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PE ideas for Homeschoolers

So far on the blog we've talked about ideas for Social Studies, Writing, Art, Bible and this week here are some ideas on how to keep Daily Physical Activity engaging for your children.

For those of you not living on big plots of land it's sometimes difficult to know how to keep your kids engaged. For creative ideas check out this blog: http://simplehomeschool.net/pe-ideas/

Want some more ideas?  Here is a neat website from a fellow homeschool mom: http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/homeschool-lesson-plans/physical-education/

Good luck on keeping your kids active and healthy!

LEARNING CAMPS

HCOS invites you to participate in a Fort Langley Brigade Days Learning Camp with Selah Outdoor Explorations as our guide.

You don't want to miss this unique 3 day opportunity to live like a Hudson Bay Company Trapper.  Our experience will echo events from the past when HBC trappers arrived at the Fort by canoe on the Fraser River with their furs.

 For more information, please go to https://fluidsurveys.com/s/FortLangelyBrigadeDays/

HCOS invites you to join us for
Fort Langley Drama

**March 1- 6 spaces left

This course will inspire young people to freely express themselves through imaginative play, creative movement and the enactment of stories.  Using a series of play-building exercises, students will gain confidence as they explore God’s wonderful gift of imagination.

It would be great to have you join us!  Should you have any further questions, please contact skraushar@onlineschool.ca

HCOS invites you to join us at
A Rocha Environmental Centre

Join us at A Rocha Environmental Centre for a day of interactive learning.  Explore plants and animals to see how they survive in their habitats followed by a more indepth look at the Diversity of Life across three ecosystems and how organisms adapt to their environments. Please bring a healthy lunch and water bottle as there will be a lunch break  halfway through the day. This learning camp will run rain or shine, so please wear weather appropriate clothing. Look forward to seeing you there!

Should you have any further questions, please contact sacre77@gmail.com

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Returning to Trust
 - By Henri J.M. Nouwen, From Fear to Love
 

In my own life I well know how hard it is for me to trust that I am loved, and to trust that the intimacy I most crave is there for me. I most often live as if I have to earn love, do something noteworthy, and then perhaps I might get something in return.

This attitude touches the whole question of what is called in the spiritual life, the "first love." Do I really believe that I am loved first, independent of what I do or what I accomplish? This is an important question because as long as I think that what I most need I have to earn, deserve and collect by hard work, I will never get what I most need and desire, which is a love that cannot be earned, but that is freely given.

Thus, my return is my willingness to renounce such thoughts and to choose to live more and more from my true identity as a cherished child of God.