Lynelle King
Hooray! What a fun time we had at the August Mother’s Mtg.!! Lot’s of momma’s, lot’s of great food, and lot’s of great ideas!!
Here’s a quick peek at what happened in case you couldn’t make it!
First of all we had a few Announcements:
*DHSA has a Face book page...find us and like us!
*If you have a personal blog, we can link it to DHSA’s blog… just send Nancy an email
*Please Please Please look for and cut out the little box tops…that’s how we are funding DHSA
*TEACH (a family co-op) has a new location at the Holy Nativity Church in Meridian
*Save the Date: Sept. 23rd homeschool family dance
*A new service group for LDS and non-LDS teens 16+ is beginning, Maria Trimble is heading it up
Then we had a great discussion about our meeting topic:
Do you Plan in Advance or by the Seat of Your Pants?
In a round robin type of approach, momma’s were able to share favorite curriculum picks and ideas for starting the new year including:
*Creating a Planning board for the year or the month
*Story of the World
*Field trips
*Momma’s Inservice Day (like what the other teachers get)
*Life of Fred (math books---polkadotpublishing.com)
*Excellence in Writing
*Apologia Sciences
*Student Accountability Planners (Jill call has a great one)
*Right Start Math
*Poetry Club (Emma Beck runs it)
*Fiddle Music (Ludiker music)
*How to Teach Your Children to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
*Alphaphonics (for teaching reading)
*Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading
*Leap Frog Videos
*Letter Writing
*Teaching Your Child to Read Using the Book of Mormon
*Explode the Code
*Happy Phonics
*Reading Pyramids
*Teaching Textbooks
*Horizon Math
*Liahona Distance Learning
*Aaron Academy
*The local Professional Technical School
WOW that’s quite a list…. A lot of discussion and opinions were shared about all of these products. It was good to re-connect after a busy summer and share ideas before jumping into our school year.
A big thank you to all who contributed!
See you next month!!!
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