Some Recent Links

HOMESCHOOLING http://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/strewing.html - Strewing – the art of leaving interesting things in your environment for your children to find and interact with. http://www.teach-nology.com/ - lesson plans, worksheets, printable generators http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teach-nologycom/107363172624986?ref=mf = their Facebook page NZ HOMESCHOOLING http://nzhomeed.wordpress.com/ - NZ home education support groups. Check out rest of website, especailly if new to homeschooling. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=207213913219 - Homeschooled NZ Facebook page http://muir.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/10179/1227/1/02whole.pdf - [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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/ – [...]