I have heard that there is a homeschool curriculum store in College Place, Washington. It sells new and used curriculum. I didn’t know that it was there.
Here is the information that I have:
Lamplighter Countryside Store
374 S.E. Highland Park Drive
Call for directions: 509-525-8143
M-Th 1-5
Friday 10-2
A Google Map. I can’t guarantee that it is accurate.
Go find it, then come back here and tell us all about it.
Wonders never cease. I figured out how to put the sign up form on here.
There are two pages to this form- the second page is the bylaws. You can print it on the back side of the membership form, if you want. Be sure to read them.
Most of the form is pretty standard. One of the items that is on there is asking what curriculum you are using. Just give us a general idea. The main reason we ask this is so we can put it in our directory so if someone has a question about a certain curriculum they will have a go-to person for answers.
If you have more kids than lines- continue on another sheet of paper.
It’s on the forms page. Print it out and mail it in. We look forward to having you join us!
The June 10th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling is up at The Common Room!
Check it out to see if you are a “typical” homeschooler or to learn how the brain works.
PHSA sponsors and coordinates numerous other projects and events. The Watershed Field Day is coordinated through ESD with 5th graders in public schools. Community Concerts and the Oregon East Symphony both schedule performances for school-agers. The spelling contest feeds into the county and state contests in the spring. The poetry contest entries can be submitted to the state contest in February. PHSA also coordinates annual state testing through Basic Skills out of Oregon City.
The annual Science Share is a time to show and demonstrate what we have done in our various topics of study but is not a contest. It is held in January or February and members are invited to participate. No project is too small! It is based on the concept that “you learn what you teach”. Preparing and presenting an exhibit is part of the learning.
Presentation Night is a much anticipated annual event held in the spring. Families display things they have been working on all year. Children sing, play musical instruments, recite poetry or memory verses, do a mini-skit, report states and capitals, present a square dance, or do something in a foreign language. PHSA contest winners are honored and parents can give award certificates. The evening can be used as a graduation ceremony. Both the performance and the display portions of the event are fun and rewarding to homeschoolers. Grandparents and friends are invited to attend, as well as anyone interested in homeschooling.
During the winter months, when everyone is tired of being cooped up in the house, and when it’s too cold to meet someone at the park, PHSA organizes Rec. Days at the Recreation Center (next to the Pendleton Library on Dorion Street).
The Rec. Center charges an hourly fee so PHSA gives members the option of participating. Each family pays an additional fee for the 3 month session. This fee varies depending on the fee that the Rec. Center charges. The Coordinator schedules as many days as possilbe, depending on how many families sign up. Time and day of the week are varied according to the Rec. Center’s busy schedule. Each signed-up family attends when they can.
The Rec. Center has equipment for volleyball, basketball, floor hockey, and many other activities for all ages. Sometimes we do organized games, and sometimes the kids just play while the parents talk.
When the weather turns nice again, the group meets weekly at one of the local parks. These times run from the spring through the summer and into the fall.
The newest Carnival of Homeschooling is up at Tami’s blog. Check out the links for some great reading!
When the moms or dads get together, it’s a time of visiting, making friends, sharing ideas, and encouraging each other. There is usually a topic scheduled for these every other month meetings, but it’s a broad guideline that gets the conversation started and gives everyone something to think about. Mostly it’s a time to talk to other adults with varying perspectives of the problems that homeschoolers (and parents) face.
Topics have included record-keeping hints, keeping up with housework, ideas for teaching science, handling sibling rivalry, dealing with anti-homeschoolers, how to use unit studies, and preparing for college.
Hosts can use their homes, or arrange for another location, and provide snacks or dessert. There is plenty of time for camaraderie.
Several times a year, PHSA sponsors seminars that differ from the field trips. If we can’t go to Spain, we have someone come give us a presentation about their experience. If the subject is more academic than active, we have someone in that field give a seminar.
The Civil War, rocks and minerals, essay writing, Ecuador, and first aid are some of the seminars we’ve had in the past. Periodically a member will set up a series of classes on drawing, sign language, crocheting or quilting. Seminars and workshops have been held in various churches, homes and community rooms.
Field trips are the mainstay of the Pendleton Homeschool Association. PHSA arranges at least one per month from September through May. All member families are invited, but participation is not required. Families decide which filed trips to attend based on scheduling, level of interest and ages of children.
Usually a member sets up the field trip, arranges for tours, designates a meeting place, gives directions to the location, and receives RSVP’s about who is planning to attend. (Informal car-pool arrangements can be made between families if desired.)
Some trips require more travel time than others; some trips combine two or more activities. Occasionally there are joint field trips with other homeschool groups.
Recent field trips have included visiting windmills, a fish ladder, a mustard factory, a pottery factory, the Let ‘er Buck museum, fire station and the hospital.
Rarely do field trips cost money (other than travel). Many museums and facilities waive their fees for educational purposes, but others do not. Families may attend one event or actitivty while trying to decide whether to join PHSA.
RSVP’s are always appropriate.
The Oregon Christian Home Education Conference is being held in Portland on June 20 & 21, 2008. This conference is presented by OCEANetwork.
Featured speakers will be Dr. Voddie Baucham, Jr., Mark Hamby, Carol Barnier and others.
It’s at the Oregon Convention Center and will have 27 workshops plus a Large curriculum exhibit and used curriculum exchange.
You can register online at Oregon Homeschool Conference. If you do this soon- by June 4th you will save $10.00 on the $60.00 (for one person, spouse free) registration fee! You can also register at the door. The OCEANetwork used to have two events each year- one was the curriculum exhibit/exchange and the other was the workshops/seminars. Since they have combined these events the cost has gone up considerably!
We went to the curriculum exhibit a few years ago and were overwhelmed with all the options presented there- but if you are a person who wants to handle a book/curriculum before you purchase, this is the place for you! There are also discounts on the new curriculum when you purchase it there. Unfortunately, there are not very many of these kind of events in our area so if you are looking at homeschooling in general, feel the need for a different curriculum or just need to refill your batteries, then give this event your consideration.