Archive for April, 2007

GREAT LINKS FOR GEOGRAPHY

Posted by: adminin Uncategorized
25
Apr

Since I am a BIG geography buff and history buff I thought it would be nice to post some of the links I’ve used in my studies and my teaching.  Most of these sites have free things galore!  I like the games but we rarely play games online, but for learning that might be the ideal thing.  Hope you enjoy these sites…I did check all of them to make sure they are active and not bad links. 

Your Child Learns Geography  -  Free maps and map puzzles to learn United States and World geography with Maps that Teach.

Puzzles from Your Child Learns  -  Free interactive maps and map puzzles to learn continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments. Maps are vital to our understanding geography and the world we live in.  Interactive and fun, Maps that Teach help students learn basic geography.

Sheppard Software for Geography  -  Explore the world, world geography maps, continents, countries, states, capitals, and geography through these amazing games! Play one of our online geography games to help you with your online education!

Free Software for all Subjects  -  This site is dedicated to listings, descriptions and reviews of the best free educational software for kids and adults. Some of the software is web based (see the online section), and some is Windows software that you can download (see the downloadable  Many of the software titles are multilingual. In order to see what titles run in your language, you can list the software by language.

Seterra Software  -  I just downloaded this game (800kb., small) and it is truly enjoyable and my hubby and I played it for a while.  Seterra is a challenging geography program with 70 different exercises. Learn about countries, capitals, flags and cities in Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Asia and Australia, using outline map exercises!  Examples of exercises: countries in Europe; American states; American state capitals; French cities; cities in Mexico; countries in Asia, etc, etc…  Seterra runs in Danish, Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Swedish. Each exercise has a high score list to keep track of your progress. A colorful and addictive way to learn geography!

National Geographic Geography Bee  - Test your geography smarts right here online. Each day we’ll post ten questions from the National Geographic Bee. Some of them are real stumpers, but it’s okay if you miss a few—you can play as often as you like. Come back everyday for a brand new quiz and another chance to beat the Bee!
Lizard Point Fun Games  -  This is a clickable map quiz and it covers all 7 continents and Russia and India.

I Like To Learn Geography  - Another online map quiz….more detailed than others.

Gary Radley Games Educational Games  -  Where in the World provides a series of Geography Place Tutorials, Games and Quizzes on Countries, Capitals and States / Provinces. There are Tutorials, Games and Quizes on the World, USA, Canada, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Geography Trivia

GeoSense  -  Test your knowledge of world geography alone or against another online player.

Knowledge Quest Maps   Maps and loads of free stuff.

SchoolExpress  -  Fun way to learn about Capitals and Cities.

Fact Monster   -  I always love going to FactMonster.com for any needed information for educational needs.

Fun Brain -  Will show you maps and how to find countries.

Our Pets~

Posted by: adminin Uncategorized
23
Apr

We lost two of the six kittens that were born in the last three days.  They were just a little over two weeks old.  The children are all asking me if the Bible says anything about animals going to Heaven.  I’m not sure what to say, but in my opinion God made the heaven and the earth  and  I believe they will go to heaven when they die.  It says in Genesis 1:20-26 that God created “the moving creature that hath life and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.  In verse 21, “God created the whales and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, …”   I don’t want to quote every word, you all know where Genesis is in the Bible, right???  My point for asking is this, because of the recent deaths of our two kittens, my 12 year old neighbor and loving friend is upset because she says her mother told her that since animals have no soul they cannot go to heaven or to the new earth that will come after Jesus returns.  I’d love some opinions on this, so please leave me some comments about what you think or where I could find more solid proof in the Bible.    Thanks~

Two of my favorite sites

Posted by: adminin Uncategorized
23
Apr

Here are two of my favorite sites to go to when I just need to relax.

May You Be Blessed    and this one  The Nature of Success

The first one is very calming and soothing.  We listen to it as a screen saver at night.  I should say I listen to it at night because my husband never stays awake more than 5 or 10 minutes when he lies down at night.  The second one is nice during the day.   I like music when I’m cleaning house or just trying to organize things for the day. 

~Nancy

As summer nears…

Posted by: adminin Uncategorized
22
Apr

Ahhh yes, the sound of summer is resounding in the mouths of babes!  We’re counting the days too, Cindy.  I can’t help but wonder what it would be like to go a day in my life without learning something.  So, the learning does go on for summer, however not formal, it does go on.  We have 15 days left for one child and another 25 days for the other one.  Anyway, this was just a last minute thought.  Have a nice night.