I am sure most everyone has noted the "Under Construction" post I did a month ago. Wow, has it really been that long? I never meant it to take as long as it has, and it's still not quite complete. Then again, homeschooling is a journey that is never really over, and I'm finding new links to add all the time. For some time, I had been dissatisified with my link menu on the right of the page. It was just such a hodgpodge links and graphics that I didn't think anyone could find their way around. I couldn't and I designed it! LOL So I took advantage of Image Chef's awesome free service. It allowed me to create custom graphics in just seconds. Granted, their selection really isn't that huge yet, but I was satisfied with the images I settled on. So here's a quick run down on the different categories now.
- The Family Circle stayed the same, as did My Recent Posts
- The Cottage is all links pertaining to this site, such as my RSS feed.
- The Cottage Garden are sites that are mine specifically (such as blogs, Myspace, etc.) or sites that I especially like and may be involved with somehow.
- The Hearth pertains to site for spirituality and homelife.
- The Referance Shelf is a list of sites pertaining to homeschool laws, news, teaching methods, etc.
- The Kitchen Table is curriculum. I thought this quite appropriate since that is where, my family at least, does most of their lessons (when we're in the house, anyway). I'm still trying to figure out how to break this one down further because it's quite a hodgepodge. If you have any ideas of a cottage type name that would work in this area, please throw it my way. Right now it includes complete accredited systems, items pertaining to specific areas (such as Scaredy Cat, which is phonics), etc. Like I said, I'm still finetuning that area.
- The Reading Chair are sites that have online books, mostly in their entirety, in either a PDF, MP3 or Word Document format. A lot are also not downloadable, but you're still able to read them online, print them off, etc.
- Our Read Alongs are some books that I especially chose to read aloud to the kidlets over the next week or so. Most will tie in the season, any upcoming holidays, something we are studying (such as history, geography, etc.) and other stuff along those lines. Sometimes a book will stay longer if it's an especially long book, such as the original Peter Pan, which we are reading to James right now. These are nowhere near all of the books that are read to our children, just ones I wanted to make sure are read in any given week.
- The Craft Cupboard contains sites for crafts and other fun activities.
- The Supply Cupboard is just that! Lots of good stores to order supplies, be it fun science kits, lesson books, silks, etc. These are all stores that I have personally ordered from. My Affiliates will also be found here. Also, although it isn't listed there, all books I list linking back to Amazon is under an affiliate program.
- Blogs are the blogs that I enjoy reading . I have to have a good excuse for not folding the laundry. :D
I'm also playing around with the idea of "James' Curriculum" where I would list any specific curriculum books we're using this year, as well as the teaching methods I'm using.
Now Added:
James' Curriculum is a list of curriculum and books that James is using this year.
The Den is a list of fun curriculum and lesson ideas.
Random Books is just that; a list of books I randomly grabbed from my home school shelves. I will leave these up for approximately a moth before switching them for fresh selections. |
Oct. 10, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Jenny
Wildwood Cottage