Speaking of the most awesome folks in homeschooling blogging, have you voted in the Homeschool Blog Awards yet?
Many of the bloggers featured in this week's carnival are up for awards, myself included, so I hope you'll go check out the categories and cast your votes for your favorite bloggers, if you haven't already done so. Personally, I'd love your vote in the Best Eclectic Blog category since, you know, that's the only one I still have a shot at winning, despite the long list of excellent bloggers in that category.
Too often, we have lofty intentions of what we'd like to do to help others or instill compassion and charity in our children, but the task can seem so overwhelming that we never get started. Faith, The Reluctant Homeschooler, shares some practical baby-steps that she's taking as she answers her kids' question, Are there really people like that here?. Faith says, "Trying to instill compassion towards the poor isn't always easy in children who grow up with all their needs met. Somehow, I seem to have gotten through to at least one of my children."
Homeschool dad, Tim Tinkel shares a photo journal of his family's recent extended field trip, enjoyed on a visit to the grandparents' home in his post Who Says Homeschool Isn't Fun?. Visit Families Again to join in the fun.
Sharing another fun family field trip is Pamela Jorrick, who presents A Quick Few Days in Monterey posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.
Paige Hudson offers some wonderful tips and resources for making science-themed lapbooks in her post, Science Corner: What about lapbooks? posted at Elemental Science.
In another science related post, Amida offers a fun project idea -- and one of our family's favorites -- Slime Science Day. Check it out at Journey Into Unschooling.
In a slight deviation from her typical Charlotte Mason style, Jimmie and her daughter are studying artists who painted the American West. You can find their first installment, George Catlin Artist Study, posted at Jimmie's Collage.
Need something to help your kids get their energy out while also giving them some fresh air, sunshine and exercise? How about Laura Smith's Obstacle Course posted at Homeschooling: Our way of life.
When a homeschooled kid wants yellow ketchup, what's a good homeschool mom going to do but grow some yellow tomatoes and go in search of ketchup recipes? Read the details and see the pictures in way-cool homeschool mom, Barbara's post Yellow Ketchup, Anyone?, which you can find at Blue Skies.
I am totally saving Samantha's Salt-Dough Brains post for when we do our Nutrition 101 unit (again). What a great, hands-on project idea for studying the human brain! You can find details and pictures at To Be Busy at Home.
I typically limit Homeschool Showcase submissions to one post per person, however, I just had to include a second post from Samantha's based on one of our favorite books, The Scrambled States of America. Her son did an incredible job making the States in Sculpey!
Brenda Sain shares her notes on her family's geology study, Rocks in My Dryer. Visit The Tie That Binds Us for notes, links, printable forms, and the awesome cartoon that Brenda's son created to show the rock cycle.
After you visit Brenda's blog, be sure to visit Tristan's, Our Busy Homeschool, for some More Edible Rocks ideas to add to your geology study.
Are You Reading to Your Children? Autumn Beck wants to know. She shares the benefits of doing ao for parents with kids of all ages on her blog, Homeschooling In Kerrville.
Jolanthe, printable creations extraordinaire, shares resources for Bible time and some beautiful, printable cards for use with Awana memory verses in her post, Raising Rock Stars ::Week 3::, which you can find posted at Homeschool Creations.
Amy Bowen, Eclectic Homeschooling, shares photos and details of Making a Coracle - Ancient History Art Project. I think we may have to try this one; I can see Josh loving it.
That wraps up this week's Homeschool Showcase. I appreciate everyone who submitted a post. I hope you'll mark your calendar for the next edition. It's scheduled to be posted November 30. The deadline for posts is Sunday, November 29, by 4 PM (EST). You can submit posts using our carnival submission form.
You can find the Homeschool Showcase guidelines here. Past posts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
5 comments:
you crack me up!
I love those sculpty states and the brains!
What an incredible amount of information!! I look forward to looking thrugh them. I had already read the post Paige had put up and it was really good.
Awesome collection! It's amazing to me how I can see lots of posts for things that I have coming up in many of the Homeschool Showcases.
Wow-that is a lot of ideas. I'm off to checkem' out (well after bedtime I will) in hopes of finding something fun for us this very rainy week.
Blessings
Great list!
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