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THSC Christmas and Year-end Specials
 Don't miss out on the specials Texas Home School Coalition Association is offering during this Christmas season!
Orders must be received by December 14:
· Free shipping on orders of $50+ of merchandise.
· All T-shirts are discounted 10% for Christmas giving.
Offers good through December 31:
· If you join THSC or send a $50 donation, you can receive a complimentary copy of the documentary DVD Taking a Stand in Texas: The Battle for Home School Freedom.
· With a two-year membership or a $100 donation, you may request both the documentary and the Miracle in Texas DVD.
Be sure to request your DVDs when you join or donate.
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 Congratulations to Sandy Manning from Plano, the winner of the Who Said This? Contest in the November issue of the Texas Home School Coalition Association REVIEW. Sandy will receive a copy of the book When Homeschooling Gets Tough, by Texas' own Diana Johnson.
The quotation, stated by Miguel de Cervantes, was:
Tell me thy company, and I'll tell thee what thou art.
We appreciate the readers of the THSC REVIEW who sent their guesses! We hope that the REVIEW is a blessing and that you will be watching for the next quotation question. You could be the next winner!
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All I Want for Christmas is a THSC Membership!
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Couple Celebrates 80 Years of Marriage
 "They were married on the stage of a traveling tent show," said James Scott, 78, the couple's only child. "The producers of the show offered $25 to any couple who would be married on their show. Since they were getting married anyway, they took them up on it -- just about everyone in the area was there."
An East Texas couple relates how they have sustained a marriage for longer than many people live! This charming pair blends humor and candor as they tell it like it was ... and is.
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HEART of TX to Host Regional College Night
 Home Educators Alliance for Resources and Training (HEART) of Texas will host a regional home school college night on January 22, 2008, at Mid-Cities Church in Hurst. They are providing this opportunity for area families to meet with college representatives from various colleges and to learn how to best prepare their children for college.
Because the colleges need to know ASAP approximately how many home school students will be attending, HEART is offering a special admission price for those who respond to this invitation by December 31.
Admission:
Pre-registrations postmarked by December 31
$8 per family - non-members
Free - HEART of Texas members (must show valid Family I.D. card at the door)
Pre-registrations postmarked by January 14, 2008
$15/family - non-members
$10/family - HEART of Texas members (must show valid Family I.D. card at the door)
At the door
$10 per person (ages 5 and up)
To Register:
By mail (Download the College Night 2008 Invitation Form.)
Online
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A Merry Heart Doeth Good...
Reprinted with permission. Taken from the Official Book of Homeschooling Cartoons www.familymanweb.com |
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Rude Attendance Officer Demands Illegal Forms
An unmannerly attendance officer from Stephenville ISD attempted to require unnecessary forms from several home schooling families in that district. Tim Lambert advised the officer to re-examine the letter from the commissioner of education.
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Hand in Hand
"I can't read that. Do it over."
"That looks like chicken scratching. What does it say?"
"Maybe you'll be a doctor. Nobody can read their handwriting, either."
Guilty? Do you find yourself saying these things to your child? Do you question yourself, wondering why every handwriting curriculum you have bought did not work? It may not be your fault, and it may not be the curriculum's fault. Really, it is probably not even your child's fault. What your child may be experiencing is a need for fine motor development.
Fine motor is a fancy term for "small muscles." Most of the muscles we refer to when using that term are the muscles of the hands. Facial muscles are also fine motor muscles, and a few children whose hands are delayed also have speech issues, but that is not always the case. For the purposes at hand, we will stay with the hand muscles and talk about what to do about handwriting.
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Google's Hidden Treasures
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