I just ordered my copy of Homeschool All-Stars - a brand new hardcover comix by Bentley Boyd, author of popular Chester Comix history series.It is being offered this week at a discount by the Homeschool Buyer's Co-op, one of my favorite places for cool homeschool stuff. It is free to join so check it out!
Back to the book, it features one page biographies of famous homeschoolers such as Beatrix Potter, Abraham Lincoln, Ansel Adams, and George Washington Carver. There is a wide range of personalities and contributions in the people selected for the book. I think the comix presentation will be particularly appealing to my very right brained youngest.
I will be back to write a review once we have a chance to read it!
4 comments:
Hello Karen. I have the History for Children and am so excited to find you. Looks like you have a lot of good information and I will most certainly be following you :-)
I was happy to discover your blog today. I was unable to find a contact link. I hope it's OK that I'm contacting you through a public comment. I've developed an educational program for Windows called SpellQuizzer that helps children learn their spelling and vocabulary words without the battle that parents often have getting them to sit down and write them out while the parents dictate to them. The parent enters the child's spelling words into the software making a sound recording of each word. Then the software helps the child practice his or her words. It really helped my children with their weekly spelling lists.
I would appreciate your reviewing SpellQuizzer in Karen's History Project. If you are interested in hosting a giveaway of a SpellQuizzer license I'd be happy to supply a free license to the winner. You can learn more about the program at http://www.SpellQuizzer.com. There's a video demo you can watch at http://www.spellquizzer.com/SpellQuizzer-Demo.htm and a community site where SpellQuizzer users can share their spelling lists with one another (http://www.SpellQuizzer.com/Community). Finally, there's a page targeted to homeschooling families at http://www.spellquizzer.com/spelling-software-for-homeschoolers.htm. I'd be happy to send you a complimentary license for the software. Please let me know if you are interested.
Thank you very much!
Dan Hite
TedCo Software
Dan@SpellQuizzer.com
Jill,
Great blog! I will give it a review when I get a chance - you look like a much more consistent blogger than me. I go months, then post like crazy for a month or two then get sidetracked on some other project. LOL! The nice part is that a blog doesn't pile up on my desk or get dusty. It will just sit there until I come back.
Dan,
I will check out SpellQuizzer when I can (see comment to Jill). If it looks like it would be helpful to homeschoolers, and it certainly sounds like it, I will pass on the link on lists and boards where appropriate. I am always glad to pass on a good link!
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