Homeschooling

Our family consists of a 7 year old, 3 year old and 1 year old and yes we homeschool :).
It can be tricky at times, .....well a lot of the time.... having the little ones in tow, but it dawned on me not too long ago, why exclude them, why not include them.  So going forward we are planning our learning times and activities to include them as much as possible.  What does this look like?  Well when we were learning about explorers we built a ship and my 7 yo and 3 yo worked together and had so much fun doing it.  They still talk about it.  They made "Limey Juice" together, venison jerkey, flags etc.  they worked together and no pushing by mom, totally interest led.  It was a blessing to see my girls work together....cooperatively.  The memories....Priceless.

Here are links that we use, intend to, or just caught my eye.

Homeschooling:
http://wildflowersandmarbles.blogspot.com/2009/06/detailed-look-through-learning-spaces.html
http://www.elizabethfoss.com/blossoms_and_bees/2009/10/c-is-for-cattails-a-nature-study-post-by-mary-beth.html
http://goddesshobbies.blogspot.com/
http://afamiliarpath.com/2010/01/a-school-day-in-2010/
http://charlottemasoneducation.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/scheduling-a-charlotte-mason-home-school/
http://www.amblesideonline.org/


Art Appreciation:
http://www.color-me-online.com/masterpiece/paintings/index.html Famous art pieces to color
http://gardenofpraise.com/art.htm art appreciation lessons

Educational Sites for Kids:
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp
http://www.goodtyping.com/rnu.htm?b=&x=&y=&n=&a=&c=&p=&i=&t=1&e=& free typing program
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/flash/stage1.shtml free typing program
http://www.gameclassroom.com/ multi subject games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm multi subject games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ History games and activities

Science/Nature Study:
http://www.wildlifefocus.org/webcam/ South America Rainforest webcam
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WebCams/ smithsonian national zoological park live web cam
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php live webcam in Africa
http://www.kidsknowit.com/educational-songs/play-educational-song.php?song Multi subject movies/music