Walnut CreekYMCA Homeschool P.E. Program
Homeschool PE kicks off at the Walnut Creek YMCA next Friday, September 17 from 1-4 pm. This program offers physical exercise for homeschool children ages 6 through high school. (Mature five-year olds may attend with parent the first time and staff okay without parent.) PE is usually held the third Friday of the month, but please check back for a listing up future dates.
The Y is located at 948 73rd Street in Windsor Heights. Youth are divided into age groups with the first half of the time including gym activities and snacks followed by either pool/gym time for the second half. Cost will be $5 for non-members and $2 for Y members. Parents are encouraged to register and pay on-line at
https://register.dmymca.org/online/searchresults.php
Children get in free when parents volunteer with either the gym time or by assisting in the pool. Sign up must be done one week prior to the date to receive free admission, though parent volunteers are always welcome. Contact Phil Simmons at phil.simmons@dmymca.org or 515 224-1888 to sign up.
Registration is now open!
Julia took this tour with a home school group seven years ago and it was FABULOUS. The adults were just as interested as the kids. Her then-preschooler still remembers parts of the tour. A nice variety of architecture is presented and discussed. (Age restrictions are now very much enforced. Sorry to get your hopes up.)
Go here: registration page
1st Annual Homeschool Day, “Fall Chores Day”
Wednesday, Sept. 8
JULIA’s NOTE: The education director suggests arriving at 9 a.m., when the museum opens. This will give you time to identify, prioritize, and find the sites and activities you wish to pursue. Members get into the event free.
From the LHF website (scroll down until you find the date, Sept.8):
Living History Farms welcomes homeschool families! Tour 300 years of Midwestern history, from when the Ioway Indians farmed in Iowa to the beginning of the 20th century when farmers used horses, and participate in chores done by children. Explore the daily life of a child in 1875 as you tour the town of Walnut Hill and participate in chores at 5 locations throughout town. And don’t be late for a lesson at the schoolhouse!
Pre-registration required; e-mail educ@lhf.org or call 515.278.5286 ext. 178. Activities take place from 10:00 – noon, and from 1:00 – 3:00. Once you register, you will receive a list of activities for the day. Special discount of $1.00 off admission price for homeschool families that pre-register by September 1st.
Greetings, everyone. Thank you for reading this really long blog post. Cathy and I need help getting a good idea off the ground. We think it’s worthwhile. —– JULIA
Cathy and I would like to develop a monthly career day type of program for ages 12 and up. The program would have a speaker talk to the kids about the post-high school education necessary for the career and what great things and challenges jobs in that field might entail. We’ve talked about having speakers for: dental hygienist, medical doctor, nurse, graphic designer, comic strip artist/cartoonist, information systems technician, architect, and veterinarian. We are very flexible about which careers are booked. This programming will be free, but we cannot manage it ourselves. I’d like you to consider volunteering for us for either an entire school year’s worth of career days (9 events total) or shorter commitments (even one-time commitments!) if we can get enough hostesses. To make career day work, the following jobs must be done:
1, Create an event once a month. This can be done by one of the Three Sisters, or by you (you get to choose the career!). Creating the event means you contact a speaker, and set up a location and time for the event (usually the speaker’s workplace or a library meeting room). Give this information to Julia to put in the monthly newsletter.
2. Take RSVP’s, send confirmations and a specific address (for security, we do not typically reveal exact addresses until a family commits to attending the event), create attendance list for event. This can be done with a Three Sisters email address or your personal email address.
3. Hostess the event – greet speaker and inform him/her about expected number in audience, take attendance, greet attendees.
4. Thank everyone for coming and introduce the speaker if mutually desired.
5. Thank everyone for attending.
Cathy and I cannot take on jobs 3 – 5 and are very willing to give jobs 1 and 2 to someone if mutually practical. Three Sisters will give the following support: HLR signs for use with street directions, promotion through a monthly newsletter, promotion through a blog, and use of Three Sisters email address (to avoid your personal information being distributed).
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