Welcome to the November 20, 2007 edition of carnival of homeschooling. With just a few days until the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, I've woven in some thanksgiving and seasonal pictures.
This is the time of year we give thanks first to God then to all our friends and family and lastly to the bloggers who contributed this weeks bountiful harvest. Here's quite a few great posts from some talented bloggers and homeschoolers. Enjoy.
Silvia presents The Solar System as Tomatoes: "My kids had fun recreating the solar system with tomatoes. :) Child-led learning at its best!"
Tiffany Washko presents Eco Books for Kids - Barefoot Books .
HappyCampers presents Wednesday CoOp: Thankgiving & The Leaf Man .
HappyCampers presents How Many Of These Do You Say? .
Dana presents Learning how to learn, the goal of self-teaching .
Jacci presents CM Distinctives: What Really Reeled Me In "Have you ever wondered what all the fuss over Charlotte Mason is about? Here's a little summary of some CM Distinctives."
April Duritza presents Homeschooling on one income: How your decision to home educate can make you MORE finacially secure
DeputyHeadmistress presents A Few Nickels in the Nickolodean saying, "culture, music, and dead white guys"
Elena LaVictoire presents My Domestic Church: Our Journey through Homeschool High School
Steve Oliphant presents 27 tips to getting organized .
Rose presents What We Learned at the Transfer Station saying, "A trip to the dump takes an educational twist."
Summer presents When It All Adds Up To Homeschooling "How my own school experiences lead me to homeschooling."
Matthew S presents What does it take to homeschool? saying, "What does it take to homeschool? That is the question!"
Alvaro Fernandez presents Is Intelligence Innate and Fixed? "Lessons from biology."
Shauna presents on petitions, slacktivism, and taking action
ANDREA HERMITT presents What exactly am I teaching my kids
Lynn presents Free Thanksgiving Notebooking Pages
Rebecca presents Thanksgiving and Native America: A Unit Study
Annette Berlin presents Time For A Homeschool Check-Up "It’s November. Homeschool has been up and running for 60 days. You’ve had two months to see what parts of your curriculum work and what parts are pure disaster. Now is the perfect time for a homeschool check-up."
Ted Reimers presents Studying Abroad
:: Suzanne :: presents Friday Poetry: Robert Burn's To a Mouse & my translation
Sol Lederman presents The 7 top free Math homework help sites
Tim Power presents Update on our Musical Experiment saying, "I provide an update on my experiment in teaching my own child how to play piano (when my own piano skills are very limited at best)."
christinemoers presents When teaching, take a chill pill - don't drill! "Some of us forget to sit back and let learning happen, and be FUN!"
Denise presents Hundred chart Nim saying, "A fun math game for elementary students, blending number skills and strategic thinking."
Elisheva Levin presents Physical Activity: A Necessary Component of Learning saying, "We often think that physical activity is an add-on to our lives, something to be squeezed in after all the important things are done. In reality, physical activity and training are the basis of learning and extremely important to our mental health."
NerdMom presents First Grade WTM Materials saying, "Here is a layout of all the books I bought for the first year of my classical curriculum."
Carole Fogarty presents Nine sure signs the energy in your home is stressed:
savvydaddy presents Calling all dads! "Don't know if this is your typical submission, but here's a survey just for dads. I have been led to create a resource that speaks to this generation of dads, and this survey is one of the initial steps. While it's not specific to homeschooling dads, I think homeschooling dads would have great insights to add!"
HowToMe presents How To Make a Draft Stopper for a Door or Window Sill saying, "Would you like to make a draft stopper for a door or window? I recently made an Evergreen Draft Stopper and a Sand Draft Stopper. Come by and see.
FYI - I keep noticing more and more apple juices are being made in China. Heads up."
Christine presents Film vs TV, Why We Opted to Turn the TV Off, plus Frugal Tips for Movie Buffs "Cheap ways to see great films!"
ChristineMM presents One Way Today’s Kids Learn a Sense of Entitlement: The Ride to and From School posted at The Thinking Mother, saying, "ChristineMM ponders at children being raised with over-indulgence a sense of entitlement and then wonders about the ramifications of homeschooling (is it over-indulgence at the higest level)?"
Jacque asks What Exactly Is A Christian Homeschool Mom? A lot of times, people treat christian homeschool moms like we just fell off of the first spaceship back from Mars.
I know homeschool moms. We are all normal people. We have broken lives and great lives. We have children who are terribly sweet and don't back-talk, and we have children who shun our ideals. We band together to encourage each other, yes, of course. That does not mean we think we are better than anyone else.
Do you want your children to do better on math tests? Buy a 100 books Henry shares some thoughts about a recent study and the importance of books.
Amanda shares Art and Responsibility: Although sketching is not my thing, photography and computer graphix are. Take a look at a harvest creation project I completed for a class. Laundry for a family of 10 is a big responsibility, but it is something I enjoy and take pride in a job well done.
Linda asks Oh, Really? She is no longer afraid to offend people asking about homeschooling.
Barbara shares 72 Hours. If you're in charge of Thanksgiving dinner, consider taking the week off of school. This post includes a link to a plan for doing just that.
Renae says I Quit Reading Better Homes and Gardens
What's in your educational philosophy? Contribute to the Educational Philosophy page. This page is about the choice to homeschool and the values and goals that drive that decision.
Patti reviews A Short History of Nearly Everything This week's article is about a living book that can be used to teach teens Science. Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything is a very engaging books that answers many of the questions that people have about the world around them This book is a wonderful text for General Science!
Crimson Wife has a Spelling Duhlimmah [sic] Examines the dilemma over whether to start
a formal spelling program created by my daughter's use of "invented
spellings".
Sebastian exhorts us to Train Like an Astronaut found a site that links physical activities to tasks that astronauts have to be able to perform.
Carol answers Can my family's homeschool be a nonprofit? Nonprofit organizations have a lot of benefits including tax free income, discounts, and sometimes pay no sales tax! If a homeschool is classified as a private school in their state, can they be a nonprofit? An accountant and homeschooling mother tackles the question.
Alasandra declares No rules, hopefully no controversy just a chance to recognize the homeschool blogs that mean something to us If a homeschool blog has inspired you, tugged at your heart strings or helped with your homeschooling adventure, leave a comment. I'll be happy to recognize the blog. At the end of the month, I'll create a poll (it'll be in the sidebar), and everyone can vote for their favorite blog.
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