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Comment by Anita Roussel on September 20, 2011 at 9:59pm

Wow Jenifer! Thanks for this great list. We don't currently have a meeting scheduled, but should be meeting together soon. :)

Comment by Jenifer Riddle on September 17, 2011 at 9:33am

A listing I just received through one of my co-ops. When are you ladies doing a mommy night out? I would love to meet up!

 

Audubon Acres - www.chattanoogaaudubon.org

Battles for Chattanooga Electric Map and Museum. www.battlesforchattanooga.com

Book Stores - Books A Million does tours

Bluff View Art District Scavenger Hunt - Handouts at Rembrandt's, Clues are kids friendly.

Chattanooga Humane Society - teaches lessons to children in their new education room. http://www.heschatt.c...

Chattanoga Zoo - field trips, homeschool classes. www.zoo.chattanooga.org

Chattanooga African-American Museum www.caamhistory.com

Chattanooga Choo Choo www.choochoo.com

Chattanooga Ducks www.chattanoogaducks.com

Chattanooga Nature Center field trips, classes, www.chattanature.org.

Chattanooga Regional History Museum www.chattanoogahistory.com

Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military park www.nps.gov/chch

Clarence Jones Observatory - 10 N. Tuxedo Ave. 622-5733

Chattanooga Times Free Press 756-6900 tours
 
Children's Art Place, classes will come to your meeting place, 645-7779 http://www.childrensartplace.com/classes.html
 
http://www.collegedal... Collegdale Municipal Airport, 236-5008. Will give tour of different hangers, a talk about airports and light aircrafts and if any activity then can view ariplanes flying in and out. Book when weather is cooler.

Coolidge Park - water play and carousel
 
Children's Coin Club at Hobby Lobby meets once a month, Bob Hartje, his e-mail is coinbob@aol.com

Creative Discovery Museum - www.cdmfun.org

Cold Stone Creamery, 100 Chestnut Street, 267-0888 - mix in your own topping, take a tour of the back room and step inside the giant freezer. charge for icecream per child. (Baskin Robbins in NM let us make clown cones for $5.00 per child) Do they here?

Cici's Pizza - tour, children make their own pizza. charge per child. 2260 Gunbarrel Rd.
 
Dental Hygenist will come out and teach a lesson, hand out toothbrushes to your location.  McOmie Family Dentistry, 899-1112 Plus I have a cute video from Crest to show to the kids.

Electrical Safety Lesson - http://www.epb.net/in...
Presentation on electricity by "Dr. Shock".

Earth Fare - 1814 Gunbarrel Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421-3129
(423) 855-2511
 
Elsie Holmes Nature Park - lesson on letter boxing by park ranger http://www.catoosa.co...

Fire Station next to Camp Jorden - fire safety lesson, video, explore fire trucks. 622-1725

Grocery store tours - Publix does tours

Horsin' Around Carving School - Soddy Daisy http://www.horsin-aro... tours

Humane Society Community Outreach 624-5302 Community Reach

Hunter's Museum of American Art www.huntermuseum.org

Innovative Miniatures & Museum - 7616 Lee Highway, 899-1903

International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum www.internationaltowingmuseum.org
Make your own glass ornament. http://www.ignisglass.com/Home.html

Kangaroo Conservation Center - http://www.kangarooce...
 
Kids Art, Lynda 847-6880, http://new.kidzarttn.com/index.php

Lost Sea - www.thelostsea.com
 
www.lib.chattanooga.gov - story times, events
 
Mr. T's Pizza, St Elmo, 3924 Tennessee Avenue, Make your own Pizza

Messianic Museum - www.ibjm.org

Michael's Arts and Crafts - select a craft for your group to do. Fee per child.
 
www.moonpie.com 429 B Broad St. Ask for Kerry she will show a video on how moonpies are made and talk about the history of the moonpie. 877-0592

Mud Room - Cleveland pottery

McGruff Safety Program Call Officer Jefferson 643-5169 or Sheriff Department 209-7000

Niedlov's Breadworks - tour and kids bake their own bread
 
Local News stations - tour of weather station.
 
National Medal of Honor Museum of Military History www.mohm.org

www.outdoorchattanooga.com - events

Petco- tour of store, lesson on caring for animals, children receive goody bag. Must book field trip with www.fieldtripfactory.com

Read to Me - Tour of radio station, children are read a book, recorded and played on air, contact Shula Yelliott, shulay@hamiltontn.gov 209-6190, 598-8294

Raccoon Mountain - Tour the Crystal Caverns, watch an educational video, www.raccoonmountain.com

Reflection Riding Arboretum www.reflectionriding.org

Rock City Gardens - www.seerockcity.com

Ruby Falls - www.rubyfalls.com

Signal Mountain Cookie Lady - www.signalmountaincookielady.com decorate cupcakes and cookies for a fee.

Siskin Museum of Religious Artifacts, 1 Siskin Plaza, Chattanooga, 634-1700

Southern Belle Riverboat - www.chattanoogariverboat.com

Space Camp - http://www.spacecamp....


TAG - Tennessee Academy of Gymnastics www.taggym.com field trips

Tellus Museum http://www.tellusmuse...

Tennessee Aquarium - www.tnaqua.org field trips, bug class, behind the scene tours, check out classroom kits.

Tennessee Aquarium - IMAX - group rates www.tnaqua.org
 
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum www.tvrail.com, tour museum, ride the rail, watch a video.
 
Tennessee River Gardens & Nature Preserve/Butterfly Pavilion, (http://www.rivergar... dens.org/) a non-profit organization, which is a spectacular wildflower garden and wildlife pre serve in the heart of the Tennessee River Gorge!

Tennessee River Gorge Eco-Tours - Blue Moon Cruises offer eco-tours through the Tennessee River Gorge to school groups and the public. We sail from City Pier in downtown Chattanooga, TN. Each excursion lasts between 2-3.5 hours depending on your group size. Weekend trips are open to the public. For questions or reservations we can be reached at:1-888-993-2583 or bluemooncruises.org Related Organization: Blue Moon Cruises Additional Comments or Keywords: eco-tour, wildlife, endangered species, ornithology
Costs: Cost varies depending on group size. Call for more information.
How to Access: Call for more information call 1-888-993-2583 or contact us at bluemooncruises.org
Resource Types: Field Trips / Programs
Audience Served: Families, General Public, Home Schools, Non-formal Educators, Pre-service Teachers, Private Schools, Public Schools, Scouts/Youth Groups, Special Needs, Teachers
Age Groups: All Ages
Environmental Focus: Animals/Wildlife, Conservation, Cultural Awareness, Endangered Species, Habitats/Ecosystems, Litter, Nature Awareness, Water
Academic Focus: Arts - Visual, Interdisciplinary, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies
State Standards Met: GA - Georgia Performance Standards, TN - Tennessee Curriculum Standards
State Standard Comments: Emphasis is in science and social studies
Correlations available on our website

The Little Gym, 7540 E. Brainerd Rd. Free trial class for group, 296-9001
 
The Cravens House, Lookout Mountain Battlefield, Visitor Center. 423-821-7786

US Post office - The one at 862 lafayette Street, Ringgold FA 706-935-9811 does a great tour and all children received a goody bag and activity book.
 
Urban Rocks Gym - www.urbanrocksgym.com

Warner Park - Ceramic classes with Potter's wheel 643-6079

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Water Quality Education: http://www.chattanoog... Stormwater education for school age groups

WTCI - does lessons aligned with PBS children's shows, children receive a book. contact

(Wagner Pencil Company that offers FREE tours for kids, and afterwards kids get a free pencil). Anyhow it's a way to spend the day .. take the pencil tour in the morning and go over to the farm to see the animals and have lunch at the Cookie Jar on Johnsons Family Farm)
Wagner Pencil Company
Here are directions to Wagner Pencil Co. from Hwy 27, 660 Industrial Blvd. Blakewell, TN
Take Hwy 27 north.
You'll pass the 3 exits for Soddy Daisy.
You'll pass the exit for Hwy 111 to Dunlap.
Continue going north on 27.
You'll come to a traffic light at a gas station - I think a BP.
Take NEXT LEFT after that light onto Industrial Blvd.
Pencil factory is 1/2 mile down on that road.

Wild Birds Unlimited
6180 Hixson Pike # D
Hixson, TN 37343
(423) 847-1120
Nick Brown and his son Eric are the owners of the store. They are located near the Food Lion at Big Ridge and Hixson Pike. Eric does programs on birds at churches, etc. So
if there was interest in having an outside speaker, this would be an
idea. Also they have free coloring/activity books
 
Warner Park Sprayground and Pool

www.state.tn.us - Ranger led activities
State Parks - www.tn.gov/environment/parks
www.chattanooga.gov Chattanooga Parks and Recreation
www.hamiltontn.gov Hamilton County Parks and Recreation


Farm Tours

http://www.localharve... or http://www.pickyourow... or http://www.picktnprod...

Apple Valley Orchard http://www.applevalle...
Cleveland, TNCost: $5/ person or $15 max for a family. They have a teaching/story time, hayride through the orchard, see how the apples
are processed, bakery/store, and each child receives an apple and cider or
juice.

Crabtree Farms http://www.crabtreefa...

Crow Creek Pumpkin Patch http://www.crowcreekp...

Johnson Family Farm & Cookie Jar Cafe www.johnsonfamilyfarm.com
For Cookie Jar, go back SOUTH on Hwy 27. Take Hwy 111 North into Sequatchie Co. Take East Valley Rd exit. Turn RIGHT at end of exit ramp onto E. Valley Rd. Go 1 mile. Turn LEFT onto Kelly Cross Rd and drive .9 miles (there will be a lefthand 90 deg turn which you take to stay on Kelly Cross Rd). Turn RIGHT at the Cookie Jar Cafe sign

Little River Farms http://www.littlerive...

Paradise Pastures http://www.paradisepa... 1 hr away

Mayfield Dairy - http://www.mayfieldda...

Mercy Farms - www.mercystables.com

Noah's Little Ark http://www.noahslittl... 45 minute drive from Chattanooga

Sweetwater Valley Farm - cheese tour! http://www.sweetwater...
 
http://www.theblueber... Pick Your Own Blueberries


Theatre

www.oakstreetplayhouse.com
www.mtnopry.com
www.theatrecentre.com
www.barkinglegs.org
UTC Fine Arts Center call 425-4601 for performance schedule www.utc.edu/administration/fineartscenter/
Tivoli Theatre - http://www.chattanoog...
Memorial Auditorium
www.ballettennessee.org
www.alliedartschattanooga.org
www.chattanoogabachchoir.org
www.chattanoogaballet.net
www.chattanoogaboyschoir.org
www.chattanoogagirlschoir.com
www.chattanoogasymphony.org
www.choralartsofchattanooga.org


Rick Schwarz, Coach SAU Gym-Masters rschwarz@southern.edu

Judy Sloan, Professor
Southern Adventist University
Phone: 423-236-2595
Fax: 423-236-1850
http://pe.southern.ed...
FREE PE classes in the summer and fall for homeschoolers.
 


Pottery classes
This is to inform you of my new email address davsun20@epbfi.com
David Chambers
Department Of Education,Arts and Culture
Director
John A Patten
Pottery Studio
davsun20@epbfi.com
423-260-0255
 
Homeschool classes at Hunter's Musuem of Art, Children's Discovery Musuem and at the Zoo. Fun Bug Club at the Aquarium! Science Theatre Classes at the Creative Discovery Museum.
 
Not sure if the following is still correct.
 
Homeschool - Future Rockhounds of America. Please email me privately at corrys@bellsouth.net if you are interested in your child becoming a FRA. We went on a geode hunt this weekend and returned with several large geodes packed with crystals. We are planning a trip soon to hunt for agates. Sandra

There is a homeschool chess club that meets in Hixon. You can find out about it http://groups.yahoo.c...
 
Weekly band (no strings) with Tina Holcombe and her homeschool band that meets once a week ( Thursday afternoon) at Grace Academy on Shallowford Road in Chatt.

Homeschool Music/Recorder classes with Jackie Shellabarger. Jackie has a B.S. in Music Education, is Kodaly Certified, a former member of the Chattanooga Symphony and a “retired” homeschool mom. Classes are offered for children ages 5-9 in East Brainerd, Hixson and, new this year, Cleveland too. Class meetings are once a week for 55 minutes (45 minutes for kindergarteners) and have a maximum enrollment of 12 students (10 for kindergarteners). Families pay $20. a month for the first child and $15. for the second child. There is a $10. registration fee and a small book and recorder fee of about $10. The first semester is 3 months so the tuition is $60. and the 2nd semester is 4 months so the tuition is $80. Parents can pay all at once or monthly as they choose. For more information see homeschoolmusicclass.com. Jackie can be reached at 1.706.937.4634 or Jshellabarger@gmail.com.
 
 
RESOURCES
Teaching Materials Center, Summerour Hall, Southern Adventist University
http://tmc.southern.e...
The TMC provides students, faculty, and community members with one of the most comprehensive collections of teaching resources in Southeast Tennessee.
The TMC houses more than 15,000 curriculum guides, textbooks, teacher's resources, literature for children and young adults, VHS and DVD videos, CDs, educational games and activities, as well as many artifacts from around the world. Journals and magazines about teaching are available for reference.
Patrons can borrow posters and pictures from the TMC's bulletin board files or cut shapes and letters with dies from a large collection of die cuts. The TMC's work center makes preparing bulletin boards and other teaching materials easy. Going north on Interstate 75, take the Ooltewah exit (#11) and turn right on Lee Highway. At the first stop light (by Burger King), turn right onto Little Debbie Parkway. When it dead ends, turn left onto Apison Pike. Continue on Apison Pike going straight at the traffic light and following the road around the bend. You are now on the campus of Southern Adventist University. Bear right at the pond. Follow the road past the university buildings to the elementary school on the left. Turn right at the caution light. Go right again on Industrial Drive past the Spanish church on the left. At the crest of the hill you will see a blinking caution light on a pole to your right. Turn left into the parking lot for Summerour Hall. Walk back across the street and take the up ramp into the building. The TMC is on the top floor, room 211.

World Sales - 5813 Lee Highway, 894-9111 Will order items for you from Oriental Trading co.. You don't pay shipping/handling

Comment by Cynthia Kennemore on August 30, 2011 at 9:39pm

If you haven't been to the Creation Museum its pretty impressive! Wait does that even make sense? We HAVE been and its impressive! Got to go a couple years ago.

Comment by Anita Roussel on August 30, 2011 at 9:11pm

A coupon in case any of you are planning a trip to the Creation Museum in September or October

http://www.eos.net/elutz/fall_homeschool_days_11.pdf

Comment by Cynthia Kennemore on August 21, 2011 at 6:21pm

Something for the moms:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCbPqi3virQ

Comment by Anita Roussel on August 18, 2011 at 9:38pm

Happy new school year everyone! Praying that all is going well. Who's ready for a mom's night out?! Would love to get together for encouragement and support! :)

Comment by Cynthia Kennemore on July 2, 2011 at 10:15pm

WRCB.com has what seems to be a pretty comprehensive list posted.

Comment by Kristy Martinez on July 2, 2011 at 8:23pm

Anybody know where there's a good fireworks show around here?

Comment by Kristy Martinez on June 23, 2011 at 9:44pm

Pin Strikes has $0.99 bowling and $3 shoe rentals on Mondays.They also have some $2 deals on Tuesdays (laser tag, bowling, shoes, hotdogs, bumper cars, and balladium whatever that is). We can't make this week, but I would love to get the kids together on one or more of these deal days! Anybody in? When?

Comment by Anita Roussel on May 13, 2011 at 1:43pm

UPDATE on our night out.

Due to weather and the fact that it seems to not be the best time for many of us, we will cancel our meeting tonight, but will reschedule very soon! Be on the lookout for a new date and time. I know that most of us are really in need of a night out. LOL! Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

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