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Live Interactive Music Performance at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art!

Bring the family
Live interactive performance
Groundbreaking computer music

Thursday, October 30
6:30 - 8:30 pm

UVA Virginia Center for Computer Music:
20 Years of Play!

TechnoSonics Anniversary Tour

In 2008, the Virginia Center for Computer Music celebrates 20 years of groundbreaking computer music. To mark this occasion, the TechnoSonics tour will stop at the DCCA to showcase the exciting work composed at the VCCM. "Play," the central theme of this year's festival, highlights engaging trends in interactive media such as robotics, audience involvement, computer-mediated performance, and improvisation.

Audience members will be invited to perform!

For more information
or
To reserve seats,
Contact:
The education department
at
DCCA
302-656-6466 ext. 7106
veastburn@thedcca.org

(Ticket will also be available at the door)

Cost:
Free: DCCA Members & Children under 12
$5: General Admission

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Six for the Road ~ TLC Special About a Unique Homeschooing Family!

"SIX FOR THE ROAD"
The Learning Channel
a 2 part limited run series
October 29th & November 5th
10 PM ET/PT

This two-part special follows a homeschooling family of six as they explore America in a RV

One year ago on October 15, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, a unique six-member family moved out of their 3,400 square foot house into a 340 square foot RV and set out for an adventure that continues today. Capturing their time adjusting to life on the road as they crisscross the United States.

Having traveled more than 31,000 miles, the family, comprised of parents Vern & Kati, daughters Auvi (14) and Zoe (12), and sons Kelby (10) and Conner (7), along with three dogs, balances homeschooling, running an internet business, navigating the RV culture, and exploring America. Can they adjust to life as modern nomads, or will the limited privacy and increasing cost of gas drive them back to a more conventional lifestyle?

SIX FOR THE ROAD is produced for TLC by Figure 8 Films

For more information:
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Introduction to Open Education: Homeschooling to Unschooling

Open Connections
Sunday, November 2
4pm - 6pm

A presentation for those just starting out with home education or for those interested in pursuing home education.

The presentation provides parents or guardians with information on how to comply easily and fairly with the state law, a diverse list of potential resources, and suggestions about how a family can clarify the homeschooling or unschooling path that is right for them.

FREE

For more information:

Barbara
(610) 459-3366

Open Connections
1616 Delchester Road
Newtown Square, PA 19073

www.openconnections.org

Open Connections is an educational resource center and learning community for young people and their families.

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Bats and Other Creatures of the Night at the Delaware Museum of Natural History

Go batty over nocturnal animals!
Live bats, owls, and other nocturnal animals!

Saturday, October 25
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The Delaware Museum of Natural History gets ready for Halloween with nocturnal animals and special activities that will shed light on the mysteries and misconceptions about bats and other creatures that work nature's night shift.

* Bat expert Tonyea Mead with live bats!
* Owls from the Philadelphia Zoo!
* More nocturnal animals like toads, lizards, snakes, and tarantulas!

* Nocturnal Animal Sound Game ~ listen to recorded animal noises
* Scavenger Hunt
* Animal crafts

Admission
$6 for adults
$5 for children (3-17)
$4 for seniors
FREE for children 2 and younger and museum members

Visitors dressed in Halloween costumes will receive $1 off admission
For more information:
302-658-9111
or
www.delmnh.org

Delaware Museum of Natural History
4840 Kennett Pike (Route 52)
Wilmington, DE 19807

About the Delaware Museum of Natural History
As the only natural history museum in Delaware, DMNH opened its doors in 1972 to excite and inform people about the natural world through exploration and discovery. The museum is located five miles north of Wilmington, and three miles from the Pennsylvania state line, at 4840 Kennett Pike (Route 52).


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Delaware Book Festival

Saturday, November 1, 2008
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The First State Heritage Park
Dover, Delaware

* Meet more than 30 nationally recognized authors and illustrators of fiction and non-fiction books for children, teens and adults !
* Come and enjoy author discussions and workshops!
* See favorite storybook characters and create fun crafts — and more!

Visit the Delaware Book Festival website for details on participating authors, planned workshops, and other special events.

2008 Delaware Book Festival
Division of Libraries
Delaware Center for the Book
43 South DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19901


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What About Homeschooler Portfolios?

Wednesday, October 22
from
7pm - 9pm

Open Connections, an educational resource center and learning community for young people and their families, is holding a
"What about Homeschooler Portfolios?"
presentation on Wednesday, October 22, 7-9pm.

This workshop is designed for parents who would like guidance in designing a process for organizing a portfolio, which is required for year-end evaluation for registered homeschoolers. Our goal is to help each family identify a portfolio process that best fits their own temperament, routines and capabilities.

This session costs $25

Location:
Open Connections
1616 Delchester Road,
Newtown Square, PA 19073

To register and for more information,
please contact Barbara
(610) 459-3366

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Programs For Upper Level Middle School & High School Age Students from the Delaware Nature Society!

Advanced Field Ornithology
and
Springs & Streams

(For ages 13 to 17)

Wednesday
October 29th

Advanced Field Ornithology
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
$8/student
* Study, map, and compare and contrast bird populations at the Burrows Run Preserve.
* Use GPS systems and topographic maps to calculate area and estimate a variety of seasonal bird populations.
* Calculate differences in population densities for different habitats.
* You will be able to continue the experience as you communicate and share information with students from Central America working on a similar study.
* This program utilizes binoculars, field guides, maps, GPS equipment, directional microphone, and a tape recorder.

Springs & Streams
12:45 PM to 2:45 PM
$6/student
* Visit three sites in a stream continuum at Burrows Run Preserve to test and compare them chemically, physically, and biologically.
* Follow the flow of water from a spring where it exits the ground downstream to the Burrows Run.
* On the way, test and record the changes in the water’s chemical and physical properties and investigate the different forms of life that depend on the stream as the water flows over the land and is affected by the environment.


For More Information
and
To Register:

David H. Pragoff
School and Group Programs Team Leader
Delaware Nature Society
P.O. Box 700
Hockessin, DE 19707
302-239-2334 x.133

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Specialy Priced Student Matinee Performances at the Delaware Theater Company!

"Master Harold" and the Boys
by
Athol Fugard
Directed by
Richard Corley

Fugard's masterpiece explores the world of Hally, a white teenager who has grown up in South Africa in the company of Sam and Willie, the devoted black servants in his mother's tea room. This is a powerful story about love, prejudice and coming of age in the age of apartheid.

STUDENT MATINEE PERFORMANCES
Thursdays,
October 23 & 30
10:30AM
Contains mature language

* Great for students studying social sciences,
civil rights, South African history, or humanities.*

Complimentary study guides.

Opportunities to meet the cast after the performance.

Specially-priced student tickets.

Student Matinees:
just $11.50/student
1 free chaperone ticket per
20 students.*
* call and ask about homeschoolers' tickets

Regular Shows:
$15 for students
$13 for groups of 10 or
more students.


ORDER YOUR STUDENT MATINEE TICKETS NOW!
For more info and reservations
call
302.594.1104 x204
or email:
JohannaSchloss@delawaretheatre.org

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October is Children's Magazine Month!

An annual celebration to inspire children's literacy around the world.

Cricket in celebrating by offering $6 off a one year subscription on 14 of their award-winning magazines.

To receive the discount
you must enter:
CODE N351


For details visit their
website



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