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__________________________ IHEN Journal __________________________ > #3.03 March 2003 An e-newsletter, published by the INDIANA HOME EDUCATORS' NETWORK Subscribe by e-mail > IHEN-News-subscribe@yahoogroups.com "IHEN Journal" Online & Back Issues > http://www.ihen.org/IHEN_Journal/ Technical Assistance > PGPress@aol.com _____ "IHEN Journal" ©2003, IHEN and respective authors if noted. All Rights Reserved. Non-commercial distribution rights allowed. See forwarding guidelines at the end of the newsletter. ______________________________________________ CONTENTS__________ > [1] LETTER FROM THE EDITOR > [2] READERS... WRITE... LETTERS you read, you write, we read, we share > [3] IHEN PRESIDENT'S LETTER > [4] INDIANAHOMESCHOOLERS E-LIST DIGEST by debbie harbeson a monthly sampler from IHEN's "IndianaHomeschoolers" list > [5] HOOSIER HOMESCHOOLERS ON-LINE by jessica radtke go look it up yourself! (online references) > [6] IHEN IN-terview: JESSICA RADTKE meet jessica radtke, your ihen hamilton county contact >>> NEW FEATURE COLUMN ON FIELD TRIPPING AND TRAVEL! > [7] MAIDWELL - TRAVELS by deanna maidwell-baatz the james whitcomb riley home > [8] POINTS OF INTEREST rick beymer's science corner: dna and cloning LinkMania!! nhen.org article: it's legislative season! >>> NEW! ben bennett's site sightings: what's new @ ihen.org news in a nutshell >> place your ad here > message boards > help wanted >> sponsorships > memberships _____ standard stuff __________ > [a] CONTACTS & RESOURCE DIRECTORY who's who; staff and volunteers e-mail addresses [un]subscription instructions > [b] COPYRIGHTS/DISTRIBUTION forwarding guidelines __________________________________________________________________ [1] ________________________________ LETTER FROM THE EDITOR __________ by debbie harbeson > IHEN-News-Owner@yahoogroups.com Hello everyone and I hope you are beginning to thaw out from the winter cold. I have good news for all of you ready to get the kids out of the house. This month we have the first installment of Deanna Baatz's travel journal, which is about the James Whitcomb Riley Home in Indianapolis. Rick Beymer gives us loads of science links and NHEN has an article on how to work with the state legislature. This is of particular interest since this past month the Indiana Senate almost introduced a resolution to study parents who homeschool. Jessica Radtke helps us all to simply "go look it up yourself" as she gives us fascinating sites for looking up information on the Web. Hope you enjoy this issue. Let us know. Debbie ~ [2] ______________________________ LETTERS FROM THE READERS __________ by indiana homeschoolers > IHEN-News-Owner@yahoogroups.com IHEN's IndianaHomeschoolers e-mail list received a note from a new homeschooler thanking everyone for being so helpful to her. We thought it would be nice to reprint it here. -ed From: Theresa Heyn > theresamheyn@yahoo.com Thank you so much for all your advice, and info. It is much appreciated!!!!!! This email group has changed my way of thinking about educating my child. I now feel like she has a chance. Sadly, I was starting to feel like I should just accept that she would always do poorly with school. I am fully convinced that even if she qualified for special ed. - I still would homeschool her. I feel like it is the only chance she has. THANKS AGAIN!!!!!! Theresa _____ Why not take a moment and let us know how YOU think we're doing? Put fingers to keys and write: > IHEN-News-Owner@yahoogroups.com ~ [3] _____________________________ LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT __________ by jane casey > JaneCasey@ihen.org Jane Casey regrets that she was unable to write a President's Letter this month. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers as she recovers from a condition that makes typing difficult. -ed ~ >> ---- IndianaHomeschoolers: Helping Hoosiers Homeschool ---- << Who HASN'T heard of IHEN's IndianaHomeschoolers Networking and Discussion List? Plenty! Tell a friend today, that IHEN's IndianaHomeschoolers List is just about the best place to talk about homeschooling in the state of Indiana! Subscribe for FREE!: > IndianaHomeschoolers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com < e-mail > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiahaHomeschoolers/join < web You can find e-lists, resources and more on the IHEN Web site: > http://www.ihen.org/welcome/ Thanks for Helping Hoosiers Homeschool! >> ---------------------- ihen@ihen.org ---------------------- << [4] _______________________________ INDIANA'S E-LIST DIGEST __________ by debbie harbeson > DebHarbeson@ihen.org More and more people searching for homeschooling information in Indiana are starting to find the IHEN website. > http://www.ihen.org/ Many end up joining the IndianaHomeschoolers list and so again this month we had lots of discussions helping families new to homeschooling. -dh _____ If you want to go to a specific post, go to our website > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/ and click on messages in the left margin. Once there, type in the message number in the "Msg #" search box. If you see an active link below, you can use that too! :-) You must be a list subscriber to access the archives and files. Subscription information is below. _____ Now for this month's sampler of posts to the list: LOCAL AREA RESOURCES: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9053 Offering for group or private Spanish or German Classes in Porter/Lake County > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9110 Delaware County newsletter excerpts > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9173 Johnson County Public Library Programs > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9288 New homeschool group in Southwest Indiana > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9322 Geology and Art Classes for homeschoolers in Whitestown, IN area > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9412 NE Indiana Activities > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9417 Louisville Slugger Museum STATE RESOURCES: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9099 Minnetrista Center 2003 Schedule > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9314 Article about homeschooling in Muncie > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9114 Resources from Homeschool Free Stuff newsletter > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9090 Art website > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9102 Geography lesson plans > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9105 Homeschool postcard exchange > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9162 HSLDA conducting study of homeschooled adults > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9205 Reading Rainbow Contest > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9357 Parts of speech teaching tool > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9362 Information about high school science for college bound homeschoolers > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianaHomeschoolers/message/9398 Schimpff's Candy Museum in Jeffersonville Indiana ONLINE RESOURCES: > http://www.ihen.org/welcome/ IHEN's Web site welcome page INTERESTING DISCUSSION THREADS: * A proposed State Senate resolution concerning homeschooling in Indiana * Chess software and getting a State Chess organization to include homeschooler teams * More discussion and help for families new to homeschooling * Discussion about homeschool registration in Indiana * Discussion about tax credits for homeschoolers * Discussion on whether homeschool is the best decision _____ RESOURCES: Subscribe to the IndianaHomeschoolers list: > IndianaHomeschoolers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ~ [5] _________________________ HOOSIER HOMESCHOOLERS ON-LINE __________ by jessica radtke > jessradtke@yahoo.com ONLINE REFERENCES Welcome to another issue of Hoosier Homeschoolers On-Line! This month's topic: Online References. Many of my topics for this column come from searches that I have conducted either with my son or for myself, and this month is no different. I discovered the sites listed here while doing some research with my son, who wanted to look up some information in an encyclopedia. Unfortunately the encyclopedias were at the library while we were stuck at home for the day, so we turned once again to the Internet. -jr _____ > http://www.factmonster.com/ Out of all of the reference sites for children that I looked at, my son and I found this site to be one of the most interesting and easiest to use. The layout of the site is very kid-friendly, making it easy for children to find what they need. It includes a dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas and almanac. There are also educational games and quizzes and lots of fun and interesting facts on many subjects. Beware of all of the flashing ads in the form of television cartoon characters though. This site has an abundance of them. If you have not discussed the difference between actual site content and ads with your child, you might want to address that when you check out this site. > http://www.wordcentral.com/ "Word Central" is the Merriam-Webster site designed especially for kids. I have included it here primarily because of the student dictionary that is used as the basis for this online version. This site uses "Merriam-Webster's Intermediate Dictionary." The "Intermediate Dictionary" was specially edited for the 11-14 year old age range, but I have found that this version is also more suitable for younger children than the student dictionaries intended for their age range. Many of the dictionaries for younger students seem to have a high concentration of words that the average child already knows. They are not helpful for looking up unfamiliar words. The intermediate version includes a broader vocabulary without many of the slang and off color words that can be found in collegiate and other dictionaries, so when I ran across an online version, I had to bookmark it. There is also more to this Web site than just the online dictionary. In the "Teachers' Lounge" parents will find helpful articles with titles such as "Who was Noah Webster?," "How Does a Word Get Into the Dictionary?" and "A Brief History of the English Language." My one complaint about this section of the site is that their "Lesson Plans" area was most definitely lacking. (There was only one entry.) Some of the activities for children: * Find out the "Daily Buzzword" (word of the day). * Create a "vowel monster" or try one of the other "experiments" in the "Science Lab". * Build your own dictionary with unusual words. * Create an encoded message and send it to a friend to decode in the "Computer Lab." * Create a poem in the "Music Room." > http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/ This is the companion Web site to "The World Almanac for Kids" books. It features facts on subjects such as the presidents, US history, space, sports, animals, inventions, and more. Overall I find this site to be a good starting point, but we almost always go elsewhere to get in depth information. Some of the subjects on this site have very little information listed, but I have chosen to include it primarily because of the animals section. It is by far our favorite part of this Web site. We often look here first because the information is concise and easy for distractible young kids to read through. But what we have enjoyed most are the little tidbits of information that we have found on here. For instance, when we found an owl in our barn recently we of course decided to do a search on owls. While looking on this Web site we found out that many owls have asymmetrical skulls with ear openings at different levels. Facts like that often pique my son's interest and will instigate a search for more information. > http://www.yourdictionary.com/ This is my personal top pick of the month. This site is impressive! It includes the typical "look it up" feature of course, but there is so much more to this site: a multi-language translator, three different word of the day features (English, Spanish and Chinese), lists of the 100 most often misspelled and 100 most often mispronounced words, plus links to online thesauri and other online dictionaries -- phrase dictionaries, pronunciation dictionaries, multi-language dictionaries and translators, and dictionaries for anagrams, synonyms, homophones, rhymes, and more. There are even links to specialized dictionaries on such subjects as chemistry, art, biology, construction, cooking, mathematics hydrology, etymology, the list goes on and on. There are also links to sites dedicated to ancient writing systems, a section dedicated to endangered languages, a game area, and (my favorite) a collection of articles on "every facet of language written by the world's foremost linguists." > http://www.onlineconversion.com/ This Web site opens with the statement "Welcome to OnlineConversion.com: convert just about anything to anything else," and they mean it! There are conversions for length/distance, speed, time/date, weight, volume, area, pressure, force, energy, light, etc. There are also more unique conversions as well: ring and clothing sizes for different countries, common cooking conversions, wind chill factor conversions, letter grade to grade point average conversions, and financial converters/calculators for such things as monthly payments, savings estimations, currency conversions between 164 different countries, and much more. This is definitely a site to be bookmarked for future reference. -- Next month, more of course! If you have or know of an on-line resource, or if you own or know of a Web site you would like to spread the word about in the "Hoosier Homeschoolers On-Line," send the information to Jessica Radtke at: > jessradtke@yahoo.com ~ [6] _______________________________________ IHEN IN-terview __________ by the ihen staff > INterview@ihen.org JESSICA RADTKE: YOUR HAMILTON COUNTY CONTACT Welcome to the third installment of our new feature for the "IHEN Journal," called "IN-terview." We want YOU to meet some of US. This month, we would like to introduce Jessica Radtke, IHEN's County Contact for Hamilton County.... >> Q: Tell us a bit about your family. A: Our son Cameron is 6. He currently takes gymnastics and ice skating with some of his homeschool friends. Combine that with our usual support group meetings and other activities and we find that we are spending a lot of time in the car as of late. Cameron is also "into" science experiments, inventions and making books, though his primary passion is still anything Halloween related and it has been that way for a couple of years now. It definitely makes for some interesting and creative learning experiences! B.C. (Before Cameron) I was an artist and worked part time in an art supply store. I am constantly (though unsuccessfully) trying to find ways to integrate that part of my past back into my life. I also study alternative and natural healing methods and alternative spiritualities with the intention of working in those fields in the future. My husband David commutes to Indianapolis during the week and on the weekends has been getting a crash course in home restoration as we have been rehabbing our 100+ year old house for the last couple of years. *That* has been a learning experience for all of us! As a family, we also like to camp and garden. (When we aren't working on the house that is!) >> Q: How long have you been homeschooling? A: In typical unschooler fashion, I would have to say "since my son's birth."I can't point to a time and say, "...then we weren't homeschooling but now we are." It really is an ongoing learning experience that just changes as we change and evolves as we grow, both as a family and as individuals. >> Q: Why did you begin homeschooling? A: There were many reasons why I chose to keep my son home rather than sending him to school. Long before I had my son I knew I didn't want to send my then future children to public school. Public school simply did not fit in with my beliefs on life, learning and raising a family. I was researching private schools and found that the closest one that I was even remotely interested in was in the next state! I obviously had to find a new course of action, so I kept researching and came upon some references to John Holt and unschooling. I looked up his books at the library, found even more books on home/unschooling and found more on unschooling and homeschooling on the Web. The rest, as they say, is history. Once I "discovered" this lifestyle I simply knew that that was what we were meant to do. It just felt right for us. >> Q: Why did you decide to become an IHEN County Contact? A: I chose to become an IHEN County Contact because in many ways I was already doing the work that was required of a County Contact -- answering questions from area homeschoolers, helping them find resources, helping families who are new to homeschooling find their niche. I also wanted to be able to network with other people who were doing similar work in other parts of Indiana. I like to compare notes and help each other to help others in our area homeschool more successfully. >> Q: Are you working with IHEN in other ways? A: Hmmm...you mean other than being a part of the 'IHEN-Org' list when I can and giving my opinions? I also write the "Hoosier Homeschoolers Online" column for the IHEN "Journal". [You can't miss it! Scroll back up and read it. It's good! -ed] >> Q: What are some of your favorite resources for homeschoolers in >> your area? A: One of our all-time favorites is Conner Prairie, a living history museum. We spend a lot of time there during the warmer months. There is also a wonderful nature center in our area that has a library, greenhouse, wildlife observation area, live animals, and daily crafts, among other things. It's a great place to spend the winter days. We also utilize the area parks as often as possible in the warmer months and we have a very good selection from which to choose -- water parks, hiking trails, incredible playgrounds, nature preserves, and more. We also have a terrific network of libraries, a couple of which have staff members who are also homeschoolers. Overall, the libraries have been very supportive of the homeschoolers in our area and are becoming more so all the time. Hamilton County also happens to be close enough to Indianapolis for us to take advantage of the many opportunities there -- the Children's Museum, Indianapolis Zoo, Museum of Art, etc. The Children's Museum membership is pretty much a must-have for many of the homeschoolers we know. And because of the number of homeschooling families in our area and the willingness of the parents to set up activities and classes that meet their own children's needs, we get to take advantage of the many daytime activities that have been arranged by other homeschooling parents -- Open Gym at the Boys and Girls Club, homeschool skating lessons, homeschool gymnastics lessons, classes at the local libraries and similar activities. >> Q: How many support groups do you know of in your area? A: Homeschoolers in Hamilton County are very lucky in this respect. We have a number of established support groups with a wide range of interests and specialties. I can think of at least a handful right off the top of my head and I know there are more that I'm forgetting. But one of the complaints from many of the established groups is that we still need more! The existing groups are growing at such a fast rate that new groups are always needed. One of the areas where we need the most action is in the teen department. So many teens are leaving the school systems to homeschool lately and there really isn't a wide reaching support system in place for them yet. (But there are some families working on it.) >> Q: Anything else you would like Hoosier Homeschoolers to know? A: One of the things that I still hear frequently is that many families, especially those who are new to homeschooling, feel like they are the only homeschoolers in their area. I can pretty much guarantee this is not the case! I felt like this once myself, but when I set out to find other homeschoolers they practically "came out of the woodwork." It may take a little work, but if you really feel strongly about finding other homeschooled children for your kids to be around, the rewards are more than worth the effort it takes to find them. -- Jessica is also the Indiana Contact Person for the National Home Education Network, a national networking organization for homeschoolers. > http://www.nhen.org/ -ed. _____ RESOURCES: E-mail an IHEN County Contact near you. > CountyContacts@ihen.org (please put your county in the subject line) Learn how you can become an IHEN County Contact: Subscribe to the IHEN-Org list. > IHEN-Org-subscribe@yahoogroups.com IHEN County Contacts Web page: > http://www.ihen.org/IHEN_Contacts/IHEN_CCs/ IHEN's Internet Base Camp: > http://www.ihen.org/ ~ >> -------------- IHEN: BECOME A CHARTER MEMBER -------------- << IHEN is an all volunteer, membership driven organization with one main goal: We want to Help Hoosiers Homeschool. If you believe as we do, that what we're doing is worthwhile, please consider being a part of it by becoming a member of IHEN. > http://www.ihen.org/forms/membership/member_mail.htm >> ---------------------- ihen@ihen.org ---------------------- << [7] [New Feature for 2003!] ____________________________________ MAIDWELL - TRAVELS __________ (a traveling journal) by deanna maidwell-baatz > dbaatz@comcast.net THE JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY HOME The first place that we will explore is the James Whitcomb Riley Home, located at 528 Lockerbie Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. Driving directions are listed below for your convenience. Before I go any farther, to have some idea of what everyone is talking about, do some background research. Either pick up one of his books at your local library or read some of his writings on the Internet at: > http://www.selfknowledge.com/364au.htm I suggest "Little Orphan Annie", which is one of my family's favorites. Read about his life. Learn about the people he wrote about. Learn about his use of the English language. There are so many things to learn about him. My daughter is really into animals, so for some reason, we ended up incorporating his dog, "Lockerbie," into everything that we learned. Everywhere we went in the house, she looked for pictures of Lockerbie. He named his dog Lockerbie after the street because he loved it so much. PLANNING: Going on a field trip to the James Whitcomb Riley Home can be very eye opening to a child. To see that he or she gets everything that can be learned out of it, please be certain to call ahead of time. [317.631.5885] Ask to be certain that the museum isn't closed for repairs or that there isn't a large group touring the house. The less people the better because the child will get to experience everything that there is to experience. The hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00am-3:30pm, and Sunday, Noon-3:30pm. They are closed on Mondays, holidays, and the first three weeks in January. Admissions to the house are $.50 for students, ages 7-17, $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for seniors, and children 6 and under are free. If you have a large group of homeschoolers or know of a library that is interested, speakers are available to come give a presentation on James Whitcomb Riley and his works. Also, one other tidbit of information, parking is located on the north side of the house, not in front. If the lot is full, you can park anywhere on the street, except for in front of the house. They like to keep this available for deliveries, drop offs, etc. WHILE YOU'RE THERE: Another place that you might want to visit when in Indianapolis is Crown Hill Cemetery. James Whitcomb Riley is buried on the highest point in Crown Hill Cemetery. You can visit a page that tells about his grave and how to get to it at: > http://users.ntplx.net/~bbarker/deadprez/chq_pro.htm While at Crown Hill Cemetery, you might also want to visit the graves of President Benjamin Harrison, any of the three vice-presidents that are buried there or you might even want to see the grave of the famous bank robber, John Dillinger. The best time to visit the cemetery is in the spring when it is warmer because the roads going up to James Whitcomb Riley's grave are closed off due to the ice on the steep hills going to his grave. It is a great place to have a picnic or sit and relax. I have been told a lot of people have had their weddings there. It might seem a little morbid, having a wedding in a graveyard, but the place is really beautiful and a person can see all around Indianapolis from there. You can also view his grave from Michigan Road heading south when you are driving by the graveyard. Other attractions that are very nearby are the Indianapolis Children's Museum and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I hope this first installment of "Maidwell - Travels" has been beneficial to you and your family. The purpose of "FieldTripping" for the homeschooler is to ENJOY learning about the history of your state. Who said studying history had to be boring? Listed below are links to all of the sites I've mentioned above, as well as some extras. Until the next month, Happy Exploring!!! _____ RESOURCES: The James Whitcomb Riley Museum Web Site: > https://www.rileykids.org/museum/index.asp A map to get to the museum: > maps.yahoo.com To contact a guest speaker: Joellyn Ferraro, Riley Speakers Bureau > jferraro@rileymem.org 317-634-4474, ext. 228 To find the grave of James Whitcomb Riley: > http://www.interment.net/data/us/in/marion/crownhill/ The complete works of James Whitcomb Riley: > http://www.selfknowledge.com/364au.htm EXTRA CREDIT: The Indiana Historical Society: > http://www.indianahistory.org/heritage/riley.html The Lilly Library at Indiana University: > http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/riley/exhibit.htm Riley Hospital for Children: > http://sjcpl.lib.in.us/rhshomepage/riley2.html History Shirts that you can buy: > http://www.historyshirt.com/shirt/cgi/t-shirt.cgi?jwr The Indianapolis Children's Museum: > http://www.childrensmuseum.org The Indianapolis Museum of Art: > http://www.ima-art.org/ ~ [8] ____________________________________ POINTS OF INTEREST __________ _____ SCIENCE CORNER __________ by rick beymer, director, online science academy > http://www.onlinescienceacademy.com/ > beymer@adamswells.com DNA AND CLONING LINKMANIA!! This month, it's a Link-a-palooza of science information: An update on cloning with the euthanasia of Dolly > http://www.msnbc.com/news/872966.asp Information on the vernal equinox > http://www.equinox-and-solstice.com/html/vernal_equinox.html The solunar table > http://www.solunar.com/TheSolunarTheory.htm The solar observatory in Arizona > http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/ To keep track of solar maxes... > http://www.msnbc.com/news/692780.asp ...that produce solar flares... > http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/ssl/pad/solar/flares.htm ...and the aurora borealis > http://dac3.pfrr.alaska.edu/~pfrr/AURORA/ New fossil finds suggest changes in the lineage of hominids > http://www.msnbc.com/news/875140.asp?0bl=-0 And ... cosmic updates > http://www.msnbc.com/news/750150.asp?0bl=-0 Enjoy the coming of spring and if you have not done your pruning > http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/pruning/pruning.html around the house the time is long overdue. February is a great time to do that needed pruning so the plant has an entire growing season to repair and produce scar tissue to repair the wound via cell division. We all know from past science corners that cell division involves DNA and chromosomes. > http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/ Here are some other sites: > search.msn.com to search for information on our medium size star, the sun and on the aurora borealis. > search.msn.com For more information on cloning check the science links at my website. > http://www.onlinescienceacademy.com/ Enjoy your searches this month. As you choose these sites you will travel from the earth to the sun and back again and along the way surf some flares and see the northern lights. Enjoy! -- Rick Beymer is the Director of the Online Science Academy > http://www.onlinescienceacademy.com and can be reached at > beymer@adamswells.com ~ _____ NHEN - NATIONAL HOME EDUCATION NETWORK __________ > http://www.nhen.org IT'S LEGISLATIVE SEASON! by nicky hardenbergh How can homeschoolers get involved in the legislative process and make their voices heard? Nicky shares suggestions for getting started as well as links to documents and helpful websites. To read the article in its entirety: > http://www.nhen.org/nhen/pov/editors/default.asp?id=460 _____ RESOURCES: NHEN Website: > http://www.nhen.org Other POV Articles: > http://www.nhen.org/nhen/pov/editors/default.asp?id=371 Special webpages for New Homeschoolers: > http://www.nhen.org/newhser/default.asp?id=227 Subscribe to N-H-E-N (New Homeschoolers' Encouragement Newsletter) > http://www.nhen.org/newhser/default.asp?id=402 ~ >> ------------ IHEN.org: AN AMAZON.COM ASSOCIATE ------------ << Buying from Amazon.com helps IHEN help Hoosier Homeschoolers. [click the link below to visit the IHEN.org Books Home Page] > http://www.ihen.org/rd/buybooks.htm >> ------------------- AdManager@ihen.org -------------------- << _____ SITE SIGHTINGS __________ by ben bennett, site editor @ ihen.org > SiteEditor@ihen.org SHORT AND SWEET... WELL... SORT OF So, what's up with the ihen.org site? Quite a bit actually. Welcome to another new mini-feature of your "IHEN Journal" newsletter. Why? It's time everyone learned of one of the best kept secrets in Indiana: "We have a pretty cool Web site for Hoosier Homeschoolers! It's growing by the week, and we're getting new volunteers monthly, who are willing to step up to the plate and help IHEN Help Hoosiers Homeschool. One of those great Hoosier Helpers is Tammy Marquam! Tammy is going to be the "Page Editor" for the "New Homeschoolers" home page. This means that if you have ideas or comments about the content in that area of the Web site, let Tammy know about it! Oh... you can also just write to say, "Thanks!" :-) The New Homeschoolers Home Page > http://www.ihen.org/IHEN-NewHSers/ E-mail Tammy Marquam, Page Editor > TM_PageEditor@ihen.org We have had requests for allowing classified ads, sales, trades, etc. on the statewide networking list. While we don't allow advertising on the networking list as a rule, we think this is a pretty good idea. So we set up a list (yes... another list!) just for posting those want-ads, curricula sales, garage sales, or just a note that you have a couch to give away to the first person with a truck! Sign up early and be the first to get those sale notices right in your IN-Box! Or you can just send a "sale" post to the list. Why not? It's free! Subscribe to the IHEN-Market Advertising List > IHEN-Market-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Post an ad to the IHEN-Market List (you don't have to be a subscriber) > IHEN-Market@yahoogroups.com Check out the IHEN-Market home page for great deals > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IHEN-Market/messages/ The IHEN-Market List is moderated by Brathann Rule > IHEN-Market-owner@yahoogroups.com Okay, so this wasn't as short as you wanted it to be. I promise, next time I'll try harder to just post links of interest and let YOU decide where to go. Before I go, I need to state the obvious: Web hosting costs money. If you are happy with what we at IHEN are doing, why not show your pleasure by becoming a member? We ALL want to keep Helping Hoosiers Homeschool. IHEN Membership Form (Print, fill it out, send it in. 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