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Beginning our Journey to Another Continent

April 12, 2013 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Beginning our Journey to Another Continent

journey to another continent

 

We are not moving or actually going anywhere, but we can take a journey through a variety of activities. We are not Montessori but like to dabble a little bit in concepts like Work trays (Tot trays) and Continent Boxes.

I am always wanted to find new ways to spark learning an adventure in my children. I found out about Continent Boxes a few years ago but had no way of getting into a group since we are not a Montessori School or Family.

Montessori Continent BoxesGreat Continent Box ideas from Living Montessori Now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A couple years ago my mom’s cousin went on a 3 week business trip and sent us a package of goodies from China plus 4 cd’s of pictures from Beijing, Shanghai, Thailand, and London. He included some currency, hotel brochures, and some little souvenirs. Boy what a treasure that was. My husband was sooo good about creating excitement and allowing each child to open one thing at a time. They had to try to guess what each things was before opening it. We cherish these items and realize we have never pursued finding more friends or relatives to collect world treasures for us.

multicultural package

 

Well, just recently I found out about Worldwide Culture Swappers! As much as I would like to jump right in and join  a group swap with four other families I thought starting off slow with a one family to one family swap would give us a chance to see if it really is for us without too much expense.

We are starting by swapping with a family in Australia and getting advice from a local family, Honey from Mondorfment. (Honey has hosted a Continent Swap before and has really great ideas to share. She will be blogging about them soon. I have also contacted a blogging friend, Neetu, from Singapore and she has agreed to swap with us in April. So we are off to a very good start!

I’m preparing our package by brainstorming, asking Honey tons of questions, asking our swap family what they would like and pinning like crazy!

Here are some suggestions from Chasing Cheerios:

– a letter from a child describing his/her life in his/her country…favorite foods, sports, activities, religious activities, daily schedule, school, vacations…anything that you or your child think would be interesting to a child in another country.

– Pics of your child in his home, etc. You don’t have to send close-up face pics if you are not comfortable doing so.

– Postcards, stamps, coins,

– craft, coloring sheets, small toys or games, small books

– cds of your child’s favorite music or books on cd

– recipes, pics of food specific to your region

– anything else that you think would be fun for a child to receive

 What would your child/family like to receive from another country? We would love to have your suggestions and ideas:)

Filed Under: Homeschooling, Spice Up Your Homeschool Tagged With: culture, geography, history

Homeschooled Through High School: Diana Waring Presents

February 14, 2013 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Homeschooled Through High School:

Diana Waring Presents


homeschooled highschool Diana Waring

 

Wow!  What a delight to be here with all of you.  Thanks so much to Thaleia for inviting me to be a guest blogger on this very exciting site.

And, you know, homeschooling during high school is one of my favorite topics, because the opportunity to homeschool my three teenagers was the highlight of our parenting journey!

But before we go there, may I share with you what research shows about homeschooling our kids all the way through high school?  During a convention workshop, Dr. Jay Wile talked of a study done by Lawrence Rudner, in which homeschool, private school, and public school students were compared.  The first part of the study showed that homeschool students start out ahead of private school students—and keep that slight lead all the way through high school.  Private school students are slightly ahead of public school students. . .until eighth grade.  At that point, public school students begin to diverge, losing ground rapidly compared to both homeschool and private school students.

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Filed Under: Homeschooled Through High School, Homeschooling Tagged With: encouragement, high school, history, homeschooling

{Spice Up Your Homeschool} History: Penny Collecting

December 6, 2012 By Thaleia 2 Comments

{Spice Up Your Homeschool} Series

Got the homeschool blues? Need to spice things up a bit?
Have you been homeschooling for a while and want to try something new?
Maybe you are new to homeschooling and still trying to figure things out.
If you need a break from your “typical” day or routine then check out
{Spice Up Your Homeschool} for valuable tips and ideas!

{Spice Up Your Homeschool} Penny Collecting

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Filed Under: Homeschooling, Spice Up Your Homeschool Tagged With: history, spice up your homeschool

{Spice Up Your Homeschool} National Parks

December 2, 2012 By Thaleia 2 Comments

{Spice Up Your Homeschool} Series

Got the homeschool blues? Need to spice things up a bit?
Have you been homeschooling for a while and want to try something new?
Maybe you are new to homeschooling and still trying to figure things out.
If you need a break from your “typical” day or routine then check out
{Spice Up Your Homeschool} for valuable tips and ideas!

{Spice Up Your Homeschool} National Park Service Junior Ranger Program

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Filed Under: Family, Homeschooling, Spice Up Your Homeschool Tagged With: geography, history, homeschool, spice up your homeschool

Wacky Wednesday: Pressed Pennies

November 21, 2012 By Thaleia Leave a Comment

Wacky Wednesday: Pressed Pennies

What is Wacky Wednesday? Last year we created WACKY WEDNESDAY to help us get over hump day and try to remember to do something fun and unusual on Wednesdays. Not every Wednesday is Wacky Wednesday, but we try to do something a little crazy or nature-oriented.

Wacky Wednesday Pressed Pennies

 

This version of Wacky Wednesday was an afternoon trip for mom and dad kid-free! We were heading to a large city near us and I double checked Penny Collector to see if we would be near any Penny Press Machines. We were going to be near 3 different locations if time permitted. We picked the location closest to where we had already planned to be, Carillon Historical Park, which featured 4 different designs.

The four designs are:

Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur)
Deeds Carillon ( Deeds Family established park)
1905 Wright Flyer III
Locust Grove School (one of the historic buildings in the park)

photo credit: penny collector.com

We found the machine just inside the main entrance. We had some pennies and quarters in our pockets but had to make change for some more. We wanted to get all four designs while we were there. I accidentally put the money in the slot and pushed the money on into the machine BEFORE I selected the image to press!  Hubby caught me the next time so we wouldn’t do double images twice. So we ended up with 5 pressed pennies which is okay.

 

Sorry the pics aren’t too good we forgot the camera and so had to make do with our phone! The lighting was a little weird with the sun streaming in the windows.

Have you tried pressed penny collecting? Have you found any unusual places near you that have a machine?

Thanks for sharing in our WACKY Wednesday adventure! Do you do something on a special day of the week just to keep things fun? Please share what your family enjoys doing. Subscribe to my blog via email to get updates when a new post is fresh off the presses!

 

Filed Under: Blogging, Wacky Wednesday Tagged With: date, history, homeschooling, pressed pennies, wacky wednesday

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