According to statistics, homeschooling in the United States has increased 74% in the last eight years.
Why? We do not believe that it is because of a lack of faith in our public school systems as much as it is a growing desire to see MORE education and more focus on real issues that will eventually effect the home.
We have toured this country for many years teaching and presenting in thousands of schools and have addressed not only hundreds of thousands of school students but their very concerned parents. Disaster preparedness is always an issue that raises more questions than it provides answers. How do I teach it to my children without frightening them? How do I deal with the tough issues after a disaster? Do I allow my kids to see the news of current disasters? How do I involve them in our planning?
We have found that the world of disaster preparedness is a wide world of educational opportunity filled with science, history, social science, mathematics and literature. It is through this new blog that we intend to provide those tips, stories and insights that we have shared as we toured. Stay tuned here for programs, guides and curriculum additions as well.

Friday, October 11, 2013

Saxby The Squirrel

In the mid-nineteenth century, the new science of weather forecasting was frought with controversy. In the United States, bitter disputes about the nature of storms had raged for decades since Benjamin Franklin and progress in the field was halted by the Civil War.
In the middle of the 1800’s one voice rose above the noise and that voice belonged to Stephen Saxby, a British Naval Instructor who became one of the forefathers of today’s weather forecasting methods. Stephen Saxby believed that with education, we would need less response… the motto of our organization for years.
With the assistance of partners like FoxFury and Emergency Supply Solutions, Saxby The Squirrel has already been booked for appearances and children’s events across the country into Summer of 2014.
Saxby’s programs focus on families with children encouraging them to prepare for disasters, create home disasters kits and observe weather safety rules.
Our goal is to bring Saxby The Squirrel into homes, schools, churches and libraries in order to further prepare young children and their families for what could lie ahead in our ever-changing world.
With our home-schoolers in mind, we are going to begin adding special lesson plans and activities to the website.  Yesterday we added two coloring sheets and a word search to the site!
Visit Saxby's Facebook page for us at www.facebook.com/saxbythesquirrel and check out the activities at www.saxbythesquirrel.com!

Recommended Reading for your older students: 
The Discovery of Weather by Jerry Lockett
The story of Stephen Saxby, the tumultuous birth of weather forecasting and Saxby's Gale of 1869.
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