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Homeschooling Resource of the Day: 10/05/07

Welcome to another edition of homeschooling resource of the day. As always, if you see something you want changed, you have something you would like added, or know of something that should be featured please feel free to leave me a comment.

Today’s website is MrNussbaum.com. “A thousand websites in one.” This site was built specifically to enhance learning activities with internet interactivity. This appears to be a very child friendly and educational site, but please check it out on your own first. Not only a lot of great information, but also some wonderful games likes the insect generator, or math fries, or how about hawkabulary? Why not do a search and see what they have for what you are working on?

Word of the day: loquacious \loh-KWAY-shuhs\, adjective:
1. Very talkative.
2. Full of excessive talk; wordy.

This Day in History: Oct. 5th
1582 : Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries

1813 : Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British

1864 : Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing the South

1867 : Last day of Julian calendar in Alaska

1877 : Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perc‚ War

1908 : Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar

1910 : Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic

1921 : Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect

1947 : 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman

1953 : Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US

1986 : Iran-Contra scandal unravels

Journal Prompt: What does the saying “Waste not, want not,” mean to you.

Past Homeschooling Resource of the day

Note: At the time that this was written and published, the websites linked here are kid friendly. However, due to the changing nature of the web, we always recommend that the first time you visit a site, you check it out alone, without children present. This way, you are assured that the content is appropriate for your child.