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Book Cover "Across the KITCHEN TABLE - Observations About Children and Education"

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FLASH! Focus on the Family has put "Across the Kitchen Table" on their web site along with a sample "chapter".
(You may need a release 5.xx browser to read their page)
"Pam reminds us of what an adventure home education is. Cozy up with her book and a warm cup of tea and cherish every page from Across the Kitchen Table." Chris Jeub, Web editor to "Parents' Place", Focus on the Family

"Across the Kitchen Table is a must for any mom who has a desire to improve relationships with her children and husband, and have fun while doing it." J. Michael Smith, President, Home School Legal Defense Association

"Every family will benefit from the practical, insightful thoughts in Across the Kitchen Table." David Quine, Cornerstone Curriculum Project

"A seat at the dinner table of a pioneering homeschooling family." Karl Bunday, Home Education Researcher

"A must read for all parents! Full of practical tools, insightful ideas, encouraging words and convicting wisdom from a veteran home schooling mother, now grandma, who successfully mentored four children into adulthood and is now guiding the next generation." Valerie Swedlund, Educational Consultant and Learning Styles Specialist

"If you think a little experience--served up with wit and clarity-might help you to homeschool your own young-uns, then sit down, lean back, relax, and take a long, slow, refreshing drink from wisdom's cup. You will laugh. You may cry. But, you will be glad you picked up this book!" Chris Davis, owner, The Elijah Company

CURRENT EVENTS


* Pioneer Press
* StarTribune Online
* Crosswalk.com Homeschool link
* Minnesota Christian Chronicle
* Minnesota Legislature, Statutes, Bill Tracking
* Daily Education Articles From US Papers Check Daily after 11 am
* AP World
* AP National
* AP Washington
* Washington Post
* WorldNetDaily
* BBC local edition
* NEW "MREDCO" HOME PAGE 5/7/02
* Maple River Education Coalition PAC
* Home School Legal Defense -- Check for legislative and legal items

HOME EDUCATION BASICS "FAQS"


* The Law in Minnesota. (Links to the actual statutes.) Who Can Home Educate??
* Standardized Achievement Tests-Where to get them
* Basic Reading List for Home Educators
* Classical Education What, How
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HOME EDUCATION MAGAZINES


* Practical Homeschooling Magazine
* Teaching Home Magazine
* Home School Digest
* Elijah Company Order their catalog - has GREAT articles
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LOCAL HOME ED RESOURCES


* CRC (Christian Resource Center)No Longer "CERC"
* Home-ed-pro Learning at Home, Successfully
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SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS RESOURCES


* The LD OnLine Home Page
* National CHallenged Homeschoolers Associated Network (NATHHAN)
* Christian Homes And Special Kids (CHASK)
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REFERENCE


* Research-It!
dictionary, acronyms, thesaurus, area codes, maps and more
* New York Public Library
* Minnesota Libraries
* Library of Congress
* Phone Directory
* Your Post Office
* MapQuest
* U.S. Naval Observatory--Correct Time
* Also see World Language & Culture
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CONTESTS AND COMPETITIONS



* Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle School
* Math Competition & Coaching for Middle School
* Ski Training Essays
* Reading Rainbow Reading / Writing Contest
* National Mock Trial (won several times by homeschoolers) In the Twin Cities
* Jr. Duckstamp Scholarship Contest
* VFW "Voice of Democracy" Contest
* National History Day Contest
* National Geographic Geography Bee. Home schooled 10 year old was winner.
* The Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee "Bee Week end of May each year 10% are Homeschoolers
* Summit Ministries (Colorado)
* Worldview Academy
* Destination Imagination
* Teaching Gifted
* National Contests Open to Homeschoolers List
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COLLEGE AND OTHER POST SECONDARY


* PSEO (Post Secondary Option) FAQs
* Some colleges with on line home school entrance information
* The Path From Home School to College
* Naval Academy-- Tips for Homeschoolers Super advice for a rigorous education plan
* Air Force Academy-- Tips for Homeschoolers -- Great direction, planning guide for any college bound student
* U of Minn Twin Cities Campus Admissions
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CONTENT RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

ADVENTURE, SPORTS, AND NEAT STUFF


* Great Home School Tee Shirts
* Single handed Round the World sailing race, 2002-2003
* Sailing the Med. Lots of detail & history
* Ships at Sea: Sailboats presently cruising around the world
* Logs of Sailing Vessel MIRADOR Lots of navigation, trip planning, and Mexico (west coast) touring.
* Minneapolis Cross Country & Ski Jumping Club Great way for home schoolers to compete

Have your middle school aged students read Joshua Slocum's adventure sailing around the world alone.
* "Tailwinds" Major bike trips - with internet computer on board Alaska to Key West, Across the Alps
* The online bike repair manual
* The RAVEN Project - Human Powered Airplane
* Internet Chess Machine--Try It
* The Unicycle Page
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ARTS, MUSIC


* Huge Library of Classical Music (MIDI )Archives
* Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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COMPUTER STUFF AND REMOTE LEARNING


* Cliffs Notes 04/01/98
* Web66: A K12 WWW Project
* Apple Computer Education Support Site.
* Welcome to the Headbone Zone
* Virus and Hoax Information Database
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ECONOMICS


* Balance the Federal Budget Yourself -- Updated 12/02/02
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GEOGRAPHY-GEOLOGY-


* Find your house in satellite photo
* World Factbook
* U.S. Geological Survey maps and geological features
* U.S. Geological--Educational Resources
* Volcano-Mt. St. Helens
* Volcano web cams
* California Earthquakes
* Virtual Earthquake
* Building your own seismograph station
* University of Texas Map Collection
* Color Landform Atlas of the United States
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HISTORY



* World History Time Line We Like Best
The Wall Chart of World History: With Maps of the World's Great Empires and a Complete Geological Diagram of the Earth by Edward Hull, Dorset
Go to Amazon.com , Choose the "Books" product tab near the top of page, Then search (in their "Search Options") for isbn: 0880292393 Also read the review.
* On Line world history timeline chart
* The Papers of George Washington
* Smithsonian Home Page .
* National Archives Online
* Charters of Freedom
* History Channel What happened in history today .
* Captain Cook Study Unit
* USS CONSTITUTION
* White House tour
* American War Library Detailed information about every U.S. involved conflict since the birth of the nation
* Abraham Lincoln Online
* Minnesota Historical Society
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LANGUAGE ARTS


* Simple Rhyming Dictionary
* Wordfocus Vocabulary Development
* Improve Your Writing DEN
* Shakespeare
* BOOKPORT: Karl Bunday's Collection of Books on Reading Instruction
* Language Arts for Middle School Students-Grades 5-8 by Joan Marie Brown. There is a small example referring to a haunted house
* The Parts of Speech
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MATH


* MathWorks
* Lots of Math Story Problems
* MegaMath Menu
* Beat the Calculator
* Untangling the Math of Knots
* Algorithms & Ice Cream
* A Middle School Math Website
* Math Forum Resource for Parents and Students
* Rainbow Lab, Interactive Application
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SCIENCE - PHYSICAL


* Narrows Bridge Project
*Tonight's Sky
* Science Fair Projects Resources -
* Science Museum of Minnesota
* Science Hobbyist
* Lots of science experiments
* The Science Club
* Electric Motor Experiment
* Nikola Tesla Page
* Theater of Electricity
* Periodic Table
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SCIENCE - BIO


* Minnesota Zoo - See Education Sections
* Amphibian Malformations
* Virtual Hospital: Iowa Health Book
* Wenatchee High School Sports Medicine Page Sports medicine, anatomy, med school, and other home pages
* Ecology Simulation
* Welcome To Frogland
* FROG DISSECTION
* Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
* SEEK = Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge
* HERPMED: AMPHIBIAN WEBSITES
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WEATHER - TRAVEL


* Twin Cities Traffic Net
* Air Traffic Control Web Cams
* Mpls Air Route Traffic Control Home Page
* Track Hurricanes
* Zoom on ALL the satellites
* The Tornado Project Online
* Minnesota Radar Animation
* WCCO Channel 4000 Weather - Maps and Radar
* Unisys Weather Page
* Interactive Weather Information Network
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WORLD LANGUAGE AND CULTURE


* All the Embassies in Washington D.C.
* A Web of On-line Grammars
* Concordia Language Villages
* Intl. Russian Radio/TV Home Page English, Russian, and Finnish
* German for Beginners
* Bavaria + Beer + Brezeln = Germany ? -> NO!
* School Pages in Germany/Austria ins Deutsch, nicht wahr?
* Foreign Languages for Travelers .
* Viking Home Page English, Norsk, Swedish, Icelandic, Danish,
* Greek 'n' Stuff for Homeschool and Christian School 7
* Asian Home Page
* The Egyptian Institute of Art and Archaeology
* Kids Space
* Kids Space Connection
* SAPE-Soviet-American Penfriend Exchange
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