Morgan County Home Educators

Planning Meeting

2011-08-14T06:58:00.000-07:00

We will meet on Friday August 19th at 1 pm for our planning meeting. We will meet at Sarah Swartzentruber's house, if you need directions email me at sarahswartzentruber@yahoo.com . The kids can bring things to play with and share with others while we plan. Also we will have a pitch in snack so please bring something to share. Thanks and see you then!

Easter party

2011-04-20T05:57:00.001-07:00

We will be meeting on Thursday April 21st for our Easter Party. Please be at Jimmy Nash Park around 1! :) We will do a Easter egg hunt and snacks!

Touring Not Just Popcorn

2011-03-14T12:40:00.000-07:00

We will be meeting at Not Just Popcorn in Edinburg on Friday March 18th. The tour cost $2.00 a person and includes a bag of popcorn. We plan on meeting around 10:15 and the tour last about an hour. Afterwards if you would like to get some lunch somewhere the group is planning on doing so. Hope to see you there.

Science Fair Friday

2011-02-22T08:33:00.000-08:00

On Friday Sept. 25th we will be meeting. Each family is to bring a science fair project to share with the group!

meeting on wednesday 1/26/2011

2011-01-24T05:35:00.000-08:00

We will be meeting on Wednesday Jan. 26, 2011 for group. Please join us for some crafting and snacking at the Library in Martinsville around 10:30 am til whenever!! See ya there:)

Wednesday 1/19/2011 Agenda

2011-01-16T06:02:00.000-08:00

The agenda for Wednesday Jan. 19th is

Meet at Park from 10:30 - 11:30 (bring sleds and dress warm)
Lunch @ Kristal's 11:30 - 12:45 (pitch in lunch, please email what you are bringing)

If any questions send us an email sarahswartzentruber@yahoo.com

Kids Can Cook!! Jan. 12th!

2011-01-10T06:20:00.000-08:00

Next Wednesday, January 12, homeschool group will be held at Heather Vaught's home at 11:00 a.m. The theme will be "Kids Can Cook!" I am asking each family to prepare a simple healthy dish and bring the recipe to share for our pitch-in lunch.

The agenda will be as follows:
Brief lesson on nutrition and exercise
a brief physical game/activity
presentation of dishes by each family
pitch-in lunch
go to gym and swim (those who are involved)
Please RSVP and let me know what you are bringing so I can make sure I have each food group represented. I think it would be fun to make and distribute a little cookbook
from the recipes.
You may want to take pictures as you make the dish and we can take pictures here also of the families with their dishes. Thanks!

If you need directions let me know sarahswartzentruber@yahoo.com

Meeting on Nov. 4th

2010-11-01T07:41:00.001-07:00

Candy has arranged for our group to take a field trip on Nov. 4th at 1pm to Barefeet Sock Factory. Hope everyone can make it!!

Our Halloween Party

2010-11-01T07:37:00.000-07:00

The homeschool group had so much fun celebrating Halloween! Thanks Trisha for putting it all together, and thanks to everyone for pitching in and helping in gathering materials!! :)

Our trip to Apple Works

2010-11-01T07:28:00.000-07:00

Apple Works

2010-10-15T21:11:00.001-07:00

We will meet on Friday October 22nd at 9:45 at Apple Works in Trafager, IN. The cost for the tour is $5. Make sure you bring some change to feed the animals:) See you all there!

Meeting on Sept. 22

2010-09-20T17:47:00.000-07:00

We will be meeting on Wednesday Sept. 22 at the Jimmy Nash Park from 10-12 noon. There will be a snack and some physical activities for the kids. See you all there :)

Just some pictures

2010-09-20T17:45:00.000-07:00

Sept. 8th meeting

2010-09-02T07:22:00.000-07:00

Our group meeting for Wednesday Sept. 8th from 10-12noon will be held at the Morgan County Library.

Our Topic is going to be Labor Day. We are asking each family to bring info, a show and tell, and pictures of the job someone does in their family. (This can be anyone dad, grandparents, ect.) They will get up and discuss with us this info. Doesn't have to be alot just 3-5 minutes.

Looking forward to seeing you all there :)

changes

2010-09-02T07:20:00.001-07:00

We are wanting to announce that we have changed our meeting time to Wednesday mornings from 10am - 12 noon. The location will be announced every week. If we plan a field trip then the day may change and the time but we will make sure to make that announcement.
Looking forward to a great school year!!

Upcoming Events

2010-05-05T20:35:00.001-07:00

We have lots of new things planned that are coming up so mark your calander's!
Here are some for the month of May:
May 13th: We are meeting for an Indians game at 10 am
May 17th: We will be at Brown county doing trails and lunch at 10 am
May 24th: Cascades Park in bloomington for lunch
Looking forward to these events!

Thank You

2010-04-13T07:07:00.000-07:00

Thank You Kathleen for having us over for Group yesterday! The kids learned about INDIANA HISTORY!! They had a good time!

Meeting on Jan. 25th

2010-01-22T07:21:00.000-08:00

Come join us for some Winter fun at the library from 1-3 on Monday Jan. 25th. Kristal and Trisha will have some fun things for us to do. Please send us an email if you will not be attending. Thanks

WonderLab

2010-01-15T07:44:00.000-08:00

Our group will be meeting on Jan. 19th at the WonderLab in Bloomington. Arrival time is 10:45 am but please get there a little early to get parked and be ready to enter at that time. There is also an area reserved if anyone would like to bring a sack lunch! If you have any questions please send us an email! Hope to see you all there!

Library/Fire Station Tour

2009-10-30T11:24:00.000-07:00

On Monday we will meet at the library from 1-2 and socialize and have snack before heading to the Fire Station at 2pm. Our tour will include the smoke house for the kids. Hope to see you all there!

Halloween Party

2009-10-30T11:20:00.000-07:00

The kids enjoyed the Halloween Party! There was pumpkin painting, bobbing for apples, pumpkin bowling, candy necklaces, and yummy snacks!!

Halloween Party

2009-10-21T09:52:00.001-07:00

We reserved the library conference rooms Monday from 1-3 for our Halloween/fall party. Anyone who wants to may wear a costume, but it is not required. We will have some fun games including pumpkin bowling and bobbing for apples, crafts including pumpkin painting and making a necklace, and snacks including apple cider, pumpkin cupcakes, and fruit salad jack 'o' lanterns. Hope to see you there!

Apple Works

2009-10-21T09:51:00.000-07:00

The kids had a great time at Apple Works!! It was neat to see all the different types of Apples and where they were picked from. :) If you have pics from our trip please email them to me so I can post them!!

Pictures

2009-10-21T09:50:00.000-07:00

Meetings

2009-09-29T06:10:00.000-07:00

Our meeting on Monday was a very sucessful one in planning out the group for the rest of the 2009 year. I think we are all super excited about all the things/plans to come!! I sent an email to the members of the group letting them know what all was discussed.

The next group meeting is on Oct. 5th at 1pm at the Kelsay Farms. There is a link the their website under the " Topics for Meetings" on the side bar. Looking forward to another sucessful, learning, yet fun filled Field Trip. Thank you Trisha for setting this up for the group. It is much appreciated!!

Meeting on Monday Sept. 28th

2009-09-25T19:24:00.000-07:00

We will be meeting at Jimmy Nash Park in Martinsville on Monday at 130pm. If it is raining then we will NOT meet.

Mrs. Kathleen's

2009-09-21T14:19:00.000-07:00

Thank you to Mrs. Kathleen and Luke for inviting us to your home for lunch and the project. The kids had so much fun learning a new technique for making shirts, and socializing.

Thanks for all you did for us, we enjoyed it!!

Meeting on Sept. 21st

2009-09-17T10:18:00.001-07:00

Our next meeting is on September 21st, starting at 12 noon. We will be meeting at Kathleen's house for lunch and a diffent technique to tye dying shirts. Please be sure to bring a white shirt and make sure it is washed and dried.
Kathleen's address is 2076 Dynasty Ridge in Martinsville, IN. Just a few houses down from where we met last week. If you have any questions please send us an email and we will get back with you. Hope to see you there.

Tye Dye

2009-09-17T10:06:00.000-07:00

Our group had so much fun on the 14th at our meeting. We enjoyed social time, sidewalk chalk, tye dye shirts, and lunch. Thank you Denise and Carol for putting this on and welcoming us to your home.

Sept. 14th meeting

2009-09-06T17:41:00.000-07:00

Our next group meeting will be on Sept. 14th from 10:30-12:30, and will include lunch. We will be tie dying shirts for the group. Please bring a white shirt for each person. There will be a few other activities planned as well.

Our meeting will be held at
1968 Dynasty Ridge. Take 252 east toward Morgantown; proceed for about 6.5-7 miles and turn right at the Dynasty sign. We are the first house on the right.

We want to thank Carol along with her daughter for hosting this and inviting us to their home!!

Labor Day

2009-09-03T10:05:00.000-07:00

We will not be meeting on Sept. 7th due to it being a holiday (Labor Day). We hope everyone has a safe holiday, and we will see you on Sept. 14th for our next meeting!!

Meeting on Monday August 31st

2009-08-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

Our group will be meeting on Monday August 31st at 12 noon at the Cascades Park in Bloomington. We will enjoy a picnick lunch and then the kids will have time to be social and play. If you have any questions feel free to send us an email. Thanks!

Fun at Kristal's

2009-08-25T11:53:00.001-07:00

First we want to Thank Kristal for inviting us to their house for some fun activities! Here are a few pictures of things we did.

Mrs. Heather, and Mrs. Kristal
The kids waiting patiently on the projects!

Kite Flying was fun!

Water balloons was a hit!

Meeting on 8/24

2009-08-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

We will be doing kites and Slash out at 1319 Morton Ave. if the weather works for us.It is the first left after the back entrance to K-Mart. If it is raining we will still be meeting but will do something else. Please wear clothes that you can get dirty or wet.

Group Meeting 8.17.2009

2009-08-15T12:45:00.000-07:00

We will be meeting at the park at 1:30 on Monday the 17th. Please wear shoes that allow you to run in for a game of kickball. Mrs. Heather will be incharge:) Hope to see you there!

8/10/09 Group Cancelation

2009-08-10T08:07:00.000-07:00

We will not be meeting today due to some rain sheduled. It didn't fit in with what we had planned. Sorry!!

Meeting on 8/10/09

2009-08-06T18:31:00.000-07:00

We will be doing kites and Slash out at 1319 Morton Ave. if the weather works for us.It is the first left after the back entrance to K-Mart.Wear clothes that are okay to get wet, and Potty before you come because their are no working bathrooms right now!!! We will be meeting at 2pm.

August 3rd Meeting

2009-07-31T14:36:00.000-07:00

Just want to remind everyone that we will be meeting on Monday August 3rd at 2pm at the Park in Martinsville. Candy Hickman will be incharge of this meeting!! Hope to see you all there!

Meeting on July 20th

2009-07-17T18:58:00.000-07:00

The MCHE group will be meeting at Heather Vaughts house on July 20th at 2 pm for some Slip N Slide fun!! The kids will have lots of time to play, talk, and be social. If you need directions please send an email!! See you there.

Fun At Sarah's

2009-07-17T18:56:00.001-07:00

Fun at Sarah's

2009-07-10T06:54:00.000-07:00

Our next meeting will be on Monday July 13th at 2pm. This will just be a socializing time for the kids along with a treat. I will be hosting it at our home. 881 Lincoln Heights Dr. Martinsville IN. Hope to see you all there!

Pictures

2009-06-30T05:58:00.000-07:00

Monday, June 29th our group met at the park to enjoy some time making Ice Cream in a Can. Thanks Kristal for teaching us how to make this yummy treat, and bringing all the supplies! The kids really enjoyed rolling the cans down the slide, down the hills, across the concrete, ect. I am pretty sure they loved EATING the ice cream too!! Here are some pictures of our day.

Watching and learning what ingredients we need
Getting the bags ready so that we can put them in the cans with ice and salt!

Watching and listening to what they are suppose to do.

Rolling the can down the hill!

Yum! Enjoying their "cool" treat!

Yum!!

It is good :)

Definately a big favorite, Ice Cream is always good!!

Ice Cream In a Can~ 6/29/09

2009-06-26T07:43:00.000-07:00

We will be meeting on Monday, June 29th at 2pm (Jimmy Nash Park in Martinsville). Kristal has planned this meeting and will be showing us~how to make Ice Cream in a can!! Don't wanna miss out on this one!! Also just in case she she is asking for everyone to wear something old that could possibly get stained. She might be bringing some berries for another activity!
Hope to see you all there. :)

Meeting on June 15th

2009-06-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

Our next meeting is one June 15th at 2pm. We will be doing a fun day at the Park in Martinsville. Possibly a few games like kickball, or water balloon toss will be played. Hope to see you there.

INFO

2009-05-19T19:18:00.001-07:00

We had a great turn out at the Hunter's Honey Farm field trip. Thank you to all for making it!! We hope that the kids enjoyed the tour and candle rolling.

A reminder that we will NOT be meeting on Monday May 25th, due to Memorial Day. Our next meeting will be on JUNE 1st. We will be meeting at the Southside in Indy for a tour at 2pm. If you have any questions please send us an email and we will get back with you asap. Hope to see you all there.

Also for anyone interested in Abeka books~ there will be an open house in Bloomington in June at the Holiday Inn Express. If interested please go to http://www.abeka.com/ for details on their shows.

Hunter's Honey Farm Field Trip planned

2009-05-13T08:46:00.000-07:00

Morgan County Home Educators group will be meeting at Hunter's Honey Farm in Martinsville on Monday May 18th at 2pm. We will be taking the Forestry Tour along with making candles. The cost is $5 per child (this includes both the tour and candles). This is such a great experience for the kids and they love to see where the honey comes from. There is also a shop at the building where you can purchase honey, honey sticks, and so much more. Please feel free to join us if your interested. For any questions send us an email morgancountyhomeeducators@gmail.com . Hope to see you there!!

Cascade Park Fun!

2009-05-13T08:39:00.000-07:00

Our trip to Cascades Park in Bloomington was absolutely wonderful. It was such a nice day to go to the park for a picnic and play time. I think all the kids had a great time, and will def. want to go back again. Here are a few pics that were taken

Austin Rollins, Austin Hickman, and Noah Vaught having a great time!

Emily Hickman enjoying the saucer swing.

Candy Hickman, her mom, and Emily enjoying their picnic lunch

Heather Vaught with her girls Grace, and Molly enjoying their picnic lunch.

Austin Rollins and Hailee Swartzentruber getting ready to eat their sandwiches.

Thanks Heather for planning such a great Park day!!

Change in Upcoming Meeting

2009-05-06T07:26:00.001-07:00

We will have our next meeting on Tuesday, May 12th at 12:30p. We will be meeting at the Cascades Park in Bloomington, IN. We are asking for everyone to bring a picnic lunch to eat. There will be a few fun games and a treat, other than that the kids will enjoy free time at the park. If you have any questions send us an email at morgancountyhomeeducators@gmail.com if not we will see you there!!

Our Field Trip to Cikana Fishery

2009-05-04T14:20:00.000-07:00

Our field trip to the fishery was a sucess. The kids learned many things about a fishery and things are done. We enjoyed a slide show, and a walk down to the ponds.

Afterwards the kids sat down and enjoyed a snack ~ goldfish and gummy worms!! Very fishery appropriate. Thanks Kristal for planning this, we all enjoyed it.

Monday May 4th Meeting Info

2009-05-01T08:12:00.000-07:00

We will be meeting on Monday May, 4th at Cikana State Fish Hatchery, here in Martinsville. It is located at 2650 State Road 44. Dads are always Welcome!!! We plan on meeting there about 5 minutes before 2 pm just to be ready at 2. Hope you can all make it:)

Monday April 27th Meeting Info

2009-04-22T06:34:00.000-07:00

Our next meeting is on Monday April 27th at 2 pm. Please join us for "Helium Balloon Fun" at the park in Martinsville. So neat things for the kids to do, so don't miss it.

Earth Day

2009-04-21T18:46:00.001-07:00

Our Monday meeting on April 20th was discussing EARTH DAY. Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd. The group discussed the different ways to keep the Earth clean and things that we can do everyday. They enjoyed a handout, making a bird feeder, and a yummy snack of dirt pudding with gummy worms. Here are some pics of the kids hard at work.

More info for our next group meeting to come. The next meeting will be on Monday April 27th.

Meeting on April 20th

2009-04-16T09:06:00.000-07:00

Our next meeting will be on Monday April, 20th starting at 2pm. We will meet in the downstairs conference room at the Library. Our topic will be "Earth Day." There will be several activies for the kids to do, along with a delicious earth snack! Hope to see you all there!

Meeting on Monday April13th

2009-04-09T15:04:00.000-07:00

We have discussed our group, and realized that we are needing to change the day that we meet /on. We will now be meeting on Mondays at 2pm unless posted. Also the meeting place will change so please check our blog or send us and email so we can keep you updated.

We will have our next meeting on Monday, April 13th at Movies 8 in Greenwood, IN. The movie starts at 1pm. If you have any questions please email us.

Fun at the Firestation

2009-03-27T14:18:00.000-07:00

Our last meeting was held at the Martinsville Fire Station, where we enjoyed touring the station. The kids had lots of fun and learned many interesting things about Fire Safety. Thank you so much for having us!!
Our next schedule day for group is April 2nd, however we will be taking that day off due to Spring Break. Hope you all enjoy! Plan on meeting up again on Thursday April 9th for our Easter Party at 12:30. A place will be announced closer to that day! See you soon.

Plans for March 26th meeting

2009-03-17T08:49:00.001-07:00

We will be meeting on March 26th at 1 pm at the Martinsville Fire Station for a tour. Please let us know if you are planning on attending! We hope to see everyone there!

Meeting on March 17th

2009-03-17T08:47:00.001-07:00

Our meeting this week has been changed to Tuesday March 17th at 2pm. We will be meeting at the Park in Martinsville for a fun day with snacks! Hope to see you there enjoying this beautiful weather!!

Meeting on March 19th

2009-03-13T09:07:00.000-07:00

Our last meeting was held at Mr. Gatti's on the 12th of March. The kids enjoyed eating a buffet and visiting with thier friends/homeschool group. It was so nice just to be able to sit down and relax for a little bit.
Our next meeting is on March 19th at 12:30. The location will be at the YMCA unless otherwise noted. We will be doing some fun things for St. Patrick's Day, so if there is anything you would like to bring in then please do so. Hope to see you there!

Gatti Day on March 12th at 11AM

2009-03-09T11:19:00.001-07:00

On Thursday March 12th our group will be meeting at Mr. Gatti's at 11 AM to enjoy some pizza together. The kids have worked so hard this year and it will be nice just to sit and eat lunch together. Hope to see you all there!!

Meeting on February 26th

2009-02-24T07:14:00.001-08:00

Our next group meeting will be on Thursday February 28th, at 12:30 located at the YMCA. Our topic will be "Advertising." This will take up two meetings. The first part we will be learning a little about advertising and thinking of ways to advertise a product. We are going to try to use some simple products and hopefully some of them the kids will be able to enjoy eating afterwards. If you have any products that you feel would be nice for the kids to advertise please bring them in to share. Hope to see you Thursday!!

Feb.19th is our next meeting

2009-02-16T14:27:00.000-08:00

We will be meeting on Thursday, Feb. 19th at the YMCA preschool room at 12:30. On this day our topic is "Presidents." We will have several activities to do and discuss President's Day. If you have any crafts or games please feel free to bring them in to share with us! Thanks and see you then.

Valentine Party

2009-02-12T19:11:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Valentines Day today at our homeschool group meeting. The kids had fun bringing in thier decorated bags/boxes and valentines to pass out. We enjoyed several activites such as Conversation Hearts~ making sentences with them, cupcake decorating, and lots of goodies. Here are a few pictures of the kids at the meeting.

Our next meeting will be on Feb. 19th, and our topic is "President's." We are planning several activities to do during that meeting. Also we are looking for some ideas for upcoming meetings, so if you have any suggestions feel free to email us and let us know.

February 12th meeting

2009-02-05T10:58:00.000-08:00

We will having our Valentine Party on Feb. 12th. Please bring your Valentine box or bags along with Valentines to pass out. We will judge the craftiest box or bag so work hard and make them unique. We will also be having snacks and welcome families to bring in a snack to share. We hope to have lots of Valentine fun. If you have any ideas on some other things to do at our party please feel free to email us. morgancountyhomeeducators@gmail.com

WonderLab on Feb. 5th

2009-02-01T16:03:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder that we will be meeting at the WonderLab on Thursday February 5, 2009. Our group will meet there at 9:30 am and go in together. The cost will be $4.50 a child, if we have 10 kids. Looking forward to seeing you all there. If you need directions or have any questions please call either Heather or Sarah. You can also send us a email at morgancountyhomeeducators@gmail.com
Also be working on your valentine boxes or bag. Can't wait to see them :)

Cancelation on Jan. 29th

2009-01-28T10:57:00.001-08:00

We will be cancelling our group meeting on Jan. 29th, due to all this bad weather. We are asking that each child, decorate a Valentine bag or box (be creative) and bring it in on our Feb. 12th meeting. We will judge them to see who made the neatest one. Also don't forget to bring in your valentines on that day. Also if anyone would like to bring in a snack please feel free to do so.

Our Next Meeting

2009-01-23T13:04:00.000-08:00

Our next meeting will be on January 29th, at 12:30 in the Preschool room at the YMCA. During this group meeting the kids will be making thier Valentine Bags. Please bring in any items that you feel the kids could use to decorate them.
Our trip to the WonderLab was moved to Feb. 5th at 9:30A. The price will be $4.50 a child. If we have 10 children then the adults will be free. We will post more on the field trip later, but pencil it in and try to plan on attending!
Hope to see you on Thursday :)

January 22nd Meeting "Science Expermints"

2009-01-22T13:44:00.001-08:00

The kids had lots of fun at our meeting on the 22nd of January. Each family brought in a "Science" project to show. We learned about plants (lima beans), and got some projects that each kid gets to take home and watch it grow. There was also a project on Volcano's, a project with an apple, and one with a ball and jar. The kids loved to learn about the different things and are eager to expermint with them at home on thier own. Here are some pics of the kids.
The group getting ready for the next project, they all look excited!

The expermint with the ball and the jar.

Everyone gathered around while learning about a project!

Meeting on Jan. 22nd

2009-01-17T13:13:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone! Our next meeting will be on Jan. 22nd and will be held at the YMCA in the preschool room. The meeting will start at 12:30p. We are asking each family to bring in a "Science Expermint" to share with us. It doesn't have to be anything big just a small expermint. We are looking forward to seeing you all there.

Jan. 15th meeting

2009-01-16T16:23:00.000-08:00

Our first meeting for the 09 year was held Jan. 15th. This meeting's topic was "Getting to Know Each Other." The kids brought in items that represented the type of person they were. Then we played a getting to know you detective game. The kids really had fun. After that we enjoyed several types of board games such as Bowling, Connect Four, Life, Monopoly Jr.

January 15th meeting

2008-12-31T18:21:00.000-08:00

Our meeting on January 15th will be a "Get to Know You" type of meeting. We will put together a few activites so that the kids can learn about each other. The kids can bring in something to show what type of person they are or what they are interested in. Hope to see you there! This meeting will be held at Morgan County Library- Main Branch.

Welcome

2008-12-31T12:59:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Morgan County Home Educators blog. We are starting this blog in hopes to reach out and find more home-based students and families that would be interested in joining our casual group. MCHE is a relaxed group that allows new friendships, simple structure activities, free play, family get togethers, and opportunities for every family to choose and lead activities. We will post about our upcoming group meetings and then how each meeting went along with photos. If you are interested in joining the group please email us at morgancountyhomeeducators@gmail.com . Our group meets every Thursday at 1pm at the Morgan County Library.