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Archive for November, 2006

New York Times Article on Unschooling

Wow- unschooling sure getting a lot of press lately! First the show in the mainstream Dr. Phil and now this. I especially like the comments that compare unschooling to the classic pedagogical approach to learning; activities that impart knowledge or skill l. I have never thought about it that way before and would be [...]

Great Holiday Books- Favorite Christmas and Holiday Books with a homeschooling eye :-)

Here are some “alternative” Christmas-y type books that may appeal to unschoolers ad homeschooling families. There are all very good for family reading and read aloud books.

From the Publisher
Santa Claus is the King of Forever, Land of the Immortals. When one special boy writes to Santa asking what he wants for Christmas, a miracle occurs: [...]

A Tax break for Canadian Couples with one parent a stay-at-home?

Can’t believe I am making a positive post about the conservative government. However, I have been SCREAMING about this for years! It makes no sense to me that a family where husband makes 40,000 and his wife who makes for 60,000 pay LESS taxes then some one with one parent at home and working [...]

Fundamentals and Strategy for Settlers of Catan Board Game

I am in danger of needing to make Settlers of Catan its own category on the site. Yikes- sorry about the rash of posts lately. Please check out Robber Free Realm which is a blog devoted to playing Settlers of Catan. There are basic instructions on how to play as well as in depth [...]

Another Place to Play Settlers of Catan, with Cities and Knights Option as well!

Thanks to Noclafder of http://robberfreerealm.blogspot.com/ points out and recommends this site , http://www.s3dconnector.net/, where you play Settlers of Catan online- with the Cities and Knights expansion option. I have not tried it yet but will get back with an update. I noticed when reading the site one of the players heavily contributed to wikipedia’s Settlers [...]