Lessons in Electric Circuits is a complete introductory course to electronics. The author wrote the course after becoming frustrated with a very expensive, inaccurate textbook with his students. He himself is an experienced industrial electronics instructor, and has brought his wealth of knowledge and experience to this text. Best part? The experiments, of course! I …
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Tuesday’s Too Good to Miss – TOS Homeschooling 101
While I have to admit that I don’t agree 100% with the philosophies and attitudes behind the This Old Schoolhouse magazine, I do like most of the boots-on-the-ground advice found in their Homeschooling 101 supplement. Think of it like a class on homeschooling taught by some of the best in the field. It contains many …
Tuesday’s Too Good To Miss – The Geography Club
I’m pretty sure I posted about this one once before, but the links have changed, so I’m posting again. This is the National Council on Geography Education’s “Geography Club.” They suggest starting a “club” for kids that focuses on learning geography and geographical skills. They have a set of monthly activities to last you three …
Tuesday’s Too Good To Miss – Liz Foss’s Advent Unit
Several years ago, Liz Foss (author of For Real Learning) devised an Advent and Christmas unit using Tomie de Paola’s wonderfully illustrated picture books. One of the real beauties of this unit is that it appeals to ALL ages, not just the picture book fan. There are stories to read, activities to do, recipes to …
Friday Freebies – Bible reading plan for kids
This Friday freebie is a Bible reading plan for children. It’s based on Vos’s Story Bible. One very nice feature is that the readings cover the same stories from their different sources, so that a child may read the story of Jesus’ feeding the five thousand from all four gospels on four consecutive days. Another …
