Santa's Workshop - Blue Sky Puppets

BLUE SKY PUPPET THEATRE PRESENTS: SANTA'S WORKSHOP

Posted Tue, 11/20/2012 - 16:00

Blue Sky Puppet Theatre Presents: Santa’s Workshop
Largo-Kettering Library Branch

Families welcome
Saturday, December 1, 2 pm

Come join Suzy, Chester and Buster as they entertain their parents, their classmates and Santa himself at Santa’s workshop day care at the North Pole. Sponsored by the Friends of the Largo-Kettering Library. 

(Photo courtesy of Blue Sky Puppet Theatre)

Accokeek Area Homeschool Association (AAHA!) Meeting

Join us at the Accokeek Area Homeschool Association (AAHA!) meeting this Monday November 26, at 7 at the Accokeek Library. Antonia Bookbinder will present "Ancestral Knowledge and Homeschooling."  Bring a mug for tea!

We look forward to seeing you.

Katharine Vincent

AAHA Founder

Monica Reynolds

AAHA Founder

Children are always welcome to play quietly during the "train the trainer" style presentation for the parent teachers.

Mark your calender: Our next meeting is Monday, December 10th!

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Please note that my e-mail has changed to katwvincent@gmail.com. 

Twitter @katwvincent 

#SketchDCHomeschool

Way2Go College information link

Here is an updated link to register for the Way2Go College information session

http://way2gomaryland.org/event/way2go-prince-georges-county

Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 10:00 - 13:00

University of Maryland University College

3501 University Blvd. East,

Adelphi, MD 20783

For Directions: http://www.umuc.edu/visitors/locations/adelphi_building.cfm 

Join us for our Fall Informational Event

·      learn firsthand from USM students how they charted their paths to college;

·      get tips and vital information directly from USM admissions and financial aid experts and representatives from The College Savings Plans of Maryland;

·      receive valuable information from a Prince George's County Counselor

·      learn how to pay for college and choose a college major;

·      explore the Way2GoMaryland web site;

·      receive a Way2GoMaryland gift pack;

·      win door prizes;

·      enjoy refreshments.

·      Learn who won the essay contest; first prize wins a Kindle

Register for the event by creating an account or by using the form found in the News and Events section of the site.

  To register groups with 8 or more students, please call (301) 445-2756 by November 16.

Please login or register to sign up for this Events.

Geocaching - SERC

Online Learning Activities for Kids Over the Holiday

November 20, 2012 by serchomeschool

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Home School families!

I know many of you will be busy cooking your turkey or to-furkey and needing to keep the kids busy. Here are some fun educational activities to consider. If you’re like me you grew up reading (and still reading) Ranger Rick. Ranger Rick has come come into the modern age with great web pages and a new cousin for younger readers, called Ranger Ricky, or Ranger Rick Jr.

Here are some great online learning games:http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Games.aspx

You can learn about what different sharks are named and what bats eat. There are so many good things to learn and play!

Here you can read about all sorts of animals:http://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick/Animals.aspx

Here are some fun games from the Discovery Channel, from chasing tornadoes to finding whales. This site is probably better for older kids, ages 12+  http://dsc.discovery.com/games/games.html

GEOCACHING and Ranger Rick at SERC

Geocaching is using your GPS, either on your phone or GPS unit, and finding hidden “caches” or treasures at given coordinates. There are hidden boxes all over MD, and probably near you. You can find the coordinates at Geocache.com and type in the location you’re interested in. It’s a great way to combine being outdoors and technology. Just be sure the areas you go into are safe this time of year, and wear bright colors!

Here at SERC we have geocaching boxes in partnership with NWF and Ranger Rick Geocaching. Several of our home school families help maintain 10 boxes on our 3 trails . There will be some new boxes and micro-caches soon! AFTER DECEMBER 8TH (hunting season will be over) you too can come in to geocache the “treasure” boxes (or even before or after class!).

Name	Coordinates
JAVA TRAIL
That A Way Piscataway	N 38° 53.232 W 076° 32.738
Java Cash Crop	N 38° 53.367 W 076° 32.934
Vernal Stream	N 38° 53.134 W 076° 32.922
DISCOVERY TRAIL	Coordinates
Beeched in Frog Canyon	N 38° 53.043 W 076° 33.259
Discover Log	N 38° 52.960 W 076° 33.174
Hoggin’ All the Cache	N 38° 52.726 W 076° 33.092
Contee Watershed Trail	Coordinates
Ruins, I see Ruins	N 38° 53.505 W 076° 32.769
Treasure of the Watershed	N 38° 53.561 W 076° 32.860
All Fall Down	N 38° 53.632 W 076° 32.758
Contee Cache	N 38° 53.676 W 076° 32.500

Volunteer Fair - SERC

Volunteer Fair

at the

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Volunteer with the Education Department at SERC

November 26^th-30^th

10 am-Noon

Reed Education Center

There will be special tours every day of the fair, at 10:30 am, which will last about 45 minutes

Pre-registration not required, just drop in!

Learn more about the  Chesapeake Bay area and share your enthusiasm for  nature with others by becoming a  volunteer at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, Md. SERC is  looking for volunteers to support its hands-on K-12 and public education programs that  center on SERC research and Chesapeake Bay ecology. Volunteer opportunities   accommodate various interests and schedules and include: field trip assistants, canoe guides, aquarium maintenance team, trail guides, office  assistants, classroom helper,   gardeners, and  curriculum designers. SERC provides volunteer training and continuing educational experiences. New volunteers are also teamed up with experienced volunteers until they get their “sea legs.”

Interested? Call Karen McDonald 443.482.2388

Speech Writing - Smithsonian

Parents/Educators

To register yourself and your student(s)for this event, please go to to www.nmaahc.si.edu.

Behind the Dream: Speech Writing as a Call to Action

Saturday, January 19, 2013
9:30a.m.-12:00p.m.

Using historical examples and prompts, teachers can join museum educators to explore speech writing as a call to action. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with Clarence B. Jones, who served as speechwriter and counsel to Martin Luther King, Jr. and was instrumental in the crafting of the famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Teachers are invited to share the experience with up to three students. Students must be registered at the same time as the teacher. Attendees will receive primary source materials for use in educational settings.

This program is presented in conjunction with "Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963" exhibition.

Port Discovery Thanksgiving Friday

Happy Thanksgiving

from Our Family to Yours!

Port Discovery Children's Museum wishes you and your family a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving!

  

The Museum will be closed on Thanksgiving Day so our employees can celebrate the holiday with their families.

Our doors open at 9:30 am on Friday, November 23rd, so come early and enjoy our annual Gobble! Gobble! Weekend of special programs and performances!

        

Gobble! Gobble! Weekend Fun

November 23 - 25  

Friday, November 23

Museum Hours: 9:30 am-5 pm

• Fall Leaves and Turkey Hat craft activities:10 am-3:30 pm
• Science in Action-Gobbling Turkeys:10 am-12:30 pm; 1:30 pm-3:30 pm
• Roly Poly Bear Cubs:11 am-1 pm
• Mother Goose on the Loose:10:30 am
• Jingle Jangle Music Time:11 am
• Musical performance with Uncle Pete:12:30 pm and 1:30 pm

Saturday, November 24

Museum Hours: 10 am-5 pm

• Fall Leaves and Turkey Hat craft activities:10 am-3:30 pm
• Pop Up Science:11 am and 11:30 am
• Circle Time:11 am and 12 pm
• Journey to IMAGInation Magic Show with David London:12 pm and 1 pm
• Musical performance with Uncle Pete:12:30 pm and 1:30 pm
• Science in Action-Gobbling Turkeys:1:30 pm-3:30 pm

Sunday, November 25

Museum Hours: 12 pm-5 pm

• World Rhythm Drum Circus:12:30 pm-3 pm; 4 pm-5 pm
• Performance by Mr. Norman:1 pm and 1:30 pm
• Mother Goose on the Loose:1:30 pm
• Jingle Jangle Music Time:2:30 pm; 3:15 pm; 4 pm
• Roly Poly Bear Cubs:2:30 pm-4:30 pm
• Kamishibai Story Time:3:30 pm

Programs are subject to change. Please check "Cool Things To Do" upon arrival.

For more information, visit our website.

(Programs are subject to change 

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Holiday Special!

10% OFF GIFT, NEW, and RENEWAL MEMBERSHIPS

 
 Plus, receive an additional 3 months added to your membership for free!    

Click here to purchase or renew your membership. 

Use discount code: holiday12 at check out and click recalculate to receive discount, or purchase at the Box Office.

Offer expires December 17, 2012.