Come join us Thursday, September 5th from 11am to 2pm (possibly later) for the annual MASH Not-Back-To-School Picnic at Assiniboine Park Nature Playground. Bring a lunch, picnic blanket and hangout with us!
Category: MASH Events (Page 1 of 3)
These are events put on by MASH.
At Birds Hill Campground
Sunday, Sept 15 – Friday, Sept, 20, 2024
Come for the the week, a few nights or just for the day!
We are hoping you will join us for MASH Camping Week; a week of nature walks, crafts, barbecuing, campfires, and chilling with other homeschooling families. Bring your family, camping gear, and food for a week of activities and fun.
Other optional items to bring:
- Bikes for getting around the campground
- Newspaper to contribute for [Newspaper Challenges]
- Telescope for [Stargazing]
- Mountain Bikes [Bike Ride]
- Face Paint for [Face Painting]
- Costume and Bag for [Trick or Treat]
- Candy or Goody to pass out for [Trick or Treat]
- Campsite Decor for [Trick or Treat]
- Camping Chairs for [Human Battleship]
- Instrument for [Jammin’ in Jammies]
- Cool Jammies for [Jammin’ in Jammies]
- String of choice or charms for [Friendship Bracelets]
- Popcorn or Jiffy Pop for [Movie Night]
Schedule:
Things to note about the schedule:
- Group Campsite is Song Bay 01.
- Red boxes are activities geared towards older kids.
- Brown boxes are programs put on by Birds Hill Park for our group.
- Pizza orders need to have your name and a note “to be picked up by MASH” by 5pm on Thursday to the Pizza Hut in Oakbank. Phone: (204) 444-5551 Order online by clicking here.
- Schedule is just a guideline that is subject to change due to weather and other circumstances.
MASH Camping Week will be centered near Song Bay, the group campsite is Song Bay 01. If you’re camping, it is highly recommended to book near Song Bay. Booking near by allows for the kids to bump into buddies and meet up at the playground easily.
For electrical sites ($22.05/night), book Song Bay or Lark Bay. For basic sites ($17.85/night), book Fox Bay. For full service ($25.20/night), book Swamp Bay Savannah Bay, or Tree Bay (they are farther way from Song Bay). To see where everyone else has booked, please join the chat.
Each family attending is responsible for their own park vehicle permit and campground fee (if camping) as well as their food, beverages, and costs incurred for the week. There are no cost to join the events and no need to signup for join for the day. Every person under the age of 18 is to be under the care of their parent(s) or an appointed adult guardian.
Participation is voluntary, but R-E-S-P-E-C-T is expected.
We are hoping this gives us more time to build connections and create community!
If any questions, please email Tiffany ([email protected]).
Join us Thursday, May 30th from 5:30pm-7:30pm at Bill and Helen Norrie Library for an in depth conversation with the representatives of the Manitoba Homeschooling Office. They will be there to answer your questions on legislation, homeschool forms and etc. If you just have a few questions, you can also join us at the MASH End-of-Year Picnic. The representatives will also be present at the picnic informally.
Infant in arms welcome.
[This is a MASH event]
Come join us Tuesday, May 28th from 11am to 2pm (possibly later) for the annual MASH End-of-Year Picnic at St Vital Park Playground. Bring a lunch, picnic blanket and hangout with us!
Meet at the picnic shelters.
Please note that representatives from the Manitoba Homeschooling Office to answer any questions you may have on legislation and homeschool forms. You can also join us at ‘Meet the Manitoba Homeschooling Office‘ that Thursday, May 30th from 5:30pm-7:30pm at Bill and Helen Norrie Library for more in depth conversation.
Same picnic, NEW location!
We usually have it at Assiniboine Park Nature Playground, but it seems to be under construction, so note the location change!
Be there, or be^2!
At Birds Hill Campground
Sunday, June 9 – June, 14, 2024
Come for the the week, a few nights or just for the day!
We are hoping you will join us for MASH Camping Week; a week of beach time, nature walks, crafts, barbecuing, campfires, and fun contests with other homeschooling families. Bring your family, camping gear, and food for a week of activities and fun.
Other optional items to bring:
- Seal-able clear container for Critter Dipping
- Hammock (for a hammock village)
- Potluck food (if you decide to join)
- Exercise bands and/or Sponges (for Slingin Squishes)
- Spooky Things (for Spooky Forest)
- Mug (for Tea Blending)
Schedule (Updated June 3, 2024):
Things to note about the schedule:
- Group Campsite is Song Bay 01.
- Blue boxes are activities geared towards older kids.
- Brown boxes are programs put on by Birds Hill Park for our group.
- Pizza orders need to have your name and a note “to be picked up by MASH” by 5pm on Thursday to the Pizza Hut in Oakbank. Phone: (204) 444-5551 Order online by clicking here.
- Schedule is just a guideline that is subject to change due to weather and other circumstances.
MASH Camping Week will be centered near Song Bay, the group campsite is Song Bay 01. If you’re camping, please book near Song Bay. For electrical sites ($22.05/night), book Song Bay or Lark Bay. For basic sites ($17.85/night), book Fox Bay. For full service ($25.20/night), book Swamp Bay Savannah Bay, or Tree Bay (they are farther way from Song Bay). To see where everyone else has booked, please join the chat.
Each family attending is responsible for their own park vehicle permit and campground fee (if camping) as well as their food, beverages, and costs incurred for the week. There are no cost to join the events and no need to signup for join for the day. Every person under the age of 18 is to be under the care of their parent(s) or an appointed adult guardian.
We are hoping this gives us more time to build connections and create community!
Date: Thursday, April 4th, 2024
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Place: Robert A Steen Community Club
Address: 980 Palmerston Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3G 1J9
Ticket Prices: $20 (in-person, includes refreshments)
Registration: https://forms.gle/7vboqddZeem116eY9
First register and then transfer to ([email protected]).
Please join us for a MASH Workshop! This is a fundraising event for MASH, an organization completely run by volunteers, and we would love to continue to build community with you while also raising some money for future MASH needs: event rental space, event supplies, website costs, and etc.
For those of you unfamiliar with the fantastic Jennifer Gehman, please see her bio, below:
Jennifer Miller Gehman (BA, BEd) is a seasoned homeschooling ninja and proud mom to a lively bunch of five grown-up adventurers! When she’s not busy socializing with (and occasionally helping out) her university-bound kiddos, you’ll find her donning her regency clothes and dancing around the city with her English Dance group. She is a co-founder of Wildwood Curriculum and a past president and current mentor at the Manitoba Association for Schooling at Home. Jennifer is also a certified facilitator and cheerleader extraordinaire at the Neufeld Institute, where she spreads the gospel of developmental attachment like confetti at a parade! When she’s not deep in the educational trenches, you can catch her indulging in her playful passions like diving into books, sewing up a storm, or time-travelling through historical reenactments. And let’s not forget her knack for turning home renovations into a delightful game of DIY magic!
Come join us Tuesday, September 19th from 11am to 2pm (possibly later) for the annual MASH Not-Back-To-School Picnic at Assiniboine Park Nature Playground. Bring a lunch, picnic blanket and hangout with us!
**Note: This will replace the MASH-Up Park Meet for that week**
HOMESCHOOL LIASONS: We have invited the Homeschool Liasions to join us and answer any questions the community may have about homeschool notification forms or anything else, BUT they have not confirmed.
MASH CONFERENCE: We will be there to answer any questions about the MASH Conference and help to registered anyone that has not registered yet. Online MASH Conference Registration will close at end of day Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
Let’s Build Community Together
* * * * * * * * * * * * *UPDATED* * * * * * * * * * * * *
We have hit our goal for number of participants and almost double it!
REGISTRATION is now CLOSED. – Sept 20, 2023
Thanks for all the support y’all!
Date: Saturday, September 23, 2023
Time: 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Place: Harrow United
Address: 955 Mulvey Ave (Winnipeg)
Early Registration: Register by August 31st
Lunch, snacks, and refreshments will be provided.
REGISTRATION
Registration Form CLOSED!!
Please register early to ensure adequate spaces are allotted for each table talk and there is enough food for all participants.
PRICE
| $20 | per participant | early registration |
| $30 | 2 participants from same household | early registration |
| $25 | per participant | late registration |
| $40 | 2 participants from same household | late registration |
PAYMENT
To pay, you can etransfer to [email protected] OR make alternate arrangement through Michele Merchant or Tiffany Todosichuk.
LET’S BUILD COMMUNITY TOGETHER
A common thread among many homeschoolers is the challenge of finding community. If you cannot find a community where your family thrives, let’s create community together. The central conference goal is to provide a friendly, informal gathering giving opportunities to connect with others while have thoughtful discussions.
THE NEW CONFERENCE FORMAT
After much deliberation, the overall conference format is brand new this year. We have put aside the panels and speeches in favor of table talks.
TABLE TALKS
The table talks are facilitated small-group discussions of up to six participants along with two facilitators. These discussions are meant to connect homeschoolers having shared experiences with specific topics. The conference strives to create a comfortable environment where these intimate group discussions can really help connect participates with each other and help build a strong foundation for the homeschooling community.
- Homeschooling: Finding a Place to Begin
- Homeschooling Neurodivergent Children
- Homeschooling as a Working Caregiver
- Homeschooling the Early Years (start to approximately 12 years old)
- Homeschooling the Later Years (teen years to graduation)
- Homeschooling Multiple Ages
- Homeschooling en Français
- Creating Co-ops and Coordinating Events
- Talking about Life-Learning/Unschooling
- Nurturing Your Homeschooler’s Passions
- Homeschooling with Anxiety
- Filling Out Homeschooling Forms
- High School Record Keeping and Transcripts
- Other: give us your suggestions during registration
2023 MASH CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
| 11:00am – 11:30am | Registration, Refreshments, Find Your Seat at First Table Talk |
| 11:30am – 12:00pm | Welcome Speeches |
| 12:00pm – 12:45pm | First Table Talk |
| 12:45pm – 1:30pm | Lunch Break and Vendor Tables |
| 1:30pm – 2:15pm | Second Table Talk |
| 2:30pm – 3:15pm | Third Table Talk |
| 3:15pm – 4:00pm | Closing Remarks, Graduate Speech, Favorite Resources, Visiting |
OPTIONAL THINGS TO BRING
- Your own reusable mug
- Homeschooling resources to share – labeled with your name
- Homeschooling resources to sell – labeled with your name and the price
- Homeschooling resources to give away – labeled with “FREE”
- Paper and pen for notes
GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT
Instead of a graduate panel this year, we were hoping to create a graduate spotlight booklet of homeschool graduates to help inspire the rest of us. If you are or know a homeschool graduate, please fill out this form to help us create our Graduate Spotlight.
VENDORS/DONORS
The MASH Conference Vendor Hall will be open to the community (whether attending to the conference or not). Please come check out the vendors downstairs in the basement at Harrow United (955 Mulvey Ave, Winnipeg) Saturday, September 23 from 11-4pm.
List of 2023 MASH Conference Vendors:
- Dakota Gymnastics Academy
- Embodiment Music
- Genesis School of Dance
- Gibb Academy
- Lasertopia
- MTYP (Manitoba Theatre for Young People)
- My Gym
- Pembina Trail Voices
- Prairie Badminton
- Royal Dance at the Forks
- Serratus Movement
- Whirling Rainbow Mentorship Circles
- YMCA
There will also be used curriculum and resources being sold along with a free curriculum table (feel free to drop off your own).
WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING ANY MORE VENDORS!
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE HOMESCHOOLING COMMUNITY!
We invite vendors or donors that would like support the homeschooling community. If you would share your resources in our Vendor Hall or donate door prizes or swag bag gifts, please fill out a form.
Send vendor forms to [email protected].
If you would like to participate in the vendor hall, rent a table for $50 or provide us with you materials to share at the conference for $25. By participating in the vendor hall, your business will be mentioned in the MASH Facebook Pages, MASH Webpage, and MASH September 2023 emailed newsletter.
Payment can be etransferred to [email protected].
HD Logo image should be sent to [email protected].
At the event, a 6ft table will be provided in our Vendor Hall. We hope you can provide the conference participants with ideas for activities homeschoolers could use in their upcoming school year. Any pamphlets and decorations will be left up the vendor. Set up times will be an hour before the day of the event (Saturday, Sept 23 @ 10:00-11:00AM). If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.
Conference Co-chairs: Michele Merchant and Tiffany Todosichuk
Back by popular demand, MASH is happy to present MASH Camping Week: Fall Edition. We learned a lot from our first experience this June and we hope to make this September experience even better.
Dates: Sunday, September 10th – Friday, September 15th
(Check-in Time: 4:00pm/Check-out Time: 3:00pm)
Place: Bird’s Hill Campground (Song Bay, Lark Bay, Vesper Bay) see below for map and information
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Come for the the week, a few nights or just for the day!
We are hoping you will join us for MASH Camping Week; a week of beach time, nature walks, crafts, barbecuing, campfires, and fun contests with other homeschooling families. Bring your family, camping gear, and food for a week of activities and fun. Finalized event and activity schedule and call for volunteers will be announced at a later date in August.
(Schedule to be added here at a later date)
MASH Camping Week will be centered around Song Bay campsite #1. For electrical sites ($22.05/night), book Song Bay Lark Bay or Vesper Bay. Below is a map of suggested sites in yellow and where we hope to hold group activities (Song Bay #1) in red.
Each family attending is responsible for their own park vehicle permit and campground fee as well as their food and beverages for the week. Every person under the age of 18 is under the care of their parent(s) or an appointed adult guardian.
If anything else, please contact Mandy.
We are hoping this gives us more time to build connections and create community!
Have you ever had questions about the Manitoba Homeschooling Notification forms? Come and meet the Manitoba Homeschooling Liasion Officer!
Thursday, May 25th from 6pm-7:30pm @ St Boniface Library (2nd Floor Meeting Room)
If you are new to homeschooling, these are the forms we use to notify that our child(ren) are homeschooling each year in September (plan), January (progress), and June (completion). The Liasion Officers are the ones that review it for the Manitoba Education Department.
This is the perfect place to ask any questions you might have and hear the tips straight from the source. We hope you will join us!
Location: waiting confirmation TBD