On August 1, 2012, the Code of Alabama will require all students aged 6 to 17 to be enrolled in a school.  How does this affect church schools and families that homeschool?  Now, parents will need to enroll and file a Church School Enrollment Form with the school superintendent a whol

Be Ready Camp is an educational camp designed to show 6th grade students the importance of disaster preparedness.  The students will learn first aid, light search and rescue skills, fire safety, triage, and incident command structure.  At the conclusion of the week the students will p

http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html Merriam-Webster’s Word Central is an online dictionary resource for kids.  It offers a thesaurus and rhyming dictionary, as well as daily word challenges.  I know that we had some issues finding a dictionary that would serve the purposes of o

http://www.lucideducation.com Lucid Education offers free resources as well as online courses for PreAlgebra, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Precalculus, Calculus, Physical Science, and Physics.  You can use the Video Index to find video lessons to supplement or help explain issues

The Scholastic Book Warehouse in Birmingham offers several sales throughout the year that offer savings on popular fiction as well as nonfiction, reference books, computer software, posters, and games.  This year’s sale will be  May 7-19, 2012.  Click here to view the flyer.  Yo

http://www.alabamapower.com/safety/townalabama.htm Safe-T-Opolis is a flash player interactive town (sponsored by Alabama Power) that educates students and adults on safety around electricity.  There is also a Q&A section to test your electric safety knowledge!

http://ascaniusyci.org/latinsummer/birmingham.htm LatinSummer Birmingham is a two-week summer curriculum that offers classes for grades 2-7 that explore mythology, Greek & Roman history, and Latin language studies.  This is a great offering for those who are looking at studying th

Saturday, April 21, 2012 Birmingham Zoo is offering special activities from 10am to 3pm in celebration of Earth Day.  You will be able to: Watch Planet Earth Inc. Puppet Show performed by the Emmy nominated puppeteer Lee Bryan, “That Puppet Guy”, in the auditorium. Shows w

http://www.heartofwisdom.com/homeschoollinks/category/free/ Heart of Wisdom offers many resources and even e-newsletters with homeschool support.  This particular part of their website offers links to FREE resources for Bible studies as well as samples to their curriculum offerings, w