By Shannon on Friday, March 23, 2007Filed Under: Homeschooling, Link Love, Parenting
OK, I don’t like spiders. I get creeped by pretty much any bug. Naturally, this aversion has rubbed off on my son, so he’s not exactly the kind of boy that’s made of “snips and snails and puppy dog tails.” That said, I occasionally make an attempt to show him that bugs can be [...]
By Shannon on Thursday, March 22, 2007Filed Under: Thriving
My sister emailed this to me and I thought I’d share it. I really needed a good laugh today - maybe you do, too.
20 Rules To Maintaining A Healthy Level Of Insanity
1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow [...]
By Shannon on Wednesday, March 21, 2007Filed Under: Link Love
Over the past several months, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Disney’s newest project: Family.com. It’s an awesome resource for parents where you can “research the answers you need to your most pressing parenting questions, share your parenting experiences and opinions, and take advantage of their suite of extensive, easy-to-use tools.” I am proud [...]
By Shannon on Monday, March 19, 2007Filed Under: Link Love
I recently posted about a couple new blog tools I’ve been using and a reader suggested in the comments that I also check out Clipmarks. A big thanks to that commenter because I am just LOVING Clipmarks.
Clipmarks is an add-on browser tool that allows you to “clip” a section of an article or blog post [...]
By Shannon on Monday, March 19, 2007Filed Under: Homeschooling, Link Love
Did you know that every day’s a holiday? And there are some interesting ones. I like to search the web to find out what’s special about today, then create a little “celebration” that incorporates a learning activity. A great resource is About.com’s Fundays Calendar, which includes links of related activities for each “funday.”
I’ll be posting [...]