy, and JOBS)
My 15-month-old girl announces the "walkin' munkee," and proceeds to bob up
and down the sidewalk with her hands in her armpits, chanting "ooo-ooo-ooo."
Talk about a sponge--I can't even carry on a conversation without her
repeating every other word! I was showing a friend some construction work
going on in our house. The friend saw the ripped up ceiling and exclaimed
"oh god!" Needless to say, baby now calls the ceiling..."oh god" as she
points up to it!
Willawork
Shobie-Stories:
1) My son, Shobie, got a library book about shapes and it had a page about
right angles. He looked at it for a while and said, "So to make a square,
you would need two right angles and two left angles." My husband and I
giggled about it that evening... not at the time, though; Shobie was very
serious.
2) I thought you might like something my son, Shobie, said this evening.
While eating Halloween candy he asked me where the word lollipop came from.
Before I could try to answer, he said, "Oh, I think I know. Pop is 'cause
it's round like a balloon and balloons pop. And lolly is 'cause they taste
so jolly." It sounded good to me.
Margmom
(Margaret)
On the way home from church my 4 yr old nephew reciting the Pledge to the
flag that he just learning in pre-shool. "And to the republic for which it
stands, in the middle, with liberty and justice for all!" I loved it. It
sounded familiar somehow!
TerrO10
I was doing words that begin with "e" with my children. The three year old
spotted a picture of an envelope. Without hesitating she pointed to it and
said "e-mail".
Lesley:)
Yesterday Ben was eating lunch out on the back steps and he spilled his
rootbeer. I started to get really annoyed as I was figuring out the best way
to clean it up, when he said, "Look! A sodafall!" So we both sat watching
the soda cascade down one step, then another...
Mettaphor (Thea)
Just a note to tell you how much I enjoy your newsletter. I am preparing to
homeschool my eight-year-old son who has several special needs. I am
encouraged and informed! He has some language problems, but they can be
funny at times. My husband has had his own consulting firm for ten years.
When people ask Alex about his Dad's job he always says, "He's a computer
insultant."
Soosn1
(Susan)
My eight-year-old daughter Jayme and I were going over some vocabulary words.
I asked her what "loafer" meant. She quickly answered (without thinking),
"That's easy, it is someone who makes bread." We got a good laugh out of
that one.
LARaab
My seven-year-old asked me if every woman has subtractions. She had to
elaborate. She then asked if every mommy had to hurt like that.
(Contractions!) This came on the heels of our home birth.
JSevin
One night we were all excitedly talking about going outside to view the
meteor shower we had heard about on the news. We were getting coats and
chairs to go sit in the yard, and I was encouraging my then-five-year-old
John to get his jacket and come out with us.
He refused in no uncertain terms, and showed great concern that I was
planning to go outside. I tried to explain that it would be fun, that we
wouldn't be out long, etc. Still, he refused, and only grew more upset. I
was gathering that he felt it would be dangerous, and assured him that the
meteors never fell all the way to the ground, etc. Finally he said, "But
mommy, I thought all the dinosaurs were extinct!"
Of course I said, "What? Dinosaurs?"
And he clued me in to his entire concern: "Well, you said Meat-eaters
would be falling..."
It was cute and poignant at the same time, to glimpse the world through
his eyes--strange and scary it surely must seem at times.
KathyThile (Kathy)
I am a volunteer in ESH (manage some of the libraries) and have been
downloading your newsletters, checking them out and releasing them. I just
thought I'd drop you a note to let you know that I have really enjoyed
reading them. I'm a public school teacher who believes, as you do, that
children should be encouraged to be creative.
Here's another KIDism (from years back when I taught kindergarten):
We were having sharing time and a little boy said that he had seen on the
news where a man had touched a power line that had broken in a storm and had
been electrakilled. Makes sense, huh? I think the other children got the
message.
ESH
Laurie (Laurie)
PEN-PALS from former Eastern Bloc, real paper-mail
A good source for postal penpals (these are NOT e-mail penpals) in the former
Soviet Union is the organization "SAPE" in California. To receive info &
questionnaire send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
SAPE
P.O. Box 251689
Glendale, CA 91225-1689
HOMESCHOOLING ON THE RADIO!
Hen Radio is a two-hour talk radio program addressing the needs of
homeschoolers.
The program is aired 11am to 1pm Mountain Time every Saturday and is
broadcast internationally by three short wave radio carriers.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, call 303/567-4092
or write to
Home Education Radio Network
P.O. Box 3338
Idaho Springs, Colorado 80452
GERMAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL
We are having a wonderful experience working with the German American
National Congress and their language school. My son Vince is almost six and
this year I decided that he study a foreign language. I found this
organization by accident. They operate a language school for all ages on
Saturday mornings. The cost is miminal--it comes to about $5.00 per
Saturday--for three hours of instruction. He absolutely loves it! From
what I understand this organization has language schools (SprachSchulen) all
over the US.
To contact them: German American National Congress
4740 N. Western Ave
Executive Office
Chicago, IL 60625-2097
312-275-1100
Fax 312-275-4010
If you are in the Aurora/Naperville Illinois area you can contact our school
director Rita Nemeth at 708-892-2729. Please feel free to e-mail me if you
have more questions.
THANKSGIVING ON THE INTERNET (No, not cyber-turkey--HISTORY!)
There is a new Thanksgiving page on the internet. It is based on Amanda
Bennett's unit study on Thanksgiving.
http://www.gocin.com/unit_study/tgiving.htm
HmSchBev (Bev)
CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCE
My family recently took a "field trip" to Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania in
conclusion to our study of the Civil War. We spent three nights at a
wonderful bed and breakfast. Part of the bed and breakfast was present
during the battle of Gettysburg. There have been additions. The whole place
was just beautiful! Our hosts are very interested in the idea of having more
home-schooled families come visit them. I must say, they did a remarkable
job of teaching us (as well as the other guests) about many facets of the
Civil War. They are Civil War re-enactors, and had all types of artifacts
available for daily lessons. We learned about harnessing horses to pull the
artillary, the uniforms, supplies, games played by the soldiers, etc. There
were carriage rides daily, and we even had the opportunity to fire a musket.
Charlie and Florence Tarbox (the owners/hosts) asked if we would spread
the word about their "Battlefield Bed and Breakfast" through the homeschool
world.
Battlefield Bed and Breakfast
2264 Emmitsburg Road
Gettysburg, PA 17325
tel (717) 334-8804
fax (717) 334-7330
LaurelNM (Laurel)
Where were you in "THE OLDEN DAYS"?
I love the newsletter because I think that sharing with each other is where
it's really at. We all need encouragement, uplifting, new ideas (why
re-invent the wheel, right?), and an occasional laugh. So here is my
contribution to the laugh part. . .
A few weeks ago my nine-year-old daughter, Karly, asked me "Mom, were you
alive in the olden days?" We were in the middle of reading "Betsy Ross, Girl
of old Philadelphia," so I naturally assumed she was trying to find out if I
knew her or something! I said no, I wasn't. She continued, "Was Gramma?"
Nope. "How about her mom?" Well, I don't think so. "Well, how about HER
mom?" Well, I don't know. I don't think so. Maybe HER Grandmother. She
thought about this for a second, and said "Was she a hippie?" I about died
laughing!!!
Denise
VanEck
When I was eight or nine I remember asking my mother whether she had ever
travelled in a covered wagon. She seemed really insulted that I would ask
that, that I would think she was so OLD, and so I never asked anyone again.
Turns out two of my grandparents HAD moved in covered wagons. I'm glad they
volunteered the information on their own in the course of conversations,
because I was not ABOUT to ask them. <g>
My mom's father came from Oklahoma to Texas, and my dad's mom moved from
West Texas to Lincoln County, New Mexico to homestead near Carizozo when she
was twelve or so, with her six sisters and her mom pregnant with their one
baby brother.
I think covered wagons lasted longer in West Texas and New Mexico than
some other places, for the same reason old cars do. It's not wet here.
Canvas and wood can last a long, long time. Steel is unlikely to rust. It's
common for people to have wagon wheels in their front yards here for
decoration or to outline flower beds.
SandraDodd (Sandra)
INTERNET WORLD
The October issue of Internet World focused on the Internet in education.
Worth seeing if your library has a copy, or can get you one.
DACunefare (Deborah)
WEB RESOURCES
Interesting Places for Parents -
http://www.crc.ricoh.com/people/steve/parents.html
This has links to a multitude of great places, and to an Interesting Places
for Kids page with many more. Good place to start an exploring session.
Mega Math - http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/menu.html
Projects, puzzles, and games. Real mathematics from mathematicians.
PBS - http://www.pbs.org/welcome.html
POLITICAL AWARENESS and DOCUMENT SOURCES
provided by DACunefare (Deborah) at reader request
Keyword: POLITICS takes you to an AOL forum that gives you access to the
House and Senate gophers, a White House forum, C-Span, Congressional
Quarterly, and more. (And more, and more... <g>)
The THOMAS web page at the Library of Congress offers the full text of
legislative bills and the Congressional record, Summaries and status of all
bills in the current Congress, and links to the House and Senate Web Sites,
Gophers, and Email directories. THOMAS receives text of legislative files
several times daily and the text of the Congressional Record once daily when
Congress is in session. http://thomas.loc.gov
Other government sites of interest:
http://www.fedworld.gov (FedWorld)
http://www.undp.org (United Nations)
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html (links to most federal departments)
And don't forget to check out the Library of Congress itself, especially the
American Memory project in the digital archives section. http://loc.gov
FAN MAIL ABOUT THE AOL HOMESCHOOL AREA:
Having discoverd the HS dpt. on AOL has made me look at my keyboard (and my
15-month-old!) in a whole new light. :-)
Willawork
BACK ISSUES OF HOMESCHOOL CYBER-NEWS available in the Homeschool Forum's
library, or by e-mail (request to SandraDodd):
#1
AOL destinations/keywords, building a secret passageway on AOL, the physical
education thing, brownies to kill for ("Felicitations"), "For Elias"--poem
for an adopted child on his second birthday
#2
Online Safety for Children, mystitious skootches, Unschooling (Christian),
Online Homeschooling Information, Continuum Parenting
#3
LOGGING, private chat how-to, fantasy dinner-party, hot-dog octopus, "The
Sunshine File," High School Information on WWW, math ideas for young
children, rememberized stabbies, Making Chores a Game, Reading Later, Indian
in the Cupboard, Learning Without Being Taught, Homeschooling in Australia
#4
SAVING MONEY ONLINE, Word Jail, AOL's Academic Assistance Center (AAC),
fragicle pencil sticks, pinky-foots and leg-pits, Is it Alive?, Internet
Help from PHS, more math ideas, "Serendipitous Unitology..., " A
Homeschooling Family's story, mineral exchange, more High School information
(online resources and schools)
#5
Learning Sign Language and Spanish concurrently, famous homeschoolers,
quotes, relaxing, language and thought, butter and jelly hors d'oeurves,
unschoolers e-mail list, PHS website, editorial on modelling
learning-behaviors for our children
Thank you for reading this far. This concludes this e-mail broadcast of the
Homeschool Cyber-News. (Now you sing "The Star Spangled Banner.")
[OH! That's another little age detector! My kids can't believe there was a
time when television stations weren't on 24 hours a day, or that they
actually bothered to broadcast before color television existed.]
I was wrong before; that WASN'T the end. THIS is the end.