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Nature, Writing, Literature: From Leaf to Leaf
From Leaf to Leaf October 22 and 29, 2013 Highlights of the past two weeks in our program included getting to know the trees of Awbury a little better. On October 22, we hiked over to the meadow near...
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Global Studies: Getting the Message
Global Studies: Getting the Message (November 7, 2013) The ability to communicate adequately with each other is a skill most human beings take for granted. What if you couldn’t tell people what you...
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Global Studies: Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Peoples (November 14, 2013) The quietest voices Have the loudest meaning Every word said is like An earthquake. It sends a big movement It moves the biggest barriers down It can open a new...
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Nature, Writing, Literature: Words Enough to Capture
Words Enough to Capture November 5 and 12, 2013 Make a list of 30 words you don’t think you can write without (the most fundamental words of any communication: the, and, of, etc.). Now write a response...
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Nature, Writing, Literature: Freewriting and Freewalking
Freewriting and Freewalking December 3, 2013 As we waited for everyone to arrive, we played a word game of creating sentences with each person adding one word at a time. After the first hilarious and...
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Free Teen Workshop Series Launches in January 2014
Talking Stick is very pleased to offer the community a free, Teen Workshop Series this winter. Beginning in January, the series will include eight individual workshop sessions. Each session will be...
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S.T.E.A.M. Maker: These Are A Few of Our Favorite Things
These are a Few of Our Favorite Things How does a S.T.E.A.M. Maker facilitator catch up on her homeschooling blogging? By making up crazy song lyrics that coincide to photo collages, of course! I...
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Beating the Global Food System
Beating the Global Food System January 9 and 16, 2014 Can you beat the system? Our participants did. Over the last few weeks, global studies participants learned about the unfairness of the global...
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Nature, Writing, Literature: Winter Twigs and Germantown Flora
Winter Twigs and Germantown Flora January-March 2014 Our winter workshop has included snow, research, snow, speculations, observations, and a little more snow. For the past several weeks, we enjoyed...
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Maker Exploratorium: Ideas, Inspiration, and Symbiotic Learning
Ideas, Inspiration, and Symbiotic Learning September 30 and October 7, 2014 In the Talking Stick Maker Exploratorium homeschool program, we are investigating what makes us tick. We are exploring our...
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Maker Exploratorium Goes International
Do you know what the favorite breakfast food is for young people in Mojo, Spain? Toast with olive oil, tomatoes, cheese, and meat. How about a favorite lunch in Pakistan? Beson ki roti (flat...
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New Teen Program! Talking Flix: A Film Studies Class
A semester long film study program for teens at Talking Stick Learning Center in Germantown, PA, beginning January 5, 2015!. Teens will discuss and critique history and culture through films, from...
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Maker Exploratorium: Reflecting and Planning For the New Year
Talking Stick Learning Center’s homeschool Maker Exploratorium had a wonderful end to 2014, filled with international intrigue, baking, collaborative games, and of course, art and making. We continue...
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Wilderness Survival: Emergencies, First Aid, and Knives
Talking Stick is offering a new program this fall: Wilderness Survival, and I am very excited to facilitate it. In an earlier part of my life, I served as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army. And in...
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Nature, Writing, Literature: Words Enough to Capture
Words Enough to Capture November 5 and 12, 2013 Make a list of 30 words you don’t think you can write without (the most fundamental words of any communication: the, and, of, etc.). Now write a response...
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Nature, Writing, Literature: Freewriting and Freewalking
Freewriting and Freewalking December 3, 2013 As we waited for everyone to arrive, we played a word game of creating sentences with each person adding one word at a time. After the first hilarious and...
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Free Teen Workshop Series Launches in January 2014
Talking Stick is very pleased to offer the community a free, Teen Workshop Series this winter. Beginning in January, the series will include eight individual workshop sessions. Each session will be...
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S.T.E.A.M. Maker: These Are A Few of Our Favorite Things
These are a Few of Our Favorite Things How does a S.T.E.A.M. Maker facilitator catch up on her homeschooling blogging? By making up crazy song lyrics that coincide to photo collages, of course! I...
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Beating the Global Food System
Beating the Global Food System January 9 and 16, 2014 Can you beat the system? Our participants did. Over the last few weeks, global studies participants learned about the unfairness of the global...
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Nature, Writing, Literature: Winter Twigs and Germantown Flora
Winter Twigs and Germantown Flora January-March 2014 Our winter workshop has included snow, research, snow, speculations, observations, and a little more snow. For the past several weeks, we enjoyed...
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