There will be a Homeschool swim on Tuesday, June 9, 11am-4pm at Shady Acres Pool, 10401 Dakins Drive. There is a $3/guest fee per person - children 2 yrs. and younger are free. There are swings, sand, and a snack bar with food/snacks/drinks. You are also welcomed to bring a picnic lunch of your own!
The Virginia Historical Society, corner of Kensington Avenue and North Boulevard, Richmond, is holding FREE educational programs for homeschool groups on Tuesdays and Thursdays in June and July 2009. Programs begin at 2pm. Three one-hour interactive presentations are available, and are appropriate for children of all ages:
Virginia and the Westward Movement.
This program examines the nineteenth-century movement of Virginians to
the West and their contributions to settling the American frontier.
Using reproductions of objects that might have been found on a settler's
Conestoga wagon, students interpret the great migration from Virginia in
the decades before the Civil War.
Teaching with Photographs. Using turn-of-the-century
photographs, this program is designed to allow students to examine
changes in Virginia's society and politics. Students will explore
context clues from primary source images to develop an awareness of the
changes that occured across the commonwealth during the early 1900s.
Pocahontas and the Powhatan Nation. Students will learn
about the culture of Powhatan Indians and the various roles played by
women, men, and children in their society. The use of replica artifacts
helps students understand myths and truths, tools and clothing, and
popular images from Pocahontas's time. Students will gain a greater
understanding of Virginia's original inhabiants.
Call the Education Department to book your hands-on history program today! ph.(804) 342-9652.
HEAV is
holding their annual conference on June 11, 12, and 13, 2009 at the
Richmond Convention Center. Speakers include Voddie Baucham, Carol
Barnier, Joel Salatin, Inge Cannon, Jessica Hulcy, Steve Demme, Dianne
Craft, Adam Andrews, Debbie Strayer, and many others! There will be 290+
booth Exhibit Hall, a giant Used Curriculum Sale (39,000+ items last
year), a Children's Program, 100+ workshops on topics such as preschool,
high school, college and career, special needs, character training,
culture wars, courtship, and MUCH more. Four FREE how-to-begin sessions
on Thursday and FREE shopping Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. Qualifying
parents of preschoolers and non-homeschooling grandparents attend FREE!
For more information, contact HEAV
ph (804) 278-9200.
Aurora, a mechanical engineer, airplane pilot, astronomer, university engineering instructor, and rocket scientist, is holding a Science Camp and RoboCamp on Wednesday, June 15 to Friday, June 17 at Richmond at Commonwealth University:
Science Camp (For Kids Ages 7-12 years). Includes Aeronautics (Construct stunt planes, hang gliders, bat kites, rotor kites, pneumatic rockets, and more) Electricity (Wire up circuits, relays, motors, lights, switches, and much more) Physics (Shatter lasers beams, blast pneumatic cannons, split photons into rainbow shadows, construct catapults, and more) Chemistry (Cross-link polymers to bubble up slimy substances, experiment with phase shifts, and more).
RoboCamp (For Kids Ages 12 years and up). Includes Electricity (Wire up circuits, relays, motors, lights, switches, and much more), Lasers (Shatter beams, invert switches, crank potentiometers, split rays, and more) Propulsion (Blast pneumatic rockets, trigger cannons, and more), Engineering (Construct a mechanized animal robot from junk you have around the house!)
Early-Bird Discount Prices: Science Camp $195, Robo Camp $225 (Registration prices increase 25% after April 30, 2009.). For more info, see website or call (805) 617-1789.
Shirley Plantation, 501 Shirley Plantation Road, Charles City, is
holding a Homeschool Week June 18-22. A week of hands-on programs,
activities and demonstrations for home school students from 10 a.m.
until 3 p.m. each day. Reservations required in advance. Special fee.
For more info, call 1-800-232-1613.
Colonial Williamsburg is
once again holding its
Homeschooler Experience Sept 12–27. Learn
about running a household and preparing foods, colonial diversions and
pastimes as well as education and apprenticeships at the Benjamin Powell
House. This original 18th-century site will open exclusively for spring
participants in our Homeschooler Experience. Explore our shops of our
various tradespeople, such as the Blacksmith, Cabinetmaker, Silversmith,
Milliner, and Tailor, to find out what kind of work you might have done
once you finished your apprenticeship.
$5 per person (adult or child). Children 5 and under admitted
free. For more info, call 1-800-228-8878, or print out
ticket order form.
Jamestown Settlement
and Yorktown Victory Center are once again holding their
Homeschool Program Sept 12-27. Your homeschool students will love discovering the sights and sounds of the
17th and 18th centuries while learning about their nation’s history. And
you will love the variety of curriculum-based education programs offered
for a range of grade levels – all taught by trained museum educators.
Register in advance to ensure a place ph (757) 253-4939 and
preregister for hands-on programs and guided tours (by 5pm 3 business
days prior to program/tour). Walk-ins will be accepted if space is
available.
Homeschoolers and Historic Houses will be held again in October at Agecroft Hall and Wilton House
Museum. It offer homeschoolers an opportunity to explore America’s
colonial and British roots during this special day-long program. The
Homeschoolers and Historic Houses program will include tours of both
museums, up-close and hands-on study of reproduction artifacts, historic
games and more. Students will discover what life was like in England
during the Tudor and Stuart years of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries and be able to compare these discoveries with life in Virginia
during the eighteenth century.
Cost per student is $8 (ages 8 & older); $4 (ages 3-7); free for ages 2
& under; cost per adult is $8.
Advanced Registration Required; call Jill Pesesky at Agecroft Hall at
(804) 353-4241.
The Mariners' Museum 100 Museum Dr., Newport News, has Dollar Days
which offer your family the opportunity to visit The Mariners' Museum at
a reduced rate while learning how the Museum can complement your
homeschool education. For only $1 per student and $5 per adult, you'll
enjoy family tours, crafts, and a chance to register for programs at a
discounted rate. Fall Dollar Days (10am-2pm) are on Friday, October 23
and Saturday, October 24.
To
register ph. (757)591-7743. Walk-ins will be admitted if space
permits.
For more info. contact
Armalita Holley ph. (757) 591-7743.
January
Pamplin Historical Park Homeschool Programs
February
Homeschooler Experience at Colonial Williamsburg
Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center Homeschool Program
March
Homeschoolers and Historic Houses
April
May
Shirley Plantation Homeschool Day
The Museums at Fort Lee Annual Home School Open House
June
Homeschoolers and Historic Houses
July
August
September
Pamplin Historical Park Homeschool Programs
HEAV Homeschool Day at the State Fair
Homeschooler Experience at Colonial Williamsburg
Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center Homeschool Program
October
Homeschoolers and Historic Houses
November
December