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Thinking about Advertising and Movies
by Nicole Terpstra
Last week my husband and kids were looking at crazy photos on the internet and it reminded me of our Keep on discussing media literacy with your children... need to constantly teach our children to be critical viewers and readers, thinking about whether photos, books, commercials, advertisements, or slogans are fact or fiction, and how they influence us.
Why Not Consider an Apprenticeship?
by Joris Kempers
As some of you know there will be a great need for thousands of journeymen, men and women, this decade as many established trades will be losing workers to retirement. As well there is a continuing huge demand You get on the job experience... and get paid for your work.around the world for BC goods such as lumber, natural gas, coal and metals and this demand keeps growing in the trades and industry sector. There will be thousands of newly trained workers required so there has never been a better time for Grad students to explore the career paths and possibilities in the trades.
Getting Your Science Project Underway
by Nancy Gullason
Fantastic, you have decided to complete a science fair project. Here are some ideas to get you started. To complete a project you need to follow the Scientific Method. It sounds ominous but it really is quite simple:
Your project will show all the things you learnedLet your child decide what he or she wants to do for the project. Be there to help, but do not take over. A child will learn more if they are interested in their topic and keen on the project. It is important, especially for younger students (even up to grade 9) that they choose a question to answer that they can ‘test’ or form an experiment around. Example: Do beans grow better with fertilizer?
Peek Inside a Portfolio
by Kathy Strebchuk
As I sit at my table, the sun streams through the window, warming the room to almost a summer temperature. I sip This family is ... having a rich, homeschooling experiencea cup of hot chai tea, sweetened slightly, and prepare myself mentally to settle into a box of work samples shipped to me a few days ago – a portfolio.
Yes, report card time has begun and homeschool support teachers everywhere are going through work samples, emails and learning outcomes, trying to make sense of it all. I thought I’d let you have a peek with me inside a portfolio.
Ladies in Waiting - A Wedding Story About the Bride of Christ
By One of Our Own HCOS Parents, Nora Brown
by Nora Brown
For as long as I can remember, I have had the desire to write and print a real children’s book one day. After graduating with a degree in Early Childhood Teaching through stories has helped us to communicate Education, my appreciation and interest for children’s literature increased. When I was pregnant with my first child, I realized that God was calling me not only to parent my children, but also to teach them daily in the ways of the Lord through home-schooling. From the beginning, we have used literature in our approach. Through the Holy Spirit, the use of teaching through stories has helped us to communicate and illuminate truth to our children’s hearts.