How to use manipulatives

Here's a post that tells me how to use manipulatives. Done by Intoducing the World. Gives me good ideas and so forth. Never really thought about these. I can do this with Justin! :)


Can't remember where I was browsing, but one link led to another and then I was at the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. Rather a neat site. I played for a while. Learned a bit more about the use of manipulatives. It took me it seemed like forever before I figured out how to work the ladybug maze for gread 3-5 geometry. Boy...am I bit slow or what! :)

Reading Resources

Five books on-line (these are samples) geared for different age levels. All you have to do is provide your email address in order to read them. Seems at this point, a good resource for reading helps. Site is called Raz-kids.

Reading a-z.com has all types of samples to look at. Check it out here. I have to admit, I don't quite get the alphabetized level thing yet, but in time it will come to me. :)

I have to admit, I haven't thoroughly checked this out yet. It is supposed to be a help for writing.

Logic, Oh so helpful.

Here is a good post with links to resources for teaching logic.

How a Kid Proved That Lacking Logic is 'Noble'

Poem - I Think Mice are Rather Nice

MICE

I think mice are rather nice;
Their tails are long, their faces small;
They haven't any chins at all.
Their ears are pink, their teeth are white,
They run about the house at night;
They nibble things they shouldn't touch,
and, no one seems to like them much,
but, I think mice are rather nice.

Rose Fyleman

I learned this poem as a child and it has stuck with me ever since.
Want to have it here in case I ever forgot it. :)

Have had a reader comment that the proper wording of this poem should be as follows. Note the absence of the word rather in the last line:

MICE

I think mice are rather nice;

Their tails are long, their faces small;

They haven't any chins at all.

Their ears are pink, their teeth are white,

They run about the house at night;

They nibble things they shouldn't touch,

and no one seems to like them much,

but I think mice are nice!

-Rose Fyleman

I learned the poem as I wrote it above, but I'm fine either way. :)

A Place to Find Good Home-school sites

On another note, do you enjoy browsing around quality homeschooling sites?

Check out Danny Carlton's site called Homeschool Gold. It's a really well designed collection of the best homeschool sites, ranked by popularity.

If you have a blog or website and would like the join, the member button (that you put on your site) is really nice and actually looks a bit like an award.

Free Wood Scraps

Able to pay shipping costs?

These folks over at Barclay Blocks will ship you the wood that they can't use for their products. Check it out here.

Great stuff for teachers, schools, or anybody else that hankers to make wooden crafts, toys, or anything else from hard maple scrap. We pack a 12" by 12" by 12" inch box with scrap (Some un-sanded). It contains defective blocks, unsorted block stock, plank stock, round stock and other cut-offs and trim we have left over from making blocks. This totals about 20 lbs. Every box is different. You pay the shipping costs plus $4.95 for the box and handling.

Actually sounds like a good plan to me. :)