Dana writes about new online home schooling magazine called The Heart of the Matter. The first edition has several interesting looking articles. They are seeking submissions.
This looks worth following.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
The Wall Street Journal is now free
I use to read the Wall Street Journal. It does a good job of covering news in general and a great job of covering the business world.
They use to have some free content online, but charged people for the full content. They have announced that now it will all be free:
"The majority of our daily editorial offerings have remained behind a paid subscription wall at wsj.com/opinion, while our free site, OpinionJournal.com, offered select stories plus a few Web-only features. As of today, those two sites will merge and become a single free site for all Journal opinion, both in the U.S. and overseas editions, book reviews and leisure and arts."
If you are looking for a good source of news, check out The Wall Street Journal.
(Hat tip: Homeschool 2.0)
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They use to have some free content online, but charged people for the full content. They have announced that now it will all be free:
"The majority of our daily editorial offerings have remained behind a paid subscription wall at wsj.com/opinion, while our free site, OpinionJournal.com, offered select stories plus a few Web-only features. As of today, those two sites will merge and become a single free site for all Journal opinion, both in the U.S. and overseas editions, book reviews and leisure and arts."
If you are looking for a good source of news, check out The Wall Street Journal.
(Hat tip: Homeschool 2.0)
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
meanest mom on the planet
Interesting way to sell a car.
Mom Sells Rule-Breaking Son's Car
I bet that's a mistake he's not going to make again. It is refreshing to see a parent who is not worried that their child will get mad.
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Mom Sells Rule-Breaking Son's Car
The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet."
I bet that's a mistake he's not going to make again. It is refreshing to see a parent who is not worried that their child will get mad.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
SWAT takes homeschooled boy from home
While looking through recent posts to Reddit I came across a news article - SWAT Goons Dispatched On Homeschoolers in Colorado.
In brief a 11-year-old boy got hurt. The father felt the boy was OK. A neighbor reported the incident. Paramedics came and thought the boy was OK but encouraged the father to take the boy to the hospital to make sure. The father had some medical training and didn't want to spend the money. The next evening a police SWAT team came and took the boy away.
From a WorldNetDaily article:
"The SWAT team then forcibly entered the home, punching a hole in the front door and pointing guns at family members, Tom Shiflett said. The boy's parents and siblings were thrown to the floor at gunpoint and the parents were handcuffed."
The article goes on to say that the Sheriff acknowledged that he would want to make the medical decisions for his own children, but "Shiflett was 'rude and confrontational' when the paramedics arrived and entered his home without his permission." I can't image why the father would be upset.
I wonder if there was any justification for the judge to order the removal of the 11-year-old boy? Maybe this is another judge who doesn't like homeschoolers. If the judge or a social worker was out of line, I hope they throw the book at him.
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In brief a 11-year-old boy got hurt. The father felt the boy was OK. A neighbor reported the incident. Paramedics came and thought the boy was OK but encouraged the father to take the boy to the hospital to make sure. The father had some medical training and didn't want to spend the money. The next evening a police SWAT team came and took the boy away.
From a WorldNetDaily article:
"The SWAT team then forcibly entered the home, punching a hole in the front door and pointing guns at family members, Tom Shiflett said. The boy's parents and siblings were thrown to the floor at gunpoint and the parents were handcuffed."
The article goes on to say that the Sheriff acknowledged that he would want to make the medical decisions for his own children, but "Shiflett was 'rude and confrontational' when the paramedics arrived and entered his home without his permission." I can't image why the father would be upset.
I wonder if there was any justification for the judge to order the removal of the 11-year-old boy? Maybe this is another judge who doesn't like homeschoolers. If the judge or a social worker was out of line, I hope they throw the book at him.
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Stephen Covey on Life Balance
In my twenties I started using a little pocket calendars to keep track of my life. It had full year. It helped me keep track of my life. After four years I moved to a Franklin day planner and then the Franklin Covey Planner.
I went to the denist just before Christmas. He was giving away little pocket calendars. I took some and gave each of my daughters one for Christmas. For the last week we've been getting together for about fifteen minutes to plan the day. We talk about upcoming events and what we want to do each day. I have them build a list of activities they want to do, and then prioritize them. Right now I'm just trying to get them in the habit of using task list to stay focused and accomplish the things they really want to get done.
There have been some sweet moments. My youngest daughters built a very short list the first time. It had things like help mommy and hug daddy. She was done with her list an hour later.
I have a lot of respect for Stephen Covey. I've read his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People a couple times. And I've my oldest daughter reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Stephen's son. If you have never read The 7 Habits book, I strong encourage you to read it.
While looking through Reddit I was pleasantly surprised today to find that Stephen Covey has a blog! A recent post addresses How to strike a work and life balance. In response to the question "What does it mean to have work/life balance?" Stephen says:
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This is a very personal thing and it is different for everyone. Generally speaking, having a good work/life balance means that your actions and priorities are aligned in a way that is taking care of what is really important to you.
Today the average college student or corporate worker considers themselves a “multitasker”. It’s not unusual to meet people in their 20s who are working, going to school, starting their own company, married, raising kids and enjoying hobbies. They end up with a huge list of things that fracture their attention. This isn’t wrong in any way–for the most part it’s admirable–but there is an old saying: to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To a chronic multitasker, everything is a task. Soon, the things in life that are really important to them are in the same list as everything else, and the only tasks that get done are the ones that have become urgent, but often aren’t very important.
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I think the whole post is worth reading.
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I went to the denist just before Christmas. He was giving away little pocket calendars. I took some and gave each of my daughters one for Christmas. For the last week we've been getting together for about fifteen minutes to plan the day. We talk about upcoming events and what we want to do each day. I have them build a list of activities they want to do, and then prioritize them. Right now I'm just trying to get them in the habit of using task list to stay focused and accomplish the things they really want to get done.
There have been some sweet moments. My youngest daughters built a very short list the first time. It had things like help mommy and hug daddy. She was done with her list an hour later.
I have a lot of respect for Stephen Covey. I've read his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People a couple times. And I've my oldest daughter reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Stephen's son. If you have never read The 7 Habits book, I strong encourage you to read it.
While looking through Reddit I was pleasantly surprised today to find that Stephen Covey has a blog! A recent post addresses How to strike a work and life balance. In response to the question "What does it mean to have work/life balance?" Stephen says:
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This is a very personal thing and it is different for everyone. Generally speaking, having a good work/life balance means that your actions and priorities are aligned in a way that is taking care of what is really important to you.
Today the average college student or corporate worker considers themselves a “multitasker”. It’s not unusual to meet people in their 20s who are working, going to school, starting their own company, married, raising kids and enjoying hobbies. They end up with a huge list of things that fracture their attention. This isn’t wrong in any way–for the most part it’s admirable–but there is an old saying: to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To a chronic multitasker, everything is a task. Soon, the things in life that are really important to them are in the same list as everything else, and the only tasks that get done are the ones that have become urgent, but often aren’t very important.
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I think the whole post is worth reading.
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Bribery doesn't work
Every so often someone will propose improving education by bribing children for good grades.
Joanne Jacobs references a study that found Bribery flops. From a report of the study:
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Bettinger's study was based on a randomized experiment where students were paid for performance on periodic math, reading, writing, social studies, and science tests. These incentives increased test scores only in math, but not in any other subject. And the kids who gained the most from receiving the incentive were those already performing at higher levels, not the lowest performing students. Here's the kicker: The study was multi-year, such that some students were given incentives in one year and not in the next. Advocates of incentives argue that while students will react to the cash at first, when the incentive is taken away, they will learn "for learning's sake." Yet Bettinger found no carry over effects when the incentive was taken away, writing, "This may suggest that the existence of external motivation has a negative effect on the intrinsic desire to learn." What's worse, kids reverted back to their initial achievement level, suggesting that the incentives affected not permanent learning, but short-term effort.
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I have Punished by Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, As, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn at home. I haven't gotten around to reading it. I may need to bump it up on my stack of books to read.
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Joanne Jacobs references a study that found Bribery flops. From a report of the study:
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Bettinger's study was based on a randomized experiment where students were paid for performance on periodic math, reading, writing, social studies, and science tests. These incentives increased test scores only in math, but not in any other subject. And the kids who gained the most from receiving the incentive were those already performing at higher levels, not the lowest performing students. Here's the kicker: The study was multi-year, such that some students were given incentives in one year and not in the next. Advocates of incentives argue that while students will react to the cash at first, when the incentive is taken away, they will learn "for learning's sake." Yet Bettinger found no carry over effects when the incentive was taken away, writing, "This may suggest that the existence of external motivation has a negative effect on the intrinsic desire to learn." What's worse, kids reverted back to their initial achievement level, suggesting that the incentives affected not permanent learning, but short-term effort.
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I have Punished by Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, As, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn at home. I haven't gotten around to reading it. I may need to bump it up on my stack of books to read.
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Carnival of Homeschooling, week 106, is up!
This week the Carnival of Homeschooling is being held at Red Sea School.
Shuan starts off the Carnival with this quote from Elvis Presley:
“Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.”
She wraps the posts around the theme of rhythm. Drop in and be prepared to spend some time reading all the posts.
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Shuan starts off the Carnival with this quote from Elvis Presley:
“Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over.”
She wraps the posts around the theme of rhythm. Drop in and be prepared to spend some time reading all the posts.
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Monday, January 07, 2008
Gever Tulley on 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
Gever Tulley of Tinkering School makes some good points in 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do.
At least one of my daughters has a pocket knife. I'll have to check to see if the others have one. I don't plan to let my daughters break the law.
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At least one of my daughters has a pocket knife. I'll have to check to see if the others have one. I don't plan to let my daughters break the law.
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Friday, January 04, 2008
Carnival Of Space
This week's Carnival of Space is up at Music of the Spheres.
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Nice thought on what money can and cannot buy
From the A Word A Day mailing list for today:
For money you can have everything it is said. No that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.
-Arne Garborg, writer (1851-1924)
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For money you can have everything it is said. No that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.
-Arne Garborg, writer (1851-1924)
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I apologize for missing three entries to the carnival
Normally each week I check the SPAM folder for the CarnivalOfHomeschooling GMail account. Tuesday was pretty hectic and I forgot. Three entries were in the SPAM folder. I have forwarded them to the host for the next carnival.
To dig entries out of the carnival I use GMail search. I really don't want to look through hundreds of SAPM emails. To make sure your email gets found it would be helpful to put "carnival" or "submission" in the subject of your email.
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To dig entries out of the carnival I use GMail search. I really don't want to look through hundreds of SAPM emails. To make sure your email gets found it would be helpful to put "carnival" or "submission" in the subject of your email.
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Thursday, January 03, 2008
Online education from Berkeley
As I've mentioned before I think there will be a fundamental shift in higher education over the next ten years. The price of a university degree continues to climb twice as fast as inflation. The economic benefits of getting a certificate are getting less and less each day.
Online education is one of the forces which will alter how people get an education. More and more content is being made freely available.
Berkeley has put some of their courses online! If you have teenagers you might have them check out some of these courses.
(Hat tip: Reddit)
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Online education is one of the forces which will alter how people get an education. More and more content is being made freely available.
Berkeley has put some of their courses online! If you have teenagers you might have them check out some of these courses.
(Hat tip: Reddit)
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Classic records from the 1950s
Joanne Jacobs posts about The return of Peter:
"Just the other day, I was thinking about listening to Peter and the Wolf when I was a kid. Now, thanks to Ben Cunningham, I’ve discovered it’s possible to download classic children’s records from the ’40s and ’50s — including the same version of Peter we used to own — on Kiddie Records Weekly. They’ve got Uncle Remus too. Check it out!"
I was surprised to see they also had Pecos Bill. The story is told by Roy Rogers and with sons from The Sons of the Pioneers. Growing up I listened to these records about Pecos Bill over a dozen times at my grandparents.
There are over a 150 different records, many I'd never heard of before. It looks worth checking out.
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"Just the other day, I was thinking about listening to Peter and the Wolf when I was a kid. Now, thanks to Ben Cunningham, I’ve discovered it’s possible to download classic children’s records from the ’40s and ’50s — including the same version of Peter we used to own — on Kiddie Records Weekly. They’ve got Uncle Remus too. Check it out!"
I was surprised to see they also had Pecos Bill. The story is told by Roy Rogers and with sons from The Sons of the Pioneers. Growing up I listened to these records about Pecos Bill over a dozen times at my grandparents.
There are over a 150 different records, many I'd never heard of before. It looks worth checking out.
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Happy 25th Anniversary to the Home Education Magazine
The Home Education Magazine has been in business for 25 years! A wonderful accomplishment.
(Hat tip: Corn and Oil)
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(Hat tip: Corn and Oil)
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Do you have a New Year's resolution to start homeschooling?
Nerd Mom posts How to Start Homeschooling in California.
We have had a positive experience homeschooling in California.
If you are considering homeschooling, give it a try.
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We have had a positive experience homeschooling in California.
If you are considering homeschooling, give it a try.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
One Minute How-to on Homeschooling
This is six months late:
One Minute How-to has a nice interview with Elisabeth Lewin on How to Homeschool. The interview is four and a half minutes.
Elisabeth is a homeschooler, and the publisher behind Podcasting News.
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One Minute How-to has a nice interview with Elisabeth Lewin on How to Homeschool. The interview is four and a half minutes.
Elisabeth is a homeschooler, and the publisher behind Podcasting News.
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The English language
Originally I signed up for the A Word A Day mailing list for the quotes. Over time I've come to pay more attention to the words.
A recent email had this line:
"If you speak English, you know words from at least a hundred different languages. That's because English has borrowed words from languages everywhere, and continues to do so."
which reminded me of a fun line:
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
It isn't clear who said this. In poking around on the internet a bit it appears it was said by either Booker T. Washington or James Nicoll.
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A recent email had this line:
"If you speak English, you know words from at least a hundred different languages. That's because English has borrowed words from languages everywhere, and continues to do so."
which reminded me of a fun line:
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
It isn't clear who said this. In poking around on the internet a bit it appears it was said by either Booker T. Washington or James Nicoll.
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Socialization Blues
This is fun:
(Hat tip: Learning at Home)
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(Hat tip: Learning at Home)
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Carnival of Homeschool: Week 105 - The 2nd Anniversary
Two years ago we launched the first Carnival of Homeschooling. The carnival did well in 2006 and continued to do well in 2007. The carnival is widely supported. The number of participants keeps growing, month after month. Through 2007 we had about 2,000 posts from over 300 bloggers. Many, many people have helped make the carnival a success. I want to especially acknowledge the bloggers who help with hosting the carnival. A big thank you to everyone!
The theme for this carnival mostly rotates around the 1st of the year. This is a time when many people make new goals, review the previous year and so on.
New Years Resolutions
It is traditional to use the start of a new year as a reason to reevaluate your life and make some new goals.
Summer at Mom Is Teaching asks “What are your homeschooling plans for the new year?” and challenges you to make some Homeschool Resolutions.
From the Cricket’s Corner are a few New Year Determinations and encouragement in the new year.
Jocelyn, with A Pondering Heart, shares her 2008 Goals.
Reflecting
The start of a new year is often a time for reflection and pondering.
Steph Thinks About Silence at Life Without School Blog. In the weeks ahead she plans to be more mindful of allowing more silence into the lives of her family. Moments of stillness. Time to be quiet, with no expectations, and allow new ideas to germinate.
At Home*School*Home FatcatPaulanne has a fun way to look back on the year in First Post of Each Month of 2007.
Education
After a two week break for Christmas, we’re rethinking a little about education.
More4kids Homeschooling has some thoughts on How to Educate Your Child at Home – For FREE!
At Consent Of The Governed Judy writes about online courseware and that it can be a great resource for homeschoolers.
The Not Quite Crunchy Parent writes that with kid's versions and repetition you can easily introduce kids to culture in Introducing great Literature? Beat it to Death.
Mental multivitamin reminds us that each and every day is about learning more, doing more, thinking more, writing more, drawing more, discussing more, connecting more -- all with a clarity of expression that approaches excellence. Every. Day.
April of Lunablog.net combined lots of timeline "how-to's" with activities for introducing timelines to young children, and instructions for making your own time scroll in Free Introduction to Timelines Now Ready!
Christmas
We exchanged presents last week. We have a Christmas tree to take down, and some lights to put away. Christmas is still on our mind.
Katherine from No fighting, no biting! points out that Christmas gifts which are educational are considered cool in homeschooling circles. She shares some they found under the tree in gifts and learning.
Cristina of Home Spun Juggling shows what happens when her family tries to make a simple gingerbread house.
Politics
2008 is a presidential election year in the United States. Politics will often dominate thought and conversation this year.
Mike Huckabee is supposed to be "homeschool-friendly.” Rational Jenn wonders why he thinks a "federal Push for home schooling" is a good idea.
From the land of Corn and Oil Susan shares some insight on Shake ups within HSLDA, following up on Spunky's research and series on Governor Huckabee's endorsement by HSLDA as more details have unfolded.
From Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths Jacque weighs in with her thoughts on Homeschool Politics: Mike Huckabee and The HSLDA.
In response to Kristin Maguire being voted chairwoman-elect to South Carolina’s State Board of Education Dana of Principled Discovery asks What does it mean to support public education?
In Notes From A Homeschooling Mom Andrea wonders What is the Problem with Being a Christian Homeschooler?
Alasandra has some Tips for being a good member of an inclusive homeschool group. Tips 3 and 4 apply to politics also.
Socialization
Maybe some year in the future socialization won’t be an issue. (To Dream the Impossible Dream…)
Timothy Power from Sometimes I’m Actually Coherent considers (at great length!) two different models of socialization and the ramifications of adopting either of these models in Vertical vs. Horizontal Socialization.
ChristineMM, The Thinking Mother, worries a bit about what the future holds for socialization of her children in the teen years (based on what the schooled kids are doing in her area now).
Deciding to homeschool
From My Twenty Cents Keeps Moving a mother looks back at the call to homeschool her children in Homeschooling Year 3.5.
Trish of MamaBugs' Mountain View Christian Academy has a 16-year-old daughter who is Thinking about public school.
From at home, on fire, the point is made in laying it down, living it out, that no one can tell absolute certainty that this "experiment" will be 100% successful and fruitful. Likewise, no one can tell me that what I am doing is destined for failure, doomed from the outset.
Communication
Homeschoolers do a great job of supporting each other. They share ideas, thoughts, and product reviews.
From Po Moyemu--In My Opinion Silvia shares her progress on Radical Unschooling So Far.
Christine, of welcome to my brain, shares her experience with using Sonlight curriculum, Everybody’s smilin’ – sunshine day!
Life Nurturing Education has some good ideas on how to The Notebook as a Tool.
Little Homeschool on the Prairie notices that home education begins from birth. Here are a few of her favorite resources: Favorite Baby and Toddler Books-n-Stuff.
Tiffany shares what she has learned in Teaching Kids About Money from her blog Life on the Road: Home Business, Homeschool, and Cats!
Humor
Humor helps us get through the day. It relaxes us, helps to ease the tension, and helps us bond with each other.
Suzanne from adventures in daily living writes that her daughter is trilingual at age 6 ¼.
Reese's View Of The World has a little humor from a 4 year old in Um, Happy New Year!
Math and logic
Organizing posts and selecting categories is always influenced by the entries sent into the carnival. I was surprised to find that we had two submissions on math.
Maria has some thoughts upon an article that compared Russian and American word math problems at Homeschool Math Blog. You can guess that the former were far more advanced than the latter.
Sol of Wild About Math! has some nice Sudoku sites that are kid-friendly. He found some Free Sudoku resources. Sudoku is a great game to build logic skills and an interest in Math.
Denise of Let’s play math! in Word problems in Russia and America also writes about Andrei Toom extended version of a talk he gave a few years ago at the Swedish Mathematical Society.
Miscellaneous
We’ve found that often there are a few posts that don’t fit into simple and neat categories. Here are those posts.
Sarah of WhenItRains ~ periodic downpours of information for Ontario homeschoolers has some advice for homeschoolers heading for college in Afraid of your “average” homeschooled kid’s university admission chances? Spend LESS time on academics!
Shauna, a Treasure Seeker, is starting a learning meme. You can go over and tag yourself.
In honour of the second anniversary of the Carnival of Homeschooling Mama Squirrel submitted Silly snowmen, ready to serve from her blog Dewey's Treehouse.
Homestead Mama and family are kicking off 2008 with a trip to Mexico. They will do a Mexico scavenger hunt and are looking for some creative ideas. If you have some ideas head over to Love Learn Serve and leave a comment. As a "THANK YOU" they’ll send you some postcards.
For our humble entry to the carnival we have our post about the Contest for the Carnival of Homeschooling graphics.
If you have enjoyed this carnival, please spread the word. Please mention the carnival on your blog, and other appropriate places.
Go here for the archives of previous carnivals.
Next week the carnival will be held at Red Sea School.
If you are interested in submitting a post for a future carnival, click here for information.
We thank everyone who has helped out. Thank you to all the participants in this carnival. And thanks to all those who help promote the Carnival of Homeschooling.
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The theme for this carnival mostly rotates around the 1st of the year. This is a time when many people make new goals, review the previous year and so on.
New Years Resolutions
It is traditional to use the start of a new year as a reason to reevaluate your life and make some new goals.
Summer at Mom Is Teaching asks “What are your homeschooling plans for the new year?” and challenges you to make some Homeschool Resolutions.
From the Cricket’s Corner are a few New Year Determinations and encouragement in the new year.
Jocelyn, with A Pondering Heart, shares her 2008 Goals.
Reflecting
The start of a new year is often a time for reflection and pondering.
Steph Thinks About Silence at Life Without School Blog. In the weeks ahead she plans to be more mindful of allowing more silence into the lives of her family. Moments of stillness. Time to be quiet, with no expectations, and allow new ideas to germinate.
At Home*School*Home FatcatPaulanne has a fun way to look back on the year in First Post of Each Month of 2007.
Education
After a two week break for Christmas, we’re rethinking a little about education.
More4kids Homeschooling has some thoughts on How to Educate Your Child at Home – For FREE!
At Consent Of The Governed Judy writes about online courseware and that it can be a great resource for homeschoolers.
The Not Quite Crunchy Parent writes that with kid's versions and repetition you can easily introduce kids to culture in Introducing great Literature? Beat it to Death.
Mental multivitamin reminds us that each and every day is about learning more, doing more, thinking more, writing more, drawing more, discussing more, connecting more -- all with a clarity of expression that approaches excellence. Every. Day.
April of Lunablog.net combined lots of timeline "how-to's" with activities for introducing timelines to young children, and instructions for making your own time scroll in Free Introduction to Timelines Now Ready!
Christmas
We exchanged presents last week. We have a Christmas tree to take down, and some lights to put away. Christmas is still on our mind.
Katherine from No fighting, no biting! points out that Christmas gifts which are educational are considered cool in homeschooling circles. She shares some they found under the tree in gifts and learning.
Cristina of Home Spun Juggling shows what happens when her family tries to make a simple gingerbread house.
Politics
2008 is a presidential election year in the United States. Politics will often dominate thought and conversation this year.
Mike Huckabee is supposed to be "homeschool-friendly.” Rational Jenn wonders why he thinks a "federal Push for home schooling" is a good idea.
From the land of Corn and Oil Susan shares some insight on Shake ups within HSLDA, following up on Spunky's research and series on Governor Huckabee's endorsement by HSLDA as more details have unfolded.
From Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths Jacque weighs in with her thoughts on Homeschool Politics: Mike Huckabee and The HSLDA.
In response to Kristin Maguire being voted chairwoman-elect to South Carolina’s State Board of Education Dana of Principled Discovery asks What does it mean to support public education?
In Notes From A Homeschooling Mom Andrea wonders What is the Problem with Being a Christian Homeschooler?
Alasandra has some Tips for being a good member of an inclusive homeschool group. Tips 3 and 4 apply to politics also.
Socialization
Maybe some year in the future socialization won’t be an issue. (To Dream the Impossible Dream…)
Timothy Power from Sometimes I’m Actually Coherent considers (at great length!) two different models of socialization and the ramifications of adopting either of these models in Vertical vs. Horizontal Socialization.
ChristineMM, The Thinking Mother, worries a bit about what the future holds for socialization of her children in the teen years (based on what the schooled kids are doing in her area now).
Deciding to homeschool
From My Twenty Cents Keeps Moving a mother looks back at the call to homeschool her children in Homeschooling Year 3.5.
Trish of MamaBugs' Mountain View Christian Academy has a 16-year-old daughter who is Thinking about public school.
From at home, on fire, the point is made in laying it down, living it out, that no one can tell absolute certainty that this "experiment" will be 100% successful and fruitful. Likewise, no one can tell me that what I am doing is destined for failure, doomed from the outset.
Communication
Homeschoolers do a great job of supporting each other. They share ideas, thoughts, and product reviews.
From Po Moyemu--In My Opinion Silvia shares her progress on Radical Unschooling So Far.
Christine, of welcome to my brain, shares her experience with using Sonlight curriculum, Everybody’s smilin’ – sunshine day!
Life Nurturing Education has some good ideas on how to The Notebook as a Tool.
Little Homeschool on the Prairie notices that home education begins from birth. Here are a few of her favorite resources: Favorite Baby and Toddler Books-n-Stuff.
Tiffany shares what she has learned in Teaching Kids About Money from her blog Life on the Road: Home Business, Homeschool, and Cats!
Humor
Humor helps us get through the day. It relaxes us, helps to ease the tension, and helps us bond with each other.
Suzanne from adventures in daily living writes that her daughter is trilingual at age 6 ¼.
Reese's View Of The World has a little humor from a 4 year old in Um, Happy New Year!
Math and logic
Organizing posts and selecting categories is always influenced by the entries sent into the carnival. I was surprised to find that we had two submissions on math.
Maria has some thoughts upon an article that compared Russian and American word math problems at Homeschool Math Blog. You can guess that the former were far more advanced than the latter.
Sol of Wild About Math! has some nice Sudoku sites that are kid-friendly. He found some Free Sudoku resources. Sudoku is a great game to build logic skills and an interest in Math.
Denise of Let’s play math! in Word problems in Russia and America also writes about Andrei Toom extended version of a talk he gave a few years ago at the Swedish Mathematical Society.
Miscellaneous
We’ve found that often there are a few posts that don’t fit into simple and neat categories. Here are those posts.
Sarah of WhenItRains ~ periodic downpours of information for Ontario homeschoolers has some advice for homeschoolers heading for college in Afraid of your “average” homeschooled kid’s university admission chances? Spend LESS time on academics!
Shauna, a Treasure Seeker, is starting a learning meme. You can go over and tag yourself.
In honour of the second anniversary of the Carnival of Homeschooling Mama Squirrel submitted Silly snowmen, ready to serve from her blog Dewey's Treehouse.
Homestead Mama and family are kicking off 2008 with a trip to Mexico. They will do a Mexico scavenger hunt and are looking for some creative ideas. If you have some ideas head over to Love Learn Serve and leave a comment. As a "THANK YOU" they’ll send you some postcards.
For our humble entry to the carnival we have our post about the Contest for the Carnival of Homeschooling graphics.
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Have you heard of ZIPskinny?
This morning I had close to 150 emails in my personal email account. I've been responding mostly to emails about the Carnival of Homeschooling image contest and entries for this week's carnival.
I came across an email from my mother. She found this cool site: ZIPskinny. You enter a zip code and the site displays statistics on the educational level, martial status, household income, occupation and other fascinating information.
The site will also allow you to compare two or more zip codes.
If there wasn't a carnival to get up, I'd probably spend another hour checking out the web site.
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I came across an email from my mother. She found this cool site: ZIPskinny. You enter a zip code and the site displays statistics on the educational level, martial status, household income, occupation and other fascinating information.
The site will also allow you to compare two or more zip codes.
If there wasn't a carnival to get up, I'd probably spend another hour checking out the web site.
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Spunky continues to blog about Huckabee
We're behind. Spunky has posted several times about why Huckabee is not a good choice for homeschoolers.
Head on over and keep scrolling on down.
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Head on over and keep scrolling on down.
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While you are waiting for the Carnival of Homeschooling ...
While you are waiting for the Carnival of Homeschooling, check out Unschooling Voices, #11 up at An Unschooling Life.
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Harry Potter book #8?
Hosting a carnival is a lot of work. We've been busy with family in town, so just today I'm getting started. We're looking at 40 or so posts for this week's carnival.
One of the things I enjoy about hosting the carnival is revisiting blogs. There are a couple dozen blogs that I check fairly regularly; however, there are many dozens that I enjoy. For example: Rational Jenn.
In reading some of her recent posts I came across the exciting news that there might be Another Harry Potter Book. My middle daughter knew of the rumor, but it was complete news to the rest of us.
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One of the things I enjoy about hosting the carnival is revisiting blogs. There are a couple dozen blogs that I check fairly regularly; however, there are many dozens that I enjoy. For example: Rational Jenn.
In reading some of her recent posts I came across the exciting news that there might be Another Harry Potter Book. My middle daughter knew of the rumor, but it was complete news to the rest of us.
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Paul Jacobs on Politicians, education, and the mob
Paul Jacobs writes for Common Sense. As we leave the Christmas season, Paul writes about The Gift of Grab. The situation is down in Maryland a politician wants to grab all unused gift cards and use the cash on education. The explanation is:
“Wouldn’t you rather know that if you lost a card, or your card has expired that that money will be put to use for public education?”
The first comment in Paul's column correctly points out that this is not free money that disappears. If this bill passes Maryland will be raising more taxes.
Paul concludes with:
"Seems only two groups in our society think they should get a cut of every economic transaction: the mob and the politicians. But at least the mob doesn’t try to take 100 percent."
It would be nice if these kinds of politicians were honest and just admitted that they want all of our money.
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“Wouldn’t you rather know that if you lost a card, or your card has expired that that money will be put to use for public education?”
The first comment in Paul's column correctly points out that this is not free money that disappears. If this bill passes Maryland will be raising more taxes.
Paul concludes with:
"Seems only two groups in our society think they should get a cut of every economic transaction: the mob and the politicians. But at least the mob doesn’t try to take 100 percent."
It would be nice if these kinds of politicians were honest and just admitted that they want all of our money.
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Happy New Year
We hope the year ended well for you, and we wish you the best in the new year.
Henry and Janine
Henry and Janine
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