Homeschooling Michigan Blog

This Wednesday, April 22, Fill in the Blanks is inviting everyone who’s interested to its Earth Day Open House. Come and help them celebrate Earth Day by spending the day at Fill in the Blanks as their guest. If you would like to see if Fill in the Blanks would be a good fit for [...]

The Octagon House Current Exhibits
Buttons – With a particular interest in “Kiddy” glass buttons
Pink Depression Glassware
The Octagon House
57500 Van Dyke Road, North of 26 Mile Rd
Washington, MI 48094
586-781-0084

The Henry Ford Club ED members receive exclusive educator discounts, opportunities to win great prizes, advise from leading educators, free downloadable tools and connections to other educators. Free registration!

Midland County Historical Society Pinball Wizards on Exhibit
September 20, 2008 Through January 4, 2009
View this unique exhibit focusing on the 60 year history of pinball machines. Over a dozen different pinball machines will be featured, including several interactive machines that visitors will have the opportunity to try.
Doan History Center
Heritage Park
3417 West Main St
Midland, MI
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In keeping with our strong and growing commitment to jazz education, the Detroit Jazz Fest is partnering with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (MAAH) to present Piecin’ It Together – Jazz, Stories, Kids, Quilts, on July 18, 2008, in the multi-purpose room of the MAAH. The program features vocalist/storyteller Lisa [...]

March 1 – May 11, 2008
Hannelore Baron: Fragments Shored Against Ruins
Ford Graphics Gallery
Baron’s art reflects her response to psychological and physical peril. Her work, comprised of small to medium sized hinged boxes and box assemblages, includes scraps of wood, fabric, and found metal objects—cast off materials that Baron recombines into works that are compelling meditations [...]

Ideas for learning and celebrating Earth Day 2008
Learn how to reduce and balance your carbon footprint.
Earth Day Events & Activities at Flint Children’s Museum. Loads of different activites from April 9 – 30, 2008.
For Earth Day 2008, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenges residents and communities around the Great Lakes to collect and recycle electronic [...]

Pewabic Joins April Free Craft Sundays at AANM
It’s one of the Arab American National Museum’s most popular programs, and it’s back for spring! Free Craft Sundays return April 6, 13, 20 and 27 for kids ages 6 to 12. Pewabic Pottery comes to the AANM on April 6 and 20 for a ceramics activity. On [...]

The Henry Ford’s new permanent exhibit With Liberty and Justice for All will explore the struggles that arose in the quest for freedom in America. Utilizing some of the most treasured national artifacts from the collections of Henry Ford Museum, this exhibit will delve into four pivotal periods of history, from the American Revolution [...]