Cruise? Field Study? Learning? Holiday Gift? …… How about all four? ……
“Homeschool on the Seas” !!!!!!!
What would you say if I told you, that you can give a holiday gift to
your whole family that will be a vacation for yourselves, a vacation for
your children, and a unique educational experience that will provide the
basis for studies for years to come! Alumni Cruises is presenting it’s
groundbreaking series of Learning Cruises that does just that,
appropriately titled “Homeschool on the Seas” or “HotS” for short.
• When you book one of these Learning Cruises, your family is provided
with not only a great vacation experience with all the amenities aboard
one of Royal Caribbean’s awesome ships, but they also include Leaning
Lessons for your children and family activities all for one
great price.
• The basic schedule has your children learning about these fascinating
Ports of Call while sailing to each of them. Then upon arrival at these
ports, your children can then see first hand, what they have just
learned.
• The one activity that is sure to be the most memorable is the “HotS
Quest”. The “HotS Quest” is a family based activity that has you and
your family searching for clues at one of the Ports of Call.
• There will also be privately held functions just for the “Homeschool
on the Seas” group families.
• These Learning Cruises depart from various ports around the country
(incl. New Jersey, Miami, Tampa, Texas, California and Seattle)
approximately every three months to Ports of Call such as Bermuda,
Eastern Caribbean, Western Caribbean and Alaska.
• Pricing starts at $574 per person, for passengers 1 & 2. Passengers 3,
4, 5 & 6 in the same cabin pay only $424 each. Taxes, fees and Air
Transportation are additional.
What better gift, than to give the gift of education and vacation. Visit
www.HomeschoolontheSeas.com for more information/booking/prices, or call
Alumni Cruises at 1-800-516-5247.
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
One of the most popular features we have to offer is our software
titles. Many people email us and ask us if this is real, and the answer
is yes! For the holiday, new titles include-Blues Clues, Dora, Thomas
the Tank Engine, DK and more. The special deal is shipping is free, so
buy as many titles as you want for only $5.95.
Click for details of paste this URL in your browser.
http://www.nethomeschool.com/software.htm
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New Spanish Free Online Course
The struggle with teaching Homeschool Spanish is often helping students
actually speak in Spanish. Problem solved! The Visual Link Spanish
Program focuses on sentence structure and communication and not only
teaches the student correct grammar and vocabulary, it teaches him/her
to speak in Spanish. See for yourself how the course works: demo a
complete Spanish lesson online for FREE.
Click Here http://www.learnspanishtoday.com/cmd.php?af=508807
ICE AGE
It's the end of the world as we know it ... and I feel fine (think this
was an REM song, but that is all I felt when I was done watching this
movie. I felt like the squirrel, still missing the acorn!
The animation on the movie is cool, but it is a pretty week story line,
very predictable. There are some cute seens when another wooly mammoth
thinks she is a possum. The movie still stars the friends Manny (the
woolly mammoth), Sid (the sloth) and Diego (the saber-toothed tiger)and
the story is about the end of their world when they discover that a
massive glacial dam is about to break. At any time the valley—and all
its inhabitants—could instantly become submerged. The group embarks on a
journey to the other side of the basin where there's said to be a "ship"
that can keep them alive. (think this could be a Biblical reference to
Noah's ark?)
There are lots of comments that really don't need to be in there, and
overall the movie has such a poor plot that the weather should be really
bad before you sit down and watch, or you watch the movie with one of
those edited
DVD
players from Clearplay! There just is no need for some
of the references!
Math Blaster is a fast-action, futuristic
adventure that adds up to total math success. From
addition and subtraction to multiplication and
division, children will build confidence, speed and
accuracy in basic math skills that will stay with
them long after their mission is complete. For over
20 years millions of parents, teachers and kids have
trusted Math Blaster as an award-winning,
educational resource with proven results. By
combining exciting, fast-action game play and
state-standard math content, you can count on Math
Blaster for success. Ideally suited for students
ages six - 12, the teacher-developed and tested Math
Blaster software supports educational objectives by
way of a creative, imaginary universe that must be
saved. Using intuitive math games incorporating
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,
fact families and equivalents students receive -- at
their own pace -- instruction through thousands of
challenging practice problems in order to master
everyday math skills, increase problem-solving and
mental math abilities as well as boost math
confidence. This version has alot of high end action
that your kids will love and help them make math
fun!
NEW CHRISTMAS BOOKS
Looking for a unique Christmas gift? Why not try one of the new
Christmas books from Usborne Books? The Farmyard Tales Christmas Flap
Book with Tape is a marvelous lift-the-flap book which includes a
cassette tape. The tape contains the story on one side, and the other
side is filled with a variety of Christmas carols being sung by
children!
Other new books just in for Christmas are Christmas Cooking, Christmas
Jigsaw Book, Christmas Puzzles, Christmas Story, Christmas Treasury,
Things to Make and Do for Christmas, and Things for Christmas Kid Kit.
You can find these by going to
www.kidsusbornebooks.com and searching for they by title, or by
Christmas.
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absorption and recall of information. Over 1,000 titles are available to
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books are incorporated into popular homeschool curricula such as
Sonlight Curriculum, Weaver Curriculum, Alpha-Omega Curriculum, and the
Well Trained Mind Curriculum.
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You can host an Usborne online e-Show and receive free books based on
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It's Turkey Time
Here are a couple of fun thanksgiving websites
Christmas Movies
Remembering the perfect Christmas movie. This site is a great resource,
including a top ten list of all time Christmas Movies, some great
reviews, and very well organized. http://www.christmasfilm.com
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE
You know that God has created you uniquely and wonderfully made, and you
are not the only homeschooler on the planet. One great resources is the
National Home Education Research Institute!
The National Home Education Research Institute's mission is to: Produce
high-quality research (e.g., statistics, facts, findings) on home-based
education (homeschooling). Serve as a clearinghouse of research for the
public, researchers, homeschoolers, the media, and policy makers.
Educate the public concerning the findings of all research on home
education.
Whether called homeschooling, home schooling, home-based education, home
education, home-schooling, unschooling, deschooling, or a form of
alternative education, the movement is growing and the National Home
Education Research Institute is tracking and analyzing it,
internationally. NHERI's forte is in the realm of research, statistics,
technical reports, data, facts, demographics, the academic world,
consulting, academic achievement tests, and expert witness (in courts
and legislatures) while serving people ranging from researchers and
policy makers to professional educators, teachers, homeschoolers (home
schoolers), and parents in general to the media, marketing consultants,
and the general public.
