We had a wonderful winter potluck for our December meeting. We always get great food at potlucks and this was no different. HMN of NOVA wishes all a wonderful holiday season!
Find Your Tribe!
Welcome to the Northern Virginia chapter of the Holistic Moms Network. Our purpose is to generate national awareness, education, and support for holistic parenting and to provide a nurturing, open-minded, and respectful community for parents to share these ideals. Please take a moment to browse the posts and learn a little more about us. As always, feel free to contact co-leaders, Alexa & Laurie, at HMNofNOVA@gmail.com with any questions or for more information.
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Find out more:
Chapter Website: http://nova.holisticmoms.org/
National Website: http://www.holisticmoms.org/
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To become a member: http://membership.holisticmoms.org/
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Find out more:
Chapter Website: http://nova.holisticmoms.org/
National Website: http://www.holisticmoms.org/
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To become a member: http://membership.holisticmoms.org/
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Thank you to these Chiropractors!
Please thank the following businesses who made donations for the November meeting:
Jennifer L. Sims D.C.,
Roselle Center for Healing
Roselle Center for Healing
Dr. Sung-Jun Park
Trinity Chiropractic Wellness Center
Trinity Chiropractic Wellness Center
Holistic Halloween
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
November Meeting Location Change
Due to a previously planned event at the church, our November meeting will be held in an alternate location. We will meet at The Infant & Toddler Connection of Fairfax-Falls Church located at 3750 Old Lee Highway in Fairfax. A map can be found at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/csb/itc/ITC-FFCMap-English.pdf
Hope to see you on November 3rd!
Hope to see you on November 3rd!
Monday, October 12, 2009
DC Green Festival
We had a great time this weekend at the DC Green Festival. What a great event! For more information, check out: http://www.greenfestivals.org/
Thank you, Stephanie!
We had a GREAT October meeting on homeschooling with almost 50 people present. A huge thank you to Stephanie Elms for her presentation. For more information, visit:
Stephanie also provided some other great resources:
VaHomeschoolers has a couple of events coming up:
2010 VaHomeschoolers Conference and Resource Fair
March 12-13, 2009 - Glen Allen, Virginia
http://www.vahomeschoolers.org/conference/
Homeschooling and College Entrance Seminar
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - Richmond, Virginia
http://www.vahomeschoolers.org/seminars/
For folks who were not able to make it to the talk, here are a few links to start learning about what is required to homeschool in Virginia:
Filing Your Notice of Intent
http://vahomeschoolers.org/noi/filing_NOI.asp
Evaluations and Testing Requirements
http://vahomeschoolers.org/eval/
Finding Local Support
http://vahomeschoolers.org/support/
A couple of recommended email lists:
VirginiaEclecticHS - statewide homeschool email list and great way to start learning about homeschooling from other homeschoolers in Virginia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VAEclecticHS/
NoVaUnschoolers - a Northern Virginia homeschool email list and a great way to start networking and learning about activities and events in the area
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NovaUnschoolers/
A couple of recommended books to start out with:
The First Year of Homeschooling Your Child: Your Complete Guide to Getting Off to the Right Start by Linda Dobson
Teach Your Own and Learning All the Time by John Holt (Learning All the Time is a good book on how kids naturally learn, even if you do not plan on homeschooling).
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Thank you, American Plant!
A huge thank you to Mitch Baker and American Plant for his SECOND great talk to our chapter. He presented on composting. He has kindly offered to be a resource to all HMNers with gardening questions. If your compost isn't ready for the end of this season, try some of their compost tea!
Please visit American Plant for your gardening needs!
American Plant (VA location)
American Plant (VA location)
10106 Georgetown Pike
Great Falls, VA 22066
Phone: (703) 438-8880
Mitch BakerHorticulturist,
American Plant
301-469-7690
mitch@apfgarden.com
He's very responsive - what a great resource! Be sure to let him know you're with HMN!
He's very responsive - what a great resource! Be sure to let him know you're with HMN!
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