Safe Banking for Your Children

I just found an excellent FREE web source for “banking” services for children FamilyMint. Let me say upfront that NO money is involved with respect to this website. The site provides a simple front-end for you to set up a bank for your children’s use where YOU are the banker and hence responsible for the [...]

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Catching Up or Marking Time

Two days lost to sickness and one to taking care of family matters and by the start of the second week of school we are already playing catch up. We got Mom and Dad settled in their new digs this weekend. It was a hard weekend with way to much going on and Dad was [...]

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Websites for Teachers (Parents) and Other Fun Stuff

Today’s post will be short as I have not had much time to be trolling the internet. I have been deeply absorbed in the book “Teaching the Trivium” by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn. I will be posting a review of the book at a later date. I am not yet half way through the book [...]

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More Free Books and Other Interesting Internet Finds for Homeschooling

We all like to find free stuff especially if it is something we were already looking for. In today’s installment I share two site for free books, one site for swapping books, movies, CDs and DVDs, a site for creating screencasts and finally something fun. Project Gutenberg has been a favorite of mine for many [...]

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Words and Books on the Internet

Ok, so I have been at it again. I know it is starting to look like I have an Internet addiction but I am really filling out my list of resources before I start homeschooling later this year. Really it isn’t a problem.. I can quite any time. Honestly I can … I promise! Let’s [...]

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Update on Freemind and then — Miracles Abound!

Update on Freemind I was just visiting the Freemind website and Freemind has made into the top 12 of “Best Project for Educators” category.  I don’t know who the deciding body is but if you read my earlier post you know that I love the program and I agree whole heartily that it is a [...]

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ZOTERO Isn’t For Everyone BUT …

… If you do research either as a teacher or an older student, the this program may just be what you need.  I am a big fan of free software and there is a tremendous amount from which to choose in a variety of subjects but, until now, I had not seen a well thought [...]

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Find Home School Info on the Web You Never Even Knew To Look For- Use StumbleUpon!

I have been a Google fan for many years and have used their search engine almost exclusively. Then one day I stumbled upon, well StumbleUpon.  It is pretty popular but in case you have missed it, it is a browser plugin that allows you to quite literally stumble around the internet based on a subject [...]

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General Use Planning Software

Since I am just starting out as a home school teacher, I have a great deal of planing to do.  There is the switching of rooms in the house to make room for the classroom.  Researching curriculum, gathering furniture, supplies, materials and information on resources just to mention a few.  It seems as if everywhere [...]

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