The initial state of happiness about an own child is often overcome with annoyance after even a short period of time. Children quickly grow an own personality, and it’s the most vital task of the parents to help develop it and give it a shape. Otherwise, the little angel can turn into a little devil […]
If you think your wedding album’s sole purpose is to be opened only on your anniversary, after consuming a few drinks, to have a good laugh over how efficient the aging process is, then think again. Because, buried in the pages of those two-dimensional 8 x 10 inch glossies is a three-dimensional, real life textbook, […]
Not long ago, I had a post on how to find homeschooling resources through AskMetafilter. Recently I stumbled on a blog, Sprittibee (via a post requesting prayers for a girl, named Emily over at Sprittibee). Then I managed myself to spend some time surfing on it. It’s amazing. There’s a lot of homeschool links and […]
An increasing number of parents go for homeschooling their children, as numerous studies have confirmed that home-educated students outperform their publicly-run school peers by 30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects (see academic findings). When parents consider the possibility of homeschooling, some pros and cons have to be taken into account. Ask MetaFilter digs […]
To acquire info for school projects, kids not only can get info, namely Wikipedia, by surfing on the internet, but also download them on their iPods. Here’s a free software, Encyclopodia downloadable to the Apple iPod genarations one to four as well as on iPod Minis and Photo iPods.
Simply follow the link, download the installation […]
What is acrostic poem? Here is an example done by my daughter when she’s studying at grade 4:
Joyful
On the way to be cartoonist
You must be her friend
Caring
Every teacher loves her smile
Happy
Often playing on her mum’s computer
U.S. Department of Education takes the initiative to help your child learn math, and provides proven ideas and hands-on activities for families to help their children succeed in math. All you need is simple and easy-to-find materials. Here’s an example for Grades K-2:
Newspaper numbers. Help your child look for numbers 1 to 100 in the […]
St. Patrick’s Day is on March 17. Although it is the Irish feast day, it is celebrated worldwide by both Irish and non-Irish. If you are interested, You can find more facts about St. Patrick’s Day by following this link.
Wendy has found an awesome website, Storynory which offers lots of high quality of audio stories for kids. All stories can be downloaded to your iPod, or burned to a CD. Children like listening stories. Play these stories for your child when he/she goes to bed. It makes your child’s bedtime easier. Although I don’t […]
WordCentral.com Dictionary is specially designed for kids, and it quickly gives definitions and pronunciations on line. For other extra features, coding chamber and English experiment, I haven’t tried out the results how it would be like if the codes are sent out. Let me know if you have.
But for the newly added feature, Build Your […]