Archive for November, 2007
2007 Nevada Lego League Championship Tournament
Yazan: Barb | 28 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Nevada Resources
Saturday, December 1, 2007 10 am – 3 pm Opening Ceremony at 11:00 am
Cimarron-Memorial High School [...]
Operation: Monster Storms
Yazan: Barb | 28 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Homeschool Curriculum
Hooray! A new (FREE) online science curriculum is available through the National Geographic Society’s Jason Project. Operation: Monster Storms teaches kids how powerful storms form and what tools meteorologists use to predict the weather. The online curriculum is so well planned out with both a student and ‘teacher’ section. You can browse through individual activities [...]
Pokemon Learning League Review
Yazan: Barb | 27 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Homeschool Curriculum
I first saw this advertised in an education magazine and was pretty excited about the concept. Basically, the concept is that the Pokemon characters teach mini lessons. The lessons are VERY similar to the ones found on brainpop.com or time4learning.com except that Ash, Brock, May and Pikachu take on the ‘teachers role’. In theory, this [...]
I Couldn’t Stand It!
Yazan: Barb | 19 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Home Schooling
Tonight I took a look back at what took me so long to quit my job as a public school teacher and homeschool my own kids. Looking back, here is a very short list of why I quit teaching. My family is so much better off for the decision that I made. All the things [...]
Las Vegas Homeschoolers Holiday Outings
Yazan: Barb | 17 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Homeschool Fieldtrips, Nevada Resources
In case you are not busy enough this holiday season, here are two more ideas for some homeschool fieldtrips.
THE MAGICAL FOREST
Located at 6300 W. Oakey Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89146
Open November 22 - December 30, Nightly 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Adult General Admission $9, Child General Admission $7 (age 12 and under)
Adult Passport $14, Child [...]
