French Scrabble win for Africa
Looks like the Africans have been just won their third French Scrabble competition in a row, this time solidly beating France.
Get the full article here: For some Africans, Scrabble more than just a game
College Plus!
College Plus! Is a college program (Christian based) that offers phone coaching and ways to earn a college degree quickly through distance learning–mostly via testing for college credit with the CLEP or DANTES programs; also how to earn college credit at the same time you are doing high school.
The description of College Plus! from their website:
Who We Are
CollegePlus! [...]
Christmas around the World
AUSTRIA
“Frohliche Weihnachton”
Christmas is undoubtedly the most important holiday in Austria.
In the snow-covered Alps, families descend from their mountain homes to the valley below, illuminating the night with torches held high to light their way in the darkness. Carolers gather in church towers and village squares to guide the people to Christmas services with their melodies. [...]
Teacher Websites of the month
This site http://www.childcareland.com/free.html has loads of filefolder games, monthly activities, counting , alphabet, shapes and lots of teachers aids, all of it by themes.
http://www.montessorimaterials.org/is a swell site. It has ideas and materials and suppliments that can be used all the way up to Highschool.
New Elementary Science Curriculum
By Joy
I found out about a science curriculum from a home schooling parent
living near us. We are going to use it for our son this year.
The book called is called, “God’s Design for the Physical World” by
Debbie and Richard Lawrence. There are 3 parts to it: Inventions
and Technology, Heat and Energy, Machines and Motion.
The [...]