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Teens
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The
World is Your Oyster: Cow Prodding Teens to Success
Amy
Cortez, Editor -- The Eclectic Telelgraph
How
many times have you had this discussion with your teen?
You:
"You pay entirely too much attention to [your favorite worthless
pursuit goes here], it will never get you anywhere."
Your
Teen "So, I am only [his age], this is what I want to do right
now. There is plenty of time to get serious." [or some version
of this response].
When
we were in St Barths in February we saw the ugliest sailboat in
the world. It was ugly. So ugly I didn't photograph it or give it
much thought until recently when I saw an article in Newsweek about
that very sailboat. To use a quote from that article, "If Darth
Vadar had an intergalactic yacht, this is what it would look like."
I bring this sailboat into this discussion because as it turns out
it belongs to Tom Perkins. You may be wondering who Tom Perkins
is. [read on]
How
Do I Know We're Using the Right Curriculum?
Amy Cortez, Editor -- The Eclectic
Telegraph
You just do. If you're not, you just get
there....
When
we started homeschooling at 3rd grade level, we used Calvert Curriculum,
but quickly found that it was not enough for a highly gifted student.
In the early part of 3rd grade I began developing supplemental study
guides. 4th grade I hoped would be more substantial but I found
as we went along I ended up generating many supplements to Calvert's
curriculum. By the end of 4th grade I realized that I needed something
"meatier" than what we were getting for our money with
Calvert. I had also recognized that my student didn't seem to absorb
materials the same way I did. His learning style was different than
mine. That made for an interesting path to take. As it turns out,
I am a sequential learner and my student is visual spatial. [read
about our experience]
"Visual-spatial" was my summer chant between 4th and 5th
"grade".
.[read
on]
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Not
Going Back to School?
Each year as millions of kids head back to institutionalized schooling
and the world of learning on schedule, many of us who study at home
celebrate "Not-Back-TO-School". Some of us buy new PJ's
and slippers, some of us head to camp[, some head to the beach.
What do you do? OldSage
took a look at this "radical" movement....
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Learning
in Freedom
Ren Allen
Jonesborough, Tennessee, US
Welcome to Learning in Freedom, a blog all about the learning
adventures (and mishaps) of the Allen family. My four children
are unschooled, following their interests and passions every
day and living the lives of their choosing. The purpose
of this blog is to share our every day lives (and my not-so-humble
opinons) with anyone interested in stopping by. We hope
this will give a glimpse of how natural learning unfolds
from day to day......
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Travelin'
With The Kid
blog.brightkidsathom.com
Read
about our adventures in our own back yard and on the road!
From a mom who has been homeschooling and traveling with
a highly gifted student for more than 5 years.
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Palin's
Travels
www.palinstravels.co.uk
Palin's travels
is the official travel website of Michael Palin and is based in
London. . Michael Palin(of Monty Python) has an awesome website
where you an read about travel, write your own blog, read about
his travels and now you can read his entire books online. It is
a British site and worth every minute of your time! Check out
Palin's guides - Geography.
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HippoCampus!
www.hippocampus.org
We are dedicated to bringing you great multimedia that can help
you with your homework and study. Awesome interactive lessons of
many textbooks - free!
HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology
and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality,
multimedia content on general education subjects to high school
and college students free of charge.
HippoCampus was designed as part of Open Education Resources (OER),
a worldwide effort to improve access to quality education for everyone.
HippoCampus content has been developed by some of the finest colleges
and universities in the world and contributed to the National Repository
of Online Courses (NROC), another MITE project. |
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Kids at Home
www.brightkidsathome.com
A practical website geared towards homeschooling
and traveling with gifted and talented students.
From a mom who has been homeschooling a highly gifted student for
more than 5 years. Here you will find ideas about how you might
homeschool your gifted student. You'll find ideas about how to homeschool
and travel. |
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Check
out all of our travel photography
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Try
something new! |
 You
homeschool, home educate, unschool, live life without school! You
are a mother, father, or trusted care-giver. But who are you?
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Are
you a single parent who homeschools?
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Do
you work full-time and homeschool?
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Do
you share homeschooling responsibilities with your partner?
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Are
you of a race, creed, lifestyle, political, or cultural community,
persuasion or background that might be considered non-stereotypical
for a homeschooler?
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Are
you inspired by a educational philosophy or practice that might
be considered non-traditional?
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Awesome interactive lessons of many textbooks - free!
HippoCampus
is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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I am excited to announce that I have partnered with Homeschool on
the Seas for their fall 2007 Bermuda Cruise! Join
me Sunday, September 9 through Friday, September 14, 2007 onboard
Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas for a 5 night cruise to Bermuda,
where you and your children can enjoy group lessons as well as complete
independent and small group projects. I will be presenting workshops
during the cruise for moms (and dads). [More] |
The
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
[from the website} Conceived by Mathematica creator and scientist
Stephen Wolfram as a way to bring computational exploration to
the widest possible audience, The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
is an open-code resource that uses dynamic computation to illuminate
concepts in science, technology, mathematics, art, finance, and
a remarkable range of other fields.
Its daily-growing collection of interactive illustrations
is created by Mathematica users from around the world,
who participate by contributing innovative Demonstrations.
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Manifest
Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
Manifest
enhances the role of art and design in society by cultivating and
focusing the transformative power of creativity in the visual arts.
Manifest benefits people in the global and local community, including
professionals, students, and the public, by creating quality-centered
experiences focused on contemporary visual arts and related activities
in the context of creative exploration. Manifest Gallery serves
as a venue for the display and experience of insightful, thought
provoking art and design, and functions as a hub for creative research
and innovation at all levels of artistic endeavor.
Manifest Drawing Center promotes, features, and explores drawing
as a rich and culturally significant art form through the pursuit
of scholarly activities.
Located in East Walnut Hills in Cincinnati, Ohio, occupying the
formerly vacant storefront property of 2727 Woodburn Ave. Gallery
Hours: T-F 2-7p.m., Sat.12-5 closed Sun and Mon (or by appointment
for groups)
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