Preschool: PreSchoolMama Blog

8/3/2008: PreSchoolMama Blog
Good blog of ideas based on preschool activities

http://preschoolmama.com

Ponderings for Me: 30 Ways to Make Life Simpler

8/3/2008: On Simplicity
A blog about ideas for making things

http://www.onsimplicity.net

A blog to think about from On Simplicity: 30 ways to make life simpler!
(original found here)

1. Resign from a commitment you’re not passionate about.
2. Stop trying to be perfect.
3. Implement a basic cleaning schedule.
4. Sign up for automatic billpay.
5. Automate a portion of your investing.
6. Clean out your media collection and keep only the items you love.
7. Plant perennials that will automatically bloom next spring.
8. Clean out your purse or wallet.
9. Put a paper shredder next to your mail spot.
10. Winnow your wardrobe down to pieces that work together.
11. Delete any social networking accounts you don’t actually use.
12. Add your number to the do-not-call list.
13. Create a car maintenance schedule and post it somewhere you’ll see it.
14. Design a filing system that you can stick to.
15. Start your day with a healthy meal.
16. Turn your phone off when you need quiet time.
17. Invest in a programmable thermostat.
18. Set one good goal, and go achieve it.
19. Record your good “shower” ideas and then implement them. (Don’t we all get our best inspirations in the shower?)
20. Write to a friend with (gasp!) pen and paper.
21. Set limits on your bad habits, and reward yourself when you stick with them.
22. Stop trying to be a saint and indulge yourself every once in a while.
23. Pay off your credit card debt.
24. Avoid watching commercials and reading advertisements.
25. Rediscover the pleasure of reading purely for enjoyment.
26. Plan two weeks of delicious meals ahead of time and skip the nightly grocery run.
27. Go to your doctor for a preventative checkup.
28. Remember the joys of doing nothing.
29. Singletask as much as possible.
30. Learn to ask for help.

Beginning Reading: StarFall

8/3/2008: Starfall
A free phonics program introducing letters, phonics, etc. Cool videos about each letter, some sheets to print out, etc. Don't know if there are activities as well or not.

www.starfall.com

Ponderings for Me: Bookish Blog

8/1/2008: Kimbooktu
From Kimbooktu.com (a great blog focusing on all things bookish), a series of very funny and cool "book" youtube videos:
Bookish You Tube

Highschool: Bright Kids At Home

8/1/2008
BrightKidsAtHome
A blog and lists of resources done by a single homeschooling Mom -- includes lots of links and thoughts about record keeping, etc. Also includes extensive list of what they did in Gr 6 and up in a transcript type record form. Worth browsing.

Science: Periodic Table Videos

8/1/2008 PERIODIC Table Videos
A VERY cool website put out by the University of Nottingham with a 5ish minute video of every element in the periodic table -- showing experiments, properties, and other info about each one.

http://www.periodicvideos.com

Resources: Vista Print

July 31, 2008
Vista Print -- free business cards
Definitely worth thinking about -- good designs, though I think that for $5 more, staples has a better canned selection.