Full Speed Ahead

Ok, so I took a hiatus from the blog I have barely started. I needed to really sink my teeth into this homeschooling adventure and January flew by as a result. I was hoping to use thig blog as my pseudo-log for are daily doings, but found my self scribbling on papers and sticking them in to a pretty but unorganized tab folder. I am hoping to correct that, but only really time will tell if I succeed.
At this point in time we have tackled quite a bit. I am really glad that I was able to create a cirriculum that was tailored to our needs, it makes it easier then following another's model.

One website that I really recommend for chemistry is http://www.chem4kids.com/, the site also follows the other sciences, but I can only speak to the chemistry component. Great foundation material.

I also totally recommend The Story of the World Series by Susan Wise Bauer. It is excellent. The series also includes activity and test booklet (sold separately). I have the test booklet that I use for pretests, but I fill in the readings from the book with my own activities. We have a great time and it is very interactive, which is something we enjoy.

On other fronts, I have started to meditate; this is something that I never had the capacity for but miraculous overcame just recently. I stumble across I website that really helped be "get in the zone". A gem of a site called http://www.wildmind.org/. Good Stuff.

Personal Book Recommenation: The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim. Awesome. Coming of Age story set in Japanese occupied Korea.


"I am fortunate indeed. Whenever I make a mistake, there is always someone to notice it."
-Confucius

Signing off,

Ms. LittleWhiteGloves

Making a Ripple

I am hopeless when it comes to introductions; so I will spare whomever may read this and get straight to the heart of this blog: these are things I love. This will be my cyber-treasure box where all my goodies are stashed and shared.



Without further ado; here are my newest passions:



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This site is FANTASTIC! Classes are available online FREE from top universities such as, Havard, Yale and MIT to name a few. These are non credit courses and are not conducted in real time, but for the mere joy of learning and learning from some of the best, this site is hard to beat. Not to mention that it makes top notch classes accessible for all. I am in the midst of take five classes and it make me absolutely silly with delight!



readprint.com



ONLINE LIBRARY....THOUSANDS OF TITLES AVAILABLE!!!







"A good book is the passageway to my heart "



-Little Ms. White Gloves, 2009