Freaky Frugalite

Lynne of Seeking His Face invited me to join in on her Friday Show & Tell, Parent’s Edition! I found Lynne through Entrecards and she has a great blog. Be sure to say HI. :D So…. this week it’s the parents that get to brag about themselves. huh? Muahahahaha!!! FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for this [...]

I just found a goldmine! It’s a software program called Stellarium. Wow wow wow! This is the coolest program since Google Earth! I have spent the better part of the morning checking out the program. I am completely wowed by this program! It’s free and available for all operating systems (Linux, Windows, and Mac). It’s [...]

Well, I have two kids priming to take their SATs in the near future (whewwwww it’s been a long 12 years, lol). It’s really, really gratifying to see one’s kids finish school after years of homeschooling. Wow. And I SURVIVED!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, I guess the kids deserve some credit, too. LOL. Seriously, they have worked very, [...]

I found a cool website, all about origami. It’s no usual kind of origami! It’s origami with the American dollar. (We may as well get used to playing with our dollar, fellow Americans, because before long it won’t be worth the paper it’s printed on). This is my favorite. It’s a little gift box. You [...]

Here’s a cool website I found: Waterford Press Games. There are tons and tons of printable worksheets, puzzles, mazes, and word games for kids. The site is free to use for personal use. They even have little activities (like origami) and I LOVE the quizzes (scroll down to the bottom of the page for those). [...]

This is a very cool site, for kids and adults. I loved going through the photos- it’s called Atmospheric Optics. It’s a site dedicated to the weird phenomenon that go on in the earth’s atmosphere. They have photos from all around the world, and some of the photos are stunning. This is an example of [...]

Welll this is a “novel” idea (ha!): an online library, ala Netflix. It’s called BookSwim. It’s kind of like a library/rental program rolled into one. I checked it out. The selection is still a little slim, but it’s growing and there are some really good books there. This could be a real blessing for homeschoolers, [...]

I discussed my book methodology here, if you need a refresher. I’m continuing my posts on some good homeschooling books that I have found and work for us, in the hopes that maybe a morsel or two will help you! One thing I want to say is that I very rarely buy brand-new books. I [...]

A long time ago in this country, 90% of the population was literate. Most children began their school at home, learning to read and do basic math. Grammar schools, where available, educated the child until 8th grade. In the early 1900s, a new trend in education began: John Dewey’s “student-based” system. It emphasized learning from [...]

Most homeschools integrate technology into their “classroom” much faster than public schools. That’s one of the beauties of homeschooling- you don’t have to wait for all that bureaucratic red tape to finally roll through before you can switch from Mac to Microsoft, or whatever. I have tried to utilize technology in our lessons as needed. [...]