Posted in Daily log, cool sites, personal, spelling on Mar 9th, 2010 3 Comments »
We are back from our mini-vacation and kids’ conference and I’ll post all about it soon, but I have a migraine and am exhausted so for tonight this will have to do!
1. Check out all of these HS freebies. Gadzooks. I’m gonna lose a lot of time on this site.
2. Overheard at the Writers and [...]
Posted in Daily log, art, challenges, cool sites on Mar 1st, 2010 3 Comments »
Here’s a bit more of what we’ve been up to!
Victoria has been drawing wildflowers she found in the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine. They’re lovely! She gave me a picture of a lady slipper because she said she thought it would remind me of spring.
Daryl read Jack a picture book about St. Patrick’s Day [...]
Posted in cool sites, science on Feb 28th, 2010 3 Comments »
Look at this fun stuff! I love these….
Ordinary Life Magic is hosting the 2010 Science Fair and lists fabulous HS science experiments to do from bloggers all over for all ages.
52 Books in 52 Weeks is a great weekly challenge you can take part in. Just read a book a week and post about it [...]
Posted in cool sites, science on Feb 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Here are three rather odd educational links for you!
First, if you haven’t paid enough attention during CSI and are not up on your skull anatomy, this cute little program will quiz you on the parts of the skull from various angles (left click to reveal what each part is called).
(Accompanying random bit of trivia: I [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations, Toddlers, art, cool sites, games, science on Feb 18th, 2010 3 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what I’ve been reading and writing lately:
Reading:
101 Out-Of-This-World Books For Kids Ages 8-13
25 Plants You Should Consider Growing
(image from this heirloom Asian seed company)
Kid-Friendly Elephant Toothpaste Demo
Writing:
Winter boredom busters for little ones
Ten ways to store, use and display your children’s artwork
Free online learning games for every subject
(Victoria and Anna both loved the [...]
Posted in Book Recommendations, Daily log, Fun, cool sites, games, math, pictures, science on Feb 16th, 2010 8 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to the past few days!
1. We had a family Valentine’s Day party…
2. The kids and I have been trying out the free Zeus’ Petals multiplication game you can play online. It’s simple fun and recommended. (Note to authors: look up “despair” though.)
3. Jack has been reading this [...]
Posted in cool sites, history, science on Feb 12th, 2010 2 Comments »
Many of you know that today is the 201st anniversary of Darwin’s birth. Ordinarily, I would have tried to gather all sorts of links and fun, but I’ve been overwhelmed with not much of anything and have naught!
Lucky for me (and you!), Risa has lots of fun Darwin stuff over at Educating Risa! Go take [...]
Posted in Fun, cool sites on Feb 9th, 2010 5 Comments »
We’re in a bit of a sheepish mood here lately, with all this Shaun the Sheep business. I posted a link to a fun Shaun site the other day and Daryl has found even more. I’ve been putting Shaun stuff up over at the Magical Childhood blog too, and now Daryl sent me this fun [...]
Posted in In the news, cool sites on Feb 7th, 2010 4 Comments »
Here’s a bit of what’s been occupying my computer time lately….
This “homeschool” graduate is running for school board in Texas and wants to change legislation so there’s less chance for “educational neglect” in homeschool families. What do you think?
This snowflake website is so full of neat stuff that I’ve had it open in my browser [...]
Posted in cool sites on Feb 1st, 2010 No Comments »
Here’s what’s keeping all of my tabs open on Firefox today. Some of these are so interesting, fun, fascinating, you name it!
1. NASA announces plans for personal flying suit
2. Amazing photographs that demonstrate laws of physics (this site is begging for more research, such as who the photographer is and what each photo represents!)
3. Wanna [...]
