February 9, 2012, 7:00 p.m.  Arrowbrook Baptist Church (see sidebar for map)

Beat the February blahs with a little travel – without the hassle!
Come to this month’s PEACH meeting and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of over 10 different countries – presented by our PEACH families. School-aged children in attendance will receive a passport (supplies limited) and will be able to have their “passport” stamped as they visit the various tables.
All attendees may participate in a scavenger hunt among the exhibits.

Thursday June 9, 2011 7-9 p.m.

Please join us for our annual Used Curriculum Sale at Arrowbrook Baptist Church, 1124 Upper Bellbrook Road, Xenia. Anyone is welcome to come shop, however only PEACH members can register to sell. Read the disclaimer below and then click on the “register here” button at the bottom.

Hope to see you all there!

Have you ever wanted to look at curricula before you buy it? Have you wanted to ask moms questions about the program they use? Here is your opportunity!

Join us for a Curriculum Fair!

February 10, 2011

Various PEACH members will have a table set up with the different resources and curricula they use. They will be available to answer questions and talk with you.

Before the Fair starts, we will be welcoming Pamela Evans, a PEACH homeschool graduate and a very accomplished musician, to speak to us about the role and benefit of music in a homeschool program. Pamela is a graduate of Cedarville University and is a very busy violinist and instructor.
Pamela will speak for about 30 minutes, then we will start the Curriculum Fair.

Please join us starting at 6:45 p.m. for a great evening. {Our meetings are free and open to the public.}

A look ahead at our meetings:

March–Shelley Noonan from Pumpkin Seed Press talking about raising daughters.

April–Hal and Melanie Young from Raising Real Men talking about raising sons.

May–Annual Showcase of Shining Stars

June–Annual Curriculum Sale

This long list of geography resources was posted on a yahoo group that I belong to… Bringing the World to Your Living Room

It looks really neat and I only had time to look at one or two links.  I can’t vouch for all the links but I hope you get some good ideas and resources out of it.

I started using Galloping the Globe with my 2nd grader and it’s good. My oldest (in 8th grade) would like to do something similar except on a deeper scale.  I’d like to add in Window on the World, which came recommended by missionary friends of ours.   I really like to incorporate history/social studies and geography together. I’m looking for ways to do that without “reinventing the wheel”.

{Maybe this would be a good place to insert the following information: I need to change what I’m having my 8th grader do for history. I think we will be able to come back to what she was doing (hopefully), however it’s not working at this time. I’m learning that it’s okay to change, even though I really like the curriculum. }

Resource Central has this extensive list of geography links.

Do you have good resources–books, ideas, sites, etc. for social studies, history and geography? Please share them in the comments…then I’ll know you stopped by and we can all benefit from your ideas.

The Lord’s Prayer from The Message

Our Father in Heaven,

Reveal who You are,

Set the whole world right

Do what’s best–as above, so below

Keep us alive with three square meals.

Keep us forgiven with You and forgiving others

Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.

You’re in charge!

You can do anything You want!

You’re ablaze in beauty!

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I often read Scripture from The Message version. I especially enjoy reading familiar passages in this version. Because of the different wording, it really catches my attention.  For example, “You’re ablaze in beauty.” WOW! My daugther and I were amazed by the sunset this evening. The sun streaming through layers of clouds onto the whitest of snow…breathtaking…and yet, nothing near to the beauty and glory of God. He is ablaze in beauty, now and forevermore.

 The Parable of the Lily written by Liz Curtis Higgs is a great book to do at the end of winter or at the beginning of spring.  This story teaches children about forgiveness with the emphasis on what Christ did for us (EASTER!)

The Homeschoolshare site has a lesson plan/unit study that goes along with this story.

I like this story as it has many lessons to teach:

• Forgiveness

• seeds/soil/planting

• Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13)

• Disappointment/contentment

• Thankfulness for the sacrificial, atoning work of Christ on the cross

• and many more!