Happy First Day of School

And it is a FRIDAY! What genius planned it that way?

I am super excited to meet with everyone, find out about how your summer was, and learn of your plans for the year. It is going to be a GREAT one with lots of growing, learning, and exploring.

Remember: Start out slowly. The first week or so should be about building excitement for learning, adopting a routine and procedures that work, and setting up your classroom and curriculum. Give yourself room to make mistakes. Give yourself room to grow. Remember why you choose to do this, and HAVE FUN!

Here are some Back-to-School thoughts and ideas:

• Back-to-School Tips for The Homeschool Mom (or Dad) 
• 120 Ideas for Back-to-Homeschool 
• Homeschooling 101: First Day of School 

You know where I am if you need me :)

Do you have more/better resource links to share? If so, email them to me and I will add them to the Homeschool Resources Blog page!

Back-to-School Picnic

Tuesday, September 1st

Detert Park in Jackson

10:30 to 12:30

Bring a picnic lunch

Link to the flyer.

Those Lego Classes...

The Lego class registration opened today. Last time I checked, the K-4 class was already 1/2 full with 8 slots left.

To order:

• Go to Launchpad, Click on My Orders
• Click the New Order button
• Click Next to get through the new order Wizard screen.
• Choose VIE Classes & Events

• Select Class in the dropdown menu

You can sort by city or county now. (Thank goodness! Do you remember scrolling through hundreds of classes to get to ours?) The Lego Classes look like this:

• From here, just follow the directions to order the class

Call me if you need any help.

School Starts Friday

If you need help with ordering, planning, or anything else, just let me know! I am available via phone, email, text, Skype, or Google Hangouts to help with anything you need.

Here is the link to the meeting schedule for the first LP.

2015-16 School Calendars

School Year Calendar:
Click on this link: 2015-16 School Calendar

Learning Period Calendar:
Sign into Launchpad on a separate tab, and then click on this link: 2015-16 Learning Period Calendar

School starts on Friday, August 28.
CTs will begin contacting all families on Friday, August 14.

Enrichment Classes

Visions Enrichment Classes - Resuce

To view the Rescue enrichment classes, go to the Home Schoo Hub, click on Classes and Events and filter for Rescue on the Location bar on the right hand side.

Here is a direct link to a printable version of the schedule. You can order Rescue Enrichment classes through Launchpad "classes and events" starting Friday.

Visions Lego Classes - Jackson  (not on the Hub)

K-4th Grades Engineering  12:10-1:30  

LP# 16815 

Sep. 23                 Pullback motor dragster

Oct. 28                 Skyscraper (group project)

Nov. 18                Truss Bridge

Dec. 16                 Rail Racer

5-10th Grades Robotics  1:40-3pm  

LP# 16816  

Sep. 23                  Mini Golf Robot

Oct. 28                  Dead Reckoning Robot

Nov. 18                 Basketball Shooter Robot

Dec. 16                 Moving Target Robot

$66 for all four classes.

Registration opens first day of school, August 28th. (Order through "classes and events" in Launchpad).

Boston Alley Homeschool Fitness Classes (Sutter Creek) - Starting September

5th -12th Grade

Mondays & Wednesdays at 3:30

K-3 (4th graders also welcome, but the focus will be on the K-3 PE learning units)

Thursdays at 10:00

Please call Tyler at Boston Alley if you are interested in these classes.

209-507-2305

43 Boston Alley, Sutter Creek

(Order voucher through Launchpad)

Mary Longacre Enrichment Classes (Pine Grove)

Mary offers science, history, art, music and writing classes for K-8 students. 

Here is a link to her handout.

(Order voucher through Launchpad)

Ann Kania Art Classes (Ione)

Ann offers Art classes for grades K-12 using Artistic Pursuits materials.

Here is a link to her information.

(Order voucher through Launchpad)

Do you know of other opportunities for home school families in this area that you would like to share? If so, just send me an email and I will post it.