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WRITER WANTED

As you can probably see, Plugged in Homeschool hasn’t been updated in awhile. We are looking for homeschool moms and dads to write (mostly) tech-related posts for this site. It pays a little but you’ll need to find motivation out of your desire to help other homeschooled families, not because of the money. If you’re interested, please send a writing sample to ben at pluggedinhomeschool.com. Thanks!

Typing Software Choices from Sprysoft

I’ve said it here before - of all the things I learned going to public school, the two I appreciate the most now are reading music and typing. Here are all the software offerings from Sprysoft for learning typing. By the way, if you’re wondering about the “licensing” mentioned with each of the products, be assured that all you need as a single homeschool family is a “single.” This means it’s licensed for a single use. On the other hand, if you’re planning to share it with a homeschool group of 10 families, you really need to get the version that’s licensed for ten uses and split the cost.

Oh, yeah, have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (But, don’t eat too much!)

Online 3D Stereogram Generator

Do you know what a “stereogram” is? It’s one of those neat “Magic Eye” pictures, where you have to mess with your eyes just right in order to see the hidden image. At this Online 3D Stereogram Generator, you can type in a word and it will generate one of these pictures for you. You’ll be able to see the word in stereo.

Calling it a “stereogram” has been reassuring to me. I love them - they’re almost like stepping into another dimension or looking into another world. So much so that they can seem a little frightening. Never fear, though. It’s just a trick of the eyes.

Thanksgiving Stuff from Activity Village

Once again, the plastic trees, lights, and Santa’s are decorating our town before we’ve even bought our turkeys and cranberry sauce. In our town, Christmas lights go up as soon as Halloween lights go down. I really hate skipping Thanksgiving!

The stores try to turn Thanksgiving into a spending thing like the others, but it’s hard to be covetous and thankful at the same time.

Anyway, here’s a link to some Thanksgiving activities and printables for your little kids. These are courtesy of ActivityVillage.co.uk, a nice educational site I ran across recently.

Thanksgiving Pages from Story It

Story It is a website that features help for kids learning to write. You’ll find free worksheets you can use with your children, along with other goodies. In the seasonal section are some nice things you might like to use for Thanksgiving. For instance, at this page, you’ll find a Thanksgiving border sheet. The neat thing is that you can backspace over the words in the middle and have your kids type in their own original poem, favorite verses, or whatever. Then you can print it off, have the kids color it, and use it for a placemat. (Be sure to choose “portrait” in your print preferences.) Grandma and Grandpa would love one of these!

music lesson plans, resources. and links

Found this page of links to music lesson plans. You have to scroll down past a bunch of advertisement links first. There’s something for everyone here, and they all have to do with music. Didn’t the ancient Greeks consider music part of the basic requirements for an educated person, along with math and rhetoric? (Sorry - history’s not my thing!)