Forwarded by Rhonda:

I thought you might enjoy reading this article on Homeschooling that recently appeared in Today's Parent. It was written by multiple award-winning journalist (and my husband!) Alex Roslin.

Posted by Isabelle:

I was looking for fun photography class for my son and I finally found a great one! If your child loves photography, maybe he/she will love this course too!

PHOTO COURSE FOR CHILDREN 4 TO 6 YEARS OLD. 

LOCATION: Hudson

Forwarded by Jackie:

I've been in touch with a friend who homeschools in Sweden. She's also a
homeschooling activist -- well, you *have* to be an activist to homeschool
there. You have to fill out all this paperwork and apply for permission from
the government. Every year!

The Onion is a news satire organization - don't take this article seriously!  Find the article here.

"These teachers are dealing with upwards of 40 students in their classrooms at a time, so obviously they know a lot more about children than someone like me, who only has one son and doesn't know where he is half the time anyway."

Posted by Kim S:

We are ready to launch the 2010 BRFC youth rugby program. Last year's program was a amazing success and we very much look forward to building on that. There has been a lot of planning behind the scenes and we are extremely excited about the 2010 season.  

As many of you already know, we now have a lending library set up down at Centre Communidée.  We have a bookcase full of curricula, fiction and books about education / homeschooling.  Here is a list of the books we have.  If you have books to donate, please give them to Sonya.

June 7-10, 2010 in West Milford, New Jersey.  Details here.

Unschoolers' accounts of how their children taught themselves to read.  The article.

The author, Peter Gray, is looking for stories of self-directed learning.  Find the details here.

Posted by Debbie & Idzie:

Come join us this Summer for a gathering of unschoolers near Montreal, Quebec, Canada!

The Montreal Homelearners group has created an account with Scholastic Books - a great place to get discounted books.  Thank you to Melissa who is administering it for us : )

We will be placing an order around the middle of every month.  To place your order, have a look through the pdf flyers at Scholastic.ca, or the hard copies which will be available next week at Centre Communidée.