Journey North Program

The Mystery Class is one small part of the Journey North program which is a free program available on line.  The program is multifacited and would appeal to a wide range of students. 

 

My sons have participed for several years and enjoyed the Mystery Classroom program.  Every year the mystery locations are different so there are always lots of learning opportunities.  Use the clues over the 11 weeks to determine the 10 mystery locations.

 

If the mystery classes seem daunting you might wish to explore the migration or habits of robins, frogs, grey whales, humming birds monarch butterflies, red wing blackbirds or whooping cranes.

 

You can also learn about phenology, sunlight and seasons, tulip test gardens and other signs of spring.

 

Along the way you will develop mapping skills, math skills, geography knowledge, environmental awareness, science, writing, and data collection.

 

If you are interested in exploring this great program further start here:

 

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

Looking for Ideas

I will be doing a presentation at our area homeschool conference about my experience homeschooling children with special needs and finding resources to support your child.  What are some of the things that you would want to know about if you were coming?

Study Resource

I visit a blog by "The Thinking Mother" regularly and really liked this link that she shared.  I am encouraging my sons to see if it will helpthem.  http://www.studystack.com/

Let me know if you try it or have already used it.  I am hoping that it will make life a bit easier.

Homeschooling high school

As our homeschool journey continues friends keep sharing amazing resources to help along the way.  This blog post was shared with me last week and I confess that I didn't have time to read it then but tonight as I looked it over I knew that it should be shared as a resource for anyone currently homeschooling high school or contemplating it.

http://pollycastor.com/Polly_Castor/Pollys_Blog/Entries/2010/10/19_Homeschool_High_School_Meeting_Here.html

There are so many links shared that I will be spending a lot of time exploring many of the ones that are new to me. 

If you take a look at any of the links I would be very interested to hear your thoughts.