Manchester Area Homeschoolers * May 21, 2009 * May Newsletter

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Parents Support Group
 
This month we discussed planning your curriculum and getting ready for the end of the year evaluations.  
Some ideas we shared were:  
Try out your homeschooling ideas over the summer to see how it fits into your schedule while the children are already home.  This is especially helpful if you're concerned about homeschooling while you are working.  
A helpful book for learning multiplication tables is Times Tables the Fun Way by Judy Liautaud & Dave Rodriguez.  You can find it at www.citycreek.com.
If you're planning to do biology this year, you can order organ meats for dissection from a butcher.  The Meat House in Bedford, NH will order organ meats for you to dissect.  
Learning about other countries is fun when it involves dinner.  Try studying a country by cooking their native food.
Next month, our meeting falls on Father's day.  In order to avoid any potential conflicts, we've moved the meeting to June 14, 2009 6:30 - 8:30pm.  Happy Father's Day to all of our homeschooling Dads!
Geocities, our web page provider, is no longer offering websites free of charge.  I am looking into other options to maintain our web presence.  If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
Log-on to groups.yahoo.com and join our discussion group manchesterhomeschoolers to ask more questions and add your own ideas.

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Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay 
March 7 - June 14 
Author and artist David Macaulay has demystified the workings and origins of everything from simple machines to elaborate architectural structures. 
A favorite with readers of all ages, this Caldecott Medal-winning artist is the subject of this exciting exhibition that takes an in-depth look at Macaulay's artistic process and extensive body of work, including The Way Things Work, Castle, Cathedral, City, Mill, Ship, and Mosque. The exhibition presents over 100 original works of art, studies, sketchbooks, book dummies, manuscripts and correspondence, artifacts (including hand-built ship models), and more. 
Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay has been organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Currier Museum of Art presentation of the exhibition is supported in part by TD Charitable Foundation and RiverStone Resources LLC. Media Sponsor for this exhibition is 95.7 WZID. 
Image: From The New Way Things Work, copyright 1988, 1998, David Macaulay. 

Also, Sat. May 30th at 2pm:

Meet David Macaulay as he demonstrates his approach to illustrating the world he records in his books.

Sun. May 31th at 2 pm: ARTalk w/ David Maccaulay. David will discuss his techniques for explaining complex concepts through illustration. A book signing will follow. Space is limited.

Reserve your space, call 669.6144 X108

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Apple Computer Camp Program

Check Apple's website for camp or youth programs:

http://www.apple.com/retail/camp/?cid=CDM-US-DM-P0007896-146594&Email_PageName=P0007896-146594&Email_OID=537201&cp=146594&sr=em

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July 4th all children are free at Strawberry Banke. For more information please see this link:

http://www.strawberybanke.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=64

Scroll down just a bit to the Special Events Admission section.

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