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Carnival of educators, 8th edition  is up.  Check it out at freehomeed.com This is still a new homeschool carnival... so send your entry and volunteer to host! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com

Welcome to the December 8, 2009 edition of carnival of educators.  As today is December 9th, it is clear that I have lost track of time.  It is so easy to lose track of time when you are homeschooling as it is so easy to go off of a Monday through Friday Schedule.  I find myself constantly asking my worker-bee husband what day it is, because when you are living and learning, it really doesn't matter... unless you miss a due date like I did with a carnival.  But if I had some volunteers for hosts (hint, hint) it would be less likely to happen.  And so I present to you the Seventh Carnival of Educators, Lost in time edition. There's no rhyme or reason to order, or time space continuum in this blog post but it's all good reading so enjoy! Joanne Jacobs explores the twilight series and its place in literature and presents Confessions of a Twilight-loving teacher posted at Joanne Jacobs . Dave Johnston points out that low income students and teac...

Academic Coaching is a relatively new term that basicially is a notch above tutoring . Where a tutor will focus on teaching subject matter in the short term, an academic coach will focus on developing core academic skills that will apply across all disciplines.  Where a tutor will help a student get up to par in one academic area, a coach will help a student fine tune his or her abilities, study skills, and, give them the confidence to perform across all subject areas.  As homeschoolers our focus in generally more focussed on coaching our children across all disciplines over teaching them individual subjects.  We want them to learn how to and also to desire to learn more.  Homeschoolers are never hesitant to hire a teacher as once we have set the desire to learn and given the childen the resources to discover, it is not threat or slight to us to hire someone to introduce subject matter. It is also important for us to recognize when we need help in coaching our ch...

Welcome to the December 1, 2009 edition of carnival of educators. This is the 6th edition, and I have to admit to still trying to be able to get the ball rolling. With that I think it is time to reset some rules. If you are going to submit an entry to the carnival, you also need to promote the carnival on your blog or all of our work is in vain. If you continue to submit posts, but never promote the carnival, you will not be included in future carnivals. On a more fun front... we are still looking for volunteers to host carnivals. To date, I only have two volunteers. So, Let's spread some carnival love. ~Parents are the first teachers and thanks to homeschooling, they can also be the main teacher.  For that reason, I would like to spread some parent love: Rachel Lynette presents Get Your Students to Talk about School | Minds in Bloom posted at Minds in Bloom . ~Then there are teachers who bend over backwards for our kids simply trying to teach.  Too of...

Is it Tuesday? Wow! That fact totally got by me. This week we are off schedule having just finished a run of Pride and Prejudice. The kids only had Chorus and my daughter had a drama workshop today. So I lost track of time. Hence the name of this carnival edition... better late than never! With that said, here are the entries in the order they were sent. Welcome to the November 24, 2009 edition of carnival of educators. Anne Valens presents The World’s 50 Best Open Courseware Collections posted at Online University Rankings . Jimmy Hagans presents Top 50 Official University Blogs posted at Online University Rankings . Mr Teacher seemed to have alot to say. He presented Spelling disaster , Sex, Ed?! , and 34 posted at Mr Teacher . Joanne Jacobs presents How parents can help teens succeed posted at Joanne Jacobs . siobhan curious presents Yannick's debts posted at Siobhan Curious , saying, "Yannick has a problem. He wants me to solve it. I ...