The Homeschooling Carnival

Welcome to our house, where we are hosting the Eleventh Homeschooling Carnival. When I agreed to do the Carnival this week the date was actually something like second or third runner up. The other dates Henry offered didn't work because one was somebody's birthday or one were going to be out of town, or I was hosting another carnival that day.

Little did I know that this was the week that we would finally be moving into the new house (we haven't had a date for the last three months, just a 'soon, soon' kind of time table). So, sadly, this carnival will not be pretty and fancy and laced with quotes. It just is. (On second thought, as I was organizing the entries I realized I have packing and unpacking so much on my mind that I just couldn't help it. )If I had to unpack and put away these posts in my new house, these are the rooms where they seem to belong:

GENERAL HOMESCHOOLING, OR THE ENTRANCE HALL

Tami's Blog: What is your favorite part about homeschooling?
Tami asked her readers to share their favorite part of homeschooling, and she includes a bonus post or two.

SPECIAL STUFF, OR THE COMMON ROOM

Bruggie Tales: Sibling Non Rivalry
Post Description: Sibling Rivalry is something than can be solved with love (Spelled T-I-M-E) (That's a Bruggie Tale post but it reminded me of this picture of two of our girls)

mental meanderings: Ding!
The joy that of watching our children discover new things.

Here's my own entry, Teaching the Little Ones.



LEGAL STUFF OR, THE MAIL CENTER, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MOM'S DESK

The Thinking Mother
Thoughts on Raised Bill 634, A Change to Connecticut Homeschool Legislation
Current, proposed changes to the Connecticut homeschooling law spark The Thinking Mother to ponder the bigger picture: is it a good idea to pay third party organizations to act as our homeschool advocates in legal matters, or does it cause us to be lazy?

Dad's Corner: It's Not About the What-ifs
Homeschooling requires sacrifices and earnestly seeking God's will in all aspects of our lives, especially employment because it affect income. In the end, however, God is the one who will make things work. We trust in that. It's not about the What-ifs, it's about the I AM.

WRITING, OR THE COMPUTER DESK

Name of Blog: Principled Discovery: Writer's Workshop: Descriptive Writing
Part of an ongoing series on teaching writing, this post one of the more difficult forms of writing to teach.

GEOGRAPHY, OR THE COMPUTER DESK
Nerd Family: Tour the World for Free!
All types of free tours offered on the internet.

HOT TOPICS, OR THE KITCHEN
Spunky Homeschool: Are you crunchy?
Spunky discusses why she is or perhaps isn't a Crunch Con.

Welcome to the Fallout: Homeschooling and IFeminism
Summary: A look at why some feminists won't support the choices of homeschool moms.

Somerschool
Weapons of Mass Instruction
Blogs are “weapons of mass instruction.” So are homeschools. We got them and the world will never be the same!

Things We Said Today
MLK the Home School Way
What did you do for MLK Day? We went to a Spelling Bee

REMINISCING, OR THE SCRAPBOOK TABLE
This was included earlier, but I managed to mess up the links: Beverly Hernandez of About.com's Homeschooling pages submits the blog Homeschool Daze and this post, "Our Favorite Things."
From our founders, Why Homeschool: A Classical Homeschooling Day Janine writes about a good day of homeschooling


THE READING NOOK

Dewey's Treehouse: Crayons does it her own way
One of Mama Squirrel's furry offspring demonstrates how learning to read at home is sometimes different from the "norm."

(It was a toss up whether this next one would go in the geography bookshelf or the reading nook, and I chose reading nook. Of course, six months from now I'd be rearranging the furniture anyway....)

Sweetness and Light:Book Look: Little Oh!
Last year they had a wonderful study of Japan, its culture, and people. They fell in love with many authors and illustrators of Japanese picture books. They spotlight one of their favorites, Little Oh by Laura Krauss Melmed, narration and a notebook are included.

HISTORY BOOKSHELVES

Trivium Pursuit: An Interview with Martin Luther on Classical Education
What did Martin Luther think about studying Greek and about sending kids to college?


THE MATH TABLE, HERETOFORE KNOWN AS MOTHER'S BED
Introducing the World: Math Lessons Sometimes the math lesson a game teaches isn't the one it intends. Also, rules for a new math-laden card game.


TAKING A BREAK, OR THE GARDEN and WOODS
Here in the Bonny Glen: The Tide Is Going Out
Part of a series of posts on "Tidal Homeschooling" (seasonal rhythms in home education), Melissa describes how they set aside formal studies during a "spring break" that lasts all spring.


SPORTS, OR THE RUMPUS ROOM

Patricia Ann's Pollywog Creek Porch: Our Family's Experience with High School Sports
Their experience with allowing their homeschooling teenage boys to participate in athletics at the local public high school.
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That's all for this week. If I missed anybody, please let me know and I'll add you as soon as possible. Please do us a big favor and help publicize the carnival by posting about it at your own blogs and letting other bloggers know about it.

Why Homeschool is the place to go for information on how to submit posts and the schedule. You can find the archives here. Anne at Palmtree Pundit hosted the most recent carnival.

This carnival has been registered with UberCarnival.

Postscript: The carnival next week will be hosted at: Phatmommy