Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesScience Songs- Songs About Science For Kids
Monday, January 28th, 2008This is Fun-all kinds of songs- mostly folk style. A guy found these LPS’ in his parents basement - ones he loved when he was a kid. he clened the LP’s up and ripped the music from them and no published on his site- they are lots of fun! You may find yourself humming them [...]
Harry Chapin’s “Flowers Are Red” Song Illustrates Why We Unschool
Sunday, January 27th, 2008Heard the song ” The Flowers Are Red” this week by Harry Chapin. The words are beautiful and sad. I cried at the part where the little boy gives in to the teacher and says okay okay you are right- all the flowers are red and that’s the way the will always be seen. The [...]
Facinating Movie “King of Kong” About World of Video Game “Donkey Kong” and more
Sunday, January 20th, 2008King of Kong- A fistful of Quarters Documentary
Before there was Wii or Halo there was PacMan and Donkey Kong.
Just watched an exceptional movie, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. At first I didn’t see where ti was going but this was just excellent. It is a documentary that centers on the classic video [...]
Download and Watch Movies and TV Shows on Your Computer
Sunday, January 20th, 2008Below is preview for movies and TV shows you can download from Amazon. I did set it up to only show “family” shows. You can preview movies and TV shows avialble for download. I think the movies/tv shows cost 1-4.00. You can then watch your your PC, TiVo, TV or video enabled mp3 [...]
Living In A Culture of Fear- Schools Inabilty to keep Kids Safe?
Friday, January 18th, 2008I meant to post about this last week- I am so far behind because of all the dram in the house right now!
There was an article in Toronto Star about recent government report and highlights the the cities increasing inability to keep kid’s safe- and some ALRAMING statistics.
Some of the more scary quotes:
At yesterday’s press [...]