Also, here's a website about deschooling -- written by Sandra Dodd who is a big unschooler. Even if you don't think you'll be an unschooler, it's helpful to read ways to shift your paradigm about what learning is and isn't!
http://sandradodd.com/deschooling
LEARNING STYLES:
This is the questionnaire we used to determine learning styles:
http://www.business
And a great book about it: How Your Child is Smart by Dawna Markova (you can read a lot of the book at the following website):
http://books.
Another great book about different types of learning is by Cynthia Tobias: The Way They Learn
RIGHT BRAINED LEARNERS:
I should say that I don't know if Alex is a right brained learner or not but it sounds like he might be. If you were to draw a huge venn diagram, there is a big circle of overlap for ADHD/ADD, right brained, dyslexia, and those who benefit from vision therapy....
A great summary of the Right Brained/Left Brained resources:
http://www.throwingmarshmallows.com/right-brained-links/
and a book (I have it if you want to borrow it):
Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your Add Child by Jeffrey Freed
Right brained learning cards for states/capitals:
http://www.arty4ever.com/right/brain.htm
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Local email loops:
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/spice-line/
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/WakeHSConnections/
A website about a workshop a friend and I organized in June this summer (I have booklets available for $5 each to cover the cost of printing if you want one):
http://www.freewebs.com/stayingthecourse/
Dayspring Home Educators (monthly meetings -- 3rd Monday of each month -- open to everyone):
http://dayspringhomeeducators.com/
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Other animal/wildlife resources for classes/field trips -- let me know if you need help on how to organize any of these and keep your sanity!:
Hemlock Bluffs will set up any classes you want if you organize a group/age group. Just email them and tell them what you want -- age range (11 to 13?), topics, if it would be a standalone class or a series.
http://www.townofcary.org/depts/prdept/facilities/snchome.htm
Natural Science Museum classes (only $35 -- up to 30 kids -- still a great price if you limit it to 10 kids)
http://www.naturalsciences.org/education/tropical_connections.html
Duke Primate Center (lemurs):
http://lemur.duke.edu/
A very cool tour of carnivores:
http://www.cptigers.org/
NC Wildlife Programs at Centennial Campus:
http://www.ncwildlife.org/fs_index_08_education.htm
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