VETERANS DAY

• Free Meal at Applebees
• Free Admission to Colonial Williamsburg (November 11-14) and Mt. Vernon - Plus free or discounted admission to other locations and lodgings throughout Virginia!
• Free Meal at Golden Corral (Monday, November 15)

Save 52% on The American Heritage Series from Wallbuilders

An American history double header! Save 52% on the award-winning The American Heritage Series from Wallbuilders, and/or History: Our Faith and Foundation DVD set from Bridgestone. Together, these DVDs retrace America's true Christian foundations, discuss the secularization of history today, and recount how God was the root of America's birth as a free nation.

At the Homeschool Buyers Co-op

HOMESCHOOLING AROUND THE WORLD 

Sweden Update
Officials in Sweden still keep Domenic Johansson from his parents more than a year after snatching him from an airplane while he and his parents were in the process of leaving the country. The judge in the case also barred the parents' choice of a very successful family attorney, Ruby Harrold-Claesson. In another town, officials will not allow the "Robbins" family (a pseudonym) to even present their case in court, but simply deny it. Keep our Swedish friends in prayer.

EVENT PICTURES AND REPORTS    

Homeschool Day at Berkeley Plantation &
HEAV Bike-a-Thon
The cool, fall day was perfect for the HEAV Bike-a-Thon from Charles City Courthouse to Berkeley Plantation--the site of our nation's first Thanksgiving in 1619. Visiting the historic plantation and its beautifully maintained grounds on the James River was like stepping back into another time.
View the pictures!

Frontier Culture Museum

Homeschool Day

In late October, beautiful fall foliage and a crisp breeze welcomed hundreds of homeschool families to the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton. Parents and students learned about the different countries from which the early settlers came--places such as Ireland, England, Germany, and Africa. Each group brought their own ways of farming and their own customs to America. 

View the pictures!

Watch for Mt. Vernon pictures next week!

As always, thank you for your support! We couldn't do what we do without you! 

1.1 Bluefield College Homeschool Open House - Bluefield - November 15

1.2 Yard Sale - Lynchburg - Reserve by November 16
1.3 Great American Energy Debate Workshop - Alexandria - Register by December 1
1.4 The Nutcracker Ballet - Bridgewater and New Market - Begins December 3

1.5 Landry Academy Seeks Online Teachers and In-Person Camp Leaders
1.6 Homeschool Blogger: Live and Recorded Free Classes

1.7 Article - Steve Walden: "Escaping the Homeschool Matrix"

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2) General Interest Items
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2.1 Reader's Theater: Far from Fields of Fire and Glory - Lynchburg - November 11

2.2 "Bonhoeffer" with Author Eric Metaxas - Richmond - November 20
2.3 Sully Historic Site Activities - Chantilly - Begins December 1
2.4 Article - "Modesty in the Church"

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3) Cool Sites for Homeschoolers
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3.1 The Teaching Home Thanksgiving Issues
3.2 Winter Squash Recipes from $5 Dinners
3.3 Homeschooling with an Infant or Preschooler
3.4 Yarn Concentration Game Online
3.5 Free Timeline Printables

3.6 Review Free Books for Thomas Nelson Publishers

3.7 The Farmer's Puzzle - Solution

3.8 Amazing Amateur Solar Astronomy Video

4) Parting Thought - The Farmer's Puzzle

This old puzzle--or similar ones found on the Internet--may occupy children while you travel this month.

A farmer is trying to cross a river. He wants to take with him a rabbit, carrots, and a fox, but he has only a small raft. He can just bring one item at a time across the river because his raft can only fit the rabbit, the carrots, or the fox. How does he cross the river without having the fox eat the rabbit or the rabbit eat the carrots (which they will do if any two are left together without him present)?

- Author Unknown (See the answer at item 3.7.)

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5) Worth Repeating
"Back of the loaf is the snowy flour,

And back of the flour is the mill;

And back of the mill is the wheat, and the shower

And the sun, and the Father's will."
- Maltbie D. Babcock (1858-1901), American minister and hymn writer. Reverend Babcock, once a healthy, athletic young man, reportedly wore himself out in Christian service before dying from a short illness at just 42. After his death, his widow published a poem he had written, which is now sung as the hymn "This Is My Father's World." Read more about Reverend Babcock and hear some of his hymns at The Cyber Hymnal.

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6) Verse of the Week
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.