Karin Katherine

It’s official: Kids need to play more

Play is on the minds of many educational researchers these days. According to the Scientific American “Free, imaginative play is
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Homeschool Forms

I wanted to share these forms that I use in my homeschool. I hope they are a help to you
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Google Books

Have you discovered Google Books yet?It is a wonderful resource for public domain and full copies of online books. When
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Non-standard measurement & estimation

Balancing Animals was developed for interactive whiteboards, but you can play it online for free using just a computer and
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Geography: Reading a Map

Geography is fast becoming one of our favorite weekend subjects. Pumpkin, G-man and Bear have all learned the 7 continents
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Field Trip: Green Cay Farm

Today we took a field trip to Green Cay Farm. It was a wonderful opportunity for the kids to see
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How to use YouTube in your Classroom or Home Education program

Making your classroom or homeschool high tech has probably never been easier than it is today. Finding quality content and
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Christmas came early

Christmas came early at Passport Academy. First there was the interactive whiteboard and now the prizes from HSBA post. Here
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Weekly Wrap Up: Honor and excitement

This week we are participating in the Weekly Wrap Up with Weird, Unsocialized homeschoolers. I was so honored to be
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We won!

I just found out this morning that Passport Academy has won, Best Eclectic Homeschool Blog in the 2009 Homeschool Blog
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High Tech Homeschoolers

Our Promethean Activboard got delivered today! Who said homeschoolers cannot be high tech? In case you don’t know what an
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Scissor Practice

Today the kids worked on an Indian Corn Craft Project while I worked on our Thanksgiving feast. Apparently, we school
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Learning to serve

In the spirit of ThanksGIVING our Road Warrior Dad took the older kids work at a local food bank. Our
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Last day to vote?

Edited Although November 20th at midnight was the posted last day to vote in the Homeschool Blog Awards, it appears
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Request a free copy of Home Educating Family magazine

I am so excited about Home Educating Family magazine. It sounds like a great compliment to the homeschooling publications currently
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Reading Across the Continents: Africa

November 15-21st marks National Geography Awareness week. Interestingly enough our homeschool group started our geography co-op on the continents this
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