In my previous post The Human Body, I touched on the Kids Health website that encouraged kids to learn more about their bodies through entertainment. Why is this so effective? Simple, we gravitate towards fun. It seems that our very souls need this to feel alive.
“The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom and power, sufficient to convince the most incredulous mind of the existence of the Great Designer.“ sermon by A.B. Simpson
Whether you are a believer or not, there is no denying that our bodies are incredible and fantastic wonders to behold. Studying the body can leave you humble not only because of the incredible mechanics, systems and organism that we understand but because of the vast amount that we have yet to understand.
If you haven’t already heard of Adam and His Kin: The Lost History of Their Lives and Times
by Ruth Beechick, you’ve got to read it! As a read-out-loud book, it has my 7 and 11 year olds (and me!) asking for more each time we pick it up.
Recommended by many homeschool curriculums as a companion to biblical history studies, this awesome, easy-to-read, living book vividly recreates the events of the bible from creation to Abram.
Did you know that the kingdoms of life that are typically taught in most schools is not the most up-to-date method of classification?
In the United States, many text books use the six kingdom classifications that go like this: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaea, Bacteria while English and Australian textbooks use Robert Whittaker’s five kingdoms as Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Prokaryota or Monera.
We started our co-op a few weeks ago and one of the things they taught the kids was the Ten Commandments. My son’s class used a very inexpensive, bilingual and effective curriculum that you can download instantly for only $4.99.
Do you want to encourage your kids to eat healthier while they have fun?
Check out “Nourish Interactive”, an engaging, FREE, online, family-oriented nutrition website featuring quality, fun, nutrition games, activities, and resources for teachers and parents.
I recently ran across an awesome inventor who could very well revolutionize the way we think about water among other things. His name is Michael Pritchard and he’s figured out how to solve the worlds’ water contamination problems. Check this out. Click here if you can’t see the video.
I wanted my child to learn what seems like the lost art of sewing. It is such a practical skill and yet it’s not passed down enough because of our hurried lifestyles. So, a friend loaned me her book called Stitches and Pins: A Beginning Sewing Book for Girls
Want to supplement or just give your kids some educational, kid friendly websites where they can learn all about classical music? Here are my top six online resources.
Christian parents are told in Proverbs 22:6 that we are to train up a child in the way he should go so that when he is old he will not turn from it and with schools getting ready to start, how we can we best follow that mandate.
