Incompetech has an amazing array of customizable graph paper for just about anything you can imagine. I was particularly impressed with the storyboard, accounting ledger, and perspective drawing graph paper. But don’t let me spoil all of the fun — check it out for yourself and find a graph paper that best suits your needs! [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Topology: A Fun Way to Combine Math, History, Art, and Geography
Posted by ginac on October 24th, 2008
Topology, also known as rubber-sheet geometry, is actually a branch of mathematics that studies objects being distorted without being torn or cut. We recently discovered Jill Britton’s web site, which is dedicated solely to math (and much of it to fun topology-related material). Her R-U-B-B-E-R Geometry page is especially nice, providing many fascinating links to [...]
Eclectic Homeschool: Art Projects For Kids
Posted by ginac on October 18th, 2008
Kathy Barbro, author of the Art Projects for Kids blog, shares great art projects that are delightfully creative and educational. What I really like about her projects is that many introduce famous artists, teach about world cultures, introduce an artist’s technique and all are really fun! Be creative and build some of these projects into [...]
Eclectic Homeschool: Fun Math Books
Posted by ginac on October 13th, 2008
We use so many different math texts and sources (we use an eclectic approach), we hardly ever use any single book ‘cover-to-cover’. We especially enjoy math books that let us skip around and learn about something without having to read the first ‘x’ chapters. Here are a few of our current favorites. Math At Hand [...]
Free Unit Study: The Case of the Missing Rumbleometer
Posted by ginac on October 4th, 2008
Although this isn’t the usual weekly homeschool language arts lesson, it is interesting enough as a unit study that you should adapt it to include more language arts activities. For example, choose from the extensive glossary of terms to create a vocabulary list, stressing definitions, spelling, etc. Also, have your homeschooler do some additional research [...]
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