• Homeschooling

    Vote 2008

    Hail to the Chief: Inauguration Lessons. Every four years on January 20, a president takes the Oath of Office. This week, Education World offers ten lesson plans to help your students learn about and commemorate the inauguration. A few … [continue reading]

  • Blog,  Homeschooling

    Art & Calligraphy

    Ahhhh…Public School. An elective class I took in public high school was Calligraphy. On the first day the teacher asked if anyone was lefthanded. Only two people raised their hands. One of them was me. The teacher spoke to the … [continue reading]

  • Crafts

    Marbled Paper

    Marbled Paper Craft

    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]

  • Blog,  Homeschooling

    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]

  • Blog

    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]

  • Blog,  Homeschooling

    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/

  • Life

    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]

  • Suicide

    I Don’t Know

    Photo by Silvia Carera on Unsplash

    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]