Home School Sign

http://www.homeschoolmania.com/sssss.gif
sign – for your van window?
Caution
Unsocialized
Homeschoolers
You really need to be homeschooled to fully appreciate this one.

Welcome …

- these links open in new screen
Homeschooling
 - also check out www.nzhomeed.wordpress.com for New Zealand homeschooling information and helps
Recipes
 
Lapbooking
 
Mum-e-Mail 
includes parenting
 
My family’s web presence:
The Counsellor
Kiwikids

Feel Good About Home Education

Feel Good about …
Homeschooling
http://classicalworld.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/why-do-people-homeschool/ - yay for dedicated teachers!
Homeschooling .. or is that feel good about not doing school in Quebec?
http://thechurchofjesuschrist.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/quebec-kills-parents-rights-to-choose-religion-instruction/
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/oct/08101703.html
Freedom of Choice …?
http://libertyvsleviathan.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/homeschool-health-and-leviathan/ - immunisation and homeschooling
http://homeschoolbenefits.wordpress.com/
Thinking Children …
http://kidswhothink.blogspot.com/ - hard boil the eggs first? what fun!
Feeling Good!
http://hnracademy.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/125/ - I call her Mummy
Children’s security
http://leaphomeschool.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/famcirexpelled1.jpg - cartoon
Having time to look at these art barcodes!
http://inventorspot.com/articles/barcode_art_from_japan_black_white_can_get_along_12735
Blessings…
Johanna
original : October 2008

WW : Parts of Me

Here are the various parts of my life:
www.lapbooking.wordpress.com – Lapbooking – presentation folders for school projects or unit studies. Also www.lapbooking.tumblr.com resources and webquests.
www.nzhomeed.wordpress.com – general homeschooling info for NZ
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MigraineHealth/ - forum for women who have migraines
My Husband’s site:
www.2restore.wordpress.com
My children’s (neglected) blogsite:
www.kiwikids.tumblr.com
I’m president of MOPS NZ:
www.mops.org.nz
mother organisation’s huge website: www.mops.org
MUM-e-Mail – free twice-a-month encouragement for mothers [...]

WW : Lapbooking Blogs 2

This is some of what google alerts delivers for “lapbooking”.
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/jul/13/katrinacolumn0714/ - Dear Bored Stiff
http://funinthesunmom.blogspot.com/2008/07/homeschool-planning-it-start-just-some.html - file crates and specials from the Sunshine State, USA
http://cheshiersjourney.blogspot.com/2008/07/adding-to-our-curriculum.html - zoology
http://learning-by-living.blogspot.com/2008/07/monday-ramblings.html - from Montana – wish they knew about lapbooking sooner
http://homeschoolingpooh.blogspot.com/2008/07/today-my-little-girl-and-i-finally-got.html - Wizard of Oz
http://homeiswheretheheartis.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/hit-the-books/ - just getting started – write and encourage her in lapbooking. “The 2-shelf bookshelf just doesn’t cut it any more” – hey! [...]

WW: Science links

This in NO way is a comprehensive list. I’m not a scientist, but a curious home educating mother. These are some of the what-I-think-interesting sites that I’ve stumbled on in my 5 years of homsechooling.
Science:
General or All 
How Stuff Works – also http://science.howstuffworks.com/
Science from the Beeb – 4-11 yo
+ Teacher resources – 9-10 yo
Teacher’s (or home educating parents’) resources [...]

WW : Reference Page of Reference Pages

all reference
Bible – http://www.biblegateway.com/
Dictionary – http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com/reverse/ - for when you’re struggling to find the right word
Encyclopaedia -  http://www.reference.com/ 
Internet Search – www.google.com – also images, advanced search tips
Metric Conversion - http://www.metric-conversions.org/ – metric/imperial
http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm - calculator too
Thesaurus – http://thesaurus.reference.com/
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ - visual fun
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NZ
 

Phone numbers – www.whitepages.co.nz – NZ
Television - http://ontv.uni.cc/ – main NZ TV stations on one page – TV1, TV2, TV3, C4, Prime, also [...]

MM : MOPS and Homeschooling

I enjoyed MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) when my children were under 6yo and now we home educate (homeschool).
How do these two worlds meet online?
These are some results from searching “homeschool MOPS mother“:
http://triviumacademy.blogspot.com/2007/08/preschool-ideas.html
http://teacher-mom.blogspot.com/
“… I remember at a MOPS convention I went to years ago, Elisa Morgan showed a picture of a shriveled up juice box [...]

MM : Early childhood educators

Early childhood educators
Anthusa (c. 347-407) lived in Antioch, the hub of Paul’s missionary journeys, and bore a son, John, just before her husband died. Though Antioch’s population was roughly one-half Christian at this time, Anthusa feared society’s corrupting influence on John, so she taught him what she knew of classics and Christian faith at home. [...]

WW : Lapbooking Blogs

Lapbooking is a fantastic way to present unit studies or projects.
Lapbooking 101 – www.lapbooking.wordpress.com
Lapbook folders, ideas, and photos from last week:
http://paper-basket.blogspot.com/
http://thehomeschoolingblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/socalval/
http://littlehomeschoolonthehill.com/
http://tropicalmom.blogspot.com/2008/04/lap-books.html
http://talibiddeenjr.wordpress.com/
http://yankeegal.geeksforchrist.com/
http://scooterandb.blogspot.com/
http://islamicunitstudies.wordpress.com/
http://jetihoja.blogspot.com/
http://thecoxscorner.blogspot.com/ – first lapbook
http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/ - Johanna’s blog
Digital lapbooking is relatively new and emerging. 
Here are some examples of different styles :
http://karatekidkast.tumblr.com/ (by 3x 9+10 year olds) using a tumblr blog
http://lapbooks.wordpress.com/dogs/  (8yo) using wordpress with linked through files
http://www.slimeandgrime.co.nr (16yo) using macromedia shockwave flash (swf [...]

FF : Home Educators’ YearBook

Home Educators Yearbook
Before the year ends, here’s one way to have a record of your Homeschool year :

Buy a small-medium photo album
Check there are plain cards slightly smaller than the sleeve in each sleeve. This keeps pages firm, esp if no photos.
Grab a camera and do some catch-up photo-taking. Capture people and places on film [...]