As a home schooling mother, I am constantly checking out new online sites. Wanna know what sites I have found? I’m glad because I was going to tell you anyway!
Math:
Funbrain
Sheppard Software
Gamequarium
The School Bell
Cool Math 4 Kids (and it really is cool!)
Typing:
Typing Web (a new favorite)
BBC
Typing game
Peter’s Online Typing Course
Since I got caught up taking [...]
As a techy(?) homeschooling mom, I am always looking for online ideas that will make learning fun for my children (and for me). I came across 2 cool sites today, thanks to an online friend and fellow homeschooler, Stretch Mark Mama.
A fun way to Learn the Presidents of the United States
A game site for learning [...]
36 years ago today abortion became legal. About.com summarizes it this way:
The Roe v. Wade decision held that a woman, with her doctor, could choose abortion in earlier months of pregnancy without restriction, and with restrictions in later months, based on the right to privacy.
I know that I have a diverse group of readers, and [...]
In our effort to become more familiar with China and its culture, we have begun to check out children’s books about it at the library. Some of my favorites have been by an author who signs her name on her books simply as Demi. To give you a preview, I will tell you about one [...]
At the end of a summer mission trip to Colorado I went on in 1998, all the church members from the church we were helping out gave my partner and me small gag gifts. One of my gifts was an eye pillow because it had inspired quite a bit of laughter between one of the [...]
This is the time of year when it is common to have so many greeting cards, you don’t know what to do with them all. Kara has some awesome ideas for what to do with them during the Christmas season. But what do you do with them all after Christmas?
A few weeks ago, a friend [...]
Each year at our church’s harvest party, the kids break pinatas full of candy. This year we decided to make our own pinatas and decided to share the process and results with you. Maybe in the process you will learn how to make one for your next birthday party! Stay tuned tomorrow for pictures!
Materials:
Several largish [...]
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