Brought to the big screen in 1939, The Wizard of Oz was named the most-watched motion picture in history by the Library of Congress and is often ranked among the top 10 best movies of all-time in various critics’ and popular polls. We recently attended a Wizard of Oz sing-along, costume event at a [...]
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Why We Still Love the Wizard of Oz
Posted by ginac on July 26th, 2011
Posted in Activities, Just for Fun 
Tags: audience participation, costume, magic, sing-along, wizard of oz 
Comments OffCats Love Harry Potter, Too
Posted by ginac on July 13th, 2011
Teacup, a mottled grey cat who resides at Haslam’s Bookstore in St. Petersburg, Fl, posing with the Harry Potter book display. The owners quickly snapped her picture! Here’s a photo of that photo.
Posted in Activities, Just for Fun Tags: Books, bookstore, cat, deathly hallows, Harry Potter, Haslams, Teacup Comments OffTeaching with Harry Potter
Posted by ginac on July 12th, 2011
Delphine, a GeekMom contributor, recently authored a fantastic post about teaching with Harry Potter literature. Her article highlights how Harry Potter literature engages learners through all subjects, including history, science, languages, and more. Read Delphine’s GeekMom article
Posted in Just for Fun, News Tags: GeekMom, Harry Potter, Harry Potter literature, potions, spells, Teaching 1 Comment »Send Us Your Harry Potter Fan Photos
Posted by ginac on July 11th, 2011
In honor of all the Harry Potter hype surrounding the last Harry Potter movie and the unveiling of J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore website, we’ve posted our own favorite Harry Potter fan photos. Do you have photos to share? Add a link in the comments of this post and we’ll feature your fan photos all week!
Posted in Just for Fun Tags: chamber of secrets, deathly hallows, goblet of fire, half-blood prince, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, J.K. Rowling, order of the phoenix, prisoner of azkaban, sorcerer's stone Comments OffTeach Yourself Comic Illustration
Posted by ginac on May 18th, 2011
Celebrate summer by creating comic heroes and then use this nifty set to learn how to draw them just like the pros. Comic books are fun because they’re easy to read and have cool artwork, a lot of action, and strong heroes.Kids enjoy comics so much they often create their own stories and heros. We [...]
How to Customize a Lego Minifigure
Posted by ginac on April 2nd, 2011
Lego minifigures are as easy to mix and match as bricks in Lego sets. In most cases, simply changing a body color and adding different hair, hat, or helmet is enough customization to transform a minifigure. In some cases, though, you need a very specific body and face to build a convincing minifigure. For example, super [...]
Posted in Activities, Art, Just for Fun, LEGOs Tags: custom Lego, LEGO, Lego Batman, Lego minifigure, Lego Robin, Lego superheroes Comments OffLunch and Learn
Posted by ginac on December 17th, 2010
Sometimes lunch is really challenging. Our youngster, who loves to move around constantly, cannot sit still long enough to finish his meal . . . ever! He’ll try to eat while standing, spinning, or even standing and reading, but not really ever just sitting. Well, we decided to change things up a bit for lunch. I [...]
Posted in Activities, Eclectic Homeschooling, Interdisciplinary, Just for Fun, Learning Methods Tags: Homeschooling, hyperactive, Learning Comments OffPersonalized Learning Tools We Love!
Posted by ginac on December 6th, 2010
Anything that allows you to interact with it in more than one way (or at least in a number of different ways) is a personalized learning tool as far as we’re concerned. We’re sharing our list of our favorite really fun tools, projects, books, etc. WriteGuide – Designed specifically for homeschoolers but open to anyone, [...]
Posted in Activities, Eclectic Homeschooling, Just for Fun, Learning Methods, Math, Online Tools Tags: Curriculum, homeschool, Learning, Personalized learning Comments OffHow to Tie a Tie: Half-Windsor Knot
Posted by ginac on November 28th, 2010
Everyone should know how to tie a tie. The half-windsor knot is one of the simplest knots and can serve children well until they learn fancier knots. So, whether your child wants to learn to tie her new Harry Potter tie or needs to learn to tie a tie for an award acceptance ceremony, here’s [...]
Posted in Eclectic Homeschooling, Just for Fun Tags: How to tie a tie, How-to, windsor knot Comments OffNifty Interactive Math Calendar Makes Unique Gift
Posted by ginac on November 24th, 2010
Ron Doerfler, author of the Dead Reckonings Blog, has created an awesome free 2011 mental math calendar called Lightning Calculation. Ron describes this calendar as an interactive calendar for developing abilities in mental calculation. The calendar boasts over 4,000 exercises with most of the answers cleverly displayed so as not to give themselves up too easily. [...]
Posted in Eclectic Homeschooling, Interdisciplinary, Just for Fun, Math Tags: Calculation, Calendar, Interactive, Math, Mental calculation, Publishing Comments Off
