Archive for Homeschooling in Rochester

Suzuka, Volume 10


Here is a cute anime book, for higher level readers who love anime!

Product Description
CHRISTMAS CONFLICT

Suzuka can’t wait to spend Christmas with her new boyfriend, Yamato. But then she’s invited to an exclusive collegiate training camp over the holidays. She breaks the bad news to Yamato, hoping that he’ll beg her not to go. Aiming to be a supportive boyfriend (and forgetting all about Christmas!), Yamato insists she attend the camp. Now Suzuka is furious, and clueless Yamato can’t figure out what he’s done wrong. Will Suzuka and Yama… More >>


Suzuka, Volume 10

The Sibley Learning Center
293 Roslyn St. RochesterNY14619 USA 
 • 5859357131

Save the Tuscarora White Corn

Hey local gardeners! Here is a great article about a wonderful Native corn:
http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/ark_product_detail/tuscarora_white_corn/

Interested in growing Tuscarora White corn, a native breed that is in danger of dying out?

Please contact Lou Sinesio at 585-229-5572 or at whitecorn (AT) ganondagan (DOT) org

Zen Master Paintings

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Hakuin Ekaku (1685–1768) is one of the most influential figures in the history of Zen. He can be considered the founder of the modern Japanese Rinzai tradition, for which he famously emphasized the importance of koan practice in awakening, and he revitalized the monastic life of his day. But his teaching was by no means limited to monastery or temple. Hakuin was the quintessential Zen master of the people, renowned for taking his teaching to all parts of society, … More >>


The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin

Girls to the Rescue series

The seven Girls to the Rescue books have sold more than 300,000 copies. Parents, teachers, and psychologists endorse this series as an entertaining learning tool that provides positive role models. With stories from around the world–a Chinese girl who saves her village from starvation; a Sicilian girl who outsmarts a greedy merchant–this book has multicultural appeal.

About the Author
“As a proud father, I want my daughter to go as far in life as her talents and ambition will take her. I think I share that attitude with many fathers. That is why dads coach their daughters in sports and try to motivate them to excel in their academic work. That is also what many dads have in mind when they look for bedtime stories to tell to their daughters.

Failing to find stories that provided heroic role models for my daughter, I used to make up stories in which my daughter played a heroic role. In these stories, she never encountered problems that she could not overcome.

Not every father or mother is good at making up stories. So I wrote and collected some stories that all parents will want to tell their daughters.”

-Bruce Lansky

Reviews
“Girls to the Rescue is a powerful antidote to all those helpless, hopeless princess stories. These stories are amusing, poignant, inspiring, and ultimately healing.”
–Mary Phiper, Ph.D. author of Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

“Forget about glass slippers and helpless damsels. The moral of this story is: Girls can do anything, even save the day!”
–Peggy Orenstein, author of School Girls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap

Claim your Bruce Lansky, “Girls to the Rescue” books here:

Bruce Lansky books

Horse riding lessons in Rochester, NY

I just met a fabulous horse riding instructor who just moved to Rochester. Her name is Tina Cope and she offers horses riding lessons in dressage for children and adults. Dressage is just the fancy equestrian word for English riding, as opposed to western.

Tina has a wonderful approach to training horses as well as riders. It’s all about trust and communication. Arianna starts lessons this week at Alivio Horse Farm and she is SO excited! Tina has a pony for children to ride, as well as other school horses.

So, if you are interested in horse riding lessons in Rochester, NY to meet your homeschooling gym requirements or even equine studies, I highly recommend checking out Alivio Horse Farm!

My Montessori Homeschool in Rochester

Why I homeschool in Rochester

My first experience with Montessori education was when my little brother attended a Montessori preschool as part of his speech therapy. He absolutely loved the teachers, the environment, the other children, it was like his home away from home. I was impressed that such a school could take a three year old with limited language skills and help him feel so successful and happy, especially when he was so easily frustrated at home.

When I had my first child, I knew that I would homeschool her. We moved to Rochester when she was almost four and had the good fortune to meet a trained Montessori teacher who taught out of her home, just a few blocks from us. I immediately enrolled my daughter and soon realized how enriching the environment was for her and how well the teacher came to know my daughter. As a trained reading teacher, I was impressed by her careful observations of my child and how she could teach every student at their own individual level.

As a teacher, I knew that “center work” was inspired by Maria Montessori, but never really understood the philosophy behind learning centers. I also had the opportunity to be trained in Reading Recovery, developed by Marie Clay, who was heavily influenced by Montessori’s work, but longed to know more.

Since then, I have had the opportunity to observe a Montessori classroom and visit a Montessori school. After seeing everything in action and taking the parent workshops offered by my daughter’s Montessori teacher, I began to see that the Montessori philosophy is really an entirely different way to approach education. And you can’t really grasp that philosophy until you experience an internal transformation because it is so all-encompassing.

Our Montessori preschool in Rochester

I am now homeschooling my two children using what I know about the Montessori method. Because I heard so many other parents in Rochester who were interested in Montessori but not wanting to commit to a full day private school or private preschool, I decided to share my children’s instruction with other interested families.  I am looking forward to these classes helping me to become more Montessori-like as I guide my children through their homeschooling years.

I am attracted to the concept of cosmic education, meeting children’s needs at a variety of levels and giving them both freedom and responsibility to work and structure their time within a prepared environment. Even though I consider myself an eclectic homeschooling mom, I feel very honored to share my Montessori Homeschool with preschool children here in Rochester.

Rebecca Wolf

Amazing Art Resource for Rochester

One of my dear friends works at the Memorial Art Gallery here in Rochester and just sent me the link to a fabulous resource for homeschooling families.

http://mag.rochester.edu/trc/

Not only can you access the website and lesson plans, you can actually go the MAG’s library inside the museum and borrow art books, children’s books, kits and CDs for FREE! Just bring your homeschooling letter from your district and get your own card.

And you can always visit the museum too!

Enjoy!
Rebecca

Homeschool Share Website

If your child enjoys making lapbooks as a way to record, exhibit, and easily store his/her research in a handy file folder format, then you will LOVE this website. There are hundreds of lapbooks that you can download for free on a wide range of topics.

Before I forget, here is the link:

http://www.homeschoolshare.com/Lapbooks_at_HSS.php

Have fun!
Rebecca

Memorial Art Gallery — Free Day!

The Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester is holding a Make It! Take It! Sculpt It! Day for FREE this Sunday from noon to 5.
Here is the link for more details: http://rochester.kidsoutandabout.com/node/35466

Don’t forget it’s strawberry season! Kids love to get out and pick their own fruit. My daughters have been hard at work in the kitchen making biscuits for strawberry shortcake. Mmm, it was like my grandmother made them herself!

Enjoy,
Rebecca

Photo site for educators

I found a great website that is FREE for educators/homeschoolers/students to use! The photographer is always looking for great venues to take educational pictures for the site and you can sign up to host him coming to your area to take pictures, so the site will continue to grow.

There’s already some wonderful science and social studies pictures up already. Check it out at: http://www.edupic.net/host.htm

Enjoy,
Rebecca