LEGOs are a great addition to any homeschool curriculum but they can be quite expensive. If you already have a large collection of loose LEGO pieces from past projects, why not try building free, reasonable likenesses of the kits you would normally purchase. The lego.com website has a handy instruction manual finder. Simply type in [...]
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Young Homeschooler Hate to Write? Try Teaching Cursive
Posted by ginac on December 17th, 2008
I recently discovered an interesting solution to a youngster who hated to write. Our son really wanted to learn to write cursive, which we really weren’t planning to teach. His printing was so awful, we wanted to focus on improving it a bit first. However, we finally relented and were amazed at how he now [...]
Icarus at the Edge of Time
Posted by ginac on December 10th, 2008
A fabulous new book, Icarus at the Edge of Time, written by noted physicist Brian Greene, is an amazingly elegant twist on the original Greek myth. The book is creatively designed as a board book with breathtaking Hubble telescope images and a story that is sure to spark curiosity about space, time, gravity, Einstein and [...]
YouTube: Join the World’s First Collaborative Online Orchestra
Posted by ginac on December 3rd, 2008
YouTube recently launched a collaborative online orchestra initiative called simply the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Musicians from around the world can ‘audition’ to participate in the YouTube Orchestra and maybe even perform live at Carnegie Hall! People of all ages are invited to submit their own video performances of a new piece written for the occasion [...]
