Scholastic Book Club
Sat, 08/28/2010 - 11:47 — sonyaThe Montreal Homelearners group has created an account with Scholastic Books - a great place to get discounted books. Thank you to Melissa who is administering it for us : )
We will be placing an order around the middle of every month. To place your order, have a look through the pdf flyers at Scholastic.ca, or get the hard copies at Centre Communidée. (Also at the NBTS picnic on Sept 2.)
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Not-back-to-school picnic at Beaver Lake
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 21:48 — sonya
The weather forecast for Thursday Sept 2 and Friday Sept 3 is calling for rain and thunderstorms. We don't want to take the chance of getting wet, so this year's NBTS picnic will be postponed until next week. The NBTS picnic will be held on Wednesday Sept 8, from 12pm at Beaver Lake. In case of more rain, we will move it to Thursday Sept 9. Please pass the word along... While still enjoying the last weeks of summer, it's time to mark your calendars for the Not-back-to-school picnic on Thursday September 2rd, from lunchtime until sunset at Beaver Lake on Mont Royal (see map and directions below). In case of rain, we'll make it Friday the 3rd, and we will announce it on this website. The Montreal Homelearners group, in collaboration with QAHBE/AQED, are inviting all homeschooling families to come from far and wide and celebrate our freedom from the classroom! In each of the last two years, over 100 people attended. If you want to be sure to meet lots of other homeschoolers, this is the event to drive in for!
Armand-Frappier Museum
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 21:14 — sonyaThursday Oct 28 from 1 to 3:30pm at the Armand-Frappier Museum - a bioscience interpretation centre in Laval.
A guided tour of the MicroZoo exhibition (1.5 hours) - Explore the diverse world of micro-organisms, from the most useful to the most harmful,
and an activity called "Discover DNA" (45 mins) - Extract and observe the DNA molecule from the nucleus of banana cells.
Amazing anthocyanins: Testing for acids and alkalis with red cabbage juice
Thu, 09/02/2010 - 20:54 — sonyaOffered by: homeschoolers Rina and Rowena
Together we'll make a litmus indicator out of the juice from cooked red cabbage and use it to test various liquids to see how acid or alkaline they are, as well as seeing what happens when we mix different types of liquids with each other. We'll also use the indicator to make litmus paper and use this to test other types of substances.
Cooking: Bread creatures
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 22:07 — sonyaOffered by: homeschoolers Sherry & Liam
Model creatures using bread dough. Decorate with raisins, seeds, nuts... Bake and eat for your lunch!
Arts & crafts: Popsicle stick creations
Wed, 09/01/2010 - 22:00 — sonyaOffered by: homeschoolers Sherry & Liam
Creating with popscicle sticks and bits of wood. Make a bookmark, picture frame, pencil holder or sculpture... anything goes. Decorate with bits and bobs. All materials will be provided.
PEACEfull Communication Workshop
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:45 — sonyaOffered by: Melanie Whitham, B. Ed & MA in Holistic Education
Trainer and coach: Honest and compassionate communication, conflict resolution and mediation
Founder, director and teacher, The PEACE School
Former teacher. PEACE Homeschool Group
Find out more by visiting: www.peacefullcommunication.com
Through games, games and more games children and their parents learn together how to express themselves with a better chance of really being understood and how to listen in a way that you can decode even those messages that are hardest to hear. Go home with concrete tools to put into practice right away and a game that each family will create and learn how to use to resolve conflicts in a way that everyone's needs are heard and considered equally. For this, each family will need to bring a white bristleboard and yellow, blue, pink and green markers on the second day.
For families with children aged 4 to 13 years.
Lego Club for 10 and Up
Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:16 — sonyaOffered by: homeschooling parent Jackie
One team of up to six children, ages 10 and up, will explore the cutting-edge world of Biomedical Engineering to discover innovative ways to repair injuries, overcome genetic predispositions, and maximize the body's potential, with the intended purpose of leading happier and healthier lives.
Over a 6-week course, participants will create a poster which illustrates their research and team journey. They will also create a Lego Model representing a medical tool or machine which incorporates a simple machine and a moving part.
Role playing
Sun, 08/29/2010 - 08:40 — sonyaOffered by: homeschooling parent Melissa
Kids will bring in their costumes from home and also use the centre's dress-ups. Melissa will guide them through some simple scenarios and let them play it out. We might also try some simple plays to act out.
Arts & crafts: Plastic Canvas
Sat, 08/28/2010 - 11:53 — sonyaOffered by: homeschooling parent Melissa
Plastic canvas is like cross-stich embroidery but easier because it's done on plastic. See Wikipedia for more.
The kids can get started in making doll figures, treasure boxes, or other decorative objects that might be given as Christmas gifts. They will probably have to finish them at home, but they can return to Melissa for help if needed. All materials will be provided.
Events
Upcoming events
- Physics: Real Science-4-Kids Pre-Level 1(Communidée Event)(4 days)
- Arts & crafts: Great Plains(Communidée Event)(4 days)
- Magic Tree House Book Club(Communidée Event)(4 days)
- Pokémon and DS(Communidée Event)(4 days)
- Math with Brad(Communidée Event)(7 days)
- Theatre Games(Communidée Event)(7 days)
