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16 Feb 08
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Chow and Chekhov.’ For more than six years, families have gathered one Friday evening a month in each other´s homes for a potluck meal. A theme for the food is picked each month by the hosting family — green food, dessert night, pizza toppings, foreign food, etc. After the meal, starting with the youngest child and moving by age to the oldest, everyone takes a turn to talk about their favorite book. Imagine a tiny child telling everyone — tots, teens, and adults — their two special sentences about Hop on Pop! while everyone in the room listens respectfully! When younger children are finished, they drift off to play elsewhere while the rest of the group moves to more complex literature. The founders of this popular event no longer attend. This is one club that took on a life of its own!
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Latin Club. This club included six families with students aged 9-17. They met twice a month. Each family purchased the same Latin textbook, as all group members were beginning students. One chapter was covered each meeting. Many fun and enriching activities were organized, such as a toga party, crossword puzzles, movies, preparing food, reading myths, and so on. All ages learned together.
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Destination Imagination, (formerly Odyssey of the Mind). This international organization offers an annual creative problem-solving competition. Teams of five to seven children select a problem in the fall and develop their solution for a presentation in the spring. Homeschooling groups have participated successfully in these competitions. Fundamentals of Homeschooling, pp. 284-285. .
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