Announcements
2010
by Greg Bitgood
We have just finished the first 10 years of the new millennium. 2010 seems very surreal or perhaps I am just getting older. I grew up reading a lot of science fiction and when I think of 2010 it feels like I should be writing from outer space. Although when you think about what has I am still full of wonder about the strange and special way technologies are changing our livestranspired, particularly in the last 16 years with the advent of the internet, cyberspace is just as sci-fi as some interplanetary space station. In fact it makes the future much more accessible than going into outer space ever did.
Made to be a Blessing
by John Davies
I have been thinking a lot about God’s blessings in the last while. Sometimes we take for granted what we have, orwe even think of what we have as an entitlement. I want to turn And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing.
Ezekiel 34:26ayour mind to the blessing of God in your life and the fact that he makes you a blessing to others in the context of home learning with Heritage.
Navigation Systems
by Bruce Hildebrandt
I used to HATE driving in Vancouver. Coming from a small prairie town, and learning to drive in a small city didn’t prepare me for trips through the maze of congested and ofttimes narrow streets of Vancouver. Trips to Vancouver were no longer intimdating and “dangerous.” Last summer, I received a GPS system for my birthday. Suddenly my world changed. I now had a navigator (or NAGivator as I sometimes like to call it.)
Learning Camps in the "Far East"
by Kirk Christison
Well I can’t say I have put on a HCOS Learning Camp yet. But here in the Cranbrook area, homeschoolers are plenty busy. This year a number of home school families got together and formed a “co-op”. We meet together every Friday. Our schedule goes like this.
Gold Fever Hits Vancouver Island
by Trish Ensing
As aptly put by Yukon Dan himself, “Gold Fever will be had by all!!” Children and parents alike had much fun panning for gold on during Yukon Dan’s interesting and informative presentations. Dan’s passion for the discovery of gold shone through during his 2 hour sessions. He held the interest and built It was fun to see the wonder in their eyes!up excitement in the students as they learned the best way and places to pan for gold. Each participant had the opportunity to pan for gold...
February Memorization Musings
by Charlotte Stace
Recently I read what, to me, was a surprising statement – Billy Graham was quoted as saying that if he was to do his life over again, he would spend more time in the Word! This man of God who preached all around the world, introduced many people Looking back to this time of life, will we say we had our priorities right?to our Savior, was an example to thousands, …….would have spent more time in God’s Word! What a statement! It calls each of us to ask of ourselves – at this point in our lives, do we spend enough time in the Word, learning to know God, learning to think as God thinks, learning to see life from God’s perspective, learning to listen to the Lord’s heart speak to us?
Starting a Co-operative Learning Group
by Claire Pollok
Are you experiencing the January & February hibernation blues of home learning? If you are, then I have just the remedy The benefits abound!!!for you – start a cooperative home learning group, commonly known as a “co-op”. They are fun and rewarding for all and relatively easy to start. With a little motivation, a bit of planning, and God’s grace your efforts will be rewarded.