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Marbled Paper
Learn how to make Marbled Paper using just: shaving cream, tempera paints, paper plates (or trays for larger prints), brushes, combs, paper (cut to size needed), cardboard, sponges for clean-up. Once done, you can use the paper in sketchbooks, bookmaking, … [continue reading]
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Post Office Freebies
The National Postal Museum offers downloadable program guides such as: Postal Pack for Elementary School Students (K-6) Collection of illustrated activity sheets that teach about postal transportation history, and encourage letter writing and an appreciation of stamps and historic letters. … [continue reading]
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Explore Wildflowers: Free Resources for Nature Study, Art, Gardening & More
Wildflower Resources Explore the beauty and diversity of wildflowers with these free and educational resources—perfect for nature studies, science units, or creative fun. Wildflower Reference & Growing Guides Wildflower Reference Guide and Seed Catalog – Planting tips, USDA hardiness zone … [continue reading]
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Virginia-Carolina Peanut
Read about the History of Peanuts. Virginia-Carolina Peanut Kids Pages has activities about peanuts. Free download in pdf. Coloring books for grades (K-2), (3-5) and (6-8) they tell the story of how peanuts grow, peanut facts, a cross word … [continue reading]
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George Washington Lesson Plans and Resources Freebies
The George Washington Teacher Resource Guide is designed for incorporation into history and social studies curricula. It will introduce your students to some of the events and issues that shaped George Washington’s life. Lesson plans and activities are available also.… [continue reading]
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Deliberate Dumbing Down of America
The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America – A Chronological Paper Trail, by Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt. The paper is a chronological history of the past 100+ years of education reform. This free to download pdf is large – around 7MB. https://deliberatedumbingdown.com/ddd/
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Black Friday 2007
Black Friday Shopping Tips Before you head out to the mall or shop online for that perfect present, take a few moments to read these tips to help you have a less stressful holiday season. – Decide in advance exactly … [continue reading]
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I Don’t Know
October 20th, 2007 Current mood: sad, contemplative, shocked, melancholy, mad My cousin (ok, technically my cousin’s ex-husband & father of her kids, so really my cousin), a friend & co-worker for about 10 years, and another friend (known him about … [continue reading]
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Another
Saturday, October 13, 2007… Another friend committed suicide. I am in shock & stunned. Pretty much at a loss for words.
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Box Tops for Education
Box Tops for Education https://www.boxtops4education.com/s/ is a program by General Mills which gives nonprofit educational groups money for each box top they send in. The box tops have a special coupon on the boxes that state “Box Top$ for Education”.… [continue reading]
Making available ways of homeschooling for little or no money while maintaining a high quality of education.
