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One Year Adventure Novel

Submitted by Tony Silva on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:05pm

Your Own Adventure
One Year Adventure Novel
http://www.OneYearNovel.com
$199

Some kids love to write and others hate to write. All of them write easily in certain circumstances. When some of our kids were immersed in online storytelling adventures, it occurred to me that story telling beyond the narrative mom requires during class might be a great teaching tool.

One of our guys was reviewing a novel written by his cousin, also a homeschooler at the same time he and another online friend were exchanging almost daily snippets of stories they were writing. Imagine if there were a way to harness all that energy in a structured way that almost guarantees each student successfully writes – an actual novel. That’s what the One Year Adventure Novel (OYAN for short) is all about.

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Let’s Make a Web Page

Submitted by Tony Silva on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:05pm

Tutorial from the Computer Lady
Let’s Make a Web Page
http://www.MotherboardBooks.com
$19.99

Phyllis Wheeler, “The Computer Lady” has added a fun title to her growing list of computer tutorials. Let’s Make a Web Page takes students ages eight to 12 through the process of creating and coding a Web page.

Although targeted to younger children, this is a title you will need to work through with your child. Part of the fun is working together to choose graphics, typefaces and styles and then design the page. If you have an Internet account, chances are you have space through your provider to post the page when you’re done.

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So What Is The Old Schoolhouse?

Submitted by Tony Silva on Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:05pm

I tagged a recent review of The Old Schoolhouse magazine's online edition, "the best just got better". That's not exactly true -- at least not for everyone. Yes, in my experience, The Old Schoolhouse magazine is the best of its kind on the market. That's a lot coming from a guy who's, well, a guy. It's also a lot coming from a guy who has written for some of their "competition."

There are no incredibly bad national homeschooling magazines. However, when my wife got her hands on a sample copy, she was impressed and she encouraged me to read it She pointed out that it was far more practical than others we have read in the past. She was right! Like most homeschool magazines, TOS is somewhat theme oriented. However, it still manages to give ample treatment to curriculum teaching methods and other things of interest to home educators with some of the most innovative ideas I have seen.

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