It’s All in the Question

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

A Question A Day

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I bought these two books (Emily’s a few weeks ago and mine came in this week) and I am enjoying them quite a bit. They sit at my spot at the dining room table, and I ask Emily the “question of the day” over breakfast.

The kid version is for three years, while the adult version is for five years. It asks 365 different questions and you get to see an evolution (or not) in the answers over the years. I just write her answers down verbatim.

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Emily is really enjoying it as well.I have been learning a lot from her answers. For example, when asked what age she would like to be and why, she said, “I want to be in the 4th grade (10 years old) so that I would be more interested in the things my mama is interested in.”

I can only guess that this has something to do with my rapport with the neighborhood boy, Anthony, who has a great interest in gardening and yard projects. She’s heard me talk about him to others, I wonder if she feels jealous in some small way?

In any case, if you are interested in doing this for yourself or the kiddo(s), click on the links below. I get a tiny portion of the sale (and at no expense to you) if you buy through Amazon and that helps support this little blog. I made $6.45 a month or so ago!

Reading Update

I wish I had good news to report on Emily’s reading skills. I can’t help but feel worried, even as the voice of reason tells me that these things can very quickly accelerate, that she is still only six years old, and on and on.

Finland doesn’t even begin formal instruction until age seven…

In any case, I administered the Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Vocabulary list to her yesterday. Of the 40 words listed, she quickly read nineteen, the other 21 were either too difficult or past the window of five seconds. The ones circled are the ones she could read…

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She may have been overly nervous, because I swear, many of these she had read before, without a hitch. Could my child have test anxiety? She knows words like “my, not, play and red” and so many more.

I’m going to try and get her to take the Primer Sight Vocabulary list today – we were interrupted by a phone call by my eldest and so didn’t do any more – to Emily’s obvious relief. She gets so anxious, despite me being as low-key as possible over it.

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There are also First Grade, Second Grade, and Third Grade Vocab lists if you would like to try them out on your kiddos.

I’m going to continue to promote reading on a daily basis. That, and writing as well. We keep a notebook in the van now, with plenty of pens. As I drive around on errands I typically see a billboard or other information that I ask Emily to write down. She likes this (for the most part) because I remind her that I need her help and I’m so busy driving I can’t write and drive at the same time.

So writing practice, along with a fair amount of spelling practice, will also help to cement the words in her head. The other day I saw an ad for the Maker Faire at Union Station and asked her to write it down…

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She turned the J in June around and still has some trouble with her numbers. I’ve noticed that she usually writes in caps, but when it comes to the i typically writes it in lowercase.

And here is an example of some creative spelling…

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That’s Emily’s Restaurant for all of you great unwashed. She did a fair job trying to figure out how to spell it!

The cards she prepared were apparently vouchers for free food at her restaurant. I tried to make an order for weasel soup and stewed carrots but she said that she didn’t have either. Oh well!

 
Don’t forget to get your own Q&A books!…

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Meet the Neighbors

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

I worry a lot.

Not the “keep you up at night, can’t eat” kind of worry, but I worry nonetheless.

I worry about homeschooling – am I giving her what she needs?

I worry about time – am I paying enough attention to her?

I worry about love – does she know how much she means to me and how important she is?

And I worry about friends – does she have enough? Are they good kids? Kids I want around my child?

That last one is a doozy, especially since we were moving away from everything Emily had ever known. Would there be children in our new neighborhood? Would they be friendly? Would they be kids I would want my child spending her days with?

I worried…a lot…just as I had when she turned three and suddenly was aware of others, people who were her size and fun to be around. At that point, her little friend Brooklynn was only a year old and completely uninterested in playing (as most children that age are). God, how I worried! From those early days I recognized how outgoing and friendly she was – how much she needed others – and the seeds of doubt were sown. How could I even think of keeping her from school and the hordes of agemates waiting to play with her?

I shouldn’t have worried. It worked out – and I watched my little butterfly blossom in the company of others – from the tweens across the street, to the nine-year-old neighbor boy, and finally to Brooklynn who began showing an interest in play a year or so later. The two bonded, despite their 20 month age gap, just as Emily had bonded with the older children.

And now, just three months into our new digs, I find myself smiling at that worried mom from a few months ago. The one who asked herself just what in the hell she thought she was doing to her poor little girl – ripping her away from friends and neighbors that she loved.

Meet the neighbors…

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Anthony, age 10, and his little brother, David, age 8, are one of Emily’s #1 choices when looking for someone to play with. Anthony is a great kid, very outgoing, helpful and thoughtful. His brother David is a little more reserved, but also willing to help and include Emily is activities.

It helps that we do wild things like dig ponds, keep chickens and bees, and build “campfires” in our back yard. They think we are all pretty cool.

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Ysanne (left), is nine years old. She does not live nearby, but her sister and grandmother do, and she will be spending most of every weekday during the summer here. When Dave drove up with a van full of wood boards to be unloaded, she pitched in to help. She is quite polite and thoughtful.

Maria (right) is six years old and lives in the apartments across the street from our house. Maria has a little difficulty communicating – she is the eldest child of two (infant baby sister) and neither of her parents speak English. I am afraid I talk too fast for her and that she has trouble understanding me. But she absolutely adores Emily, and was her first friend in the neighborhood.

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And I believe this young man’s name is Jerry. He showed up and started digging on the pond last Wednesday. Like the other boys, he is quite helpful and he helped to sculpt the volcano that will be just one of the many interesting pond-side features!

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I do not remember this young man’s name. He was the other volcano architect.

Now that winter has had its final laughs (it damn well better be done!) I am looking forward to a glorious spring, summer and fall – filled with laughter, happy kids, and maybe even a few more hot dog roasts.

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Every single one of these kids is truly a treasure. And my fears have been abated. My kiddo has good friends to share her free time with – kids that will be good friends, and show her kindness.

Whew! So that’s one worry off my list! Now I can return to worrying about homeschool, time, love, and all the rest. Those are a full-time job all by themselves!

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It’s Been A Good Week

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

It’s Thursday afternoon and it has been a good, no, GREAT week. We have learned a lot, spent plenty of hours outside in the sun (except for today’s return of winter), and delved into many areas of interest and learning.

This morning, daunted by the cold wind and rain, Emily quietly refused to change out of her pajamas until lunchtime. I can’t say that I blame her – it is almost inconceivable that it was 80 degrees out just two days ago!

I have been fighting a massive allergy attack all week, and today I woke up in a haze, two hours later than normal (which was still only a little after 7am in the morning), and feeling completely yucky.

We ate breakfast and wandered into the homeschool room. On the big table were some Kumon workbooks – Emily opened up one of them and began doing the exercises spontaneously. Her reading has continued to improve, and she is quite comfortable with most of the Dolch sight words. In fact, it is about time I did a learning check on her and see how she does on a timed test. (I have Dave administer the test, while I mark the words she knows and circle the ones she needs to work on)

If you are interested in a good source for Dolch sight words (and activities and stories that help promote them) go to this site for some great downloadables.

As I finished making some more storage boxes for the house – out of old boxes, twine, and fabric – Emily experimented with paint color combinations, re-painted a model plane, and then turned to Play-Doh. Along the way we talked about a lot of things and this took up most of the morning until 11:30 or so when I insisted she get dressed.

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She named this “Weird Pink” and said she was going to trademark it.

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Cheap, attractive storage…

After lunch we baked cookies and I pointed out the recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag. Emily mixed all of the ingredients together, including carefully breaking the eggs into the bowl and stirring everything. Of course, the favorite part of it all was eating the finished product!

I am so doggone motivated for this kid to learn how to read – and it is for a rather odd reason…I cannot read aloud for very long at all – it puts me to sleep no matter how much sleep I’ve had!

It happened AGAIN today. A full belly and ten minutes of reading and I was out like a light. Poor kid – she even tries shaking me and I simply growl and turn away. I’ve been known to fall asleep sitting up. Come to think of it, it happened yesterday too!

Speaking of yesterday, Emily asked if we could do another experiment and of course I said yes. Her friend Anthony had told her about soaking an egg in vinegar and turning it into a bouncy ball. So we grabbed a jar, an egg, and some vinegar. I asked him more about it yesterday and he told me that we would need to wait four days – no disturbing or shaking the egg – and it should be rubbery, shell and all.

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Just in time for all of this miserable rain, we finished work on digging out the pond. I think it looks awesome! Here are a ton of kids (I swear they just kept multiplying last night) working away on it…

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They even created a “volcano” out of an area of concentrated coal (probably an old coal bin)…

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And Borrower Island now has “ruins” on it, possibly an old cistern?

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We had at least eight kids in the yard last evening, running around like wildlings and having the time of their life…it was great!

The “museum” of found objects has increased exponentially – here is a photo of some piece Emily had just discovered…

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This was in spite of the local nutcase two doors down who, when he gets to adding alcohol to his already addled state, becomes verbally abusive and screams racist rants about the local populace. He wandered about the neighborhood, sticking to the sidewalk, and yelling at me. I had my phone in my pocket, not particularly wanting to call the cops on him, but getting rather annoyed. Next time, I’m just calling the cops – he was making all of us edgy.

In any case, there has been plenty of outdoor learning, educational play, and experimenting going on around here. Life is good.

Now if only winter would go away…until OCTOBER.

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A Day of Outdoor Learning

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

It started innocently enough, I was going to check the beehives and plant some of herbs and strawberries. Instead it morphed into an outdoor adventure that lasted for over six hours straight with only a short break for lunch. We don’t do things halfway around here.

Let’s Make a Waterfall, Creek, and Pond

I checked on the bees, which appeared to be doing fine in their new beehive. We had caught a swarm the day before and they seemed to be settling in well. (Unfortunately they later swarmed again, abandoning their new digs for reasons unknown) As I headed away from them, I stopped to look at a large piece of tree root protruding from the ground…

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I looked at it and saw quite clearly that it was a bridge. “Look Emily, look at this tree root. Wouldn’t it be perfect as a bridge across a pond?”

I dug a little and began to envision a grand project – a winding creek with a waterfall at the top. A large pool here, an side inlet over there, even another peninsula of sorts with water flowing underneath a portion of it.

Peninsulas and Islands

Emily added her own details. “We need an island, Mama.”

At first I didn’t want to do an island, if only because I was afraid it would consume the small pool I had marked out with a shovel. The answer? A bigger pool of course.

We got to work, me with a large shovel and Emily with some smaller hand tools.

We dug under that big tree root, sculpted an island and enlarged the lower pond twice…

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We got rather dirty…

Emily is standing on the peninsula hamming up for the camera. Look at those dirty legs!

Emily is standing on the peninsula hamming up for the camera. Look at those dirty legs!

And I managed to acquire a bright pink sunburn.

Fairies and Borrowers

I pointed to the peninsula we had constructed. Emily had carved a waterway carefully under a tree root…

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“Emily, we could put a fairy house there on the peninsula.”

“Or one for the Borrowers who live in our house, Mama.”

“Why yes, it could be their summer house!”

Later we settled on putting the Borrowers on the island and calling it Borrower Island and the Tinker fairies (as in Tinkerbell) on the peninsula and naming it Tinker Peninsula.

“The Borrowers will need a boat to get to the island, Mama.” Emily pointed out.

“Yep, they will. I guess you’ll be in charge of that.”

We dug for several hours before our neighbor drove up and asked us to come with her and see a baby dove.

Lessons on Doves – Omnivorous? Herbivorous?

We live close, just kitty-corner across the street, so we went over and met the baby dove, huddled nervously at the foot of the house wall. Emily asked if we could name it and the answer was yes, so she said, “If it’s a girl, we should call it Daisy and if it is a boy, Bill.”

“Why not just name it Daisy Bill? Then we’ve got it covered.” I suggested.

We began to speculate on what the bird ate and that prompted an internet search after lunch to discover that, like the chickens, doves are omnivores.

Can I Dig Up the Bee?

“Hey Mama? Remember that bee I buried the other day?” Emily asked as I continued to dig away on the pond. “Could I dig it up? I want to study its parts.”

Like I would say no to that.

She became distracted with other things, but I have several books on the subject so perhaps today we will pull it out and discuss the anatomy of honeybees. She’s been rather entranced with them since the first bee swarm on Sunday when she was allowed to hold a drone. Obviously bigger than the female workers, drones do not have stingers. Unlike her ten-year-old friend, she calmly held it, grinning widely.

Plantin’ Strawberries and Herbs

We had dug up quite a few plants from the old house and while I had been digging into the pond the images of those poor plants sitting there waiting to be planted had been haunting me. So I enlisted Emily’s help in planting the assortment of herbs and strawberry plants.

She is quite familiar with all forms of plants and know the correct level to dig and plant them in. Just enough to cover the roots, but not smother the plants. “What else do plants need besides sun and good dirt?” I asked her.

“Water!” she crowed and ran for the hose. I awarded her the responsibility of watering the newly re-homed plants. What kid doesn’t like to play with water?

There Are Bubbles All Around Us

As we lounged in a bath, scrubbing the layers of dirt and mud away, Emily said, “You know Mama, there are bubbles all around us.”

“Really? Tell me more about these bubbles. What are they made of?”

“Oxygen!”

“Oh yes, those are called molecules.” I reminded her, thinking that at her age I had no clue about such things.

“And our bodies are made up of discs.”

“Do you mean cells?” I asked her.

“Yes! CELLS!” She went on to describe what sugar molecules looked like and how they changed when you put them in water. “But then, when the water evaporates, they turn back into the way they looked before the water!”

I’d hazard a guess that we are up to speed on the science topics these days. What do you think?

Attracting Others for Group Learning (or How to Get Neighbor Kids to Dig Holes For You)

I knew that all of our activities, especially the pond project, would attract the neighbor kids. Ten-year-old Anthony was especially interested. He has already told me he likes to garden, so I knew that once school let out we would have at least one of them in our yard. Sure enough, given time, they multiplied.

I felt a little like Tom Sawyer with the whitewashed fence…

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Given a little luck, these young men might do a good bit of the work for us. And I can’t say I wouldn’t mind. This morning I’m one large lump of pain – extending from the top of my head down to my left Achilles heel. My body is screaming obscenities at me and saying, “You are going to be 43 in a couple of weeks, STUPID, not 23!”

Yesterday sure was fun, though.

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Questions…Summer Schedules…and More

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Questions and More Questions

Emily likes to ask me questions in the car. LOTS of them.

As a result, I take wrong exits, struggle to stay focused on the road, and have insisted that she keep a pad of paper with her to write her questions down these days.

  • How is coal made?
  • Who was the first person ever?
  • How did the first people learn to swing from the trees?
  • Why can’t you eat coal?
  • My friends don’t wear seatbelts, why should I?

And on and on and on.

This is a good thing. For a while, I was so stressed over the move and work and errands and more that she simply stopped asking questions at all. She could read my stress like a weather vane. Now, less stress equals more questions…and a lot of the same answer, “When we get home, we will look that up.”

At least with the notebook the questions are all in one place. Now if we could just get the page of questions into the house!

Summer Schedules

I have not signed Emily up for any camps this year, but we will still be plenty busy with activities at the Mid-Continent Public Libraries, the Passport to Adventure, and other local events (Jiggle Jam and more). This morning, as we were driving to a cleaning, I started a list. She had asked yesterday if we could return to the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center off of Troost (she loves the ponds) and also visit a cave we have never seen. Today she asked if we could visit the zoo, ride the train, and participate in the Passport to Adventure. I promptly picked up the passport at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and we will be returning there on May 4th for Playing on the Prairie. It’s free and sounds fun!

And don’t forget Chalk Walk is today. We’ll see you there!

There’s a lot going on out there in the metro, folks. Take a few moments to find some cool stuff for the kids!

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It’s Not Too Early

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

To start thinking about summer activities. Here’s a great source for free activities for the younger ones…

Mid-Continent Public Library’s Calendar of Events.

Get signed up now!

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A Trip to Barnes & Noble

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m continuing to struggle with homeschool. Mainly I’m finally over the hump of first packing, then unpacking, and finally organizing our new house and have it mainly how we want it. Yes, there are several huge projects we need to complete, but the days are not filled with constant packing or unpacking of boxes and life has settled down.

Homeschool has not. Or there isn’t a routine of any sort.

Should there be?

I’m not even sure of that anymore.

Right now I’m trying to get back in touch with Emily. We’ve spent the last six months running at top speed toward family goals – work and more – and now I’m trying to find that sweet spot again. The place where we have the conversations – “Why is [fill in the blank] this way, Mama? How does [fill in the blank] work? Who is [fill in the blank] and why do we have a holiday about them?”

Yesterday she noticed the flags were at half mast. She asked why and I told her it was probably because of the bombings in Boston. We talked a little about it.

Overall though, I feel as if I have lost my connection with her. It isn’t something that can’t be gotten back – it’s just we fell out of synch and I need to figure out how to synch back up. So I hit the default button…when in doubt, hit the books. Or in this case, the bookstore.

I had been feeling absolutely lousy the first half of the day on Thursday. Migraine, vomiting, it was bad. A little after noon we headed out for a bite to eat. I still felt like my head was going to explode, and I wasn’t sure the burger was going to stay down, but I figured it was better than laying on the couch and moaning in pain. Once I had some food in me my headache receded somewhat and we were close to the Barnes & Noble on the Plaza so I suggested we head over there.

It should be no surprise to anyone who knows me that I left there with a small stack of books. Here is what I found…

 

Each day for a year, then repeated for two more, is a question. “What do you dream about?” Or “When ________ happens I feel sad.” Those kind of questions. Perhaps that will help get us started – a reconnection of sorts through my asking her daily questions.

Now when finding this link I also found one for adults which I am quite tempted to get…

Emily spent a great deal of time trying to convince me to get a variety of toys she found. She wasn’t really interested in the books, although she did ask me to read this one to her. I added it to the stack and we brought it home…

I also found a cool book I thought she might like. It included a compass and whistle…

And I picked out a I Can Read! Amelia Bedelia compilation…

Emily seems to enjoy humorous stories and Amelia Bedelia definitely qualifies.

Lastly I picked up a book for myself…

I had quoted from The Prophet when sending out Emily’s birth announcements. It summed up how I felt about this new child I was bringing into the world…

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

I need to tap back in to her current. I need to figure out what she needs, what moves her, and help her find it. Only then will the learning and the obvious movement forward occur.

And we are close. I can feel it. It may sound strange, but I can feel the whispering of who she is, and what she needs coming back, now that all of the noise of moving our lives and home are done. I just need to hold her, talk to her, and listen to her – and we will find ourselves back on track.

Any moment now…

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Local Events – Music…Water…

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Just a quick note – two things you will want to post on your family calender in the months ahead…

Jiggle Jam

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We will see Jiggle Jam roll into town on May 25th and 26th at Crown Center. Buy your tickets now for just $10 each (instead of $15 at the door). There is a handling charge through Ticketfly, but you will still see a bit of a savings. We have ours, along with an “all you can jump” wristband for the bouncy houses. It looks like our local Jim Cosgrove (aka Mr. Stinky Feet), as well as Dino O’Dell, and also the Imagination Movers will all be performing on Saturday afternoon.

See you there!

Coco Key Homeschool Days

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Don’t forget that Coco Key hosts “Homeschool Days” each year. I just received their schedule for 2013 and it looks like the following dates will get you deeply discounted admission, just $5 per person!

  • Friday, April 19th, 11am-4pm
  • Friday, June 21st, 11am-4pm
  • Friday, August 16th, 11am-4pm
  • Friday, October 18th, 11am-4pm
  • Friday, December 20th, 11am-4pm

The times I’ve attended, no “homeschool id” is required. Just tell them you are there for homeschool days and pay $5 per person to get in. Lots of fun for the kids. See you there!

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Mid-Continent Public Library is Cancelling Homeschool Programming?!

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

I just read this post over at KC Happenings. Quite distressing, I must say.

This is from Janelle Gaskell but it is a red alert to all Homeschooling
Library Users. PLEASE show up if there is any way you can. Please bring
warm coats to wear if there is not room for everyone inside. Many times
homeschoolers have shown up in mass and changed history. Let this be that
time. This is the second post. I will send this out once each day until
the meeting. PLEASE forward this to everyone you know who uses the library
and their programs.

Candy Roberts, FHE Region 3 Director

Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) Board Meeting

Wanted: Many homeschooling parents and/or families (being respectful, of
course!)

When: Tuesday, April 16th at 5 p.m. Please arrive 10 min prior to ensure no
disruptions

Where: Administrative Headquarters, 15616 E US HWY 24, Independence, MO
64050

Why: MCPL has decided to cancel all daytime programs designed for
homeschoolers, otherwise known as “Homeschoolers @ the Library.” We are
wanting to show our disagreement for the reasons behind canceling these
programs by having a united community of homeschooling families, and hope
that they will change their decision.

At this point, Steve Potter, Library Director and CEO, has stated that we
can address the board this Tuesday. As you know, these situations can
sometimes change based on the board decisions.

There is not enough time (10 min) for everyone to address the board, so that
has already been decided. The person/people will be speaking for the
homeschooling community as a whole.

Please, no signs or children unable to sit quietly. I’m sorry… but these
are not our beloved library staff members who understand busy children. :)

If you have read many of my posts either here at The Homeschool Advocate or The Deadly Nightshade, you will remember how much I appreciate our local libraries, especially the more than 20 different locations of the Mid-Continent Public Library system in the Kansas City Metro area. I can find nearly any book I am looking for, access World Cat (an inter-connected lending library across the country), access amazing adult and child programming, and of course I also teach classes through them.

In short, I’m kind of in love with MCPL. So when the notice came through that homeschool programs might be in jeopardy, I was saddened. Emily is just entering the age which will benefit from homeschool programs, and I really wanted to do more at MCPL with her to enrich her education.

I will be at a meeting on Tuesday, and not able to attend. However, I hope that others will find a way to show up and participate and get a chance to speak at this board meeting. If we lose homeschool programming at the library I will desperately miss it. I view the library as my second home – or an old friend – filled with books and smiling, kind faces. Losing the homeschool programs will be quite a blow.

 

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Coming To the KC Library

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

I was just reviewing the latest happenings at the KC Library and there were several that caught my attention…

 ELS Saturday, April 20 – 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

2013 Early Literacy Symposium

Experts in the field of early literacy offer practical methods to encourage early learning in every child. Registration for this free event is required by April 16, 2013.

Register  |  Learn More

 

 CBS Thursday, April 18 – Saturday, April 20
Waldo Branch, 201 E. 75th St.

Friends of the Library – Children’s Book Sale

The three-day sale will feature nearly 1500 items priced from .50 to $1. All proceeds benefit the services and programs of the Kansas City Public Library.

Learn More

 

 MSK Friday, April 19 – 6:30 p.m.
Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St.

Friday Night Family Fun – Money Smart Kids: Grow Up Great Story Time

A face-painter and Sesame Street games delight children as they experience this interactive, hands-on financial education event with their families. Recommended for ages 3-5.

RSVP  |  Learn More

 

 

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