-- Recommended Resources:  Reading for Parents/Teachers
-- Reader Tips
-- Assorted Information (resources, etc.)
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Dear Readers,

As many of you already know, my children collect
picture postcards. Their current postcard Wish List
includes the following:  The Eiffel Tower, other countries
(especially European), state or national capitol buildings,
and anything having to do with Japan and China.

My children's postcard collection is a valuable educational
tool we've been using for many years. Whenever a new
card arrives, we go to the globe or a world map and look
at where the card originated. If it's an area the kids aren't
familiar with, we pull out our encyclopedia and read a bit
about the state/city/country. This has been the beginning
of many fascinating educational discussions. And it's so
fun -- the kids never feel they're doing "education" at all!
 
If any Bright-Kids subscribers would like to send postcards
to three very appreciative young people (and their mom!),
my children would be absolutely thrilled! By the way, they're
equally excited about ANY picture postcards they receive,
even if the postcards aren't about something on their Wish
List. So if you feel inspired to send one, please feel free!

If you'd like to participate in helping to build their collection,
send postcards to:

The Hough Children
c/o Deborah Taylor-Hough
3930 A Street SE, #305-119
Auburn WA 98002
USA

If you or your children are interested in starting your own
postcard collection, a simple way to do this is to drop a
note to friends and family in other areas and ask them if
they'd like to participate in an educational project with your
children by sending picture postcards that represent their
local community or area of the world.

In a similar project my friend, Laura C., and her children
collected postcards from all fifty U.S. states simply by
contacting the people on their Christmas card list. With
the letter to their friends, Laura included three additional
envelopes (stamped but unaddressed) containing similar
letters telling about their family's educational project and
asking for postcards. Their friends could then forward the
additional envelopes/letters to three of their extended
family or friends.

Laura's family talked with the local public library and were
able to set up their postcard collection of all fifty states in
a display cabinet in the library's foyer one month. Many
local and state fairs also have areas for displaying personal
collections if your children would be interested in sharing
their collection with others.
 
Simply Yours,

--Debi
(Deborah Taylor-Hough)
Editor, Bright-Kids Email Newsletter
--Author of the popular Frozen Assets cookbook series, A Simple
Choice, and Frugal Living For Dummies®
--Editor, Simple Times and Bright-Kids email newsletters

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QUOTABLE

" 'The mother who takes pains to endow her children with
good habits secures for herself smooth and easy days;
while she who lets their habits take care of themselves has
a weary life of endless friction with the children ... The mother
devotes herself to the formation of one habit at a time,' and
to watching 'over those already formed.' Mother will pick up
the habit of training her children in good habits. It will get
easier. Some habits children will naturally pick up through
our examples. Others require training."

 

--Charlotte Mason, The Original Homeschooling Series
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GEOGRAPHY COMES HOME

Copyright Evelyn Saunders
Used with permission. All rights reserved.


Activity: "Geography Comes Home"
Ages: Preschool to adult

The following is an activity that's fun for all ages (even mom
and dad!). All you need is:

--one large world map
--paper
--color pencils
--push pins
 
 
1) Collect some items from around your house and find where
they are from. Draw a small picture of that item and place it on
your world map.
 
2) When you come home from the grocery store read the labels
and find out where things are from. Your olive oil is from Italy,
your bananas from Equador.
 
3) Draw a tiny picture and pin it to your map.
 
You and your child will learn the locations of many countries
as well as the different products they make and grow.
 
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
--Evelyn Saunders is the mother of two girls, a Montessori-
trained preschool teacher, and has directed a part time co-
operative school for homeschooling families. Evelyn's latest
educational adventure is learning to play piano with both of
her daughters.
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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES -- Reading
List compiled by Debi (editor of Bright-Kids)


I frequently receive questions from Bright-Kids subscribers
about recommended  books for dealing with educational
topics. In future issues of this  newsletter, I'll occasionally
include lists of resources you might find  useful with your
own Bright Kids.

Be sure to check with your local library for any of these
books that interest you. Even if the library doesn't carry
the books on their shelves, they can usually order a copy
for you through the inter-library loan system (in the USA).

Here's a list of assorted books of interest by topic:

Reading
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
by Siegfried Engelmann
(beginning reading)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671631985/simplepleasuresp/


Writing
Any Child Can Write
by Harvey S. Wiener
(preschool to high school)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195094158/simplepleasuresp/


Math
Math for Every Kid
by Janice Van Cleave
(elementary/junior high)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471546933/simplepleasuresp/


Science
Blood and Guts
by Linda Allison
(elementary/junior high)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316034436/simplepleasuresp/


Nature Study
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the
World Around You
by Clare Walker Leslie
(any age -- elementary to adult)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1580173063/simplepleasuresp/

Fine Arts
Go in and Out the Window: An Illustrated Songbook for Young People
by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(preschool/early elementary)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805006281/simplepleasuresp/


Poetry
A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson
(preschool/elementary)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517489244/simplepleasuresp/


History
The Timetables of History
(late elementary to adult)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/067174271X/simplepleasuresp/


General

How Children Learn
by John Holt
(book for parents/teachers)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201484048/simplepleasuresp/


Home Education

The 3 R's
by Ruth Beechick
(Kindergarten thru 2nd grade -- this resource isn't just for home schools)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0940319063/simplepleasuresp/

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READER TIPS
Submitted by Bright-Kids' readers.  Share your favorite family
educational tips by emailing Debi at:  DSimple@aol.com


== Fine Motor Skills Idea ==
I covered a coffee can with contact paper, being careful
it went over the top and then I folded it about 2-inch down
inside. I cut a circular hole out of the lid (by using extra
lids, you can vary the size of the holes -- depending on
your child's age/ability) and use it for my girls to increase
their fine motor skills. The old-fashioned clothes pins can
be put through the slot, making a gleefully satisfying noise
as they hit the bottom of the can. As my girls grew, they
also began removing the lid to line up the clothespins,
around the rim, and making a choo-choo train that was
equally thrilling. Cheap fun!
--Diane in Iowa City


== Simple Living for Life Skills Development == 
Just wanted to drop a note to let you know that your book
on simple living, A Simple Choice: A Practical Guide to
Saving Your Time, Money and Sanity, is now on my "must
read" list for my older children before they leave home. We
have 15 children in our blended family -- seven are home
schooled -- and this book is great preparation for adult life.
Keep up the good work and all that you share.
--Kristine F.

 

* * Your Tips? * *
Do you have some great family fun, educational, or parenting
tips/ideas you'd love to share with other parents and caregivers?
Just send your tips and ideas to Debi at Bright-Kids:
DSimple@aol.com

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Recommended books for children and families
(This is a great list to print out and hand to your kids'
grandparents for suggestions at gift-giving times!)
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