Carnival of homeschooling: Visions of the future
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.
Dawn Adams presents Another Day, Another Homeschooling Critic
Summer presents How To Hate On Homeschoolers Properly "A sarcastic how-to for writing the perfect anti-homeschooling rant."
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.
Heather Johnson presents 2008 eLearning Symposium
Dana presents Homeschooling cuts children off from oversight
Cristina Payne presents Home Spun comic strip #216 Distractions we face in homeschooling, and why they may not be a bad thing.
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.
Amanda Dixon presents A Homeschool Senior?s Favorite Resources The favorite resources of a homeschool senior.
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Maria presents A review of a high school geometry course with Geometry: A Guided Inquiry with Geometer's Sketchpad and a Home Study Companion.
Rose presents Trendy, green, frugal, and homeschooling
Eric Koshinsky presents How to Teach Speaking
Overwhelmed Mom presents How can you find anything in this mess? This post discusses different learning styles and how they are perceived.
Sheri presents The Ocean
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.
Jacque Dixon presents Gardening 101 - You *Can* Teach Your Children!! Gardening is one of the easiest ways to homeschool, especially throughout the summer!
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
Mrs. C presents Homeschooling With Lotsa Kids Yes, you *can* homeschool if you have younger children as well. It just takes time!
Barbara says I Should Have Known saying An urban agrarian family with a popular web site reveals its homeschooling past.
Bettina Colona Essert presents Homeschooling in North Carolina Bettina explains how to homeschool in North Carolina.
The Tinker Box suggests Putting aside broken mechanical and electronic devices for kids to take apart later.
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.
Ramona presents No Screen, No Fun.
Book of Life My son has been devouring biographies lately, and he wanted to recommend a few of his favorites.
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.
Hands On = Brain Off? Sebastian at Percival Blakeney Academy reacts to a report that math manipulatives may not improve learning.
Renae presents How to Add Art to Your Blog
Orlandrea Wilson presents Help For The Frazzled Homeschooler
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.
christinemoers presents Those unschoolers are smart little cookies Take a bite out of some unschooling. It's quite delish!
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.
Melissa presents Books: Using Your Resources
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.
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.
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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
Melitsa presents Tip: Sound communication
Jennifer in OR presents A Strawberry Tea Party Hosting a fun tea party, including a bit of the history of tea.
Elisheva Levin presents We Found It on Chupadera Mesa...! A weekend get-away leads us to a four-year plan for sustainable living.
Jocelyn @ A Pondering Heart presents Homeschool Boutique
Activities Coordinator presents New Horizons .
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of homeschooling using our carnival submission form. The next carnival of homeschooling will be hosted by Melissa's Idea Garden.
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Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science
Phineas Gage, a 19th century railroad construction foreman, survived an accident that blew a 13-pound 3 foot 7inch iron rod through his cheek and out the top of his skull. He should have been dead, but rather he was able to walk, talk, and account his accident to others. His recovery was not unremarkable though, after battling infection and suffering from delirious spells, his convalescence would last several months. Yes, he survived a catastrophic injury, but Phineas would never be the same. Read more...
Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys
As a mom to three active boys, I'm always eager to read what others have to say about raising boys to be men. What better people to take advice from than Hal and Melanie Young, parents to 6 boys (and 2 girls). In their book, Raising Real men, they discuss the intricacies of bringing up boys within a biblical worldview. They address numerous issues, such as boys needing heroes to look up to, leadership, competitiveness, stewardship, manners, and much more. Read more...
Blizzard!
Having grown up in Upstate New York and now living in Western New York, I have grown accustomed to snow. Winters last sometimes 6 months here, and you learn to deal with it. But only a handful of times do I remember experiencing a true blizzard, the kind that closes shopping malls, grocery stores, and schools. In his riveting book, Blizzard, Jim Murphy tells of the infamous blizzard of 1888, where not only towns came to a standstill, but also 600+ people lost their lives. Read more...
When You Reach Me
Twelve-year-old Miranda is living in New York City with her mom, who has just learned she will be a contestant on the 20,000 Pyramid game show (book is set in the 70's). Excitement abounds and Miranda helps her mom prepare for the show with timed quizzes. Miranda is a latch key kid, and when she starts receiving some unusual notes from an unknown person she is intrigued, and a little spooked. Read more...
Frankie: The Walk 'n Roll Dog
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Pajama School: Stories From the Life of a Homeschool Graduate
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Camp Club Girls and the Mystery at Discovery Lake
In The Mystery at Discovery lake, summer camp cabin-mates turned friends Elizabeth, Alexis, Sydney, Mackenzie and Kate team up to investigate first some strange howlings, and then some strange diggings at the adjacent golf course. One of the girls brought with her some neat gadgets such as a robot spy-cam, which proves useful to the novice detectives. When they are not sleuthing around, they are doing regular camp activities such as crafts, horseback riding, and learning Bible memory verses. Read more...
The Make Today Matter Makeover
I wish I were thinner. I need to get back to working out. I have a list of books I'd like to read. I want to break a bad habit. I must get more organized. Sound familiar? All of us have things in our life that we'd like to change. But where do we begin? How do we get from here to there? One resource that may help is the Make Today Matter Makeover: The 26 Best Ways to Recapture Daily Magic, Kick-start High-Energy Living, and Get the Most out of Life. Read more...
On the Edge with Coolhead Luke
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Catherine, Called Birdy
Privies and Muck, rats and pigs, fleas, embroidery, and eel pie. Oh the life of a 14-year old maiden in medieval times. In this amusing and eye opening journal, Catherine (called Birdy), tells of her life in the middle ages. Written with an honest and sometimes sassy tone, readers will be enlightened to innumerable facts about this time period. Birdy longs to be doing anything other than sewing. And, when she is not writing or sewing she's chasing away would be suitors. Read more...
Marie and Her Friend the Sea Turtle
In this unique and colorful picture book the story of a young girl who finds a sea turtle is told in 3 languages: English, Spanish, and French. Living next to the ocean, Marie walks along the seashore to collect shells. Thinking she found a giant shell she is surprised to discover it is actually a sea turtle. The gentle creature needs her help to get back to the ocean, but he is too big for her to move. What is she to do? Her parents eye the turtle imagining he would make a good stew. Read more...
No Bones About it! The Sum of Our Parts Series Book One
In this educational picture book, kids will have fun while they learn about their skeletal system. Written in rhyming verse with additional "factoids", readers will be given a good introduction to the bones in their body. This is a great way to get across need to know information. I bet as you read along you will easily grasp the material. Illustrations abound, and include examples of the bones being taught. Here's an excerpt: "And, now, count your ribs-a ticklish lot. Read more...
A Dog of Flanders
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How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
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Here Lies Arthur
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