INSPIRE SAN DIEGO

✦ High School Graduation video

✦ New Facebook Group Notice

✦ Virtual Museum of Art

✦ Pen Pal Project Waitlist

ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES

Free Educational Classes and Programs for Kids at Home!

✦ SciFest All Access

✦ San Diego Zoo Kids Corner

✦ Bored of Boredom

✦ Lakeshore

✦ Children's Museum of Manhattan

✦ Crayola Create & Learn at Home

✦ We Are Knitters

✦ Thames & Kosmos Science at Home

PARENT RESOURCES

✦ Lending Library Update

✦ Academic Video Library

✦ California Homeschool Parent Association

Please click on the link below to see the virtual ceremony.

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COMING IN JULY 2020!

Register to attend SciFest All Access – a Virtual USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo!

For the past decade, the USA Science & Engineering Festival has been proud to offer the largest and only national science festival with thousands of hands-on activities, conversations with STEM mentors, and exciting stage shows. While we await the opportunity to bring back our in-person Expo, we hope you will join us this summer for a FREE Virtual Festival – SciFest All Access.

At SciFest All Access, attendees of all ages can engage directly with our sponsors and exhibitors to experience 100+ virtual STEM activities! This FREE virtual event will be a graphical depiction of the live Festival to include exhibitor booths, pavilions, and lounges with demonstrations, videos, games, and more.

Learn about animals and their lifestyles!

The San Diego Zoo is bringing the Zoo to you, through San Diego Zoo Kids Corner! In each episode, you'll be taken on a fun and wild adventure to learn more about animals and their lifestyles. Every week, Dr. Zoolittle, Roberta the Zebra, and a cast of cool characters will be sharing stories, jokes, poems, songs, and interesting facts about wildlife. They will also show you their favorite magic tricks, cook yummy treats, lead you through science experiments, and demonstrate how to make special crafts. Make sure to catch all 16 episodes!

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Started by a group of Los Angeles high school kids who were "bored of being bored," Bored of Boredom offers a unique selection of daily classes taught by the founders themselves. Available classes run the gamut from subjects like WWI history, Comic Book Making, and introduction to HTML, and have a run time of 45 minutes. They also offer one-on-one virtual tutoring sessions by request.

If you're in need of some daily structure with an academic bent, Lakeshore has a huge selection of free, printable resources for kids of all ages. Lakeshore is one of my go-to stores for educational games and toys, and their printables will not disappoint—we've enjoyed a leaf etching activity and a money match-up game.

The new CMOM at Home features daily activities for kids that are easy and fun to do at home. Each day of the week has a theme, like Magical Monday and Artsy Thursday, and activities of all different types are pegged to these themes. While many of the projects are designed for little kids to do alongside a parent, older kids may enjoy doing them independently

Crayola has put together an At-Home Creative Hub full of DIY craft projects you can do with your kids. There are step-by-step instructions for how to make cool projects like Paper Bag Stars and Paper Plate Llamas, and pretty much everything can be done with stuff you likely already have sitting around your house. They also have printable coloring pages for both kids and adults, in case you just need a soothing activity for everyone in the family.

The popular We Are Knitters brand of kits has launched a series of knitting classes designed just for kids. Hosted by children's knitting teacher Miss Alexandra Mpassy, the weekly classes teach step-by-step knitting basics, adding a new technique every week. The short videos are charming and easy to follow and will turn your crafty kid into a master knitter in no time. Plus, knitting is good for small motor skills and counting.

Thames & Kosmos, the company behind lots of popular at-home science kits, has introduced a new Science at Home portal. Filled with downloadable instructions for DIY science experiments, as well as fun instructional videos, Science at Home offers lots of resources for kids who are missing out on time in the school science lab.

The PCA Lending Library in Poway will be opening for limited days and hours to allow families to drop off materials only. Below is the schedule:

PCA Lending Library

13915 Danielson St #101, Poway CA 92064

Mon & Wed
12 pm - 4 pm

Tues & Thursday

8 pm -12 pm

Friday

10am - 2 pm

In addition to this, return labels via UPS will be an option for families that cannot attend in-person locations/hours. Families can use the ICS Return Survey for returns via UPS.

We are also working on a process for curbside pick-up of ordered LL items. We will let you know as soon as we have a plan and process in place.

Did you know you have access to Inspire's academic video library? These videos are available to support students in reading, math, and speech and can be accessed through the EOS!

Instructions to access Academic Video Library can be found here.

CHPA is a nonprofit organization consisting of Inspire homeschool parents who support Inspire Charter Schools’ mission and vision of parent choice and personalized learning for each unique child. CHPA strives to enhance and support the homeschool experience of each child, develop a closer connection between school and home by encouraging parent involvement, and increase options and improve the environment at Inspire Charter Schools through volunteer and financial support.

Here are ways to get connected -

The Facebook page link is here and the website is here.

Find your home group location and get connected to families in your community today!

We are your San Diego Family Liaisons.

Please let us know how we can help you!

karmen@inspireschools.org / rachelr@inspireschools.org

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