I am always on the lookout for good reading resources for my kids. In fact I’m always on the lookout for free high quality learning materials of any kind to use with my kids. This week I found some great ones, in addition to the free educational materials from NASA that I posted earlier this…
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Free Homeschooling Materials from Nasa
Image: amnh.org Not all homechoolers realize that many of the educational resources that are out there for teachers are also available to homeschoolers. A while back NASA and the American Museum of Natural History were giving away free copies of the Journey to the Stars DVD and educator guide to teachers so I signed up to get…
The Kids Aren’t All Right. ‘Race to Nowhere’ – Movie Review
Race to Nowhere exposes the dark side of America’s achievement culture and its harmful effects on our children. I had an opportunity to attend a screening of this film this week. Overall it was a sad tale of the stress and overwhelming pressure today’s youth is under. It exposes a school system in which neither educators nor students are truly thriving but just getting by, or…
Flats and Floor Plans
Photo by Casey Serin via Flickr So today’s post was going to be about pumpkins, carving candles and all that kind of October goodness but fate intervened. I came out of our local greasy spoon after enjoying breakfast with my girls, hopped in the car and headed home. That’s when I heard it THWAP THWAP…
Homeschooling and Socialization
[ad name=”Above Content”] I was recently asked by a mom considering homeschooling about socialization and she was concerned that her kids would be missing out on social experiences if they weren’t in school. There is a common misconception that homeschoolers are unsocialized and don’t know how to interact with others and their peers since. It’s…
My kid gave me homework!
“What’s the oldest building in the US that’s still around?” my oldest asked me as she was about to fall asleep. “I’m not sure I replied I’ll have to do some research but I’ll let you know.” “Could you please put it in my lunch for me?” she replied. I said “Sure.” So last night…
Electricity, Electricity
[ad name=”Amazon Toy Banner”] As a homeschooling parent, I’m constantly looking for fun and exciting things to do with my girls. Just recently I was introduced to snap circuits. Snap circuits allow you to create real functioning electrical systems without soldering etc… They use snaps, resembling those on a jacket, and snap together. The book…
Lessons from LEGOs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/huladancer22/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This weekend I finally convinced the girls to give up their large bin of LEGO Quatros. They donated that and ten other toys to Goodwill. So I decided to treat them and purchased them some regular small LEGOs. I went to the store looking for a plain old box of…