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!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - Namke Learn Quebec French blog
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Hi Thea!
You really are offline for the summer! I've been trying to contact you by email about my new blog. To start : KitQC2 continues to do quite well. Even though it is a very simple program I've had close to 20,000 downloads! Thank you for mentioning it on your blog back in 2007!
Since KitQC2 is quite 'dry' I created a web site that is much more fun to help people learn French with the accent of Quebec. I use (among other things) YouTube videos of Quebec songs, Les Tetes a claques, La Flaque and other fun materials. Since I know that homeschoolers need fun materials I figured I would try and let you know about it hoping that you read the comments on your blog.
You should be able to find the blog if you enter 'Namke Learn Quebec French' into a search engine like Google. The direct link is http://emsjuwel.com/learn.quebec.french (catchy name!)
I hope your move went well. Over the last couple of years I got stuck in the woods with no high-speed Internet for months at a time. Eventually we ended up putting a receiver in a tree!
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - Namke Learn Quebec French blog
You really are offline for the summer! I've been trying to contact you by email about my new blog. To start : KitQC2 continues to do quite well. Even though it is a very simple program I've had close to 20,000 downloads! Thank you for mentioning it on your blog back in 2007!
Since KitQC2 is quite 'dry' I created a web site that is much more fun to help people learn French with the accent of Quebec. I use (among other things) YouTube videos of Quebec songs, Les Tetes a claques, La Flaque and other fun materials. Since I know that homeschoolers need fun materials I figured I would try and let you know about it hoping that you read the comments on your blog.
You should be able to find the blog if you enter 'Namke Learn Quebec French' into a search engine like Google. The direct link is http://emsjuwel.com/learn.quebec.french (catchy name!)
I hope your move went well. Over the last couple of years I got stuck in the woods with no high-speed Internet for months at a time. Eventually we ended up putting a receiver in a tree!
All the best from
Andrew
author of KitQC2