Tag: "Homeschooling"
Top Ten Reasons Why Barefoot Books Rocks! Review and Giveaway
Have you ever heard of Barefoot Books? Well, if you haven’t, here’s just a peak of what fabulous books they published and products they produce! From a few tweets, to this review and giveaway–Hey, I even became an Ambassador in the process! Listed below are Top Ten Reasons Why Barefoot Books Rock! Cloth-covers. High-quality book [...]
FunBrain – Educational Games
Hi, I’m GiGi and I would like to tell you guys about a website called FunBrain. I like FunBrain because in the Playground you can play fun games, and pick any game you want (not all are learning games). But, in the Arcade you are playing something like a board game. So, when you play [...]
Most Beautiful Masajid (Mosques) in the World
I was looking for more Arabic games, and one game had a picture of the masjid. I asked my dad “What masjid is this?” He saw the name of the masjid and he searched on google and found it. And, then I was thinking of searching for the most beautiful masajids (mosques) in the world. [...]
1001 Inventions – The Truth of Golden Age of Muslim Civilization
Inventions in the Hospital, from vaccinations, sucher thread, medicinal capsules and surgical needles were all invented by Muslims. The “Dark Ages” brought to light! Please watch this video and keep reading: Science Museum BBC Must watch 1001 Inventions video To learn more about the 1001 Inventions exhibit, click here. They don’t give access to download [...]
CT Old State House Women In History Interactive Kids Program
CT Old State House just announced their next Children’s Program. My girls are terribly upset that we have a schedule conflict for the upcoming Women In History (American Revolutionary War) because they had a blast at the two programs they participated in February. Both program were so incredibly fun (and educational) that the girls told [...]
A True Confession from a New Homeschooling Mum
Hope Home Schooling is going on well. Let me make a confession to you: I am enjoying every bit of homeschooling, including the preschooler’s “drama”, the Kindergartener’s whining and the first grader’s “all-of-a sudden” independence. Besides, I am learning a lot! I never took Geography in Nigeria, never! I had the option of choosing Geography [...]
Teaching Kids Idioms, Oxymorons, Onomatopoeia & More
Teaching Figurative Language to Kids This is our first attempt to have a group homeschool project online for our kids, in which we’d like to showcase our kid’s work on one particular topic at a time. This group homeschool project topic is “Figurative Language”. Figurative Language is different sayings that do not express its literal [...]
Freebies online galore!
Jazaka Allahu Khayrun for the sister who researched & compiled this incredibly comprehensive list of homeschooling resources (or educational materials). Allah ye ticki afia/May Allah reward her with rest. Please note: I have not researched every single site, so proceed with caution. Download Free Posters from Virtual Gettysburg http://www.virtualgettysburg.com/sup…cation/poster/ Free Water Education Posters http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/OutReach.html Free [...]
Cyberguides
Passed on… For several years now, I have been using a great resource for literture called Cyberguides. They are done by the San Diego County Office of Education. Teachers have developed these lesson plans for K-12 that utilize internet-based activities that related to several popular pieces of children’s literature. They are divided by age level [...]
Virtual Field Trips – Comprehensive list
Passed on…JAK Sister! Hi Everyone! Thought I’d share this list of virtual field trips….I have many others but these are some of our favorites. Enjoy! http://www.thinkport.org/Classroom/trips.tp a listing of virtual field trips http://www.bearcountryusa.com/tour.asp Drive thru animal park http://bouldericecream.com/tour.htm Tour of a small ice cream factory http://www.ecoed.org/index.cfm Tour [...]
Comprehensive freebies list online!
Jazaka Allahu Khayrun to the sister who researched & compiled this homeschooling (or educational) freebies list for us! Please note: I have not researched every single site, so proceed with caution. ************************ http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/posters/index.htm Free phonics posters!!! http://www.adrianbruce.com/index.html other freebies from Adrian Bruce, a teacher in Australia who loves to share!!! http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/kids.html Arthur reading kit from [...]
Home education quotes and reflections
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned from school.~ Albert Einstein => Thankfully our girls are not in “school”…ha ha hee hee The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.~ Carl Rogers => We lay the foundation by giving them resources and [...]
Toledo Home Education League of Parents
We had a blast on Monday at the Toledo Home Education League of Parents (H.E.L.P.)’s Not-Back-To-School Picnic! Fox News showed up [we missed the 4pm broadcast ], we took pictures of the 30+ kids who actually stood still for a minute. [ At the busiest time, there had to be at least 50 kids. ] [...]
Recommendations for Beginning Readers
So, everyone rants and raves about the Bob Books, by Bobby Lynn Maslen , but the girls and I are not taking too well to them. So, through trail and error…here’s what we came up with as our recommended starting points for Beginning Readers. Please share your opinions and recommendations in the comments section below…we’re [...]
It’s a Girl-Thang!
As I absolutely love blogging…I had to find a whole new voice, direction, and focus for us, as we make our “official” first-year’s journey through homeschooling here in the state of Ohio. ..Toledo to be more specific. As I see huge difference in my raising girls than I would if I had boys…this changed our [...]
