Thursday, February 6, 2014

Central Valley Home School - February 2014

Coming Events

February 28 - Civil War Experience @ Mooney Grove Park
March 13 or 14 - Peach Blossom Festival
March 27 - Charlotte's Web @ California Theatre Center

Peach Blossom Festival

The purpose of the Peach Blossom Festival is to expose children to oral interpretation and allow them to have a positive experience at Fresno State.  The children that attend are from all areas of the Central Valley.  Students memorize and perform a poem/oral reading in front of designated judges (CSU Speech Students).  

SHARES Cards

Thanks to all who have been using SHARES cards at Sav-Mart. 

Check out the recommendation written by Jessica Wilhite, mom of Preston (Gr. 2) and Noah (Gr. 1).

Since my boys have been interested in learning how to type better, I found this website: www.typingweb.comIt's a free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for kids of all ages. The cool part about it is, it tracks your progress, accuracy, how many words per minute & so on. My boys have really enjoyed it so far. I signed up under the Teachers Portal & created a login for each of my boys. That way when they are ready to have their computer time for typing, they login to their own account so it keeps track of each child & continues from where they left off previously. This program has really taught my older two how to properly place their hands in the correct position & learn to type without removing their hands from the keyboard. They have done several practice rounds already & they are doing so well. I would definitely recommend this program to anyone who is interested.