Oct. 21, 2009 Do I Have A Right? Oct. 21, 2009 Foxfire -- A Living History Project
I posted this following to our local hs group board:
www.foxfire.org
I found this on a related link from a google preview I was reading. Well, I was reading a book then decided to research the 'educational method' they described and then found this site. Though we are very possibly moving out of the area soon, I was thinking that it would be neat to a spin off of the idea for the kids to do, as individuals and as a group. Just hadn't gotten very far with the idea.
I always liked the idea of kid produced news, books, anything like that really, though my kids haven't done as much of it as I might have liked. Kids today seem to have real trouble relating to other generations and that aspect pleased me as well as loving stories handed down by our own elder historians. I, like many, like to read journal style writings as well. Well, now that I have created a blog post, there you have it.
Michele |
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I haven't seen her mentioned much lately but I got to thinking I would like to just have a couple of her books. Years ago I had her plant book on lend and it was really comprehensive. I looked at Amazon and there's not much of a price break there which surprised me. Perhaps there is evolution in her science books, I don't know. I'd like at least one of the project books so the kids could create on their own.
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Sep. 17, 2009 Today is Constitution Day
www.homeschoolfreebieoftheday.com has some resources you can check out.
www.billofrightsinstitute.org and www.constitutionday.cc
www.nccs.net
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Sep. 16, 2009 What does the Lord want from me .... ? Sep. 10, 2009 The Buck Stops Here
Self-Responsibility Sep. 8, 2009 The History of Weight, the Passage of Time and another sleepless night due to autism
If you will think about weight and measurement and also about time, these are fascinating areas of learning, but think about them in terms of the Word of the Lord (his just measure and how His timing is not our timing, etc)
http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/faqs/what-is-the-history-of-weighing-%28faq-mass-and-density%29
Also learn more about time at this spot. There is an education page at
http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/
Louis Essen - English physicist who invented the quartz crystal ring clock and the first practical atomic clock. These devices were capable of measuring time more accurately than any previous clocks. He built a cesium-beam atomic clock, a device that ultimately changed the way time is measured. Each chemical element and compound absorbs and emits electromagnetic radiation at its own characteristic frequencies. These resonances are inherently stable over time and space. The cesium atom's natural frequency was formally recognized as the new international unit of time in 1967: the second was defined as exactly 9,192,631,770 oscillations or cycles of the cesium atom's resonant frequency, replacing the old second defined in terms of the Earth's motion. From Today in Science History - 9/6/09 http://www.todayinsci.com/9/9_06.htm
Do I have time for another topic of study right now? Probably not, as the Lord leads.
BTW, why am I up? At 2 a.m.? Because my 8yo T woke up, giggling hysterically and yelling. Now he is taking a bath and I need to stay awake as he will likely do something unacceptable. No he is not tired. No he will not go back to sleep. Yes, he had his melatonin. Perhaps he had a dream. He can't tell me. At least it wasn't scarey or sad Those are awful. The time will pass - and it will soon be time to get up. Is my time my own?
Reconsider your selfish ways, your supposed "needs"; submit all to Him. We are here to serve. He knows we need sleep. Why do we think that if it isn't our way, it is wrong? How do we think our ways are higher than His?
Help us Lord! Less of me, more of You. |
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Sep. 2, 2009 M.O.M. - Anwers the homeschooling question Aug. 31, 2009 Supercharged Science Aug. 30, 2009 Perspective Drawing Lesson |
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