Podcasts are pretty awesome ways to pass the time and they're informative and fun! Whether you're listening in the car, or using them as routine quiet time at home, podcasts can set the reset button on the day and bring everyone to center for a bit. They are even great supplements for homeschool education. There are tons of homeschool related podcasts out there and we're highlighting a few. Many homeschool podcasts are geared toward supporting and encouraging the homeschool parent. One such podcast is by none other than our local friend, Colleen Kessler. Colleen is a homeschooling parent, a gifted specialist, educational consultant, author and speaker who lives right here in Northeast Ohio. Here is a link to her podcast: Raising Lifelong Learners Podcast Other homeschool podcasts are geared toward kiddo listeners. Here is a list of some great podcasts for homeschool kids which supplement learning, encourage creativity, and support curiosity. Brains On! – Brains On! is a podcast featuring science and kids produced by American Public Media. Each episode is co-hosted by a different kid, exploring such questions as “why is the ocean salty?” and “how do elevators work?”.
Classics for Kids – Naomi Lewen brings classical music’s great composers to life through music and stories. Be sure to check out the website for lesson plans, worksheets and more! Story Nory – The Story Nory website has hundreds of free stories you can listen to, from fairy tales and myths to original stories, classics, poetry, and everything in between. You can listen online, download, or subscribe via iTunes (or whatever podcast app you use). Story Pirates – Story Pirates turns kids’ original stories into wild sketch comedy musicals featuring professional actors to show those kids just how amazing their ideas are. The Show About Science – 6-year-old Nate is the host of this podcast about science. Sparkle Stories – 1000 original stories available for $15/month. Some episodes are available for free. Astronomy Cast – Astronomy Cast takes a fact-based journey through the cosmos as it offers listeners weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology. Barefoot Books Podcast – These classic children’s stories, fairy tales, poems and songs tap into the wisdom of many cultures, while never forgetting that childhood is a time for fun. Aaron’s World – An imaginative science podcast for kids exploring the pre-historic world. Adventures in Odyssey – Produced by Focus on the Family, these audio dramas have been around for quite a while, and are now available for online streaming on their website, as a podcast, or for purchase on CD. Membership in the Adventures in Odyssey Club is also available, which includes unlimited episode streaming and all the newest episodes. Paws & Tales – Geared for younger kids than the Adventures in Odyssey audience, this podcast, produced by Insight for Living, aims to capture the hearts of kids through characters they love and situations they can relate to. Tumble-Science Podcast for Kids – Exploring stories of scientific discovery, Tumble is a science podcast created to be enjoyed by the entire family. Hosted & produced by Lindsay Patterson (science journalist) & Marshall Escamilla (teacher). But Why? – This podcast is for curious kids, and kids can submit their own questions! But Why tackles topics large and small, about nature, words, and more. Nature Kids Radio -This podcast is completely dedicated to reconnecting kids, families and the entire human species with the wonders of nature! BBC’s Listen & Play – This podcast includes familiar songs, rhymes, stories and sound discrimination games. Stuff You Missed in History Class – Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by HowStuffWorks.com. Book Club for Kids – The Book Club for Kids is a podcast where young readers meet to talk about a book. The show includes a celebrity reading from the book and the author joins us in to answer your questions. The Radio Adventures of Dr Floyd – This family-friendly new twist on “old time radio” features the adventures and exploits of the World’s Most Brilliant Scientist, Dr. Floyd! Join Dr. Floyd as he tries to thwart the plans of his evil arch-nemesis, Dr. Steve, all the while learning about the people and events that shaped the history of the Earth. Fallacy Friday – A series by Matthew Flannagan dealing with critical thinking, logic, and fallacies. Science Friday NPR – Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff. High Five French – This podcast for young learners is part of the High Five French course from Radio Lingua Network. The full course, which includes videos, activity, and notes for parents, is available for purchase. Coffee Break French/Spanish/Italian/German/Chinese – These podcasts are part of the Coffee Break Languages courses available from Radio Lingua Network and are free. Full course material can be purchased. Your Story Hour – This podcast began back in the 1940s as a weekly library story hour turned radio show. It features exciting stories from the Bible and from true to life situations.
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Happy Fall! It's the first day of Autumn and what better way to celebrate this beautiful season but with fall hikes. Here are 10 of the coolest places to go for hikes and walks in Northeast Ohio. 1. Gorge Metro Park in Summit County is a 1.8-mile hiking course that ranges from easy to rigorous. The trail accesses Mary Campbell Cave and several rock formations. You'll also find waterfalls and fishing docks. 2. Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve is almost 650 acres in Lake County. It boasts the largest reed grass march in Ohio and a beautiful beech-sugar maple forest, and a rare mixed oak swamp forest. 3. Princess Ledges Nature Preserve in Medina County is a majestic mix of sandstone rock formations and rich oak forest. You'll find tulip poplars, warblers and two trails. The Nature Trail is a mile and the Ledges trail is about a half mile. Hiking challenge is moderate. The sandstone ledges were once the Lake Erie Shoreline thousands of years ago. 4. The West Woods in Geauga County includes 7 miles of amazing trails, a nature center, and over 900 acres of wetlands and forest. 5. Amherst Beaver Creek Reservation in Lorain County has a winding creek, and pine forest that makes the area unique. Bridges cross Beaver Creek offering beautiful viewpoints to observe plant and wildlife. 6. Jackson Bog State Nature Preserve in Stark County is the result of glacial movements over a million years ago. It's 58 acres of geological wonder. 7. Towner's Woods in Portage County is 234 acres of forest, wetlands and meadows next to Lake Pippen, a glacial kettle hole lake. Hiking ranges from easy to strenuous. 8. Barnes Preserve in Wayne County is a park designed to give everyone access to nature. It is ADA approved as a non-challenging hiking area for anyone with any limitation. 9. Mill Creek Park in Mahoning County is a metropark in Youngstown with a history stretching back to 1891. It is a gorgeous 4.500 acres to explore complete with an old mill and cascading stream. 10. The Western Reserve Greenway Trail is 44 miles of rail trail through Ashtabula and Trumbull Counties. It's a beautiful, quiet rural area near Lake Erie. In the United States, breakfast is the most skipped meal. Most often, the excuse is that we're too busy or in a hurry. Homeschool families though, have the luxury of slowing down and making sure that breakfast starts the day. What better way to be productive homeschoolers than to feed our brains the energy it needs to learn! But, what are we eating for breakfast? If you're filling your bellies with donuts or cereal or toaster pastries every morning, you might not be getting the optimum fuel to start your day and your kiddos may not be getting what they need. The month of September is a time to reflect on what we are eating for breakfast, and whether we need to tweak the menu. For some inspiration, here is what cultures around the world eat for breakfast. As a homeschool cultural lesson, try some of these this month and experience "Breakfast From Around the World." China: dumplings, rice in vegetable soup, fried sponge cake, steamed creamy custard bun, and porridge Guyana: bake and saltfish. Saltfish is whitefish preserved in salt, and bake is bread dough, fried. Iran: sweet black tea, bread, butter, feta cheese, and sometimes fresh fruit and nuts. France: tea, coffee, juice, or hot chocolate, with bread and butter or pastries. Japan: rice, fish, miso soup, sticky soy beans, and nori seaweed. Poland: scrambled eggs topped with kielbasa (a sausage) and potato pancakes. Southern India: idli and sambar, a vegetable stew served with steamed lentil and rice bread. Also popular is dosa, a thin crunchy crepe with a spicy potato filling. Italy: a cup of coffee with milk and a slice of bread. Central India: uttapam, which is a thick pancake with vegetables, served with chutney. Colombia: a mixture of leftovers from the night before is common, as is soup or cereal. Turkey: cheese, olives, honey, jam, bread, an omelette, and fruit. Brazil: Pão de Queijo (bread cheese) is a common breakfast dish served with coffee. Philippines: bread rolls and coffee. Tapsilog (rice with dried meat and a fried egg) is also common. Nigeria: Ogi and Akara (cornmeal and bean cakes) and well as yam and fried eggs, and fried plantain. Venezuela: arepa, a flat corn cake. Arepas are filled with various things like cheese, ham, chicken, or fish. Or, black beans, savory shredded beef cooked with vegetables, white cheese, perico (eggs scrambled with vegetables), avocado, and an arepa." Cambodia: Kuy Teav, a rice noodle soup with meat and vegetables. Lebanon: Manakish, a flatbread flavoured with za'atar and sometimes cheese, served with tomatoes. Indonesia: rice and fried fish, or fried rice and a fried egg (Nasi Goreng), or chicken porridge. Pakistan: Nihari, a spicy meat curry, served with naan. Or, Halwa Poori, and a curry (beans or potato) Morocco: bread, honey, olives, and dates, as well as Turkish coffee and mint tea. Israel: Shakshuka, eggs poached in a tomato sauce. Also, cheese, omelette, tuna, olives, bread and butter/jams, salad and spreads." UK: bacon, eggs, British sausage, baked beans, fried tomato, fried mushrooms, black pudding, toast. If you're like most homeschool families, you're living on one income. So, discounts and deals go a long way. Kids' consignment sales are a fantastic way to get amazing deals on gently used clothes, toys and equipment. And, there are a ton of them in northeast Ohio. New ones seem to pop up every year. That's because they are also fabulous fundraisers for the organizations that run them. Most often, it is an ECPTA that is holding the sale (Early Childhood PTA). If you're in need of kids' clothes, toys, baby stuff, you're in luck. In fact, you don't ever have to pay full price retail for any of that stuff if you're willing to consignment-hop. While Facebook has become more popular as a used-item marketplace, the benefit of a physical sale is that you get to see the items up close. There are two different types of consignment sales. One is based on seller's tables. Each seller buys a table and sell only their stuff at that table. The nice thing about this is that if you find a mom-seller that has stuff you love, or has exactly the size you need for the gender you need, then you can go back to that seller time and time again. The other type of sale is an aggregate sale where all seller's contribute their items and those items are organized generally by type and size. The benefit here is that instead of seeking out the ideal seller for you, you can just go to the table of the item or size you are looking for. Either way, there's no sweeter deal than a consignment sale deal. Here is a list of upcoming sales in northeast Ohio. If you know of an event that is not listed, contact us at info@neo-learners.com and we'll add it: September 14, 2019 Summit County Mothers of Multiples (consignment) Chapel Hill Christian School, 1090 Howe Ave, Cuyahoga Falls 8am-1pm...FREE admission some items 50% off the last hour http://www.cfmotc.org September 14, 2019 Lakewood ECPTA (table style) Garfield Middle School 13114 Detroit Ave lakewood 8:30 -9:30 $5 early bird, 9:30-12...$1 admission www.lecpta.com September 14, 2019 North Royalton ECPTA (table-style) *new location* St Michaels Woodside Gym, 5025 W Mill Rd, Broadview Hts 8-9...$5 early bird, 9-12...$1 admission https://www.facebook.com/events/661491891037162/ September 14, 2019 Northeast Ohio Mothers of Multiples (table -style) Lake Co Fairgrounds Commercial Bldg, 1301 Mentor Ave, Painesville 9am - 4pm, free admission, free parking https://www.facebook.com/events/453674801896579/ September 14, 2019 Just Kids Stuff Garage Sale (table-style) Garfield Park, 7967 Mentor Ave, Mentor 9-12...free admission www.cityofmentor.com/calendar September 19-21, 2019 Big Red Wagon - Medina Area (consignment) Medina Co Fairgrounds, 735 Lafayette Rd, Medina 9/19 & 9/20...9am-7pm 9/21..8:30am-5pm (many items 1/2 price) Free admission, accepts credit cards http://www.thebigredwagon.com/sale-locations/medina/ September 21, 2019 To Good To Be Threw sale (consignment) Wooster Church of the Nazarene, 3100 Oak Hill Rd, Wooster 8:30-12:30...free admission *no strollers allowed before 10am due to crowd/fire code https://business.facebook.com/TGTBTWooster/ September 21, 2019 Boardman Park Baby Bargain Boutique (table-style) Boardman Park, Masters Pavilion, 375 Bdmn-Poland Rd(Rte 224), Boardman 9am-1pm...FREE admission with a non-perishable food donation https://www.facebook.com/events/490183735133553/ September 21, 2019 Westshore Mothers of Twins Club (consignment) D Umerley Civic Center, 21016 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River 7-9...$5 early bird, 9-12...$2 admission *accepts credit cards https://www.facebook.com/events/395203084440130/ September 21, 2019 Canton Mothers of Multiples (consignment) N Canton Church of Christ, 1301 E Maple St, N Canton 8-8:30...$5 early bird, 9-1...$1 admission https://m.facebook.com/events/1608943462583725 September 27-28, 2019 Brecksville-Broadview Hts Preschool Mother's Club (consignment) BBH Middle School, 6376 Mill Rd, Bdvw Hts 9/27 7-9pm...$5 preview sale 9/28 8-9...$5 early bird, 9-12...$1 admission *accepts credit cards https://www.facebook.com/events/935589570107301/ September 28, 2019 Erie Shores ECPTA (consignment) Heritage Presbyterian, 515 N Leavitt Rd, Amherst 8-9...$5 early bird, 9-2...$2 admission (12-2 half price sale) *accepts credit cards https://www.facebook.com/events/2213392475539765/ September 28, 2019 Avon Lake ECPTA (table-style) Avon Lake HS, 175 Avon-Belden Rd., Avon Lake 7-9...$5 early bird, 9-12...$2 admission https://www.facebook.com/events/2367052850234441/ September 28, 2019 St Columbkille School PTU (table-style) St Columbkille, 6740 Broadview Rd, Parma 8-9...$5 early bird, 9-1...$1 admission www.stcolumbkilleschool.org/PTU October 4-5, 2019 All Kids Stuff sale (consignment) Erie County Fairgrounds, 3110 Columbus Ave, Sandusky 10/4 - 9am-6pm, 10/5 - 9am-4pm...(half price 2-4pm) Free admission Contact Kim at ott831@msn.com for more information October 5th, 2019 Strongsville Rec Center Kids Garage Sale (table-style) 18100 Royalton Rd, Strongsville 9-10…$3 early bird, 10-12…Free admission 440-580-3260 for information October 5, 2019 Westlake ECPTA (table-style) Westlake High School, 27830 Hilliard Blvd, Westlake 8-9...$5 early bird, 9-12...$1 admission https://www.facebook.com/events/1026119617591216/ October 10-12, 2019 Big Red Wagon – Cleveland West Area (consignment) Cuyahoga Co Fairgrounds, 19201 Bagley Rd, Middleburg Hts 10/10 & 10/11...9am-7pm 10/12..8:30am-5pm (many items 1/2 price) Free admission, accepts credit cards http://www.thebigredwagon.com/sale-locations/cleveland-west/ October 12, 2019 Parma ECPTA (table-style) Parma Senior HS, 6285 W 54th St, Parma 8-9...$5 early bird, 9-1...$1 admission https://www.facebook.com/events/497427757700148/ October 12, 2019 Rocky River ECPTA (table-style) Rocky River HS, 20951 Detroit Rd, Rocky River, OH 7:30-9:30...$5 early bird, 9:30-11:30...$2 admission https://www.facebook.com/events/2486644781582697/ October 19, 2019 Avon ECPTA (table-style) Avon Middle School, 3445 Long Rd, Avon 7-9...$5 early bird, 9-12...$2 admission www.avonecpta.org October 24-29, 2019 Solon Council of PTAs (consignment) Arthur Rd Elementary, 33425 Arthur Rd, Solon 10/24 - 10am-8pm, sale day 10/25 - 10am-3pm, sale day 10/26 - 10am-3pm, 30% off day 10/27 - closed 10/28 - 10am-2pm, 30% off day 10/29 - 9am-11am, $5 bag day www.solonschools.org November 9, 2019 Broadview Hts Rec Center Kids Garage Sale (table-style) Bdvw Hts Rec, 9543 Broadview Rd, Bdvw Hts 9-12...free admission https://www.broadview-heights.org November 21-23, 2019 The MotherLoad- Kids & Maternity Consignment Event (consignment) The West Side Irish-American Club, 8559 Jennings Rd, Olmsted Twp FREE admission 11/21...9am-8pm, 11/22...9am-3pm, 4:30-8pm...1/2 price sale 11/23...9am-3pm...1/2 price sale *visit website for more information http://www.themotherloadsale.com https://www.facebook.com/events/2206904906288134/ Groups not having a Fall sale this year: *Fairview Park ECPTA *North Olmsted ECPTA (no longer doing resales) GROUPS WE STILL NEED INFO FOR (were on the Fall 2018 list): Independence Primary School PTO Medina ECPTA
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