Tueaday is the day for the weekly edition of the Canadian Home Educators Blog Carnival.  Every week,  Jacqueline gives those who wish to particpate a theme or a jumping off point for their posts.  This week,  seeing that it was Independence Day on the 4th,  Jacqueline suggested that we might share links from American blogs or websites that have helped us in our homeschool journey.   For me,  that would mean  a few pages of links but I think I can narrow the number down so that they will fit in this post.  These sites  have given me much food for thought in the area of improving our learning time.  I am indebted to the people who have given of their time and gifts to share their thoughts and ideas through the cyber world.

    Here are the sites that have helped me form our learning time.  Some have have given me a gentle push to wander out on a less-traveled path.   That push has made our learning that much more exciting.

Ambleside Online  is an online Charlotte Mason curriculum.  If you are interested in this philosophy, then this is the place where you need to park for a few weeks as there is so much to read and learn.  I use this curriculum for my book lists but they also have suggested weekly schedules that you can follow t take away the stress of figuring everything out yourself.

Living Math  if you have read a few of my posts you know how indebted I am to the owner of this site for saving  our math time.   This concept of living math used to be an unusual concept but now it has really caught on.  I have heard that the schools in my region are starting a pilot program using living math to teach this subject.  Homeschoolers were the first to put this idea into play and actually use it.

Handbook of Nature Study   Nature study has been one area where we have flagged behind.  I am not good at this part of our day.   But this site has sparked an interest in nature study for me.  The owner is using Anna Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study  as her spine.  She has made up lesson plans aka activities  with each  area of study from Comstock's book.  Each week she submits a new lesson.  Even I think that I can do this with the help of this wonderful site.

Elizabeth Foss' Real Learning blog  is one of the blogs that I read faithfully every week.  I have been touched by her honesty and her desire to help other homeschooling moms.  This blog is a treat to read every week.

Melissa Wiley is another person whose blog I read quite regularly.  I love her humour.  She portrays such an inviting picture of homeschooling and learning that I wish I could be a fly on her wall so that I could see how it all plays out.  I think learning in her house would be fun.

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