Sudoku Puzzles can be fun and challenging and are great for that long summer ‘day trip’ car ride. We found a great website, KrazyDad, that has numerous sudoku puzzles for every level, from easy to insane. KrazyDad packages puzzles in PDF format, with eight puzzles per booklet. He also includes hints and solutions. KrazyDad also [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Cool Science for Kids: krampf.com
Posted by ginac on June 19th, 2008
We recently discovered a neat website maintained by an established science fanatic who shares his love of all things science with the world. Robert creates short, informative videos on many science concepts that get kids interested in learning more! He also produces a free, weeky ‘Experiment of the Week‘ newsletter. How is that for spicing [...]
Why Homeschool?
Posted by ginac on June 18th, 2008
Personally, public school was never an option we considered, but for those parents who haven’t made a decision, you may want to read these two recently published articles. These two articles convince me more than ever that the quality of public school education in the U.S. is not only declining, but in some cases, deserves [...]
A Homeschool Perspective: The Importance of Creativity
Posted by ginac on June 17th, 2008
TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, is an amazing global movement that hosts some of the greatest thinkers of our time. One of those great thinkers, Sir Ken Robinson, spoke back in 2006 about the importance of creativity in schools, society and the world (view video). Ken made an alarming but not surprising [...]
Posted in Art, Eclectic Homeschooling, Interdisciplinary, Music, Teaching methods 
Tags: Art, creativity, TED 
Comments OffFlorida Museum of Natural History
Posted by ginac on June 12th, 2008
Located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, the Florida Museum of Natural History is one of the best bargains in the state. The facility is beautiful and the exhibits are very engaging. Permanent exhibits include a butterfly rainforest, Florida Fossils, Northwest Florida Waterways & Wildlife and South Florida People and Environments. The [...]
University of Florida Bat House
Posted by ginac on June 11th, 2008
As part of our plan for homeschooling over the summer, we recently visited the University of Florida Bat House in Gainesville, Florida to witness 60,000+ bats emerge into the evening sky. The bats were beautiful, flying almost like butterflies and not much larger. The event occurs every warm evening just after sunset. At first, just [...]
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences & The Next Einstein
Posted by ginac on June 11th, 2008
AIMS, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, is an amazing program for teaching talented Africans serious math and science. The AIMS program’s strategy is to help Africans solve Africa’s problems using math and science as a starting point! Even more exciting, the AIMS initiative, ‘The Next Einstein‘, is a program to find Africa’s ‘Einsteins’. Visit [...]
Big Picture Thinking: Math and Science
Posted by ginac on June 9th, 2008
If you follow this blog, you know that we have posted our opinion on the importance of teaching math and science to little kids. I just finished reading a great article by renowned physicist, Brian Green titled ‘Put a Little Science in Your Life‘ (from the New York Times Opinion section) that really supports this [...]
How to get your homeschooler to enjoy writing
Posted by ginac on June 2nd, 2008
Getting children to condense their thoughts into a written format is so important that any amount of work you have to do to get kids to enjoy the process is worth the effort. The alternative is that those brilliant ideas and amazing thoughts and insights kids have are lost forever! Make it fun! Fun works [...]
