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Compulsory Attendance Age Lowered

Kristy — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:42:13 +0000

On August 1, 2012, the Code of Alabama will require all students aged 6 to 17 to be enrolled in a school. How does this affect church schools and families that homeschool? Now, parents will need to enroll and file a Church School Enrollment Form with the school superintendent a whole year earlier! We advise [...]

Be Ready Camp

Kristy — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:55:50 +0000

Be Ready Camp is an educational camp designed to show 6th grade students the importance of disaster preparedness. The students will learn first aid, light search and rescue skills, fire safety, triage, and incident command structure. At the conclusion of the week the students will participate in a mock disaster to test the skills they [...]

Word Central

Kristy — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:00:17 +0000

http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html Merriam-Webster’s Word Central is an online dictionary resource for kids. It offers a thesaurus and rhyming dictionary, as well as daily word challenges. I know that we had some issues finding a dictionary that would serve the purposes of our grammar studies, but had no luck finding a good combination. This online resource may [...]

Lucid Education

Kristy — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:00:03 +0000

http://www.lucideducation.com Lucid Education offers free resources as well as online courses for PreAlgebra, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, Calculus, Physical Science, and Physics. You can use the Video Index to find video lessons to supplement or help explain issues in these subjects.

Scholastic Warehouse Sale

Kristy — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:02:20 +0000

The Scholastic Book Warehouse in Birmingham offers several sales throughout the year that offer savings on popular fiction as well as nonfiction, reference books, computer software, posters, and games. This year’s sale will be May 7-19, 2012. Click here to view the flyer. You can register for the sale online to receive a coupon as [...]

Safe-T-Opolis

Kristy — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:00:22 +0000

http://www.alabamapower.com/safety/townalabama.htm Safe-T-Opolis is a flash player interactive town (sponsored by Alabama Power) that educates students and adults on safety around electricity. There is also a Q&A section to test your electric safety knowledge!

LatinSummer Birmingham

Kristy — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:10 +0000

http://ascaniusyci.org/latinsummer/birmingham.htm LatinSummer Birmingham is a two-week summer curriculum that offers classes for grades 2-7 that explore mythology, Greek & Roman history, and Latin language studies. This is a great offering for those who are looking at studying these subjects next year! The classes are weekly, July 16-27, 2012, from 9am-12pm at Samford University. Costs range [...]

Party for the Planet

Kristy — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:00:03 +0000

Saturday, April 21, 2012 Birmingham Zoo is offering special activities from 10am to 3pm in celebration of Earth Day. You will be able to: Watch Planet Earth Inc. Puppet Show performed by the Emmy nominated puppeteer Lee Bryan, “That Puppet Guy”, in the auditorium. Shows will take place at 10:30am and 1:30pm. Create earth friendly [...]

Heart of Wisdom

Kristy — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:00:25 +0000

http://www.heartofwisdom.com/homeschoollinks/category/free/ Heart of Wisdom offers many resources and even e-newsletters with homeschool support. This particular part of their website offers links to FREE resources for Bible studies as well as samples to their curriculum offerings, writing prompts, and much more. You really need to explore these freebies as you prepare for next year or even [...]

The Power Kids

Kristy — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:00:14 +0000

http://www.choptankelectric.com/kids/home.html The Power Kids is a website with information and games regarding energy and electricity. It is always fun to step away from the textbooks, and this website provided by an electric cooperative in Maryland does an excellent job of keeping things simple and fun. I am using the timeline for a lapbook insert activity [...]