A Great "Take" on Home Educating Boys

Another Mom of a few Boys has shared her thoughts on learning. If you are feeling like you are spinning your wheels, take a minute to be refreshed!  Wendy, at Living Creatively, always has some great kinetic learning ideas  that will get you back on track.
http://wendyjanelle.blogspot.com/2011/09/school-days-at-adler-academy.html

A,B,C Mat!

Alyson at Oopsy Daisey has a great take on the "Twister" mat so your little guys can practice their "A,B,C's" !   Fun, Fun!!!

http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2011/11/make-your-own-abc-mat.html

Check it out!  It looks both fun and easy.

Here are some helpful tips from Alyson.

"* Ask your child to find a letter and perform an action.  (Hop on the letter “J”)

* Ask your child to put a different body part on a specific letter.  This ends up looking a lot like Twister! (Put your nose on the letter “N”)

* Play a “Simon Says” game.  (Simon says to hop to the letter “B”)

* Play music and let your child hop from letter to letter to the music.  Stop the music and ask child to identify what letter he/she is standing on.

* For more advanced children, hop from letter to letter to spell out entire words."

Nature Journaling

We are in full swing with our Nature Notebook group.  There has been some discussion about  Charlotte Mason notebooking and the dear mother coordinating our group came up with this Jewel!

If you are in need of a good look at what Nature Journaling is all about, this blog will give you the eye candy you have been looking for.  

http://naturejournaling.blogspot.com/

Beautiful.

What is Yuck?

Maureen Spell, from spell out loud, has tried a new product!  My kids love "hands on" learning.

Yuck products are various types of slime. They are made from an acrylic polymer and each Yuck type is different

http://tiny.cc/h1avv

Pioneer Woman

You need this Link.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/

"Homeschoolers Tell All"

Homeschoolers Tell All

"What kind of people homeschool? What do they do all day? Visit these blogs where homeschoolers tell all the gory details of what it’s like not to send their children to school."