This week’s theme is definitely homeschool-related, but that doesn’t mean non-homeschoolers won’t enjoy these sites too!
Computer Science Unplugged is a site designed to teach the fundamentals of computer science without requiring a computer. In addition to online teaching and links, there are numerous well-written PDF files available for download that include activities covering the basics [...]
Some random sites I stumbled across this week.
A Year of CrockPotting, with fall quickly approaching this is a great time to utilize the crockpot. You can’t go wrong with this recipe a day site. Great pictures and instructions too!
Owlhaven has an interesting challenge this month; titled 30 Days of Nothing. This challenge is encouraging families [...]
I found some new homeschooling-friendly links the last couple of weeks that I’d like to share with you. I hope you find something in the links below that you can use in your own homeschool!
Zac Sunderland is a 16 year old who is attempting to be the youngest person ever to sail solo around the [...]
Since I could not settle on a good theme for this week’s Super Surfing Saturday post, I am going to share some random cool stuff that I’ve run across lately.
Check out these awesome loft living ideas at Modern Urban Baby. I think I want a room like one of those!
We are going to be going [...]
I am in a food mood so today’s link love is all about food!
If Only I Had Super Powers has an awesome looking muffin recipe. Muffins are great packed in lunches or for an after school snack, and much healthier than cookies.
Keeper of the Home has a bunch of ideas for all that zucchini [...]
The adjective eclectic is one of my favorite words in the English language. Dictionary.com (one of my favorite websites) defines eclectic as “not following any one system…but selecting and using what are considered the best elements of all systems.”
Eclectic describes so much in my life—from my choice of homeschooling curriculum to the furniture in my [...]
Need help teaching your kids geography? Or do you just need to brush up on your own geography knowledge before the next school year begins?
These great links will help you improve your geography skills almost painlessly, so take a minute and check them out!
Seterra: Downloadable, free geography software for PC. If you don’t click any [...]
Like Mother, Like Daughter. We are a family who live in Central Massachusetts. My husband is a Boston Irish Catholic from a big family. His upbringing was smack dab in the middle of respectable Catholic America, not untinged by 60s unrest.
I am about as different from him as you can get: I’m an only child, my parents are divorced, my father was an immigrant from Egypt, I was raised on the cutting edge of the feminist/relativist/sexual self-fulfillment/diversity revolution. My upbringing was smack dab in the middle of 70s hippie snotty know-it-all America, not untinged by anomie.
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