Nature Connections

Here's one you'll love...
Sherry at Living and Learning Now is hosting a monthly meeting of Nature Connections.... all Mamas are invited to share photos of their children enjoying nature.
It begins this Monday, January 31st... be sure to take your photos over the next few days, and link up there!

Book Give-away

Leslie at Home-Grown Love is having a great book give-away!

Run over to put your name in!

Book Give-away : The People Could Fly

Run over to Leslie's blog, Home-Grown Love for a chance to be entered in her book give-away:  The People Could Fly - American Black Folktales. 
You can enter until Monday!

$50 Give-away

We're giving a $50 give-away for merchandise at Ordinary Life Magic (Too.).
You pay only for your shipping!
The drawing will be tomorrow or the next day!

Science book Give-away!

Journey Into Unschooling is having a give-away for the book Awesome, Magic, Bizarre, and Incredible Experiments by Janice VanCleave!

Glossy Bands Give-away

At Ordinary Life Magic (Too.) there's a give-away for Klutz Glossy Bands.
There are three to give away - the drawing is tonight!

Shout Out

Kid's Stuff World has a post to share - 6 Ways to Help Endangered Species.

Thanks so much to Stacy for sharing!

Book Give-away: World Myths and Legends

At Ordinary Life Magic (Too.) there is a book give-away.  The drawing is on Sunday!

Periwinkle Smith Give-away

Journey Into Unschooling is hosting a Twirly, Whirly Tutu and Giveaway!

Stop over to enter!

National Environment Education Week

National Environment Education Week begins the week before Earth Day - next week!
(April 11-17, 2010)

Family Nature Club

At Ordinary Life Magic (Too.) we're hosting a virtual Family Nature Club - inspired from Children & Nature Awareness Month, from C&NN.
Please come over and link your nature activities - the more ideas we all have to celebrate and honor nature the better!

Shout Out: Children & Nature Awareness Month

Lisa of 5 Orange Potatoes pointed the way to the Children & Nature Network (thank goodness, because I had forgotten about it!), and encourages everyone to get outside and take photos every day in April!

Science Book Give-away

Journey into Unschooling is hosting a give-away for Janice VanCleave's book "Chemistry for Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments That Really Work". It starts today!

National Wildlife Week

For those living in the U.S., next week (March 15-21) is National Wildlife Week.

Find some fun things at the NWF website.

Announcements

Hi everyone!
For all of our Members - I just wanted to let you know that any time you want to announce something - if you're hosting a give-away or if you just want to share a post or something else - please let me know, and I'll be glad to make an short announcement here for it!
Blessings to all-
Stephanie

Create! Give-away

Having a little box-of-arts give-away over at Ordinary Life Magic (Too.) if you'd like to enter the drawing. The winner will be drawn on Friday.

Sunflower Houses Give-away

Acorn Pies is hosting a give-away of the book Sunflower Houses! I would love to win it!

Science Give-away

Wanted to let you know that we're having a give-away at Ordinary Life Magic (Too.) for a set of three science kits by The Young Scientist Club- Magnetism, Static Electricity, and Tornadoes, Clouds, and the Water Cycle.

All you have to do is leave a comment to be entered into the drawing on February 3rd.

Gulliver's Travels

Thought some of you might be interested in this...

From Homeschool Freebie of the Day comes Gulliver's Travels -

one an easy-reader pdf written by James Baldwin...

and the other is a fun audio dramatization of the story - originally broadcast on radio in 1947.
Proportedly there are many familiar "cartoon voices" portraying the 1/4" tall Lilliputians in the story.

Usually the site only has things up for one day, but this should be up until Sunday Night... though I'd not put off downloading it, if you want it!

Educator Appreciation Days

Hopefullly everyone has the Barnes and Noble Educator’s card!

It’s something that you get free at Barnes and Noble, and your purchases are always 20% off! (Text books not included.)

I’ve never had anyone ask me if particular books are for school, but since we’re unschoolers, I figure everything is legitimate, and that’s my attitude.

Anyway – their card is now a hard, plastic card, instead of the old paper one, and your card can also be used now for online purchases. And, its for two years, instead of one.

So take in something (your local home educating member card, your voucher, a lesson plan book whatever), and ask them for an educator’s card.

Educator Appreciation Days (25% off books, 10% off dvd’s and music) are online January 13-24, and in store January 16-24.

Happy browsing.