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Carnival of Educators, 5th Edition, Better Late Than Never

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 ...

Regarding my YouTube videos

I haven't made a youtube video in mega ages... Frankly, sometimes I feel like they are not a good idea. If you like my youtuve video and want me to make more, leave a comment.... infact, tell me what you would like me to record... homeschool related. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources

Forgive my absence, we have had alot of drama

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Drama club, that is.  My kids homeschool program just completed a production of Pride and Prejudice. I only have a couple of pics right now... my cell phone didn't save.  Here is my kid under her cast photo in her costume. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources

My recent homeschool and education articles

Here are a few of my articles I have written in the last few weeks regarding homeschooling and education. Newsflash! All Homeschoolers are Not Conservative Proof that all homeschoolers are not conservative... I watch Hardball with Chris Matthews. While Chris Matthews would not characterize himself as liberal (which I also do not) he is certainly far from conservative. Homeschoolers Are Not Entitled to Free School Online The Missouri Virtual School which many homeschoolers use to teach their kids for free is in danger of shutting down due to a lack of funding. Missouri Virtual Instruction, also called MoVIP has allowed many public school students as well as homeschoolers to take courses online for free. Think You're Against Homeschooling? Just Wait I just stumbled across a homeschooling mom blog where the writer explains that she used to oppose homeschooling. She was offered the opportunity to homeschool as a teen and turned it down. She saw her brothers get homeschooled. ...

Second edition of Carnival of Educators is out

Check out this week's Carnival of Educators entitled Here's to Teacher.  It is chock full of posts relevant to teachers and educators. Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read more Notes From a Homeschooling Mom Visit Me at the Families.com Homeschool Blog Visit My Education Column at Examiner.com Check out FREE HOME EDUCATION WEBSITE for free homeschool links and resources