Posts by Indian summer

So many things going on here. Dd10 is on an academic kick. She's been working her way through sequential spelling, Rosetta stone French, art and journaling. Dd6 is also on a spelling kick and started sequential spelling too. She's also...

Some random thoughts because that's how I roll. Haha. We think of ADHD as an inability to focus, but some ADHD kids hyper focus, so they can actually be very focused at times.(like at her swim meet, or when she can't talk and work at...

Imagine it from her perspective. You are ruining her favorite grand child's life and there is nothing she can do to stop this train wreck.. Clearly, any mother who would act so crazy and irresponsible is not approachable and cannot be...

Sorry that this is off topic, but I value the opinions of like minded folk so I'm curious, if you've seen these short videos on population, what do you think. My kids and I watched them and they seem to make sense. Just wondering what...

We've unschooled, more or less, for about five years and none of my kids are confident writers. The younger two are probably on par with their age mates, but the oldest (12) - I don't even think knows what a sentence is, or how to write...

Quote:Originally Posted by Qalliope I love all the recommendations so far, and I have nothing to add as relates to unbiased reporting. If your preteens are interested in identifying how bias enters into reporting and what that looks...

Thanks for all the input, ladies. My kids and I love Rick Mercer, we watch him often. I had sort of forgotten about 22 minutes, we'll have to add that to the mix. I think TRNN is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for, it seems less...

My preteens are starting to get interested in current events and I'm looking for media outlets that are less than mainstream to compare news stories. Any recommendations? What are your favourites?

Here's an alternative I've never considered. Four Afircan school students created a generator that runs on urine. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/urine-powered-generator-unveiled-international-exhibition-234718329.html How cool is...

So I just started last week, but I'm doing a major purge of our home so I should have no trouble reaching 2012 by year's end. On Thursday, I bagged 41 items of clothing to donate. So that left 1971 items to go. Today, so far, in a...