Offered by: The people at Brain Awareness Week

The demonstrations consist of interactive activities that use the five senses as a model of brain functioning and conclude with the examination of a real cow's brain.

When: Tuesday March 16, 10 to 11am - Please sign up by Tuesday March 9th.

Join the Montreal Homelearners at a workshop at the Musée des Beaux Arts: A Museum Zoo

A thematic tour to discover the great variety of real and imaginary animals in the sculptures, paintings and ethnological objects in the Museum's collections.  Hands-on activity: creation of an animal in clay.

Cost: $10 per participant

When: Wednesday March 10 from 10am to 12pm.  Afterwards, we have a room reserved for lunch - you can bring your own or buy something from their café.  Please sign up by Wed March 3rd.

Location: 20099 blvd Gouin Ouest (ouest de l'ile)

http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=2798,3116760&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL??

Glissades, hébertisme,raquettes, balon-balai, course au trésor,centre d'interprétation animaux,... Il y aura un animateur de la ville de Montréal avec nous et en cas de mauvais temps, ce n'est pas cancellé: ils organisent des activités intéressantes pour le groupe en fonction de la température (à l'intérieur aussi).

Offered by: homeschooling parent Doug Shiller

Paper airplanes!  We will spend some time exploring different types of paper airplanes, and we'll top it off with a contest to see which ones fly the farthest.

When: Friday Feb 5, 10:30-11:30am

Offered by: McGill student Marianne Marcoux through the Let's Talk Science program.  It's free!

When: Friday February 5th, 1-3pm - sign up by February 1st

A session of 4 dance classes with Yesim - (see short bio below).

Every week there will be a theme - today's theme is Musicals & Film Music. 

Yesim will guide the warm-up and cool down exercises, and will show some dance figures during the core. We will also have a few minutes of free dance.

Tuesdays Feb 2, 9, 16 & 23 from 10:30 to 11:30am.

Posted by Janie Ladd:

JOIN the FAMILY SCHOOL on SNOW group for a day of skiing at Mont Habitant (near St Sauveur). Feb 1, 15, 22 & March 8.

Premiers pas dans la nature avec Mountain Equipment Coop.

Lundi 1 février, 10h15 et 11h15 - Camping d'hiver, at the MEC store in Marché Central.  See map below.

Les plus jeunes homeschoolers (4-8 ans) à 10h15, et les plus vieux (9-12 ans) à 11h15.  En francais (with a bit of English translation when required).

C'est gratuit!  Please sign up below before Monday January 25th or by contacting Sonya (514) 845-5421.

And in 2 weeks, another one: Trucs et astuces de sécurité  (Security Tips & Tricks)

All homeschoolers are welcome to join us at a Geordie production of "Thrice Upon a Time" on Thursday February 4th at 12pm.  Please sign up by Friday January 29 by contacting Sonya.

The play is recommended for kids aged 5+, but I was told that it's fine for 3-4's.

The group rate is $7 per ticket - (the normal rate is $13.50 per kid, $16 per adult).

Posted by Martine:

Pour la  prochaine édition du Portfolio, dont la date de tombée est le 30 janvier, je recherche des textes de réflexion pour notre thème principal qui sera La réussite.