June 2009
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Toy Theater - great educational website →
Jun 11th
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March 2009
4 posts
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Still Life: My Dining Room Table →
Mar 31st
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Cool Math 4 Kids →
Mar 20th
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Bible Map →
Pick a book, chapter from the Bible and see the location on a satellite-imagery map. Pretty cool. Just started playing with it and am going to incorporate it into Liam’s regular Bible study and geography lessons.
Mar 13th
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Mar 13th
February 2009
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“Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving...”
– John Gardner
Feb 19th
Feb 12th
Free printable Valentines →
This couldn’t have come at a better time: Liam’s homeschool group has an absolutely massive Valentine’s Day party every year and all the kids exchange cards and compete to see who has the coolest Valentines box. (Last year some kid made a kid-sized robot complete with flashing lights. They seriously go all out.) We’re finishing the “development stage” of...
Feb 4th
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Feb 2nd
January 2009
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“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Jan 27th
Learning Pages  →
Free worksheets, coloring pages, etc. to download.
Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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The Crafty Crow →
I love this children’s craft website; I’ve gotten many ideas from it (and will be doing the cardboard zoo and wheatgrass projects next). It goes so great with homeschooling and the best part is that the projects are actually fun to do with your kids.
Jan 16th
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Jan 14th
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Shakespeare for Children →
Introducing kids to the Bard with kid-appropriate Shakespearean tales, coloring pages, pictures, and more.
Jan 13th
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Astronomy Picture of the Day →
One of the first things we do each afternoon is check this website. Liam is becoming very interested in outer space, constellations, etc., and likes looking at these magificent photos - all which feature fantastic descriptions written by a professional  astronomer. Today’s photo is especially cool as we’ve friends who live in Latvia. Liam is astounded that they are eight hours ahead of...
Jan 12th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions...”
– » Christian Conservative? Conservative Ally
Jan 8th
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Super Teacher Worksheets  →
Free Printable Math Worksheets, Grammar Worksheets, Word Problems, Creative Writing Prompts, etc.
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th