For the Love of Everything in Between

*Soap Box Moment*
Have you ever noticed how little our young ones are encouraged to think? TV, video games, computers that know what you are trying to do so they do it for you. I am afraid we are raising a generation of non-thinkers, cars that park themselves, etc. But that just won't do. Thankfully, my dear sweetheart is all about logic. One of our favorite products helps us here: The Critical Thinking Company and all their wonderful products. Borrow them from me sometimes. See if you can figure their mind benders out.
Here is their website.
*Soap Box Moment*
Have you ever noticed how little our young ones are encouraged to think? TV, video games, computers that know what you are trying to do so they do it for you. I am afraid we are raising a generation of non-thinkers, cars that park themselves, etc. But that just won't do. Thankfully, my dear sweetheart is all about logic. One of our favorite products helps us here: The Critical Thinking Company and all their wonderful products. Borrow them from me sometimes. See if you can figure their mind benders out.
Here is their website.
Seymour Simon.
Beautiful pictures on all the subjects young ones need to learn sooner or later. GREAT for my visual learner.
I know that I have mentioned my quick spurt information lovin' kid. This is his book. Too much information and he checks out of the lesson, but give him a list to memorize or random facts like state abbreviations or the colors of countries flags - and he is all over it.
Art can be tricky to teach but it is also a lot of fun.
I like this book because it uses kids books to teach the basics, such as line and contrast.
I also really like, but didn't take a picture of, Discovering Great Artists, hands on art for Children in the styles of the Great Masters. It lists around 100 artists and what they were best known for - and then has activities to teach that concept.
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Okay, I'm checking out Ron Clark's book from the library to have a look at it. We used mind benders our first year. I'm a little ADD and don't stick with the same curriculum every year. In fact, the only curriculum I have not changed is math. We use Rightstart math.
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