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Previews of the 20 most recent posts from contributing homeschool blogs

• Saturday, February 04, 2012: American Heart Month (Feb. 01-29) 2012-02-04 via Homeschool Learning Network Blog Saturday, February 04, 2012  Welcome to the Homeschool Learning Network?s Learning Calendar! Each day, we will blog some exciting event, birthday or anniversary that happened on this day. Start your day by having your children learn about today?s event by using the following description and links! Each day we will feature a ?Daily Coupon? for a related Downloadable Unit Study available in our E-Store.American Heart Month (Feb. 01-29)February is American Heart Month. Read more...
• Geeky Links 2/4 2012-02-04 via NerdFamily Blog Ok, I am so looking forward to the Avengers coming out. But instead of kicking off this week with the trailer we have all seen many times I thought I would post an awesome Swede that was done by a local group here in Fresno!Gizmodo has a first look at the Lego Lord of the Rings minifigures! They are so cool!!!BitRebels has a super awesome Star Trek Enterprise inspired coffee table. Read more...
• MY Boss 2012-02-04 via momof6malloyboys Thanks for the guest post by Jo LevyMy boss sent me online to look at TV options for the office. He had just gotten a big screen right above the reception desk and he wanted it on something good, not just the news, he said. So I went to www.direc4u.com and found out they?ve got all kinds of cooking channels and weather channels and even stuff that?s 24/7 designing ? we are a design firm so I think that makes the most sense but obviously he gets to make the final call. Read more...
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• Nature Study in the Winter 2012-02-03 via Our Journey Westward Brrrr ? it?s cold outside!Winter is in full swing. This might seem like a silly time to suggest taking a nature walk, but creation doesn?t stop singing just because the temperatures are cold! In fact, winter is an awesome time for viewing things that we might miss other times of the year.Besides studying the obvious topics of snow, ice and frost, an entire world of nature excitement awaits this season. Read more...
• Norah decorated Avril.Please note: Avril has three sets of 2012-02-04 via Veronica Boulden Norah decorated Avril.Please note: Avril has three sets of the footie pajamas above. That's why you see them so often. I do change her clothes. Read more...
• I try really hard to follow The Well Trained Mind, 2012-02-04 via Veronica Boulden I try really hard to follow The Well Trained Mind, particularly when it comes to our study of history. So I've read the section on history for the grammar age student about twenty times already and I keep coming back to it every so often, just to make sure I am doing it right. Read more...
• Saturday Review of Books: February 4, 2012 2012-02-04 via Semicolon ?After the work is read, attention must be given. This is the time for serious reflection that goes beyond the act of good reading to the broader acts of good living.? ~~James W. SireWelcome to the Saturday Review of Books at Semicolon. Here?s how it usually works. Find a book review on your blog posted sometime during the previous week. The review doesn?t have to be a formal sort of thing. Read more...
• Homeschoolers...it's time to enter the 2012 Doodle 4 Google Contest 2012-02-03 via About.com Homeschooling The theme for the 2012 Doodle 4 Google Contest is "If I could travel in time, I'd visit..." Homeschooled students are invited to participate in the competition to create a new design for the Google homepage logo centered around this year's theme.... Read more...
• Fun, FREE!, Hands-on Math Units 2012-02-03 via love2learn2day Two of my favorite units from The Math Learning Center are now FREE!! They include:Hands-On Math: Measurement with Marbles (click to free pdf)Hands-On Math: Geometry with Geoblocks (click to free pdf)I've repeatedly used the lessons with math groups. You can find my reflections on the geometry lessons here. And the marble roll lessons here and here. Read more...
• Homeschooling Starts In Many Different Places 2012-02-03 via PARENT AT THE HELM For some folks, the decision to pursue homeschooling is a piece of cake compared to actually facing the first day of complete responsibility for their children's education. I know: I've been there. There can never be a definitive... Read more...
• 7-Quick Takes 2012-02-03 via My Domestic Church Join Jen and the other Quicktakers over at the Conversion Diary.> 1.  After the Health and Human Services mandates against the Catholic Church hit the media last week (along with a strong response from the bishops and other Catholics), articles and commentary against the church were all over the Huffington Post this week. Read more...
• Moms for Laughs - MFL 2012-02-03 via Mom Laughs  Super Bowl Mom: Why the NFL needs the MFL (Mom For Laughs)The MFL needs to tell the NFL...to talk out their issues and problems, instead of shoving, pushing, and tackling out there on the field.to stop whispering out there in huddles, it makes the other team feel bad to be talking about them.that the real Super Bowl is the white big bowl in the bathroom.that the point of wearing a uniform is to help you act more polite and respectful in school. Read more...
• Gluten Free Friday ~ Running Recovery Smoothie 2012-02-03 via Gluten Free Krums The two days of silence were wonderful!  I started each day with a morning run and fruit and veggie smoothie of my choosing out of a cookbook that I haven't had time to experiment with much. Fun! And then I sat.  Sat on the couch and read my Bible, prayed in my journal.  Sat and read books and magazines.  Sat in the bright sunshine and soaked up lots of vitamin D.  Sat on the porch and listened to the south Texas doves cooing. Read more...
• How to teach writing: ignore grammar 2012-02-03 via Penelope Trunk Homeschooling I rarely tout my teaching abilities as a reason that I am homeschooling, which is probably why I have a homeschool blog full of beach resort photos instead of teaching tips.However I do think I?m qualified to teach writing. I?ve taught writing at Brown, Boston University, and the University of Paris. And having been a teacher of college students I feel qualified to tell you that being a writing teacher is the process of giving constant feedback about what is interesting and what is not interesting. Read more...
• Family Funny: Frosty Kitchen Chaos 2012-02-03 via Frontline Moms Courtesy of Kerem YucelBy Lisa CherryChristmas Eve is not a good day to discover your refrigerator is not working. Instead of stuffing the stockings, Doug and I were stuffing the spoiling Christmas goodies into the back up fridge in the basement. Not a pretty sight.We discovered a completely frosted over coil. No problem, Doug reported. The unit had done this once before and Doug had carefully watched the repair man fix it. Read more...
• St. Blaise 2012-02-03 via My Domestic Church via Medieval Saints yahoo Group:St. Blaise has achieved perennial popularity in both the East of his origin (hewas bishop of Sebastea in Armenia) and in the West. However, like many anotherfavored saint, we know little about his life.His (undependable) medieval legend gives the following biography.Blaise was a boy of high intelligence, so his parents gave him a good Catholiceducation. He went on, then, to the priesthood. While still a young man, hewas chosen bishop of Sebastea, Armenia. Read more...
• Happy GroundHog Day 2012-02-03 via MTheads Moscow Millie says, "Looks like six more months of winter. Read more...
• Magna Carta Copy Repaired 2012-02-03 via Consent Of The Governed A copy of the Magna Carta "Great Charter"...here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it. Read more...
• A Fresh Start in the Middle of the Year 2012-02-03 via Confessions of an Organized Homeschool Mom For those who homeschool on a more traditional schedule, January is the middle of the school year. And no matter what the calendar says, I?m convinced that February is the longest month of the year. Nevertheless, we can take steps towards a fresh start even at this juncture. Now is a great time to refocus on our objectives?while our minds are all ready focused on losing the same ten pounds we lose every January, and we?re in the starting-over mindset. Read more...
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