Tuesday 17 June 2014

Dewey the Library Cat {Tuesday's Treasures}


Dewey the Library Cat 
(Unabridged Audio Book)
  • Format: Paper back / Hardback / Audio
  • Number of Disks:Four
  • ISBN 10:1441885471
  • ISBN 13:9781441885470
  • Author Vicki Myron,
  • Performed by: Laura Hamilton, With Bret Witter
Do you have any cat loving people in your home ?  Library or Book people ?  Dewey the Library Cat is for you.  

He is smart funny and climbs into your heart as you read the book or listen to the audio version.  We have laughed at his antics and felt sorry for him in his pain and admired his gentle heart.  We have learned life lessons from Dewey about friendship, love and commitment. It's a beautiful story of being lost and found and discovering your place in the world.

Laura Hamilton is an amazing artist and does an excellent job in reading the book to the audience.  Her personification of the different characters through out the book keeps you wanting to listen to more.

Vicki Myron uses excellent vocabulary and keeps you attentive and  spellbound to Dewey's antics.

We found more about him here


Blessings
Chareen
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Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures. I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books and Resources out there out there hiding on shelves and somewhere on the internet.

I invite you to blog about

  • a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library,
  •  a great homeschool item you have found and
  •  any new resources you are enjoying. 
Grab the button for your post and add a link to your post below. I would love to read about your treasures. 
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Saturday 14 June 2014

Carnival of Homeschooling {Edition # 441}

Welcome to the 441st edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling where home school families share their homeschool wisdom with us from all over the world via their blogs.


Carnival of Homeschooling was started by the Cate Family over at Why Homeschool and has been a tremendous source of home school support and information.


This Week

Over at Why Homeschool  Janine shares 10 things I have learned about educating children over our 15 years of homeschooling.

  Sharon from over at Awakening Your True Self shares: " There is much fanfare over the first day of the New Year and many people make resolutions about things that they will start or stop doing when January 1st rolls around. I do not limit myself to starting over on the first day of January, as sometimes the early days or months of a new year seem more like what I wanted to leave behind than what I planned to carry forward. " Creating the Life You Want To Live


Sola Gratia Mom shares The Wisdom of a Weed I need to weed my garden more often, so I don't have those weeds that take up residence and are difficult to remove. There is much wisdom in the weeds....


Kerin from over at Vocabuverse is still writing a dictionary! Be sure to take a look at this clever rhyme What is 24 Hour Time ?

Jennifer encourages us to remember that Sometimes, It’s Okay To Turn Back over at Home Grown Mommy


Carol asks: "Do any of you, like me, have curriculum sitting on your shelf, that if you are honest with yourself, you will probably never use? I want to share some experiences I’ve learned about money and homeschooling in a podcast with guest Susan Raber." Read more about Money Myths Homeschool Moms Believe. Dollars and Sense Show #13 over at Homeschool CPA

 Over at Today's Trial is Tomorrow's Testimony Jennifer shares some thoughts on beginning homeschooling..

Family, Faith, and Fridays

Michele over at Family, Faith, and Friday's shares their favourite curriculum choices for 2013-2014.


 This week Sarah over at Delivering Grace shares her insights on The Cost of Home Education.

Jen has made some FREE Workbox Labels over at the Chestnut Grove Academy for you. Jen also has a tutorial to make a DIY turning an Ikea Lack Table into a Light Table.

 If your looking for a summer reading list take a look at Our Summer Reading Plans at Raventhreads. Be encouraged to Keep Your Children in the Word All Summer.

 Teaching and understanding fractions can be challenging.  The Canadian Homeschooler shares a list of resources to help with Teaching Your Kids About ... Fractions.

Ben and Me

Marcy from over at Ben and Me shares her thoughts on So You Think You Want to Homeschool? 10 Things You Should Know

Finch n Wren


Wren shares her thoughts on her 5th essential for Homeschooling: LOVE over at Finchwren.

For the Display of His Splendor

Ever wondered why some families home educate ? You can read why over at For The Display of His SplendorHomeschool Essential: Kids and Why We Started Homeschooling


Tara over at This Sweet Life shares their favourite 5th Grade Homeschool Curricula. 



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D is for Decisions ?? Kym from over at Homeschool Coffee Break discusses some important things to consider when thinking about curriculum and your homeschool for the new year ahead.

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Are you Considering Homeschooling ?  If you are Jenn over at Simblissity shares some thoughts in this three part series.

In celebration of the World Cup I have put together a post of links for a unit study covering Brazil, soccer and the world cup.

Thank you for visiting the carnival this week may you be as I have been.


Blessings

Chareen 


Next weeks Carnival will be hosted by Constance over at The Foodie Army Wife.
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Tuesday 10 June 2014

2014 World Cup Soccer Unit Study Resources

I've managed to leave this a little late and the FIFA World Cup starts in a few days, but as they say better late than never.  Here are some resources I discovered online today when looking for resources about the soccer world cup.

Did you know that the first World Cup Soccer tournament was held in Uruguay on the 13th of July 1930 with 13 teams from around the world. Uruguay was also the first nation to win the World Cup.

The original cup (Jules Rimet Trophy) was stolen and not recovered and the current cup was commissioned in 1974. The World Cup is 36.5 cm tall,  is made of  5 Kg of 18 carat gold and weights 6.175 kg. There has been some speculation about which parts of it are solid gold.  You can watch an interesting YouTube clip about it here: Chemistry of the World Cup Trophy

At the Library
To Print
On Pinterest {FIFA 2014 World Cup Soccer}

On YouTube

On the WWW

Host Country Brazil
Although this video clip is from the South African World Cup I wanted to finish up with it because it's so much fun to watch: Animals Playing Soccer.





If you have any recommended resources for studying the Soccer World Cup OR Brazil please add them to the link up below.

Have fun learning about the Soccer World Cup

Blessings
Chareen