Handwriting Without Tears wants to make all other handwriting programs illegal
A Washington lobby-group called Handwriting Standards has popped up, and they are proposing national handwriting standards for public, private, and home schools. This group was created and is fully...
View ArticleFree CK-12 textbooks for the Kindle
CK-12 now has Kindle Versions of some of their books! Amazon.com Widgets I have been wishing for this, so I am very excited. The CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization that is making free...
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Wind Farm field trip
Last week we took our first official “field trip” to the Benton County Wind Farm! As an advocate of renewable green energy, I was surprised to find there are wind farms only about 60 miles away from me...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and I just discovered that there is a “Young Writers Program.” There’s free lesson plans, workbooks, etc. for all grade levels! This is an awesome...
View ArticleInteresting article about boys and reading
Here is an article from The Wall Street Journal with some interesting statistics. According to a recent report from the Center on Education Policy, for example, substantially more boys than girls score...
View ArticleMy response to “Paying for Public Goods”
http://thwesley.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/paying-for-public-goods/ caused me to type this long comment… I don’t think we should spend more money on public education. There are already enough people in...
View ArticleWhy SCHOOL shouldn’t be like school
I think they drew the completely wrong conclusion from these studies. Here is what I think was the key; “I just found this toy! Huh! Did you see that? Let me try to do that!” “Wow, look at this toy. I...
View ArticleCharlotte’s Web and Minecraft
Wow, I haven’t posted here in a long time. Rest assured I’m still here, and I’m still homeschooling. I recently did another read-through of The Well-Trained Mind and decided to get back on track with...
View ArticleArrested for taking kids to school late?!
After a woman took her children to elementary school late multiple times, she was arrested, taken to an adult detention center, and released on a $3,000 bond. Come on, school. Seriously? Okay, I...
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Apples and other fall stuff
I’m excited that fall is here. I’ve been knitting and crocheting up a storm this year, and finally we get to wear some of it! I’m eager to taste pumpkin and apple flavored everything, and take a walk...
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