Saturday, September 24 is Free Museum Day. Most Smithsonian and Smithsonian-affiliated museums are free on this day. There are many reasons to take advantage of Free Museum Day, but here are our top ten: Expand your family’s interests. Visit a museum that you wouldn’t normally visit. Seek to find possible new interests. Engage with learning. [...]
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10 Reasons to Visit Your Local Museums on Free Museum Day
Posted by ginac on September 21st, 2011
Posted in Activities, Eclectic Homeschooling, History, Interdisciplinary, Just for Fun, Learning Methods, Science 
Tags: aquarium, Art, Free museum day, history, MOSI, Museum, natural science, Smithsonian 
2 Comments »Awesome Stories: Quality Learning Tool Based Around Stories
Posted by ginac on August 17th, 2011
Awesome Stories is an online collection of stories around historical events and people, mostly on the U.S. Awesome Stories presents all topics in a story format, leading the learner through the subject as the story unfolds. Additionally, each well-written story includes links to primary sources like photos, sounds, articles from worldwide national archives, museums, universities, military and [...]
Posted in History, Online Tools, Unit Study Tags: Awesome Stories, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, learning through film, Miracle on 34th Street, museums, national arcihves, Night at the Museum, Pirates of the Caribbean, primary sources, Seabiscuit, stories Comments OffHistory of Technology from PBSKids
Posted by ginac on March 19th, 2010
There is nothing like a bit of history to teach kids about change, innovation, and the evolution of technology. The PSBKids WayBack Tech 1900 highlights some important inventions around 1900, providing brief insights into people’s attitudes regarding these changes, who adopted them first, and how these inventions eventually came to mainstream use. We especially liked [...]
MAKE Presents: Educational Videos on Basic Electronic Components
Posted by ginac on January 16th, 2010
We found some very cool educational videos from MAKE magazine that every budding electrical engineer will enjoy. The videos are fairly short and offer history, physics and hands-on how-tos. Learning basic electronics is the first step in building basic electronic circuits. Our goal is to eventually learn enough electronics to build some papier-mâché creatures with [...]
Posted in Electronics, History, Physics, technology Tags: Electronics, homeschool, How-to, MAKE Magazine Comments OffBack to Homeschool: What Does Education Mean to You?
Posted by ginac on August 15th, 2009
As you are gearing up for another year of homeschool after a summer break, take time to consider what the word ‘education’ means to you. According to Webster’s Dictionary, it means : the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or [...]
Posted in Art, Chemistry, Eclectic Homeschooling, Ecology, History, Interdisciplinary, Math, Music, Science Comments OffObama Wins!
Posted by ginac on November 5th, 2008
Change has just come to America. A significant change. Epic change. Change that occurred when American astronauts landed on the moon! People around the world are excited — they love Obama (and maybe now America?). Anyway, take some time today to teach your children about this historic event. Make sure they understand and remember. CNN.com [...]
