Leaping From The Box

I have an entry in the 134th Carnival of Homeschooling – The 12 Labors of Hercules this week. Tiffany at Life on the Road is hosting the carnival this month.

I have not had a chance to do any more than just scan the titles and descriptions of each blog post included in this month’s carnival, but I will definitely be spending my free moments this week reading more in depth. These few intrigue me right off the bat:

• ChristineMM challenges us to take a hard look at our standards, in Controversial Article About Homeschooler’s Abilities On My Mind posted at The Thinking Mother.
• Katherine gives her review of a great resource for the preschool set: Kumon Workbooks, at No fighting, no biting! (Since it looks like I’ll be unschooling a preschooler the next year or two, I have been looking more at preschool activities, etc.)
• NerdMom beautifully address an issue near and dear to my heart in The First Key to Homeschooling and Not Losing It over at Nerd Family.
• Teresa Wymore talks about the value of great literature (and don’t miss her insightful expose on public school teaching!) in harry potter and homeschool posted at Flesh & Spirit.
• Living By Learning shares some insight about A Game Ethics Lesson from The Karate Kid at On Living By Learning. (I have read this article and left at least one comment. We’ve been having a great discussion on Game Ethics!)

Thanks, Tiffany, for gathering together a great looking bunch of bloggers and blog posts! And for all you visiting homeschool bloggers, please consider visiting my LeapingFromTheBox.com website for more homeschool information, elists & support groups, and articles on unschooling and homeschooling! Thanks for visiting!

In my last post, Unschooling Cooking, I mentioned that David was cooking and we were trying new recipes. Wednesday’s meal was two South African dishes, Green Bean Salad and Bobotie (Beef Pie). Both were delicioius! If you would like the recipes, please visit my Musings, Mischief and Mayhem blog, where they are posted.

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There are several new ant questions (and answers) this week at Ask the Consult-Ant.

Also, don’t forget that Roberta, our LeapingFromTheBox “Consult-Ant,” has her very own Growing With Science Blog.

In her Kids’ Questions About Ants post, Roberta answers questions from several fourth graders in Georgia who had an ant farm in their classroom. They had some interesting questions, things I had never thought about concerning ants. Check them out!