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August Happenings at Creative Learning Connection
July 31, 2006
August Happenings at Creative Learning Connection
www.CreativeLearningConnection.com
(8006 Old Madison Pike, Madison, AL)
Regular Hours
We continue to be open our regular hours, Monday –
Thursday, 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. We will be open some
additional hours during the month as well, see below:
Sales Tax Holiday Hours
Yes, most of what is in the store qualifies for the
tax-free break this coming weekend (all books $30 and less,
which is most of them; all educational software; and all
school supplies). We will be open Friday, August 4th from
12:00 – 5:00 p.m., and Saturday from 12:00 – 8:00 p.m.
(Yes, that does overlap our Conference…we are trying to
make it easy for folks coming from out of town to do both!)
If it’s normally difficult to get to the store, since we
are not usually open on weekends, here’s your chance.
Third North Alabama Educators’ Conference
Yes, our Conference is coming up quickly: Saturday, August
5th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A day meant to encourage and inspire Home Educators,
wherever they are in their journey!
Location: Central Church of Christ
415 Clinton Ave East, (near Downtown) Huntsville
Details on the Exhibitors and Workshops follows towards the
end of the newsletter.
Last Used Book Sale of the Season
You may bring Used Books in at any time during the year to
consign, but we have one more time set up to sell them
yourself:
Monday, August 14th from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
You may arrive between 6:00 and 6:30 to set up.
Please contact Cathy to reserve a table:
cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu or 256-325-3305. Space is not an
issue, but we have a limited number of tables that we can
provide.
Because of the sale, our hours on August 14th will be
extended: We will be open 12:00 – 9:00 p.m. that day.
Government Club Open House
If you would like to find out more about our Government
Club (for students 7th – 12th grade), find out how Mock
Trial works, or what the big deal about Youth Legislature
is, please join us for our Open House. This is for parents
and students. Refreshments will be provided.
Saturday, August 26th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Please RSVP
with an approximate head count, so we ensure enough chairs
are set up…)
Fall Classes
Most of the classes at CLC will begin in September, but
this is the time to sign up for them. We are very excited
about the range of classes that we are able to offer this
year. Please check out the list at the end of the
newsletter, and contact me or the teacher for more details,
or to sign up for any of them. Most classes need at least
5 students in order to take place, and they have various
maximums.
Third North Alabama Educators’ Conference
“Educating Beyond the Box”
A Day Meant to Encourage and Inspire Home Educators,
Wherever they are in their journey!
Location: Central Church of Christ
415 Clinton Ave East, (near Downtown) Huntsville
Saturday, August 5th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Great Exhibitors including:
Answers in Genesis
Creative Learning Connection
Discovery Toys
Homeschool Bookworm
Learning with Felts
Longing for Home
NEST Family Videos
Talking-Letters
Usborne Books
The Valley Conservatory
VAST Network
Voice of the Martyrs
15 Workshops to Choose From
(see schedule below)
Remember, this is not your typical “Curriculum Fair”!
Regardless of how long you’ve home schooled, how many
children you have,
and what style of home education you prefer, you should
find some exhibitors to enlighten you, some speakers to
entertain you, and some workshops to educate you!!!
Cost per family: $8.00 at the door
(And you get a $5.00 coupon good later at Creative Learning
Connection’s store in Madison.)
For more details, contact Catherine Jaime at
cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu
or 256-325-3305.
Schedule for the day:
9:00 – 10:00 REGISTRATION/SHOPPING*
10:00 – 11:00
“Forget the Seatwork, Let’s Play a Game” Christie Berry
“Getting Started Homeschooling: What are Your Options?”
Catherine Jaime
TBA – Family Building Topic… Longing for Home
"Ideas for Teaching Creationism" Answers in Genesis
11:15 – 12:15
“Winning the Heart of Your Child” Christie Berry
“Teaching on a Shoestring” Cindy Rushton
TBA – Family Building Topic… Longing for Home
“Student Development Through Music” Dr. Renee
Collins-Williams
12:15 – 1:30 LUNCH / SHOPPING*
1:30 – 2:30
“Special Needs Forum” Relaxed Discussion Type Setting with
Christie Berry
“Let’s Try Lapbooking! You are Going to be Addicted!”
Cindy Rushton
“Teaching Teens: Enjoying the High School Years, not Just
Surviving Them” Catherine Jaime
"Genesis: Key to Reclaiming the Culture" Answers in
Genesis
3:00 – 4:00
“Making and Using Unit Studies” Catherine Jaime
“Say Goodbye to Super Mom!” Cindy Rushton
“Talking Letters, A Fun and Easy Approach to Reading”
Cathy Caughman
4:00 – 4:30 SHOPPING* / BROWSING
* The Exhibitor Hall will also be open during Workshop
Times, for those who don’t want to attend each session.
www.CreativeLearningConnection.com
Fall 2006 Classes
at Creative Learning Connection
The following classes should all begin in September; most
the week of Labor Day. Be sure to discuss starting dates
with the teacher(s), if not mentioned here. More details
on some of the classes (*) are included at the end of the
list. Any classes without enough students by the end of
August will be cancelled, and some classes are filling up
fast, so don’t wait too long to enroll for any of these.
You may contact Catherine Jaime at cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu or
256-325-3305 with questions about any of the classes, or
teachers; or you may contact the teacher if contact
information is listed.
Algebra 2 &/or Logic
Taught by: Louis Sewell
Days and Times: TBA
Cost: $35/month
Contact Louis at twosewells@gmail.com or 479-0362 for more
details, or to sign up.
Physics
Taught by: Stan Liou
Prerequisite: Algebra 2
Days and Times: Mondays and Fridays, 9:30 – 11:30
Cost: $50//month
Contact Stan at stanlio@gmail.com or 337-7824 for more
details, or to sign up.
Botany*
Taught by: Emily Sewell
Grades: 10 - 12
Days and Times: Mondays from 9:30 to 12:00
Cost: $40/month and lab fee of $30 each semester
Art – Drawing Class*
Taught by: Fleta Oliver
Grade Levels: 4th through 8th grade
Days and Times: Mondays, 2:00 – 3:30, from Sept. 18th
through November.
Cost: $20 for Sept. and $40/mo for Oct. & Nov.
There is a $5 registration fee per family due upon
registration.
High School Math:
1) Algebra 1; 2)Geometry; 3)Algebra 2
Taught by: Leigh Ann Miles
Days and Times: 1) Tuesdays 11:30 – 12:45;
2) Thursdays 11:30 – 12:45; 3) T&Th 9:30 – 11
Cost: TBA
Writing
Taught by: Cathy Puett Miller
Grade Levels: a) 4th – 6th; b) 7th – 9th; c) 10th – 12th
Days and Times: a) Tuesdays 2:30 – 3:30; b) Tuesdays 3:45 –
4:45; c) Thursdays 4 – 5
Cost: $125 for 11 weeks. (Family discounts for multiple
students.)
Contact Cathy Miller at 883-7005 or
cathypmiller@comcast.net
Treasures "Bible, History, Geography Club"
Taught by: Susie Cagle
Grade Level: 3rd - 8th grade
Day/Times: 2nd Thursday each month, September - April, 2:00
- 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $40 per family (for the entire school year!)
Artful Crafting*
Taught by: Emily Sewell
Grades: 3rd and up
Days and Times: Fridays from 9:30-11:30
Cost: $35 per month; plus an art fee of $40 per semester
for supplies
Flora and Fauna*
Taught by: Emily Sewell
Grades: 3rd – 6th grade
Days and Times: Fridays from 11:45 -1:15
Cost: $25 per month and a lab fee of $40 per semester
(there will be lots of little labs!)
The following are taught by Catherine Jaime:
Considering God's Creation
Grade Level: Elementary
Required Text: Eagle's Wings
Days and Times: Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $15/month
Government Club
Grade Level: Junior High/High School
1st, 3rd, 5th Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 12 noon.
Learn about, discuss, debate current Government topics, as
well as foundational government issues.
Shakespeare
Grade Level: Junior High/High School
NEW Days and Times: Wednesdays, 1-2:30 p.m.
Cost: $20/month
Note: We read aloud the plays, from beginning to end,
discuss them briefly, and oftentimes watch the video
version. We also look at the historical background for the
historically based plays. Lots of fun! The particular
plays will be determined at the beginning of each semester.
Students may join us for 1 play, 1 semester, the entire
school year, or anything in between!
Economics
Grade Level: High School
(and serious 8th graders!)
Days and Times: Wednesdays, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $20/month
Note: There is no "textbook" for this class. Instead,
there will be a $25 registration fee to cover the student
subscriptions to the Wall Street Journal and the Ideas on
Liberty that we use as our primary sources.
Creation Science
Grade Level: Junior High/High School
Days and Times: Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $20/month
Note: We will primarily be using materials from Answers in
Genesis. Class periods will consist of watching various
Creation videos and discussing them.
www.CreativeLearningConnection.com
*Art – Drawing Class, more details:
This is a series of 90 minute drawing classes for the
beginner or intermediate student. We will focus on pencil
drawing techniques including cross hatching, stippling,
smudging, light and shadow, shapes, proportion, scale and
perspective. Each student will be encouraged to open
his/her creative mind and see the world through the eyes of
an artist. All supplies are provided.
Please contact Fleta Oliver at 830-8225 or
jfoliver@knology.net with questions or to enroll.
Please contact Emily Sewell at twosewells@gmail.com or
694-1932 with questions about any of the following classes,
or to enroll in any of them:
*Botany, more details:
Includes a local field trip
Class layout: lecture with labs (including lab reports)
Textbook: Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology by James
Mauseth (I have the second edition that I will use but
there is a third edition out. The students can buy either
edition. I looked at the price and it is $106 new but can
be bought used on amazon.com for as low as $30. I would
recommend a used copy, there is no need for a new one.
(There is about 20 pages worth of plant evolution in the
book, which will not be covered.)
Some topics that will be covered in the class: plant
structure, plant physiology and development, genetics,
ecology, application to life, and plants and medicine
Other things: there will be numerous labs, tests, quizzes,
grades will be sent via e-mail to the parents, and at least
one presentation, and a lab practical each semester
Required materials: text book, a notebook of some type, a
composition notebook for labs, colored pencils, and index
cards
*Flora and Fauna, more details:
Includes a local field trip
Textbook: none (as of now), there will be lots of handouts
Class layout: one semester will be plants and the other
will be animals, there will be many labs, worksheets, and
fun activities that will make the topic be more interesting
than a lecture
Some topics that will be covered: growth cycle of a plant,
pollination, pollinators, plant parts, types of plants, how
to grow a plant, why plants are necessary, kinds of
animals, habitats, food web, insects, ecology, and
recycling
Required materials: colored pencils, scissors, pencils, a
hand held pencil sharpener for the colored pencils, a one
inch binder
*Artful Crafting, more details:
Some projects: vegetable stamping, paper mache, painting,
keepsake box collage, t-shirt painting, holiday ornaments,
foam art, holiday crafts, nature crafts, and much more.
Required materials: scissors and liquid glue; plus a white
or cream t-shirt to decorate.
Fall 2006 Classes
at Creative Learning Connection
www.CreativeLearningConnection.com
The following classes should all begin in September; most
the week of Labor Day. Be sure to discuss starting dates
with the teacher(s), if not mentioned here. More details
on some of the classes (*) are included at the end of the
list. Any classes without enough students by the end of
August will be cancelled, and some classes are filling up
fast, so don’t wait too long to enroll for any of these.
You may contact Catherine Jaime at cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu or
256-325-3305 with questions about any of the classes, or
teachers; or you may contact the teacher if contact
information is listed.
Algebra 2 &/or Logic
Taught by: Louis Sewell
Days and Times: TBA
Cost: $35/month
Contact Louis at twosewells@gmail.com or 479-0362 for more
details, or to sign up.
Physics
Taught by: Stan Liou
Prerequisite: Algebra 2
Days and Times: Mondays and Fridays, 9:30 – 11:30
Cost: $50//month
Contact Stan at stanlio@gmail.com or 337-7824 for more
details, or to sign up.
Botany*
Taught by: Emily Sewell
Grades: 10 - 12
Days and Times: Mondays from 9:30 to 12:00
Cost: $40/month and lab fee of $30 each semester
Art – Drawing Class*
Taught by: Fleta Oliver
Grade Levels: 4th through 8th grade
Days and Times: Mondays, 2:00 – 3:30, from Sept. 18th
through November.
Cost: $20 for Sept. and $40/mo for Oct. & Nov.
There is a $5 registration fee per family due upon
registration.
High School Math:
1) Algebra 1; 2)Geometry; 3)Algebra 2
Taught by: Leigh Ann Miles
Days and Times: 1) Tuesdays 11:30 – 12:45; 2) Thursdays
11:30 – 12:45;
3) Tuesdays &Thursdays 9:30 – 11:00
Cost: TBA
Writing
Taught by: Cathy Puett Miller
Grade Levels: a) 4th – 6th; b) 7th – 9th; c) 10th – 12th
Days and Times: a) Tuesdays 2:30 – 3:30; b) Tuesdays 3:45 –
4:45; c) Thursdays 4 – 5
Cost: $125 for 11 weeks. (Family discounts for multiple
students.)
Contact Cathy Miller at 883-7005 or
cathypmiller@comcast.net
Treasures "Bible, History, Geography Club"
Taught by: Susie Cagle
Grade Level: 3rd - 8th grade
Day/Times: 2nd Thursday each month, September - April, 2:00
- 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $40 per family (for the entire school year!)
Artful Crafting*
Taught by: Emily Sewell
Grades: 3rd and up
Days and Times: Fridays from 9:30-11:30
Cost: $35 per month; plus an art fee of $40 per semester
for supplies
Flora and Fauna*
Taught by: Emily Sewell
Grades: 3rd – 6th grade
Days and Times: Fridays from 11:45 -1:15
Cost: $25 per month and a lab fee of $40 per semester
(there will be lots of little labs!)
The following are taught by Catherine Jaime:
Considering God's Creation
Grade Level: Elementary
Required Text: Eagle's Wings
Days and Times: Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $15/month
Government Club
Grade Level: Junior High/High School
1st, 3rd, 5th Wednesdays, 10 a.m. - 12 noon.
Learn about, discuss, debate current Government topics, as
well as foundational government issues.
Shakespeare
Grade Level: Junior High/High School
NEW Days and Times: Wednesdays, 1-2:30 p.m.
Cost: $20/month
Note: We read aloud the plays, from beginning to end,
discuss them briefly, and oftentimes watch the video
version. We also look at the historical background for the
historically based plays. Lots of fun! The particular
plays will be determined at the beginning of each semester.
Students may join us for 1 play, 1 semester, the entire
school year, or anything in between!
Economics
Grade Level: High School
(and serious 8th graders!)
Days and Times: Wednesdays, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $20/month
Note: There is no "textbook" for this class. Instead,
there will be a $25 registration fee to cover the student
subscriptions to the Wall Street Journal and the Ideas on
Liberty that we use as our primary sources.
Creation Science
Grade Level: Junior High/High School
Days and Times: Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $20/month
Note: We will primarily be using materials from Answers in
Genesis. Class periods will consist of watching various
Creation videos and discussing them.
****
More details on Several of the Classes:
*Art – Drawing Class, more details:
This is a series of 90 minute drawing classes for the
beginner or intermediate student. We will focus on pencil
drawing techniques including cross hatching, stippling,
smudging, light and shadow, shapes, proportion, scale and
perspective. Each student will be encouraged to open
his/her creative mind and see the world through the eyes of
an artist. All supplies are provided.
Please contact Fleta Oliver at 830-8225 or
jfoliver@knology.net with questions or to enroll.
STUDENT WRITING WORKSHOPS, more details:
with Cathy Puett Miller, Independent Literacy Consultant
Using the 6+1 Traits System of Teaching and Evaluating
Writing
An experienced writer herself, Mrs. Miller’s classes
include discussions of great published writing, in-class
exercises to build idea generation, organization, voice,
word choice, sentence fluency, conventions (editing and
revising), and presentation, and individualized attention.
Students will also be assigned writing between classes.
Whether your child is a reluctant or enthusiastic writer,
Mrs. Miller will focus on meeting their needs.
Eleven-Week Classes September through November:
Separate classes serving
4th through 6th grade (1 hour once a week)-Tuesdays
2:30-3:30PM
7th through 9th grade (1 hour once a
week)-Tuesdays 3:45-4:45PM
10th through 12th grade (1 hour once a week)-Thursdays
4-5PM
Pricing starts at $125 per student- family discounts apply
for multiple children.
Cost includes portfolio and individualized writing
evaluations.
A class may be arranged for the 2nd and 3rd grade group if
there is enough interest.
For more information or to register for the classes,
contact Cathy Puett Miller at 883-7005 or
cathypmiller@comcast.net
Please contact Emily Sewell at twosewells@gmail.com or
694-1932 with questions about any of the following classes,
or to enroll in any of them:
*Botany, more details:
Includes a local field trip
Class layout: lecture with labs (including lab reports)
Textbook: Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology by James
Mauseth (I have the second edition that I will use but
there is a third edition out. The students can buy either
edition. I looked at the price and it is $106 new but can
be bought used on amazon.com for as low as $30. I would
recommend a used copy, there is no need for a new one.
(There is about 20 pages worth of plant evolution in the
book, which will not be covered.)
Some topics that will be covered in the class: plant
structure, plant physiology and development, genetics,
ecology, application to life, and plants and medicine
Other things: there will be numerous labs, tests, quizzes,
grades will be sent via e-mail to the parents, and at least
one presentation, and a lab practical each semester
Required materials: text book, a notebook of some type, a
composition notebook for labs, colored pencils, and index
cards
*Flora and Fauna, more details:
Includes a local field trip
Textbook: none (as of now), there will be lots of handouts
Class layout: one semester will be plants and the other
will be animals, there will be many labs, worksheets, and
fun activities that will make the topic be more interesting
than a lecture
Some topics that will be covered: growth cycle of a plant,
pollination, pollinators, plant parts, types of plants, how
to grow a plant, why plants are necessary, kinds of
animals, habitats, food web, insects, ecology, and
recycling
Required materials: colored pencils, scissors, pencils, a
hand held pencil sharpener for the colored pencils, a one
inch binder
*Artful Crafting, more details:
Some projects: vegetable stamping, paper mache, painting,
keepsake box collage, t-shirt painting, holiday ornaments,
foam art, holiday crafts, nature crafts, and much more.
Required materials: scissors and liquid glue; plus a white
or cream t-shirt to decorate.
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