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Homeschool Newsletter
July 2008 Newsletter
Information and Help to Keep Homeschooling Easy and Successful!
NEW for JULY:
* Summer Fun Learning Activities provide fun, educational projects throughout the Summer to keep young minds thinking, to keep skills sharp, and to keep boredom at bay! Start enjoying a fun and interesting Summer today! Click our Summer Learning Activities here.
* Over 1,000 Learning Activities! We have over 1,000 learning activities online -- right here, right now! And that doesn't include the Weekly Challenge Activities, Hands-On Activities, Daily Activities, Virtual Field Trips, Unit Studies! Start enjoying online learning with over 900 Educational Activities today! Just click Grades K-2 Lessons, Grades 3-8 Lessons, or Grades 8-12 Lessons in the menu on the left of our Everything Homeschooling home page.
* FREE Sample Lessons are Showcased on our Examples page for Visitors. To view Sample Lessons, Click Here.
* New Weekly Lessons are added each week during the Homeschool Year! The New "Weekly Lessons" provide a fun, educational start to the year that children enjoy and remember! Plus, great book suggestions to make lessons even more interesting! You'll be amazed at the Hundreds of Fun, Educational Activities provided in just the first four months of the Homeschool Year! To see a preview of the lessons, visit our Homeschool Message Board and click on the threads about "NEW Weekly Lessons." Click Here for our Homeschool Message Board.
* Our Homeschool Blog includes Quick Learning Ideas! Read "Summertime and the Learning Is Easy: Click Here.
* Weekly Challenge Activities! The new "Weekly Challenge" page features a new, challenging, thought-provoking, hands-on activity each week! The purpose of the "Weekly Challenge" is to provide fun, stimulating activities, designed to keep minds and skills sharp. The "Weekly Challenge" will encourage children and teens to expand their knowledge, their creativity, and their horizons, every week! Just click the "Weekly Challenge" button in the menu on the left of our Everything Homeschooling home page.
* The Daily Activities Calendar provides learning ideas that correlate to historic, scientific, mathematic, or literary events for the month of July. This is a great way to branch out and research different topics each day. Check the Daily Activities Calendar here.
* New "Hands-On Learning Projects" have been added -- including Cool Science Experiments, Physics & Gravity, Buoyancy, Sound Vibrations, Static Electricity, Better Bubbles, Strange Matter, Holiday Crafts, Leaves, Baseball, Plants, Fungi, Mushrooms, Insects, Spiders, and Hummingbirds! Plus, more on Wind, Salt Formations, Seeds, Creative Measuring Tools, Mold Terrariums, Volcanoes, Erosion, Waterfalls, Creating Lightning, and more. Click our Hands-On Activities page. Use the Activities to branch into further areas of investigative interest!
* Unit Studies: Choose a unit study project for week-long or month-long learning, such as The Little House on the Prairie, The 13 Colonies, The Presidents, Pets, Weather, and more: Unit Studies.
* Fun Learning Activities! We've begun adding a new Fun Learning Activity each week, in addition to our regular Weekly Lessons. The purpose of our new Fun Learning Activity is to provide more variety, more learning, and more interesting paths to explore each week. The new Fun Learning Activity is on our Weekly Lessons pages. It's another good reason to check the new Weekly Lessons every week! Just click on Grades K-2, Grades 3-8, or Grades 8-12 Lessons in the menu on the left of our Everything Homeschooling home page.
* 365 Daily Creative Writing Ideas, Writing Prompts, and Story Starters are available to keep your children thinking, writing, and enjoying it, every day! The Writing Ideas are educational and relevant, and most include drawing or creative activities, too! Be sure to click the "Daily Writing" activity each day: Daily Writing.
* Virtual Field Trips: Enjoy taking field trips, such as Virtual Trips through the Human Body, or through the White House, or across the Transcontinental Railroad! Just click here: Virtual Field Trips. (You can use our Field Trips Log to describe your field trips, too.)
* Reading List: New Suggestions have been added to our "Books to Read" list. See interesting, helpful books -- for you AND your children -- that you can find in your library or used-book store. Examples: Book Smart, Teaching Science, Nature's Playground, Grandfather's Journey, The Cabin Faced West, How Children Learn, Artful Reading, What Do Authors Do?, plus fables, classics, and more! Just click the "Books to Read" button in the menu on the left, or Click Here.
* Preschoolers Place: Now your preschoolers will have fun activities to do, too! Start with the coloring pages, songs, and poems at our Preschoolers Place. Plus, learn math skills, reading skills, creative skills, science, and more: Click Here.
* Teens Place: Teens have their own place here, where they can teach themselves new skills or hobbies, learn about current events, prepare for college or career, learn about new technologies, and more! Just click on Teens Place.
* Homeschool Forms & Worksheets: Remember to document your Experiments and Projects on our Science Experiment/Project Worksheets, Biography Sheets, Journal Writing Pages, or Field Trip Logs, available on our Worksheets page. And record your daily projects or unit studies on our Homeschool Forms, Weekly Planner Sheets, Reading Logs, and other Records. For Worksheets, click our Worksheets page. For Homeschool Records, click our Homeschool Forms page
* Our Homeschool Articles describes How to Get Started Homeschooling, Cope with "Burnout" and Spark New Ideas, Make Math Easy and Entertaining, Ideas on Learning History and Geography, Hands-On Fun and Learning, and much more! Click our Articles page.
* Remember: Our Weekly Lesson Plans provide educational activities for each day -- or you can use them for supplementing your current curriculum. For fun learning ideas that children of all ages will enjoy and remember, click on Grades K-2, Grades 3-8, or Grades 8-12 Lessons in the menu on the left of our Everything Homeschooling home page.
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We are currently seeking:
* Your children's creative projects for our "Creative Corner" page, such as poems, book reviews, short stories, short essays on favorite projects, cartoons or illustrations. Children will receive a "Nice Work!" certificate for their submissions and be published online. See: Creative Corner
* Your homeschool photos for our upcoming issues, focusing on children involved in fun projects. To send photos, see our Contact Us page.
* Your article submissions for our "Articles" pages, such as a "typical day" in your homeschool or articles on homeschooling ideas or educational activities. More information on article submissions is at our Contact Us page.
* Your tips or ideas for other parents for our "Busy Parents" page, such as organization tips, scheduling ideas, recipes or meal planning tips, housekeeping hints, or relaxation techniques. See: Busy Parents
* Your tips or articles are welcome for our "Unschooling" section. See: Unschooling Articles.
Thank you!
Thank you for all of the great articles, photos, and submissions you have shared! You help to make our online magazine a popular, helpful, and easily accessible resource for all homeschool families.
The community of sharing that is available through daily input and information via our magazine has been a blessing to homeschool families worldwide!
We hope you will continue sharing your ideas and continue letting others know about Everything Homeschooling Online Magazine.
Have a Fun, Happy Homeschool Experience!
The Editorial Staff
Everything Homeschooling Online Magazine
www.EverythingHomeschooling.com
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