The 14 Days of Homeschooling
(tune of "THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS")
On the first day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Can you
homeschool legally?"
On the second day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Are they
socialized, can you homeschool legally?"
On the third day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Do you give
them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"
On the fourth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "What about
P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool
legally?"
On the fifth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "YOU ARE SO
STRANGE! What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"
On the sixth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "How long
will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E., do you give
them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"
On the seventh day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Look at
what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?"
On the eighth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "Why do you
do this, look at what they're missing,how long will you home school, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they
socialized, do you homeschool legally?"
On the ninth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "They'll miss
the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you home school, YOU 'RE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?"
On the tenth day of home school my neighbor said to me, "What about
graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you home school, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"
On the eleventh day of home school my neighbor said to me, "I could
never do that, what about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"
On the twelfth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "Can they go
to college, I could never do that, what about graduation, they'll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they're missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?"
On the thirteenth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied: "They can
go to college, yes you can do this, and they can graduate, we don't
need the prom, we do it cuz we like it, they aren't missing anything,
we'll homeschool forever, WE ARE NOT STRANGE!, We give them P.E., life
itself's a test, they are socialized, AND WE HOMESCHOOL LEGALLY!
On the fourteenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, "How can
I get started, why didn't you tell me, where do I buy curriculum, when is the next conference, WILL PEOPLE THINK WE'RE STRANGE? I think we can do this, if you will help us, can we join P.E. and we'll homeschool legally.
Thank-you to Jean, a fellow homeschoolblogger and mother of 10, for posting this fantastic melody! Visit her blog, Quiver's House, for more homeschool inspiration!
Well, moving day has just about arrived! Three more days and we move to our new home, that still has no services! Lucky us, eh? I'd like to think that we'll be hooked up to services like hydro and gas relatively soon, but I'm realistic enough to know that cable, phone and internet won't be available for awhile yet! Three weeks ago our street didn't even exist! We dug our hole 54 days ago. What a journey! So... because we won't be online all summer and we homeschool all year round, I've found a few 'free' software downloads for my kids, and thought I'd share them here!!
I found a site called 'Softsland'. It lists all sorts of 'free' to download software from educational software to web development. Lots of stuff for the younger student! The following are a few that I've insisted my kids download for the summer!
Interlex is a freeware vocabulary builder that helps you learn foreign words and phrases quickly and easily.
Periodic Table Flash Cards is designed to help you learn the elements. Learn the names and symbols of each element from Hydrogen to Ununoctium! Flash Cards has always been a great way to learn - and it can be fun too! Simply start Periodic Table Flash Cards and away you go!
Learning whole numbers? Improve whole number computation skills from simple to complex problems by using Abilities Builder Whole Numbers Plus 7.6. Math facts exercises are included. Randomly generated problems are structured and worked out number by number as you would on paper. Generate printed worksheets that reinforce the on-screen activities. Multi-sensory approach using the Microsoft Agent character Peedy the parrot. Especially effective for the learning disabled and remediation.
Task Light 3.0 is a test authoring mathematics freeware, that offers 500+ math problems with solutions in arithmetic, pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry and hyperbolic trig! It enables math teachers to prepare printable math tests literally in a minute and generates variant tests around each created test!
This last one is for you, Bianca, it's DreamKana! A freeware hiragana and katakana flash card application. It is easy to use and flexible to the way you want to learn. It includes voiced constanants in both kana sets, and does not require any special fonts or language packs. DreamKana is completely portable and can be carried with you on a flashcard and memory stick - it requires no installation! And some Kanji flashcards can be found here!
This week I thought we would start with something for your little ones. Lookybook.com is a website that allows you to look at picture books in their entirety, from cover to cover. This is a great way to preview books before you buy or to look through books and know which ones you want to add to your library list. My kids even enjoyed having a few of them read to them from the computer screen.
Now, I have something for mom! A friend of mine keeps raving about the website menus4moms.com. I finally checked it out and it looks great! You will find free weekly dinner menus, grocery shopping list software, organizers and planners, home organization and kitchen articles, recipes, and more.
Next, I have two free E-Books for Homeschool group leaders. Money Management for Homeschool Organizations and Tax Exempt 501c3 Status for Homeschool Organizations are both offered by homeschoolcpa.com. These free E-Books will help you organize the finances of your group and discuss the pros and cons of being a nonprofit corporation and obtaining 501c3 tax exempt status. You will find both of these free E-Books HERE.
On the Company Porch you will find a great new contest with a prize from Classical Astronomy. Someone will win a copy of the book Signs and Seasons. You can read all about it HERE.
Make sure to keep reading and check out The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine exclusive Freebie Friday offer further down in this newsletter.
I'll see you next week right here at - Freebie Fridays!
We've all heard of podcasts, but did you know that there are literally thousands of educational podcasts for you to download for free? And before you ask...you don't need an iPod to listen! Check out this article, 'Myth: You need to own an iPod to listen to, or view, a podcast.' Wait until you hear what I found for you and your children like...
Childrensbookradio a Podcast and Children’s Book Directory dedicated to sharing children’s books. This site is great for teachers, parents, students, children, and anyone interested in Children's literature! Do you love reading? Want to share a story? 'A Story For Bedtime is a community sharing website which allows anyone to contribute readings of bedtime stories. The podcasts are simply recordings of real people - like you - reading stories to real kids. Some stories have more than one reader and are, therefore, presented in different ways'.
Love Science? You'll love Why? The science show for kids. Each week Dr. Dave Brodbeck answers a question about science from real kids like you! (Get your parents permission before visiting any of the sites found here @ HSN-Quebec, links are known to change!)
The Education Podcast Network is an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century. You'll find a podcast for every subject like dance education, social studies, math, visual arts and so much more! For FREE!
How about learning french, italian or spanish @ Podcast Alley? Abonnez vous gratuitement à la diffusion scientifique en audio du Collège de France et recevez automatiquement sur votre ordinateur les fichiers de vos conférences préférées. Ensuite vous pouvez les transférer sur votre baladeur numérique, clé USB...Sont disponibles actuellement, visite ici!
There's a podcast for almost every subject of interest! Poetry, geography, fairy tales and stories! You'll need to have software that will play mp3 files. Once an appropriate podcast has been sourced, it can be manually downloaded. The process may be slightly different for each site, so it is important to read the instructions. Podcasts may also be delivered to your computer automatically by subscribing to a podcast feed! If you find a great podcast! Share it with us here!
This week I have a great variety of freebies for you!
How would you like to get 280 free math worksheets to use with your kids? Math Mammoth is offering just that! All you have to do is subscribe to their newsletter. (You can unsubscribe anytime.) You will receive a file with 280 great worksheets from their blue, green and gold series of workbooks! You can read all about it here.
Knowledge Quest is offering a great new Unit Study on Brazil. The study includes reading selections, history, timelines, mapwork, recipes and crafts. You can click here to find all the information.
Cardamom Publishers has just released their latest Special Report called Ten Tips for Coping with Temperamental Teens. This is a great little pdf file filled with great tips on coping with the teen years. It is written specifically for homeschoolers. As a mom to a 13 year old, I found the information quite helpful. You can download it free here.
Did you know only 18 percent of America's children are eating three or more servings of fresh fruits and vegetables each day? The California peach, plum and nectarine growers - and Scholastic, have created the Summer C curriculum. This is a fun way to communicate how peaches, plums and nectarines are good sources of Vitamin C. You can download the curriculum free here.
I'll see you next week right here at - Freebie Fridays!
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe
around him and calls the adventure Science.
Edwin Powell Hubble
What a great quote! You won't believe the fabulous science resource that I stumbled upon, it's called, 'Science Resources for the Middle Grades' @ Science-Class! There's a wealth of information for the homeschool science teacher to utilize on this incredible site! Wait until you check out the lessons, but my favorite part of this site, are the fabulous powerpoints!
So if you are new to homeschooling, or not, and are looking around for resources for next Fall...this site is worth it's weight in gold!
God Bless the Teachers, out there in cyberspace who provide resources for FREE, to all students, including us homeschoolers!
'Poetry, like music, is to be heard.' ~ Basil Bunting
That's the Poetry Archives motto! We all have a child, who's bored to tears, when it's time to learn and read poetry! This site will change all that! The Poetry Archive is the world's premier online collection of recordings of poets reading their work. You can enjoy listening here, free of charge, to the voices of contemporary English-language poets and of poets! And just wait until you check out the children's section - Amazing!
Looking for some great worksheets, activities and lessons? Check these out...
Thank-you to my dear friend, Marie, volunteer coordinator for Homeschool Nations - Washington State, for doing her part to protect the rights of homeschoolers everywhere!
This week I have some great freebies for you from one of the vendors in the Schoolhouse Store. Googol Learning offers a variety of Audio CDs and DVDs that make learning googols of fun for the whole family!
The first freebie they are offering is a free download of two of their songs. This is a great opportunity to share these high quality toe tapping tunes with your kids! You can download both Crazy 4 Math and MATHemACTION for free at this link. You can also download the lyrics to the entire Crazy 4 Math Album at the link above. (I was thinking about using some of the lyrics as copy work for my 7 year old daughter.) Along with this freebie, they are also sponsoring a Crazy 4 Math contest. Your kids can share their creative math ideas by describing how they use math in any activity they love to do - a sport, game, craft, hobby, or anything else.
Next, check out the Take Back Your Brain! Go TV VG Free challenge. You will find another free song download, tip sheet, and a creativity contest to enter.
While you are at the Googol Learning website, make sure you scroll down and look at the right sidebar. They have a whole list of other freebies listed there that I have not mentioned above!
Are you ready for Summer? Hop on over to the Schoolhouse Store and check out the Summer Reading Splash! You will find lots of free ideas, encouragement and downloads to keep your kids reading all Summer long. If that's not enough there will also be contests each week at the Summer Splash Blog. There is a contest ending tonight at midnight, so click HERE to hop over and enter to win a free book!
I'll see you next week right here at - Freebie Fridays!
Good Morning! I hope the sun is shining in your area this morning! It is here!
It's been a spell, since I was able to sit down and blog, but we're building right now and are planning on moving for July 1st! It's been absolutely crazy with delays because of rain and various other things! Have you ever watched those 'house flips' on t.v.? And the homeowner has to go out of town? We watch and tell each other, 'No way, would we let that happen!'. It really does happen! We finally get a weekend of no rain, only to have to leave, for my mother & father-in law's 50th wedding anniversary! Imagine 50 years...!
Just to say...in addition to neglecting this blog, I've also neglected checking my eMail and have actually put it off! Okay...I'm terrified to check my eMail! So...I don't know when I'll get another chance to share these links to these fabulous websites for History! The first site is about Canada's Unique Social History! This site will provide you with the opportunity to learn about Canada's unique history of social welfare and social work. It contains hundreds of pages of text, 12 audio lectures, as well as videos, and photographs. It's intended for the older high school or Cegep student!
The next site is about the Social History of the Circumpolar North! You'll find you have access to five learning modules! There is something here for every student who's Cegep bound! Information about the Boreal Ecosystem, to Plate Tectonics, to the Weather! If you seriously want to know about the life and times of Canada, this is the site!
Si vous recherchez une ressource « locale » merveilleuse pour enseigner à vos enfants le français, vous aimerez le cercle enchanté! Le Cercle enchanté s'adresse à l'enfant de quatre et de cinq ans et à l'enseignante à l'éducation préscolaire qu'elle soit débutante ou expérimentée ! Il y a des activités pendant l'année entière ! Vos enfants vont enchanter dans cet emplacement, mais ne prennent pas simplement mon mot pour lui, le vérifient dehors aujourd'hui !
Un autre grand lien que vos enfants apprécieront, sont Pomme et Marina, par LesÉditions Scholartek ! Il y a quelques jeux de étude fantastiques pour des enfants de tous les âges ! Aie un jour splendide !
You may have already heard that The Old Schoolhouse Magazine has gone Digital. We are now offering a chance to check out a Digital Issue of the magazine for free! Our Summer 2007 issue is loaded with good articles! You can click HERE.
When I was a kid I can remember playing hours and hours of hangman on the chalk board at school. Wordduck.com is a new site I just learned about with a less gruesome version of hangman. As you guess the letters there is a duck standing on boards over a river. Each time you get a wrong letter a board falls out from under the duck. If you lose too many boards your duck falls in the river. All along the duck talks to you, although you can turn him off if he becomes annoying. The great thing about this site is you can upload your own word lists. I played this for awhile with my kids, and we all had a great time with it! You can check it out HERE. to read more about the issue and find the link to the freebie.
The Schoolhouse Store is also offering a free Summer Reading Program for your kids! There will be great freebies and prizes. You can learn all about it HERE. This is going to be a lot of FUN!
I frequently get requests for more freebies for teens, so here is a great one! ChristianTeenBibleStudies.com is offering a great free Bible Study for teens. It is suitable for personal studies, youth group and for your homeschool. You can learn all about it HERE
Lastly, Mari over in the sales department is looking for a telephone sales representative to work from home 20 daytime hours a week. If you are interested, you can learn more about the job HERE.
I'll see you next week right here at - Freebie Fridays!
Studentawards.com – Visit Canada’s largest free scholarship search site – we match Canadian students directly with thousands of scholarships, awards and bursaries.
Boursetudes.com.com – Visitez boursetudes.com, le principal service de recherche de bourses gratuit au Canada – nous trouvons des milliers de bourses d’études, subventions et prix s’adressant aux étudiants canadiens.
Bienvenue
Welcome to Homeschool Nations - Quebec, Canada! Your page for information and links to help you navigate the world of homeschooling! Serving both the French and English Homeschooling Communities in the Region of Quebec!
Bienvenue aux Nations de Homeschool - Québec, Canada! Votre page pour information et les liens pour vous aider à diriger le monde de l'ecole a la maison! En service pour Familles Francophones de Homeschooling et Anglophones dans la région de Québec!
This section will hold upcoming events in our Province! If you have an event, let me know! Email Me
Cette section tiendra des événements suivants dans notre Province ! Si vous avez un événement, me permets de savez! Signalez Moi
• Educational Outings and Events
Our e-Newsletters give you wonderful, informative information about homeschooling, news bits, contests and PRIZES for homeschoolers, articles to encourage you, calls for writers, free unit studies and lesson plans, and just a lot of FUN. Bring the community to your inbox – and no worries, we never sell, trade or give your email or any other information out to anyone.
Come join the homeschool party!
Subscribe to *FREE* newsletters offered by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.
TOS Store
To see a close-up of the current cover, click here.
Do you have the whole set of back issues from The Old Schoolhouse
Magazine?
Click
here to view all back issues and read the themes - you
will want to collect the ones you've missed!!
At Bookstores NOW!!
eBooks to Help You!
Join Our Affiliate Program!
Earn Money Every Time
TOS Magazine is Sold in
Partnership with You.
more . . .
If you are a Quebec Homeschooler and...
•would like your association
listed here,
•would like your blog
listed here,
•would like your group
listed here, or
•know of any great resources
available to homeschoolers?
• Email Me
• Guided Tours of Montreal
1) Most things in this blog are compiled through articles and information I've found on the web. I have linked to the location where I originally found the information in each post.
2) I am not an employee of TOS. I am a volunteer coordinator helping to keep Quebec informed.
• HSN
