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    More Home Educators in the Newspaper

    Thursday, November 27th, 2008

    An article in today’s Te Awamutu paper about three home educators.
    School not out Yet
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/14055908@N02/3061663181/sizes/l/

    Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

    Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

    Wairarapa Home Schoolers Talk to International Space Station
    ARISS
    Amateur Radio on the International Space
    Station
    Wednesday 26th November 2008
    This Wednesday, 11 school children from the Wairarapa Home Schooling Association will ask questions of an astronaut on the International Space Station via Amateur Radio, in what will be New Zealand’s second organised contact, though it is number 387 for [...]

    Homeschoolers Sweep First Round of Children’s International Arts Festival

    Thursday, September 11th, 2008

    Homeschoolers Sweep First Round of Children’s International Arts

    Festival

    Dude Ranch Vacations Awarded to Four Winners’ Families

    South Padre Island, Texas, August 28, 2008 – Four homeschooled children from across the U.S. have won dude ranch vacations for their families in the first round of the Children’s International Arts Festival. [...]

    On the Virtues of Making Your Children Do the Dishes

    Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121978677837474177.html

    WORK & FAMILY
    By SUE SHELLENBARGER

    On the Virtues of Making

    Your Children Do the Dishes
    Quiz for the day: How much time each day, on average, does a 6- to 12-year-old child spend on household chores?
    If you guessed more than a half-hour, you’re wrong. Children are spending a mere [...]

    National Library-5 year olds

    Thursday, July 17th, 2008

    As of the beginning of Term 3, 5 year olds can borrow books from the National Library. You will need to show a copy of their birth certificates. I was told that no-one would be turned away if they happened to turn up this week.
    http://www.natlib.govt.nz
    This is the link for the online request form:
    http://www.natlib.govt.nz/cis-online-request 
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