Classical-Homeschooling.org - Information about classic education

Home-School.com - The official site of Practical Homeschooling magazine and The Big Book of Home Learning.

KidsDomain.com - Here are great resources for parents and teachers from all over the web

PresidentsChallenge.org - The President's Challenge Physical Activity and Fitness Award Program

SchoolMate.com - Student planners and folders

WellTrainedMind.com

VegSource.com - friendly support for your vegetarian lifestyle

CoreKnowledge.org - information about core knowledge education

HomeSchoolPlanBook.com - homeschool record keeping books

FreeWorkSheets.com - Find 2500 free worksheets to print or download. Subjects include: Math, Phonics, Science, Social Studies, Handwriting, Humane Education, History, Language Arts, and more coming soon

Sassafrassgrove - a homeschool help website

HomeSchooling.about.com/ - this will take you to a page with lots of links to studying the state of Missouri.

http://www.paperfolding.com/ - great site to learn origami!

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ - Did you know that you can make mazes, word searches, crossword puzzles to fit whatever words your students are focusing on? Try it, it’s fun.

Reading and  Phonics Games:

Starfall.com - I have just learned of a great website for early learners.  It is called Starfall. The website is www.starfall.com.  It is a reading website and helps kids learn their letters and letter sounds.  Then they can read stories and plays when they are ready.  Also, there are printable pages for different things.  Very cool.  Nathan loves it.  I thought you might want to pass this one along. 

http://www.spellingcity.com/2.html

History/Geography:

Earth and Moon Viewer Viewing the Earth: You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe. You can view maps of the moon, too.

Mapping a Park Trip Lesson Plan (Grades 4-6) http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSOMDNationalParkUnit2-MappingAParkTrip46.htm Students map routes to several National Parks they would like to visit.

http://www.chaplin-nest.com/unkarock/flag.htm - I am the Flag....

http://www.chaplin-nest.com/unkarock/gettysburg/gettysburg-address.htm - Gettysburg Address set to music

Gymnastics at Gymquarters

I wanted to let homeschoolers know that there is a Homeschool gymnastics class at Gymquarters near Hwy 40 in O'Fallon. It is Wednesdays from 2:00-3:00 pm.  It costs $115 for a session consisting of 8 classes. The second child is discounted another 25%. There is an annual registration fee of $40 but anyone interested in signing up can contact me for coupons worth
$25 off the registration fee for new students. Right now, there is only one or two students signed up for this session which is such a great opportunity for more instruction.  Usually the ratio of students to teachers is 8 to 1.
You can call the gym to sign up to come to a free trial class. 636-498-6854.

Also please call me for the $25 off coupon before your class in case you decide to sign up that day. Cindy Wilson 636-734-7870.

Violin Lessons

My name is Kirby Kay.  I am new to the West County area and got your information from the SCCHE website.  I am excited to have found a homeschool network with Christ as the center of all things.  I am currently teaching violin students from the ages of 3-18 at the St. Louis School of Music, and I have open space in my studio.  Admittedly I am not very familiar with how any home school network works, however I thought I would see if there is any way to gauge interest from families you are familiar with. 

I have more information about myself and the school upon request, but will share a bit of my teaching philosophy with you now. 

I believe music is an important part of education for children.  It involves science, math, foreign language, history, and physical education while learning first hand about sound, beauty and art.  It creates discipline in a fun and nurturing learning environment and helps children develop creatively.  I strongly believe if a child is learning how to read, write, and calculate, they should also be learning how to solve problems by thinking outside of the box. 

Kirby Kay
(847) 370 3839
Kirbykay@ymail.com
St. Louis School of Music
(314) 469-4980
info@stlschoolofmusic.com

Daughters of Grace Dance Company

My name is Christi Berry and I am the ministry director at Daughters of Grace Dance Company.  We are a non-profit, Christian dance studio in Wentzville. We have just begun our 2nd year in the Wentzville area, and our 4th year as an organized dance ministry.  We offer homeschool Ballet, Tap, and Hip Hop classes to St. Charles/Lincoln/ Warren county students and are looking for ways to get our information out to our homeschool families.  We currently have a total of 130 students, but only 12 homeschool students.  We are extremely inexpensive as our goal is to further the gospel while serving our local families.  Our website is www.daughtersofgracedance.com and would love the opportunity to reach your homeschool families.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by email or phone at 636-734-4956.

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