We wanted to learn Knot Tying. I was never a Boy Scout (of course), so I never learned how to do much more than tie my shoe, but I've always wanted to learn how to tie knots. So, being the head teacher at our home school academy, I figured I'd add Knot Tying to our […]
Archives for 2008
Bargain book shopping online
I frequently buy books online, and of course I like getting the best price possible. One of my favorite sites for online book shopping is AddAll.com. You can search by Author, Title, ISBN, or Keyword, and AddAll searches dozens of online bookstores (new and used books from Amazon, Half.com, Walmart, Barnes and Noble, eBay, etc.) […]
European Geography Game
Someone from our home school association showed me this fun online European geography game designed by Lufthansa. I played it (and it was fun) but unfortunately I did so poorly I ranked only 23,000 out of 100,000 (sniff).
Math and Science Online Learning Modules
My kids love learning online, so I was so excited when they found this fantastic website—Skoool.co.uk—through our Usborne Science Encyclopedia. [Click these links for the age 11-14 / age 14-16 pages on the Skoool site.] The website is designed for United Kingdom students, but it works great for U.S. kids, too. It consists of dozens […]
The Homophone List That Has Taken Over Two Decades To Compile!
It's a strange story how our homophone list started—revealing how truly weird my father and I are—but it's worth telling. More than 20 years ago, some time in the mid-1980s, I stayed home sick from school. My father happened to be sick that day as well, so both of us found ourselves bored to tears, […]
What I'm Reading: Fahrenheit 451
"Fahrenheit 451—the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns…" I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 last night. Being science fiction, it's not a book I would have normally picked up on my own to read—I haven't really read much science fiction beyond Madenleine L'Engle—but my husband, a (rabid?) fan of Sci Fi, suggested […]