a homeschooling carnival – August 25, 2010
By · CommentsWelcome to the August 25, 2010 edition of a homeschooling carnival.
J.Edwards presents Zig Ziglar’s – See You At The Top – A character-building book for Teens & Adults posted at EverydayChristianFamily.com, saying, “Review of very encouraging book for people of all ages, but targeted to homeschoolers.”
Julia Wells presents Top 50 Blogs for Teaching Tips, Ideas and Inspiration posted at Masters in Teaching, saying, “Some of the best education occurs through example. The following blogs contain a multitude of personal experiences and lessons in the field of teaching.”
family
Jason Koeppe – IntelliCorp presents Home Playground Safety Checklist posted at InTouch & Informed Blog, saying, “Nothing soothes a parent more than the sweet sound of children swinging, sliding, giggling, and having fun in the backyard. Use this simple playground safety checklist to help make sure your home playground is a safe place to play. Each year, more than 200,000 children go to U.S. hospital emergency rooms with injuries associated with playground equipment.”
OurBlogs presents Detachment From Material Things posted at A Guide to Raising Great Kids.
Kevin Poulis presents FamilyEducation.com – Empower Learners of All Ages To Reach Their Full Potential posted at SiteTally.com.
home education
J.Edwards presents 10 Must-read Books For Teenagers posted at EverydayChristianFamily.com, saying, “10 Books to supplement reading suggested by most secondary schools + bonus books”
Pamela Jorrick presents Bricks and Brains posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.
Alex Carson presents 100 Ways Google Can Make You a Better Educator | OEDb posted at OEDb: Online Education Database.
technology & higher learning
Israel Baline presents Top 40 Free Online Tests, Quizzes and Apps to Find Your True Career posted at Masters in Occupational Therapy, saying, “It can be difficult to know which job you are likely to enjoy the most, or thrive doing, but these resources can be quite useful for helping discover one’s career alling.”
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of a homeschooling carnival using our carnival submission form. The next edition of a homeschooling carnival will be available on September 15, 2010.
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Thinking Big
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I really like it when my son takes some initiative and thinks big. I think it is healthy and a good for him to dream and aspire to be more and do more. But I really had to laugh last night at his thoughts on earning money around the house. I like to think that we had a brief teaching moment about economics.
I was commenting about how a friend of mine was paying her son to catch and kill flies around the house. She was paying him a penny for each one. The boy had already earned $1.10.
Chandler exclaimed, “A 110 flies and he only got paid a penny each? That’s not enough. They were worth more.”
“Well, what do you think they were worth?” I asked.
“A dollar each.”
“Ummm…remind me not to hire you to catch flies. I don’t think we could afford you at that rate.”
“Well, then how about a dime each?”
I laughed. At least he was negotiating. We briefly had a short discussion about how you need to know your market before you price things. If you price things too high, then no one will be able to afford to hire you. However, if you price things too low, then you are losing out on potential income. Negotiating somewhere in between would be good because then both parties are happy with the transaction.
I love that my son thinks big. I am also glad that we homeschool and I know how to take advantage of these priceless learning moments. Where else would you get a chance to have a short lesson on economics with a 13 year old boy?
Out With The Old, In With The New
By · CommentsIf you have been following my blog for any amount of time, you might have noticed a few changes yesterday and today. I decided that my former blog name, Homeschool Trenches, wasn’t portraying my viewpoint correctly. I wanted something warm and fun. Those of you who know how involved my family is in the garden, know that my new name and web address fit much better.
I have changed the look a bit too. I even have a blog button you can grab and share if you would like. I have had some fun in the redesign process.
While there are some obvious differences, I hope you will notice some of the things that should be familiar to you as well. I am still tweaking things a bit, but I wanted to introduce you to the new look and name. You can still get here through the Homeschool Trenches website, as I have that one forwarding to this new site. But please update your bookmarks and begin using the new one as soon as possible.
If you happen upon some of my older posts, you may come across some that are missing their former pictures. I didn’t think and deleted the blog platform at the old site after forwarding things here. Of course, all the pictures were hosted at the old site and are now gone. Poof! I restored the ones I could easily do and just removed the others as best as I could. The content is still there, it is just the pictures that are gone.
So tell me what you think of the new design! Do you love it? Do you hate it? Let me know!
