When: On Thursday evenings at 7pm, once a month

Where: Centre Communidée (map)

Description: Together with parents from the future École alternative de Pointe-Saint-Charles, we present the film Quels enfants laisserons-nous à la planète on Thursday Feb 9 at 7pm.  Suggested donation $5.

When: Wednesday mornings from 9am to 1pm

Where: Centre Communidée (map) 

Description: Parents & Tots Playgroup

Wednesday mornings are a time for little kids and their parents to enjoy the toys and space at Communidée.  Open to all families, whether you plan to homeschool or not.  Geared towards preschool-aged kids (0-5).

For the first meeting on Feb 1, parents will discuss what activities they want to do together in future weeks.  Bring your ideas!

Posted by Irina:

We are starting a small group of friends not a support group (at least not yet) in Montérégie close to Montreal island (Brossard, La Prairie, St-Constant, Ste-Catherine, Greenfiled park, Longueuil etc.)  to do things like parks, ice skating, toboggan sliding, biking etc. and then maybe if there is interest we could do something else. The idea is to give the kids an opportunity to just run, play, talk and became friends if they want to, both in English and French. We would set some time for hopefully weekly activities via email or phone. Then confirm in the morning who is coming and that way there will be at least a couple of families hopefully who can meet every week. There are already 4 families who would like to start. Come on and join us!

This year, the MNI Open House event will be held on Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Montreal Neurological Institute.

Séance d’information et de discussion sur l’éducation à domicile

Notre première année d’école-maison : à travers les cycles

When: Tuesday March 20, from 9:30am to 2:15pm

Where: 5190, boul. LaSalle, Verdun (map)

Description: Circus arts initiation workshops provide an unforgettable experience that initiates young people into circus arts through 8 activities. As such, the children try out acrobatics, trampoline, juggling, trapeze using fabric, balancing on objects, tightrope, the balance beam, as well as human pyramids.

We have organized a film series showing documentaries related to education and homeschooling, followed by a discussion. Suggested donation $5.

When: On Thursday evenings at 7pm, once a month.

Where: Centre Communidée (map)

Thursday Feb 23: Miss Representation - The film explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence.

Offered by: The people at Brain Awareness Week

The demonstrations consist of interactive activities that use the five senses as a model of brain functioning and conclude with the examination of a real cow's brain.

When: Tuesday March 13, two groups from 1-3pm

Where: Centre Communidée

Signing up: Please contact Sonya at sonya.o@gmail.com

All homeschoolers are welcome to join us at the Sucrerie de la Montagne on Rigaud mountain for some springtime sugaring-off fun! Here are pictures from our visit in 2010 (you have to be logged on). Please sign up before March 21.

Wednesday March 28, from 11am. We will start with a horse-drawn sleigh ride and a guided tour of the sugar shack, including information about how maple syrup is made.

The Armand-Frappier Museum is offering 2 workshops at Communidée:

11am to 12pm - The five families of microbes

With its scales of size, this activity helps you discover the world of the infinitesimally small. Participants will be able to become familiar with the names and forms of microbes while developing their motor skills, memory, creativity and powers of observation!
Subject : Protozoa, molds and yeasts, algae, bacteria, viruses
Means : A team contortionist game where you must react to the five families on the spinner. A rather physical activity!