05/11/06 Affidavit Night First Tuesday in October. Fill out your affidavit with other homeschoolers. Pete Storz (408) 371-5352 HRPages@earthlink.net Bay Area Homeschool Field Trips A regional online "group" where members list field trips, classes, or events that are open to other members. Activity locations include south of San Jose, San Jose, San Francisco and the Peninsula, the North Bay, the East Bay, and into the Sacramento area. The group is open to all interested homeschoolers. Being a "user" of Yahoo! Groups is necessary; sign-up is free and can be done from the Bay Area Homeschool Field Trips website. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bahft/ CHEA Conventions Bay Area (spring) and the state-wide (July) in Ontario. 800-564-2432 http://www.cheaofca.org/ Curriculum Reviews Online www.HomeschoolChristian.com has a large and growing set of curriculum reviews on the site. http://www.homeschoolchristian.com/Reviews/index.html EMINES Educational Board Games A great math resource to teach elementary children addition & multiplication. EMINES 408-247-3298 http://www.emines.com Deal With It! Educational Game A game that helps parents and educators teach their adolescents and teenagers how to make good decisions and develop good morals. http://www.wedealwithit.com Karmyn Larsen Usborne Books at Home, Books Children Love to Read! Educational and Fun! 408-280-7495 408-332-2410 karmynsbooks@sbcglobal.net Lending Library at Emmaus Christian Fellowship ECF is making their lending library available to home schoolers. A good collection of books on history, current affairs, theology, text books and much more. Must be willing to sign a lending library agreement; use is by appointment. 408-997-9866 ecf_sj@ix.netcom.com Lessons Learned from Years of Homeschooling A Christian Mother Shares her Insights from a Quarter Century of Teaching Her Children by Andrea Schwartz. Available from Amazon.com. Andrea is also available to speak to groups on the topics of: * Starting to plan for homeschooling right after your children are born * Staying the course -- keeping and renewing the vision for high school * The vital importance of a CHRISTIAN education whether or not you homeschool. Andrea Schwartz 408-997-9866 Lessons.Learned@yahoo.com http://www.ChalcedonStore.com Homeschooling Articles by the Editors of the HRP We have written about several homeschooling topics, including "Answering Common Objections to Homeschooling" and "Looking at the Benefits of Homeschooling". If you want an article or an article list, contact us. HRPages@earthlink.net http://www.homeschoolchristian.com/Features/PeteS/index.html http://home.earthlink.net/~bkwormtoo/ Miserly Moms Living On One Income In A Two Income Economy: By homeschool mom Jonni McCoy. Also Frugal Families and Miserly Meals.

P.O. Box 49182, Colorado Springs, CO 80949

http://www.Miserlymoms.com/ Noah Webster Educational Foundation History comes alive through the storytelling of Belinda Beth Ballenger. Many history resources. 925-447-5692 O.T. Studios Tapes from past CHEA Conventions.

11830 E. Washington Blvd., Whittier, CA 90606

562-693-8173 http://www.otstudios.com/ Teacher's Resource Center Open to all. Laminating, spiral binding, and button machines, die punches, construction paper, etc. Center fee (annual or one-time) and a nominal cost for supplies. No children under 12, please. Schedule: Monday - Friday from 8 AM - 5 PM.

1290 Ridder Park Dr., SJ

408-453-6800 SAT Testing Contact Pioneer Family Academy early in the school year for registration and testing dates (register in March, test in June). 408-313-5113 Used Curriculum Sale June of each year. Sellers must register in advance. A portion of sales benefit Family Protection Ministries; sellers receive the rest. $2 entrance fee to cover the costs. See Selah Christian Schools’ website in the Spring for information. http://www.selahchristianschools.com/ USS Constitution Museum Has a web site with a detailed curriculum that teachers can use to introduce K-12 students to the USS Constitution. Specifically, the curriculum includes 14 detailed lessons about the ship's construction, stories of her exploits, etc., all of which draw on geography, math, science, and lots of other skills. The free curriculum is online. http://www.allhandsondeck.org.