Monday, October 3, 2011

The Worry Box

Sometimes when I'm losing my mind over something, I just need to say my troubles on my outside voice to realize they're not as bad as they seem.

The Worry Box is a great way to help our children do this.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Grolier online Encyclopedia! Awesome

Love this free Encyclopedia online! Amazing. I typed in Egypt and got stuff for all reading levels, websites, magazines, videos, facts etc. Great Resource!

Keeping an Educational Journal

I really love the idea of learning through reading great books, having kids narrate and discuss what they have learned, create activities to support learning and keep a educational scrapbook or notebook of what they've learned. So, far I've just been having kids draw and write or I'll write for them. But, today I came across this cool website that has lots of fun printouts to put in the notebook. Click HERE to see: