Here is a really neat article that links you to different activities to do with children using fingerpainting! Even for older kids!
Finger Painting with a purpose
Do Good Grades Predict Success?
Very interesting blog post: http://freakonomics.com/2008/09/29/do-good-grades-predict-success/ i would agree with many of the comments on this post that grades measure very little…as some of the most intelligent and successful (in my mind) people i know did horrid in school. my husband […]
schools kill creativity
man, this guy is BRILLIANT! (and funny, to boot!) i was enraptured watching/listening to this video! talk about wow!
my life, in a nutshell
i just was wanting to update what’s going on these days over here in tina’s realm… things have been actually going pretty good around here lately…i’m not feeling such a heavy blanket of stress that i can barely breathe…i actually […]
surprisingly accurate
i just read this article here. (“6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling”) now, i know that this is a spoof newspaper. but i find it amusing that the info in this article is surprisingly accurate to my view […]
great quote!
got this from a homeschool group i’m on where they are discussing the parade poll about whether or not parents should have a teaching credential to be able to teach their own children: “…for people to assume that they can […]
what if public schools were abolished?
wow, interesting article!! something to think about, eh? 🙂
“stupid in america”
i think this is the online article of the tv show with the same name i watched awhile back. it’s pretty horrendous how the american public school system is in reality. i know its bad because i did sub for […]
homeschooling in the news
don’t panic. don’t worry. the governator is on our side and we have a ton of lawyers working their little fingers to the bone to fix this little glitch. although people are really freaking out and i have to say […]