LAST CALL ON STATE FAIR TICKETS, $4.50 per child. Call Donna Harris 255-2785 by Monday, August 28th. ********************************************************************* Free elementary KIDTECH home school computer lab class Contact Sandy McClellan @ 723-3247 Enrollment is on a first call first serve basis and there are only 10 slots available. Fall 2000 Schedule (K-5) : Mondays, September 11 - November 13, 1:30-3:00pm (Sept 11th, 18th, 25th; Oct. 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th; Nov 6th, 13th) ************************************************************************* Jill Strain will have gymnastics classes for homeschoolers beginning in September, held at Community Presbyterian Church on Foxhill Road in Hampton. Classes are $16 per child and there is a $2 discount for each sibling. Call 838-4776 for more info ************************************************************************* Some parents are interested in the high school newsletter called World. If 5 folks order, the cost is $14.95 (versus $25.95). Contact Sandy Muller 896-2847 ****************************************************************************** Newport News Coop "Teacher's Open House", September 1st, 10 am-noon, Hope Community Church. See your classrooms, ask questions, get current rosters, etc. ****************************************************************************** Imogene Appel is a dear sister-in-the-Lord from my church who is beginning to home school this fall, as called by the Lord. She has a 4th and 1st grader, and desires to use Abeka. She found some of the 1st graders materials at Moore Expressions. She still needs: Letters & Sounds, Spelling & Poetry, Arithmetic & Student Speed Drills & Tests. She needs ALL of her fourth graders materials, except the book report materials. She needs to obtain all items used, for financial reasons. Anyone who is able to help her out, please contact her at: princessinrealif@aol.com Many thanks and blessings! Beth Dippo ... veroniduf@aol.com ****************************************************************************** Ancient History Co-op: Karen Conley and Beth Suiter are planning an ancient history co-op for elementary students. It will meet one Friday morning a month and will cover Ancient Egypt, the Exodus, Solomon building the temple, an Assyrian banquet, Ancient Greece - art, science and the Olympics, Ancient China and Ancient Rome. Please call Karen (865-8052) or Beth (867-6614) if you are interested or would like to find out more details. ****************************************************************************** Sept. 23rd & 24th the U.S. Continental Army Band presents their annual TATTOO at Fort Monroe. Tickets are free, but must be ordered by mail, before 9/11. Look in the Daily Press for a form to send in. ******************************************************************************** U.S.Air Force Heritage of America Band Sept. 21st & 22nd, 6:40 pm, ACC TATTOO, Langley Air Force Base. ******************************************************************************** Peninsula Children's Theatre in the Hilton Village area of Newport News, 595-5PCT 9/16 Chessie the Manatee 10/28 Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1/13/01 Stuart Little 3/10/01 Treasure Island 4/7/01 Rumplestiltskin ******************************************************************************** Before 9/10th: Barnes & Noble will give a free book to 1st-6th grade children who fill out a "Books I Dig" form. They must read 8 books on their grade level, the books don't have to be purchased from B & N. ******************************************************************************** Riddick's Folly, Suffolk 934-1390 http://groups.hamptonroads.com/RiddicksFolly Sunday, 9/10: "Back to school with Molly", a FREE American Girl tea with games. They have free American Girl events throughout the year, ask to be on their mailing list. ******************************************************************************** The Daily Press has a very generous program for children to answer SOL questions & win prizes. If the child's name is drawn from all the correct daily answers, they receive a t-shirt, a pass to the Va. Air & Space Musuem, and a Busch Gardens pass! Odds of winning are very high...they call in answers or at the DP website. ********************************************************************************** SERVICES: Bobbi Light, Mary Kay products, 868-6934 Kathy Tombley, Usborne books, 826-8830 ************************************************************************* AUGUST BIRTHDAYS: Chris Light Aug. 14th ************************************************************************* WWW SITES: www.geocities.com/pfshome is our local Peninsula Family Schools web site. www.covenanthome.com sell classic literature and reading guides from a Christian viewpoint. www.difficultchild.com is for parents of ADHD children, a very encouraging method ***************************************************************************************** I have recently published a Unit study guide for the My First Little House Books. a runoff of the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I have decided to write them and publish them similar to the American Girl Books. They will be individual study guides for each My First Little House Book. The Study will provide coverage for all the basic subjects required. Math worksheets will be included although I do recommend that you buy a Math curriculum as my worksheets are more like learning fun!! I have started with a study introducing the Alphabet to the student. As we learn to recognize and write our ABC's we will learn of all the people Laura wrote about in her books. We will have fun creating a Rag Doll just like that of Mary and Laura as we go through the ABC. There are instructions for dressing both male and female dolls. There are other fun craft activities and some really delicious recipe's to try too. (Which I do advise you to purchase the My Little House Cookbook) . This series of Study Guides will be called the My First Prairie Primer Series. Each study guide will cost approx. $8.95 each plus shipping and handling (Unless otherwise noted). This Unit Study Curriculum is geared for children ages 2 ~ 8 and then advising everyone who has complete this series to move on and purchase the Prairie Primer by Margie Gray, for children 9 and older!! If you are interested in purchasing the first of the MY First Prairie Primers please send your check or money order in the amount of $10.30, full name and mailing address to...Cindy Brown, High Hopes Academy, P.O. Box 399, Woodlawn, Va 24381 http://www.geocities.com/high_hopes_academy ************************************************************************** FOR SALE: Saxon Math Grade 2 Teacher's Edition, new $50.00, asking $30.00, includes math fact cards. Paula Jaynes, 723-7155, polypoo@juno.com Saxon pre Algebra books, new $46, asking $25, Brenda Mathews, 238-3518 , threesmom@juno.com All of these books/keys are Abeka material, never written in, and are in excellent shape. If you are interested in any of these, you can email me at dbolchoz@yahoo.com or call me at 757-865-3447. 3-Language3 (T.E.) 3-Language3 (Test Key) 3-Exploring God's World (Test, Quiz Key) 3-Arithmetic3 (Test, Speed Drills Key) 3-Health, Safety, & Manners (Test, Quiz Key) 3-Our American Heritage (Map Study Skills Key) 3-Our American Heritage (Test, Quiz Key) 4-Spelling, Vocabulary4 (Test Key) 4-Spelling, Vocabulary4 (T.E.) 4-Understanding God's World (Key to Text Questions) 4-Understanding God's World (Test & Quizzes) 4-Understanding God's World (Test & Quiz Key) 5-Arithmetic5 (T.E.) 5-Arithmetic5 (Speed Drills & Test Key) 5-Enjoying Good Health (Test & Study Key) 5-Art B 5-Adventures in Nature (Speed & Comprehension Reader) 5-Of America (Volume 1) 6-Language C (T.E.) 6-Arithmetic6 (T.E.) 6-Arithmetic6 (Speed Drills & Test Key) 6-Spelling, Vocabluary6 (Test Key) 6-Spelling, Vocabulary6 (T.E.) 6-Choosing Good Health Book (Student Edition) 6-Choosing Good Health (Test Key) 6-Geography Bowl 6-Adventures in Greatness (Comp. & Speed Reader) Primary Bible Reader ************************************************************************* To add your own info to this weekly coop announcement, email to homeschooling4ULord@juno.com