Yesterday we asked you to share with us, how you incorporate movies into your homeschooling?  We’d really like to know.

If you haven’t had a chance to do so, please go to our facebook page and share your experiences with us.

It’ll be fun–and fun learning is forever learning!

Ann Simpson

For the last week, we’ve been highlighting the Red Tails movie and the Red Tails Educational Study Guide on our site.

How do you incorporate movies into your homeschooling?  We’d like to know.  Please go to our facebook page and share your experiences with us.

It’s good when we can share and learn from one another.  Fun too–and fun learning is forever learning.

Ann Simpson

Interested in teaching your children about the Tuskegee Airmen and their impact in WWII?

Check out the movie Red Tails as well as the Red Tails Educational Study Guide on our site.

Additional websites that might be of interest include–

Official RED TAILS website
www.redtails2012.com

Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
www.tuskegeeairmen.org

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic
Site (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov/tuai/index.htm

Additional Background from the
National Park Service
www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/airoverview.htm

Black Wings: A Smithsonian
Institution Exhibition
www.nasm.si.edu/blackwings

As always, fun learning is forever learning!

Ann Simpson

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What do James M. Allison, Harry L. Bailey, James A. Hurd, William H. Taylor, Jr., and Craig H. Williams all have in common?  They were all Tuskegee Airmen–all pilot graduates from the Tuskegee Flight School.

Today is Memorial Day–let’s remember all of those that served our country.  Our fathers, our grandfathers, and more.

Ann Simpson

Hey Homeschoolers!

In case you missed it, we have a free WWII Study Guide just for you!

Check it out!

Fun–and fun learning is forever learning!

Ann Simpson

More than 10,000 African-American men and women in military and civilian groups supported the Tuskegee Airmen. They served as flight instructors, officers, bombardiers, navigators, radio technicians, mechanics, air traffic controllers, parachute riggers, electrical and communications specialists, laboratory assistants, cooks, musicians, fire-fighting personnel, transportation personnel and MORE.

Interesting!  Watch the movie Red Tails and learn additional information!

And as always, fun learning is forever learning!

Ann Simpson

The reputation of the Tuskegee Airmen for protecting American bombers during WWII resulted in U.S. bomber crews affectionately calling the Tuskegee Airmen, “Red-Tail Angels”.

Incorporate Red Tails into your homeschooling curriculum–because movies are fun, and fun learning is forever learning!

Ann Simpson

Yesterday we sent out a newsletter highlighting the Red Tails movie and how it can be used in your homeschooling program.  You can combine this exciting and educational movie with the Red Tails Educational Study Guide found on our site.   The Study Guide includes terms to know, a list of achievements, discussion questions and so much more.

The Tuskegee Airmen, who flew combat missions in World War II, were known by the nickname “Red Tails” for the distinctive red paint on the tails of their P-51s.  In total, about 1,000 pilots were trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field and approximately 335 pilots deployed to the war in Europe.

The Tuskegee Airmen fighter units thrived in the skies. Their squadrons flew more than 15,000 sorties on 1,500 missions and shot down 112 German aircrafts.  Together, they earned one Legion of Merit, one Silver Star, several Distinguished Unit Citations, 96 Distinguished Flying Crosses, many Purple Heart medals, 14 Bronze Stars and 744 Air Medals.

Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. is a nonprofit national organization dedicated to keeping alive the history and achievements of the original Tuskegee Airmen.  They have many programs for young people interested in science and aviation.  See their website for additional information.

And as always, fun learning is forever learning!

Ann Simpson

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Are lessons a bit expensive?

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If learning guitar is your child’s goal, GuitarSmithOnline® can help!

Fun!  And fun learning is forever learning.

Ann Simpson

More savings for you!

As mentioned in a previous blog posting, Oak Meadow is offering 20% off their award winning curriculum and 10% off enrollment in their fully accredited distance learning school, during the month of May.

The advantages of Oak Meadow’s  homeschool curriculum include:

·    Rigorous academic standards infused with creative, artistic assignments to encourage balanced development and a true flexibility of thinking.

·    Lessons integrated across subject areas to encourage engagement in a more meaningful and memorable way.

·    Print-based and online alternatives, and the ability to work at different grade levels in different subjects.

·    Assignments designed to accommodate visual, auditory, and physical learning styles.

·    Weekly lesson plans to allow flexibility for travel, athletic or artistic pursuits.

·    A choice of assignments to encourage students to become involved with the material and relate it to their own lives.

Visit their online curriculum samples to see all they have to offer.

Curriculum purchases can be made in their online bookstore, or by calling their office at (802) 251-7250.

And as always, fun learning is forever learning.

Ann Simpson