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Jul. 2, 2006

Welcome to Week 27 of the Carnival of Homeschooling!

Hello, on behalf of all of the contributors to this week's edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling, WELCOME! We are glad you are here. Please get comfortable and enjoy reading the varied articles that were submitted this week. I have chosen a patriotic theme, and I hope you enjoy it. So let's get started.

What the 4^th of July Means to Me

(by Tami Fox)

For my patriotic post, I thought I would share a few thoughts on what the 4^th of July means to me.

It means that I am free to worship God in the manner in which I choose.
It means that my family is free to choose where to live in this country.
It means that I am free to choose the political party I am affiliated with.
It means that I am free to share what I believe through writing or speaking.
It means that I am free to live under my Biblical convictions.

What does the 4^th of July mean to you? And if you happen to be a reader who lives outside the US, feel free to tell us what you are thankful for in your country. I know Canada just celebrated their independence holiday recently. Now, let's move on to this week's articles.

Janet of An Educational Voyage has a great article on how Home Schooling is All the Rage Now-A-Days! She cites an interesting article in the New York Times that explores the lure of home schooling. Not only are parents who are unhappy with public education turning to home schooling, but the wealthy are having their cake and eating it too...

We have a new face for the CoH this week, please welcome Kelby of Family Travel. She has an interesting article on Homeschooling While Traveling.She makes some great points about educational pursuits while traveling, as well as providing some useful links at the end of the article.

This next entry by Karen of Wired Wisdom touched me as she shared about Third Culture Kids. This article came about as a result of a discussion she had with her youngest daughter.

I enjoyed reading this review of the DVD 1776 by Jaminacema of Just Call Me Jamin. She provides information on the DVD 1776 and using it to help your kids learn about our Founding Fathers and the creation of the Declaration of Independence.

The Tutor of Apollos Academy tells us to Beware the Mother's Curse. She asks the readers to remember when your mother told you, "Just wait until you have children just like you?" Apparently, my mother uttered these words too.

Karen presents I'm Teaching Again posted at The Thomas Institute. This post is about a short preschool safety class I am teaching, with links to the lesson plans. My class has only 8 students, so the lessons would work in a family situation very well.

Maureen of Trinity Prep School tells us How to Read Imaginative Literature. She makes an excellent point that reading imaginative literature and discussing it critically is a challenging goal.

Allison of Natural Elevation wants ideas on Blog Bumper Stickers. This is a post that describes her inability to locate blog bumper stickers, the reference to bumper stickers as being a strong statement in our culture, and recognizing blogging as a free and independent press in America; it goes on to list ideas and ask for input on our own bumper sticker supporting blogging (a contest to follow).

Kathy presents Review of An American Plague posted at HomeSchoolBuzz.com.

supermom_in_ny presents Attention Parents that Homeschool! posted at Getting Out of Debt.

Dana of Home*School*Home lists some Summer Activities List/ Grammar Studies. In this article, she tells us what they are doing this summer, their summer activities list, their limits on screen time and a spontaneous grammar lesson they had this week.

Cindy of Empty Nest Mom shares with us a 4th of July Unit that can be done entirely online by the kids themselves (You may need to supervise them while on the Internet). It includes short biographies of famous persons, stories, virtual tour of Betsy Ross's house, instructions on how to fold the flag, crafts, songs, recipes, games, coloring pages, and more.

Brief summary of the post: A short unit for the 4th which

We have another new face to the CoH this week with Jennie Von Eggers of Creative Homeschooling. In Gear Up for 4th of July Parades, she gives some easy ideas to make patriotic costumes that do not need a lot of preparation or sewing. The pictures of her children in a parade are wonderul.

Christina of Routon Family Homeschool gives us reasons why homeschooling should be a commitment and not done temporarily in We'll Try It Out Over the Summer.

Terri Johnson presents Knowledge Quest - Choose a great history program for your family - Homeschoolblogger.com posted at Knowledge Quest.

DeputyHeadmistress presents Homeschooling Special Needs Children, A Short Reading List posted at The Common Room.

Barbara Frank of The Imperfect Homeschooler tells us, in her article Like Watching a Train Wreck, that "...observing public education today is like watching two trains collide. You hate to see so many people being hurt, but it's hard not to look on with morbid amazement."

Heather of Duncan Homeschool tell us in a few posts about Lapbooks. She provides several links to sites that she uses for lapbooking as well as plenty of pictures of lapbooks that she and her children have created.

Let me introduce you to another new participant in the CoH, Lisa. She and her husband are a homeschool family who recently moved to save and restore the family farm. Their blog is Noble Calling, and the article she submitted is about Birds, Bees and Pumpkins - Farm School

Paula presents What's your Home School's name? posted at Kitty Eleison.

Dana presents Something to Be Proud of posted at Principled Discovery.

Spunky of Spunky Homeschool was asked the question by a friend, "What has been your greatest challenge since you began homeschooling?" In this post, Spunky answers this question in My Greatest Challenge.

Laurie Bluedorn presents New Magazine posted at Laurie Bluedorn.

The Thinking Mother writes about Freedom and Homeschooling in America. She feels that since Independence Day is approaching it is a good time for homeschooling parents to think about gratitude for the homeschooling freedoms that we have. It is also important to survey the horizon and see if there are any threats to our homeschooling freedoms.

Maribel of APMFormulators gives Exercises in Medical Copy Work that any homeschooler may use in order to pursue studies in the medical field.

I am very excited to have an entry by one of the teen bloggers, Kristin Braun, of Regenerate Our Culture. In her article, Grounded, she discusses how thoughtful discipleship through homeschooling is the best way to be grounded in the Truth. Kristin is the oldest daughter of Spunky at SpunkyHomeschool.

Beverly Hernandez of About Homeschooling shares with us a Greeting Care Package. Here sister put together really neat care packages for their mother for Christmas last year. It is a great project for homeschool children to make for the elderly or handicapped people in their lives. There are also step-by-step instructions of the project.

And we end this week's Carnival with an entry from Janine Cate of Why Homeschool. She shares with us some thoughts on Friendship.

Thank for joining us for this week's Carnival of Homeschooling. I have enjoyed reading all of the submissions. I hope you have, too. And thank you to all the bloggers who sent articles in this week.

Go here for the archives of previous carnivals. Next week the carnival will be held at Why Homeschool.

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Jul. 4, 2006 - Excellent Carnival!

Posted by TRINITYPREPSCHOOL

I love your entry on what 4th of July means to you and how you organized all the great contributions. Kudos to YOU!

Maureen

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Jul. 4, 2006 - Thanks for hosting!

Posted by LoneStarMama

I really enjoyed the entries : )

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Jul. 5, 2006 - Carnival

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Great Job! Thanks for Hosting.

tootlepip
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Jul. 5, 2006 - Great job!

Posted by p31wife

Thank you so much for hosting! You did a wonderful job!

Blessings,
The Tutor, Apollos Academy

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Aug. 5, 2006 - Peace At Last Is Here Now Light Workers, 11.11...

Posted by 11.11

Dear Fellow Lightworkers,

Greetings and Salutations! I have been following with interest the spirited discussions in this blogg-forum and feel strongly that we are living in very “special” times!
As a contactee and a channel I would like to share information from the Masters from time to time with you all. My name is Michael Ellegion, and my website is ChannelfortheMasters.com.
I have been guided by the Spiritual Hierarchy at this time to connect with other fellow Lightworkers who also feel attuned to the higher Masters and Beings of Light, as clear guidence is especially at this time on earth, very important to us all.
Having been trained in the Edgar Cayce form of channeling as a small child, I have been channeling the Masters for over 25 years. I also have had wonderful experiences, having been taken aboard physically, onto the higher dimensional Merkabah Lightships of the Ashtar Command, I can truly say that we are living in the “End Times” of the old way and that there are many other fellow Volunteer souls here in Earth embodiment on earthly missions.
At my website, there is a very fascinating list of “NASA Star People characteristics” which I feel many of those of you who come to this blogg’s forum will definitely relate to many of the characteristics or traits documented there. I was first told about this list prior to actually seeing it, while physically aboard the Merkabah, and I was told that I was soon going to come upon a list of characteristics, and that when fellow Volunteers like myself, would see this list, they too would relate to at least several to a third of the entire list.
According to these very advanced, human appearing Elohim – extraterrestrials, “Depending upon how much of the original level of higher energy and consciousness that a soul is able to bring with them when their soul comes into earth embodiment, is usually how many of these characteristics a fellow Volunteer will tend to have.”
The Channelings I have done for over 25 years, are specifically designed to assist fellow Lightworkers in gaining greater insight into their individual life-missions. Becoming aware of future opportunities that the Spiritual Hierarchy wants you to be aware of is important, allowing you to more consciously take advantage of these opportunities. As a result, each one of us will help to uplift the planet––as it prepares for the upcoming planetary Ascension.
One of the special features about these transformational sessions with the Spiritual Hierarchy, is that while the Masters are channeling thru me, they place upon the tape powerful Cosmic subliminals designed to accelerate the reactivation of the original 12 strand DNA/RNA into the future 24 strands, along with the opening and activation of the synaptic-neropathways of the brain. This causes major transformations in one’s conscious awareness and the lifting of the Veils or Cosmic Amnesia. This in turn, helps one to remember their original galactic origins.
Checkout ChannelfortheMasters.com and to those of you who feel an attunement to this information and would like to further connect with me, I look forward to hearing from you, e-mail me at: vortexnetwork@hotmail.com.

Many Blessings to You on Your Earthly Mission!

In Light and Love,

Michael Ellegion

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