Thursday April 15th - 11am to 12:30pm  @  the Apple Store - 1321 Ste-Catherine O.

The Apple Store is offering a free workshop in iPhoto to the Montreal Homelearners!

We will do a project together from scratch - taking the picture, editing, and learning how to create a photo album.  All the hardware and software is provided, as well as expert help and advice.

For kids aged 5-12 and their parents.

Monday May 24, 10am to 12pm

Come and explore the different ecosystems at the Morgan Arboretum this Spring.  Children will experience wetland, forest and open field ecosystems while learning the basic concepts of nature appreciation, biodiversity, population dynamics, dichotomous keys, and more.  Material is presented using hands-on, age appropriate activities.

All homeschoolers are welcome to join us at a Geordie production of Andersen's Inkwell on Thrusday May 6th at 12pm.  The play is recommended for kids ages 6 and up.

"Discover the world of Hans Christian Andersen, one of the fathers of fairy-tale and creator of some of your favourite immortal stories in Geordie’s magical new production. With bits and pieces from Andersen’s famous and lesser known stories brilliantly woven together, this new play by contemporary Canadian playwright, Gina Wilkinson, celebrates a writer whose fanciful storytelling gave life and a voice to anything from flowers to storks to houses."

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"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."

We just learned that the building will be closed on Friday (Good Friday), so we'll move the party to the park outside.  The weather is supposed to be great, and we were going to be outside for the afternoon anyways : )

Changes:

The party will start at 12pm instead of 10am, with a potluck lunch in the park facing Centre Communidée's building (CRCS St-Zotique) - see map here.  Bring a blanket or sheet for sitting on, there are benches but no picnic tables.  We will set up somewhere north of the swimming pool - it's not so big that we'll be hard to spot.  We will probably stay a bit later, like until 4 or 5pm.

We will skip the egg-painting altogether and have a treasure hunt and a few games after lunch.

And because we aren't paying rent for that day, we won't charge the daily fee of $10 per family.  So it's FREE : )

Posted by Nicole R:

Birth and Healing workshop with Lewis Mehl-Madrona

Sunday April 11, 2010 from 9am to 5pm -- 6767 Cote des Neiges

This event will raise funds for Montreal Birth Companions, a non-profit, non-funded organization that provides free doula services to women in Montreal. We accompany refugees, immigrants, no-status and otherwise disadvantaged women.

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.  

Posted by Janie Ladd:

2nd Annual Homeschooler involvement in the G.M.A.A./HALO ROAD RACE

Wednesday April 28th - Registration deadline is March 26th

Registration including t-shirt = $18 --- Last years' participants who have t-shirt = $6

The Halo is a very popular annual event that has been held on Mount Royal beside Beaver Lake for over 25 years.  Everyone had a FANTASTIC time last year!

Contact person: Janie Ladd-Carr -- (514) 630-5958 -- aladdinpromotions@sympatico.ca

Join the Montreal Homelearners at a workshop at the Musée des Beaux Arts: Myths, Legends, Heroes & Demons.

This voyage through time, cultures and across continents focusses on myths and legends depicted in works in the Museum's collections.  An adventure peopled with the heroes, demons, gods and bizarre creatures that inhabit the Museum.  Hands-on activity: collage and drawing based on a legend.

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.