P is for Podcasts

 Welcome to week 17 of  Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021.  This week Desiree is sharing P is for Park and I wanted to talk about a couple of Podcasts I've enjoyed listening to over the years.  These podcasts have stretched me and changed my perspective and broadened my horizons in more ways than I could have imagined.  I found them both when looking for more information on a Charlotte Mason Education.

 This was my first ever homeschool podcast I listened to.  I really loved each episode.  A Delectable Education is presented by 

1. Emily Kiser - Operates the Living Books Library (founded in 2006), it is her great delight to help families implement the Charlotte Mason model of education. 
   
2. Liz Cottrill - (Emiliy's Mom) has been homeschooling her six children using Charlotte Mason and living books.
   
3. Nicole Williams - has been homeschooling her own children and others (some of them who have special needs) she blogs over at Sabbath Mood Homeschool.
   

 There are 200+ episodes of homeschool encouragement and know how with these three ladies who between them have over a centurary of homeschool wisdom and experience to impart.

I would really like to encourage you to start at episode one and work your way through the episodes. You can find a list of their episodes here, where they are grouped together by:

• Charlotte Mason 101: exploring the WHY behind the Method.
• An Abundant Feast: the WHAT and HOW of the Charlotte Mason Method
• Immersion Lessons: Listen in on sample Charlotte Mason Lessons
• Charlotte Mson in Our Homes: What the METHOD looks like in application
• Liberal Education FOR ALL: The Charlotte Mason Method beyond the American Homeschool
• The Grand conversation: We answer questions from our listeners

 Listen on: the website, podcasts on Apple, 

 Your Morning Basket Podcast is almost up to it's 100th episode and hosted by Pam Barnhill. To find out more about a Morning Basket and what it is go here. Pam has a passion to equip, encourage and breah life into your homeschool.   Listen on Apple Podcasts here.

What are some of YOUR best Homeschooling Podcasts?

Chareen

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Find the other ABC posts in this series here:

1. A is for Art Lessons at Home
2. B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours? 
3. Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts 
4. Delight Directed Education
5. Encouragement for Weary Homeschooling Mothers
6. For the Children's Sake  
7. G is for Geography
8. Homeschool Bloggers  
9. Instagramers to follow who are homeschooling
10. Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
11. Know Yourself - Stop the Comparison Game  
12. Life Skills in Your Homeschool
13. Math Resource for Home Education
14. Netflix in Your Homeschool
15. Olympics 2021
16. P is for Podcasts 
    

Featured from last week the letter O...

• O is for Out over at Our Homeschool Notebook
  
• Offenbach (composers ABC) from At Home: Where Life Happens
• Letter O Homeschool Tips from Homeschooling Highway

This Week over at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is P is for Park. 

 

Please link up your posts starting with the letter P for this weeks ABC Blogging

 

 

Olympics 2021

Welcome to week 16 of  Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021. This week our letter of the alphabet is the letter O and I thought I'd share a couple of resources to get you looking at the Olympics as it commences tomorrow!  It's certainly going to be a different one this year and a year late to boot.  My co-host Desiree at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is O is for Olympics.

This year the summer Olympic Games are being hosted in Tokyo from the 23 July 2021 to the 8 August 2021.  The Paralympic Games are being hoted from the 24 August to the 5th of September.  I'm quite excited about these games as Australia has a homeschool student - Oceana Mackenzie who is competing in the new sport climbing division. We also have extended family - Kate French from the United Kingdom modern pentathlon team competing as well. Wow and as I was writing this it was announced that in 4021 days Brisbane Queensland will be hosting the 2032 Olympic Games.

The Olympic Creed

"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." Olympic Creed 

The Olympic Charter

"The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." –Olympic Charter

Future Olympics

• Winter Olympics - Beijing 2022 (History of the Winter Olympic Games.{History and Interesting Facts} Did you know that the oldest Olympic medalist was 72 when he won two gold medals ?)
• Summer Olympics - Paris 2024
• Winter Olympics - Milano Cortina 2026
  
• Summer Olympics - LA 2028
• Winter Olympics - Japan 2030
• Summer Olympics - Brisbane Australia 2032
  

 Resources

• FREE Homeschool Unit Study - The Summer Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 from Sonlight. Nine days of lesson plans and activities about Japan.
• Olympic Games Tokyo on Teachers Pay Teachers
• Lesson Planet - Tokyo, Japan
  
• Over 200 resources on my Olympics Pinterest Board
• Learn More from the Summer Olympics with Unit Study Resources over at As We Walk Along The Road.
• Olympic and Country Flag Coloring Pages over at Nest of Posies Blog. 
• Olympic Mascot History Did you know that Olympic Mascots were approved for the first time in 1972 ? Did you know that mascots are traditionally revealed three years before the official Olympic event ?  Be sure to read about other trivia and pictures from mascot history.
• List of Children's Books about the Olympics over at I Can Teach My Child.
• If you're looking for some resources on Winter Olympics I shared a list over here: Winter Olympics 

What are some of YOUR best Olympic study/investigation resources?

Chareen

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Find the other ABC posts in this series here:

1. A is for Art Lessons at Home
2. B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours? 
3. Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts 
4. Delight Directed Education
5. Encouragement for Weary Homeschooling Mothers
6. For the Children's Sake  
7. G is for Geography
8. Homeschool Bloggers  
9. Instagramers to follow who are homeschooling
10. Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
11. Know Yourself - Stop the Comparison Game  
12. Life Skills in Your Homeschool
13. Math Resource for Home Education
14. Netflix in Your Homeschool
15. Olympics 2021
    

Featured from last week the letter N...

• N is for Ninjago over at Our Homeschool Notebook
  
•  No Longer Wanted from A Net in Time
• N is for Names from A Mom's Quest to Teach
• Discovering the N Bunnies of the World from At Home Pets
• N is for saying NO from A Net in Time
• Nelson  (composers ABC) from At Home: Where Life Happens
• Letter N Homeschool Tips from Homeschooling Highway

This Week over at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is O is for Olympics. 

 

Please link up your posts starting with the letter O for this weeks ABC Blogging

Netflix in your Homeschool

 Welcome back to Blogging Through the Alphabet 2021.  This week we are looking at the letter N.  My co-host Desiree over at Our Homeschool Notebook is talking about N is for Ninjago.

Netflix is not the first thing you think about when considering resources for homeschooling.  However I can assure you that we have enjoyed many great docudrama's, true story movies and educational series on their service here in Australia. 

Educational Content on Netflix

Here are a few ideas to get you started. When doing a search use words like: documentary, history, science, math etc

 Please note that I have not watched all of these.  If they are on here it is not a personal endorsement of the show.  Please do your own research BEFORE you watch a show to see if it is suitable for the ages and maturity of your children. 

These are some of the titles I found that looked interesting from an educational point. IF a show has two ** asterisk before the title it indicates I have watched it and enjoyed it.

• **Abstract - The Art of Design 
• **The Social Delemma - a look at the dangers behind social networking and its impact on society.
  
• Spycraft - The tools and technology throughout history for spying.
• Paul Apostle of Christ - docudrama
• **Meat Eater - Steve  
• In the Heart of the Sea - The true tale that inspired the book Moby Dick follows a New England whaling crew as it wages a desperate battle to survive when a giant whale capsizes their ship. 
• Troy - Greek Mythology
  

Nature

• Our Planet - Take a look at different biomes such as: frozen worlds, jungles, coastal seas, from desserts to grasslands, fresh water etc.
  
• Explained - This series investigates topics like cryptocurrencey, diamonds, animal intelligence, pirates, coding, why diets fail etc
• Marked the Documentary - A look at the cultural practice of marking in Nigeria's culture. 
• David Attenborough - a Life on our Planet
• Night on Earth - a nature series lifting the veil on the lives of animals at hight.
• **My Octopus Teacher - Follow the life of an Octopus.  
  

History

• Roman Empire - A mix of documentary and lavish historical epic chronicals the reigns of Commodus, Julius Caesar and Caligula.
  
• Genius of the Modern World  - Explore the intellectual landscape that helped shape the lives and work of Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
  
• World War II in Colour - Footage of the most dramatic moments from World War II restored in colour and high definition for the docuseries.
• Race for the White House - a miniseries featuring archival footage and interviews of presidential campaignes.
• America's Book of Secrets - A look behind the stories of familiar institutions like the Pentagon, West Point etc.
• Age of Tanks - A look at military history.
• Being Napoleon - A reenactment of the epic clash at the Battle of Waterloo.
• The Russian Revolution - Starting in 1881 follow the personal battle between the royal Romanovs and the Lenin Family. 
• Hitler's Circle of Evil - a look at Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders and how the seize control of Germany.
• Apollo 11 - Behind the scenes of the 1969 moon landing.  Original footage.
• Flags of our Fathers
• Empire of the Tsars
• Gallipoli - Follow four Australian men facing the reality of war in 1915 Turkey.
• Gods and Generals - A retelling of the Civil War through the commanding generals on both sides from 1861 to 1863 
• **12 Strong - a dozen US soldiers mount on horseback in Aftghanistan to help a local warlord take on a mutual enemy. 
• Apollo 13 - The true story of Jim Lovell and his crew 
  

People

• #AnneFrank - Parallel Stories Anne Frank's story is retold alongside those of five Holocaust survivors in the documentary with Helen Mirren. 
• The Secret - 
• **The Surgeon's Cut - an incredible journey through the lives of four brillian pioneers in their fields and how they got there. 
• **Being Elmo - The journey of Kevin Clash to becomming Elmo!
• **The Theory of Everything - A docudrama on the life of Stephen Hawking.
• Gandhi - 
• The Pursuit of Happyness
• **The King's Speech - A docudrama on the life of King Feorge VI as he struggles to communicate and seeks help from a speech therapist.
• **Just Mercy - The story of a lawyer who fought for wrongly convicted people to get them released pro bono.
• **Mao's Last Dancer - the story of Li Cunxin
• **Self Made - Inspired by the life of Madam CJ Walker
• The English Game - the history of soccer in Brittain
• The Royal House of Windsor -
• **When They See Us - Five teens in Harlam accused of an attack 
• **The Who Was Show? - Famous Names in History 
• Unbroken - the story of Louis Zamperini during World War II struggle for survival in a Japanese prison camp. 
• The Most Hated Woman in America - The controversial life of atheist Madaly Murray O'Hair
  

Science

• Bill Nye: Science Guy 
  
• Emily's Wonder Lab - science activities
  
• Edge of the Universe - latest on the astromomy front
  
• Brainchild  - from germs to social media explained
• Human - The World Within - the incredible working of the human body

What are some of YOUR favourite educational shows on Netflix?

Chareen

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Find the other ABC posts in this series here:

1. A is for Art Lessons at Home
2. B is for Books Where do You Purchase Yours? 
3. Charlotte Mason a Round Up of Posts 
4. Delight Directed Education
5. Encouragement for Weary Homeschooling Mothers
6. For the Children's Sake  
7. G is for Geography
8. Homeschool Bloggers  
9. Instagramers to follow who are homeschooling
10. Joy in Your Homeschool Journey
11. Know Yourself - Stop the Comparison Game  
12. Life Skills in Your Homeschool
13. Math Resource for Home Education
14. Netflix in Your Homeschool

Featured from last week the letter M...

•  Making Facebook Easier from A Net in Time
• Music from the American Civil war from A Mom's Quest to Teach
• Discovering the M rabbits from At Home Pets
• Rabbit Manure, The Scoop on Poop from A Net in Time
• Making an Adult from A Net in Time
• Math Games from Our Homeschool Notebook
• Monticello from A Mom's Quest to Teach
• Modest Mussorgsky (composers ABC) from At Home: Where Life Happens
• Letter M Homeschool Tips from Homeschooling Highway

This Week over at Our Homeschool Notebook the topic is N is for Ninjago. 

 

Please link up your posts starting with the letter M for this weeks ABC Blogging

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