Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Free Field Trip

If you are on a budget, here is a website with free field trips.




http://www.fieldtripfactory.com/

Friday, August 13, 2010

Free Science

Here is a neat site for children to learn Spanish for free.




http://www.onlinefreespanish.com/

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Curriculum

I have decided to use several teaching aids to educate my 5 year old. Hooked on Phonics, Horizon Math, Starfall, Head of the Class, etc.



http://www.theheadoftheclass.com/




Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Homeschooling High School Students

I am getting ready for next year. I have to make a decision on which curriculum to use for my soon to be 9th grader. There are so many to choose from. I am really thinking about sending him to a community college for his math classes. Thank goodness I have 4 to 5 months to make a decision.

Homeschooling Thru High School http://www.hslda.org/highschool/

Monday, April 26, 2010

Free Curriculum

 
"We've found the very best online lessons, projects, games, and activities for K-5 students and we've assembled them into ready-to-teach, weekly topic units.  Sign up now to take advantage of everything Lesson Pathways has to offer:  over 900 FREE weekly topic units; pre-screened, high quality, online resources; and an easy-to-use Planner, allowing you to customize your child's curriculum or supplement."

Friday, March 12, 2010

Although February is a great time to learn about Black History, it should be studied in depth year round. So, I have created a new site "Black History Year Round Directory", in order to help achieve this goal.




Monday, February 8, 2010

Black History: Famous Athlete



Although she had polio as a child, did you know that Wilma Rudolph was the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympic?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph

Friday, February 5, 2010

Black History: Singers

Did you know that Nat King Cole was the first African American to host a network variety program, The Nat King Cole Show, which debuted on NBC television in 1956.


 Click On the Link Below
http://www.biography.com/articles/Nat-King-Cole-9253026

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Black History: Learn about Black Inventors

Did you know that Garrett Morgan invented the Gas Mask, the
Stop Light, and the first human-hair straightener??
This site has a lot of information on Black Inventors.


CLICK ON LINK BELOW
http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/garrettmorgan.html

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Never Mess With a Little Boy's Food!


My four year old was looking at his science book on tornadoes, today. His uncle dropped by with food from Sonic (a fast food burger spot) and told him that his grandma didn't buy any food for him (he was teasing him). So, up went my 4 year old's hand and he told his uncle that a tornado storm would come and get him if he didn't hand over his popcorn chicken. His uncle had this shocked look on his face (priceless).

Friday, January 8, 2010

We have "weaned" ourselves off of box curriculum for Math and Grammar. So far everything is going great. I was stuck in the mindset that my son would be missing something if we didn't choose to use a box curriculum for Math and Grammar. It seems like my 13 year old is learning and retaining more using online worksheets and "Key to" workbooks. I now realize that the boxed curriculum we were using was weighing us down like weeds. Now that our family has cut the "weeds" from our curriculum, my son is able to learn and grow.

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