Carnival of homeschooling: Visions of the future

Welcome to the April 29, 2008 edition of carnival of homeschooling.

Where’s my flying car?

When I was a kid, the future was promised to bring us flying cars. I suppose we have only ourselves to blame. After all, we were the kids who grew up and created the present day world. Despite the mundane transportation, there are quite a few cool innovations since we were kids. Your kids will grow to create the next future. Some of us may live to see the era of flying cars. Until then we can only teach our children well.

There are plenty of bloggers this week with advice on teaching, family and othe realated topics. Enjoy this week’s carnival of homeschooling.

Most of the drawings on this page are by Visual Futurist Syd Mead. In the ’50s, he had the enviable job of thinking up futuristic concepts for fantastic books by U.S. Steel. He also designed the sets for sci-fi movies like Tron and Blade Runner.

Dawn Adams presents Another Day, Another Homeschooling Critic posted at Day by Day Homeschooling.

Summer presents How To Hate On Homeschoolers Properly “A sarcastic how-to for writing the perfect anti-homeschooling rant.” posted at Mom Is Teaching

Alasandra presents Increase the educational choices for all Instead of trying to limit educational choices we should all be working to increase the educational choices for all. posted at Alasandra’s Homeschool Blog Awards

Heather Johnson presents 2008 eLearning Symposium posted at Designer eLearning.

Dana presents Homeschooling cuts children off from oversight posted at Principled Discovery.

Cristina Payne presents Home Spun comic strip #216 Distractions we face in homeschooling, and why they may not be a bad thing. posted at Home Spun Juggling

Elena LaVictoire presents Ben Stein’s Expelled My review of Ben’ Stein’s movie, Expelled, No Intelligence Allowed and how I think it connects to education. I think this is a must see for homeschool parents and high school students. posted at My Domestic Church

Amanda Dixon presents A Homeschool Senior?s Favorite Resources The favorite resources of a homeschool senior. posted at The Daily Planet

education

Maria presents A review of a high school geometry course with Geometry: A Guided Inquiry with Geometer’s Sketchpad and a Home Study Companion. via Homeschool Math Blog

Rose presents Trendy, green, frugal, and homeschooling posted at Learning at Home.

Eric Koshinsky presents How to Teach Speaking posted at Teachers Call.

Overwhelmed Mom presents How can you find anything in this mess? This post discusses different learning styles and how they are perceived. posted at A Bundle of Contradictions

Sheri presents The Ocean posted at Shades of Pink

Debbie Phillips presents Henty I only started my blog on Sunday the 20th. So far on my blog there is an article on G.A. Henty, links and info about the UHSE, photos of flowers, and a video of a ballet that is great. posted at Debbie’s Digest

Jacque Dixon presents Gardening 101 – You *Can* Teach Your Children!! Gardening is one of the easiest ways to homeschool, especially throughout the summer! posted at Walking Therein

Henry Cate presents a Book review: Bootstrapping Your Business saying: Do you have a budding entrepreneur? Teaching your children to manage money and start a business is just as important as academics posted at Why Homeschool.

Mrs. C presents Homeschooling With Lotsa Kids Yes, you *can* homeschool if you have younger children as well. It just takes time! via Homeschool and Etc.

Barbara says I Should Have Known saying An urban agrarian family with a popular web site reveals its homeschooling past. posted at Barbara Frank.

Bettina Colona Essert presents Homeschooling in North Carolina Bettina explains how to homeschool in North Carolina. via The Life Without School Blog

The Tinker Box suggests Putting aside broken mechanical and electronic devices for kids to take apart later. via Freeman Hunt

Rebecca presents The Orioles Are Coming! Bird watching can be a fun homeschooling activity. Here’s how to attract Orioles and how to track their migration north with your kids. via The Upside Down World

Ramona presents No Screen, No Fun. via Lessons from Loon Loop

Book of Life My son has been devouring biographies lately, and he wanted to recommend a few of his favorites. via A Family Runs Through It

Who Is This Kid? My workbook-hating son astounds me by suddenly deciding to do ten Singapore Math 1a lessons in one sitting, with his own special boyish twist. via Free Inquiry at Home

Hands On = Brain Off? Sebastian at Percival Blakeney Academy reacts to a report that math manipulatives may not improve learning. via Percival Blakeney Academy

Renae presents How to Add Art to Your Blog posted at Life Nurturing Education

Orlandrea Wilson presents Help For The Frazzled Homeschooler posted at Boo-Boo Bear, Mommy & Daddy.

Nancy Sathre-Vogel presents Roadschooling My husband and I will be taking off soon to ride our bikes from Alaska to Argentina with our 10-year-old twin boys. In this post, I talk about how we deal with the boys’ education on the road. posted at A Wayward Journey

christinemoers presents Those unschoolers are smart little cookies Take a bite out of some unschooling. It’s quite delish! posted at welcome to my brain

Tim Power presents Classical Education, Logical Fallacies, and Mushrooms I recently came across a critique of Classical Education (specifically, the Trivium model), and take a stab at debunking it. In the process I wind up enmeshed in a debate with an Objectivist about Religion, Objectivism, Faith, Reason, and the nature of reality. posted at Sometimes I’m Actually Coherent

Melissa presents Books: Using Your Resources posted at Living Life
Between the Trees.

Denise presents Non-metric measurements, and poetry Two great ways to teach non-metric volumes (read the comments for #2!), and math poems in honor of National Poetry Month. posted at Let’s play math!

ChristineMM presents I’ve Been Learning About Convergence Insufficiency (an Eye Tracking Problem) ChristineMM shares some information she has learned about an eye tracking problem after one of her children was recently diagnosed with convergence insufficiency. posted at The Thinking Mother

family

Janice Campbell presents TV Turnoff Week: Fast, Cheap, & Easy Life Enhancement! posted at Janice Campbell- Taking Time for Things That Matter, saying, “TV Turnoff Week is a holiday that ought to be celebrated for much longer than just a week. Doing and being, rather sitting and staring is a quick, easy way to enhance life. Extend the holiday, and just do it!”

Malia Russell presents The Easily Distracted Child » Homemaking 911 posted at Homemaking 911.

Melitsa presents Tip: Sound communication posted at Play-Activities.com.

Jennifer in OR presents A Strawberry Tea Party Hosting a fun tea party, including a bit of the history of tea. posted at Diary of 1

Elisheva Levin presents We Found It on Chupadera Mesa…! A weekend get-away leads us to a four-year plan for sustainable living. posted at Ragamuffin Studies

Jocelyn @ A Pondering Heart presents Homeschool Boutique posted at A Pondering Heart.

Activities Coordinator presents New Horizons posted at Life On The Planet.

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