I like this!

Like this indeed ..
http://creativehomeschool.homeschooljournal.net/2009/01/25/15-great-uses-for-a-digital-camera/
Save the clutter and storage of interesting things – take a photo to remind you of the kids favourite shoes or piece of art when 5.
Get that digicam to work!

Remember Your Old People

All Saints Day is 1 November

Opportunity to remember your grandparents and those that went before you.
What is your family’s Christian heritage?
Chance to retell the family stories and oral traditions of your family (whanau).
Better than Halloween!

http://livinglessons.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/thespiritoftiofernando.pdf - The Spirit of Tio Fernando by Janice Levy, picture book
- pdf includes lapbooking ideas, suitable for mini-unit study, for homeschoolers – [...]

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 : favourites@mops.org

1.
Newsletter Templates
http://www.mops.org/leaders/publicity - in pdf and doc – from MOPS International
2.
Download MOPS invitations
http://www.mops.org/page.php?pageid=1832&srctype=linklist&src=1832
This is the better of the two cos you can fill in your local group’s information:
http://www.mops.org/forms/Mom-e-invite_fall_08.pdf  (550 kb)
- then ‘print’/save as pdf (eg. through www.pdf995.com, 2 part free download).
The other: http://www.mops.org/forms/Mom-E-Invite_Jan_08.pdf (341 kb)
3.
Send a MUM-e-invite
http://www.mops.org/momeinvite/ - for an invitation for a mother to come to your MOPS group …
or [...]

WW : Cafe Mom

CafeMom – MOPS International is there – and I help to make it “International”.
http://www.cafemom.com/group/49904/    ~OR~ http://www.cafemom.com/group/connectwithMOPS
Hello from New Zealand …

WW :Scrapbooking

Layouts
- only need one link! layouts galore, for free
** http://www.stickersnfun.com/nl183.html - can sign up for newsletter (see RHS), Aussie based
http://www.stickersnfun.com/sketches.asp - scroll down a bit. Make sure you have a layout folder on your computer. I open the sketch page from this site, block just the title and sketches, then ’print’ ’selection’ as pdf.
A quick and easy way to save [...]

WW : Object Lessons

At 8+10 years old, my children still like object lessons.
Object lessons are Bible stories and deeper concepts taught by something real they can see. Jesus used parables or stories with several layers of meanings. And so realia, or real tangible objects, help to express ideas and character qualities to everyone – not just the younger [...]

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
–
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 [...]

WW : 10 things about NZ Maori

Kia ora!  
1.
History overview : http://www.newzealandnz.co.nz/maori/
2.
Culture – protocols  (on marae etc) : http://www.maori.org.nz/ - overview
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/culture/culture-maori-culture.cfm

3.
Te Reo – language : http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/language/maori/
http://www.korero.maori.nz/
4.
Iwi – tribes : http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/maori/guides/iwi_map.htm
5.
Waiata – songs : http://folksong.org.nz/waiata.html
Stick game with music : http://folksong.org.nz/epapa/index.html 
6.
Unit Study overview : http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/maori.html 
7.
Whale Rider :
http://www.moviemusicuk.us/whaleridecd.htm  -   music
The haunting sound in the movie is made by synthesizer but mimics in part a Maori woodwind instrument.
http://www.aotearoa.co.nz/neptunes/putatara.htm   
http://www.carving.co.nz/puoro.html
movie synopsis  -  http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/WhaleRider.pdf
8.
Google images [...]