by Patricia | Apr 21, 2014 | Home Schooling, Reading
One of my latest exciting finds is Google’s Tour Builder. It’s still on Beta, but I was already able to navigate through some fun tours, one of which was “Make Way for Ducklings” the classic picture book by Robert McCloskey. It is really worth...
by Patricia | Apr 14, 2014 | Field Trips, Home Schooling, Reading
I had the pleasure to discover GoogleLitTrips.com, a website that offers free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth. Or as they say “3-dimensionalize the reading experience by placing...
by Patricia | Apr 11, 2014 | Curriculum Reviews, Field Trips, Home Schooling, Science
All three of us here at home have really enjoyed watching the 2 Curiosity Quest DVDs that were sent to us for free, in exchange for my review as a member of The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew. Curiosity Quest is a family educational program that explores different...
by Patricia | Mar 28, 2014 | Field Trips, Home Schooling
We had the pleasure -literally- of going on a field trip to Schakolad Chocolate Factory in Miami Beach. Thanks to Lesley Ulloa for putting together this event for all of us PATH homeschoolers, we had a wonderful time! In truth, the venue was more a chocolate store...
by Patricia | Mar 24, 2014 | Home Schooling, Music
Roberto, Super Hero and I had the pleasure of attending the outstanding “Double Brahms” performance by The Miami Symphony Orchestra (MISO) with the renowned Venezuelan conductor Eduardo Marturet. A master of counterpoint and development, the music of...
by Patricia | Mar 21, 2014 | General, Home Schooling, Homeschooling for Free
Free Kindle Books I found several books available for free now at the Amazon Kindle Store. As you may already know, free kindle books do not remain for free indefinitely. Amazon’s constantly shuffling prices, to keep us in suspense and coming back for more!...