HCECF - Homeschool Cooperative

Do you like to jump and run?
Would you like to have some fun?
Smash raw eggs and make big messes?
Or balance water on your tresses?
Play wacky games and meet new faces?
Make new friends from far off places?
Do you like to squish ooblek?
Hear your mom scream "you're a wreck!"?
Do you like to play in sand?
Then join us, join us if you can?

All area homeschoolers are invited to join us in this annual HCECF event as we celebrate NEA's Read Across America's 11th anniversary and the 51st birthday of The Cat in the Hat with a Seuss-themed field day on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at Magnolia Park!

Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Engineering Workshops - the "Investigating Ooblek" engineering workshop is INCLUDED with the cost of this event.

HCECF members FREE.

All other homeschooling families $5 per family. RSVP required by February 20th, 2008.

Please bring a book or two with you!

Books are collected at the annual Dr Seuss Field Day event and donated to a local schools literacy program as part of our H.E.A.R.T.S Community Service Projects.

Please list your name and kids name and ages in the comments section when you pay.

Payments are non-refundable.

HCECF members - the cost of this event is INCLUDED with your membership dues!

Dr. Seuss for Nursing Moms - author unknown

Would you nurse her in the park?
Would you nurse him in the dark?
Would you nurse him with a Boppy?
And when your boobs are feeling floppy?
I would nurse him in the park,
I would nurse her in the dark.
I'd nurse with or without a Boppy.
Floppy boobs will never stop me.
Can you nurse with the light on?
Can you nurse from dusk till dawn?
Though she may pinch me, bite me, pull,
I will nurse her `till she's full!
Can you nurse and make some soup?
Can you nurse and feed the group?
It makes her healthy strong and smart,
Mommy's milk is the best start!
Would you nurse him at the game?
Would you nurse her in the rain?
In front of those who dare complain?
I would nurse him at the game.
I would nurse her in the rain.
As for those who protest lactation,
I have the perfect explanation.
Mommy's milk is tailor made
It's the perfect food, you need no aid.
Some may scoff and some may wriggle,
Avert their eyes or even giggle.
To those who can be cruel and rude,
Remind them breast's the perfect food!
I would never scoff or giggle,
Roll my eyes or even wiggle!
I would not be so crass or crude,
I KNOW that this milk's the perfect food!
We make the amount we need
The perfect temp for every feed.
There's no compare to milk from breast-
The perfect food, above the rest.
Those sweet nursing smiles are oh so sweet,
Mommy's milk is such a treat.
Human milk just can't be beat.
I will nurse, in any case,
On the street or in your face.
I will not let my baby cry,
I'll meet her needs, I'll always try.
It's not about what's good for you,
It's best for babies, through and through.
I will nurse her in my home,
I will nurse her when I roam.
Leave me be lads and ma'am.
I will nurse her, Mom I am.

You Can Breastfeed Anywhere
by Laurie Coker


You may breastfeed in a store,
on the floor,
in a roar.
You may breastfeed in a jam,
eating fried green eggs and ham.
You may breastfeed on the stair.
You may breastfeed anywhere!

Your baby can latch on in a swing,
on the wing,
in a ring.
He can latch on in a car,
where you are,
at the barre.
She can latch on in a storm,
on the farm:
that's her charm.
She can latch on in a train,
on a plane,
without pain.
They can latch on to a rhyme.
They can latch on any time.

You can nurse Jane or Joe.
You can nurse Clyde or Moe.
you can nurse Betty or Sallie.
you can nurse at a political rally.
You can nurse any time, anywhere.
You can nurse clothed or bare.
You can nurse unshaved of hair.
You can nurse Tim, Tony or Tom.
Who can nurse? Any mom!