Growing w/o Schooling, Survival Bracelets, Beginner Blogs
By Heather Idoni
Added Thursday, October 6, 2011
========================================================== Vol. 12 No. 38, October 6, 2011, ISSN: 1536-2035 ========================================================== (c) 2011, Heather Idoni - www.FamilyClassroom.net ========================================================== Welcome to The Homeschooler's Notebook! If you enjoy this newsletter, please recommend it to a friend! And please visit our sponsors -- they make our publication possible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Want to keep the kids excited about learning? Here are two tools that might help:
================= IN THIS ISSUE: ================= Notes from Heather -- Personal Notes Winning Website -- Growing Without Schooling Helpful Tips -- Paracord Survival Bracelets Reader Question -- Beginning Blogging Additional Notes -- Newsletter Archives -- Sponsorship Information -- Reprint Information -- Subscriber Information
=================== On the Personal News Front... My oldest son (21) has moved away from home! He's only about 10 miles away (and I still get to seem him three times a week since he works in the same building as my bookstore), so that has made the transition easier on me! :-) My second son (19) is back from a 2 month missions trip to Poland, which was greatly enjoyed. He had plans to move out when he got back to the U.S., but we've talked him into staying home awhile longer. They are growing up too quickly! My third son turns 16 next week and he is deep into driver's training, football and Civil Air Patrol. Fourth son has taken up guitar and is quite the prodigy -- he is learning everything from YouTube video tutorials created by talented guitar teachers like Marty Schwartz. My youngest son is on a First Lego League robotics team this fall and studying food safety, which is the theme this year. And... my husband finished his nursing degree and passed the Michigan RN exam! Yay! :-) -- Heather --- Your feedback is always welcome! -- mailto:heather@familyclassroom.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All About Spelling - Testimonials from Parents "We started using All About Spelling with our third-grade son, and I am so thankful that I bought the curriculum. My son struggles with spelling, but since beginning All About Spelling two weeks ago, he is soaring! He even gave me a high-five today as he was going through the lesson. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!" -- Linsey D. --- "All About Spelling has been a huge success with my eight-year-old. We have cruised through the first twenty lessons with enthusiasm. He actually looks forward to the next day's spelling challenges and has gained confidence in writing." -- Darcie P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~================ Winning Website ================
www.holtgws.com
All issues of the historic magazine, Growing Without Schooling (GWS), are now available for free public access! Growing Without Schooling was the very first national magazine about homeschooling, unschooling, and learning outside of traditional school. It was founded by the late author/teacher John Holt in 1977. In addition to 24 years of personal stories, news articles, and research in each issue through 2001, the magazine website also contains new information about John Holt and his work, including never-before-released video footage of Holt, photographs, and newly digitized audio files of his interviews and lectures.
============== Emergency Paracord Bracelets Project www.craftynest.com/2010/07/camp-craft-paracord-bracelets Teach art, emergency preparedness, knot tying, physics and more! Paracord bracelets (also known as survival bracelets), are a convenient way for hikers and explorers to always have eight feet of 550 parachute cord literally 'on hand'.
============================== "If one of my older children is interested in starting her own blog and is fairly comfortable using basic computer/internet skills (but not too technical), where should I start? What pre-made blog set-ups are there? Is that a good way to go? How do we choose which one? Are there financial benefits for her? If so, how does one go about setting up/connecting to do that? What works well or not so well? Thanks in advance!" -- Anna H.
======================= Although we didn't get any reader feedback on your question, Anna, I did find this great resource list compiled by www.ChoosyHomeschooler.com. Reading these articles and exploring the resources at each link should provide a good start for your daughter! -- Heather Articles:
Your Homeschool Blog
How to Start a Homeschool Blog
Blogs and Kids - Staying Safe and Having Fun Services:
Blogger.com
Word Press
Homeschool Blogger
Homeschool Journal Dot Net
Live Journal
TypePad Books: Blogging For Dummies
by Brad Hill
The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice On Creating And
Maintaining Your Blog
by Rebecca Blood
Essential Blogging: Selecting and Using Weblog Tools
by Shelley Powers
===================== "Anyone out there know of any Japenese course that can be taken by homeschoolers that is reasonably priced for a high school freshman? My son is interested in taking a class in Japenese. Thanks so much in advance." -- Bonita ---
Do you have a Japanese suggestion for Bonita?
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