Posted in Field trips & tours, personal, pictures on Jan 30th, 2009 13 Comments »
Last night, the girls and I did our part to represent homeschool families and show that it can be a neat way of life. I think it went pretty well and it was surprisingly fun! The show is a family program about issues like nutrition, education, special needs and such. Originally, the topic was [...]
Posted in Field trips & tours, personal on Jan 29th, 2009 4 Comments »
We’re heading out of town in a few minutes so I can be part of a regional PBS TV program about school choice, representing homeschoolers. I’m a wee bit nervous but am hoping for the best. It should be a fun adventure. The kids will get to see the TV station and we’re spending the [...]
Posted in deep thoughts, writing on Jan 28th, 2009 4 Comments »
The other night I typed up a long post about a freebie that was offered online. It was homeschool related (generally offered for a price but free right now) and we’d enjoyed it, so I wanted to pass it on. I had noticed immediately that the intro was very badly written. There were typos (the [...]
Posted in art, cool sites on Jan 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
I wandered onto the Artsonia site the other day while looking for an art project I’d seen online. What a fun find! This site calls itself the world’s largest kids’ art museum and it is a treasure trove of wonderful ideas and fabulous art projects. With sections for teachers, parents and kids, there seems to [...]
Posted in In the news on Jan 27th, 2009 3 Comments »
Mark this under the “duh” category. A researcher has found that children behave better when they’re allowed to move at least once a day. Sadly, 30% of the kids in the study were allowed somewhere between 0 and 15 minutes of recess all day. One first grade class in particular had only one 10-minute break [...]
Posted in contests, writing on Jan 27th, 2009 No Comments »
Older kids may want to get involved in this writing contest: Write a book review—with a twist! Little Dozen Press is sponsoring a new contest for writers ages 11 and up. Review your favourite novel or other work of fiction. In your review, pinpoint a specific writing technique which the author does well, and share [...]
Posted in cool sites, Funnies, games, holidays on Jan 26th, 2009 2 Comments »
That’s what Daryl told me when he read this… On Chinese New Year Eve, parents encourage children to stay awake as long as possible, because legend says that the longer children stay awake the longer their parents will live. From this neat little site that has lots of stuff to do today to celebrate the [...]
Posted in Full Disclosure, holidays, pictures on Jan 26th, 2009 2 Comments »
Uh yeah. So the real Chinese New Year is today. Oops! Daryl doesn’t know where he read that it was Saturday and I just took his word for it. So the good news is you have plenty of time to take part with your kiddos if you didn’t get a chance to earlier. Welcome, once [...]
Posted in art, crafts, Fun, geography, holidays, pictures, social studies on Jan 25th, 2009 3 Comments »
We did our best to celebrate the Chinese New Year today, mostly thanks to Daryl. He found lots of nifty things online and he and the kids made lanterns, read a story about how all of the animals got years named after them (and why they’re in that order), made red lucky envelopes with [...]
Posted in um... not much! on Jan 24th, 2009 3 Comments »
I just realized I hadn’t blogged at all today and was going to tell you about our Chinese New Year plans for tomorrow and our Scottish plans for Burns’ Night on Sunday or maybe ice skating today… But I have a sleeping boy in my arms and a new magazine to read in the blissful [...]
