‘GUEST VOICES ON BOARD’ Archives
Hoist Up Your Red Flag and Be Wary by Mary McCarthy
Hoist Up Your Red Flag and Be Wary by Mary McCarthy You know, anyone can write up anything and put it on the Internet. Sometimes it is self-serving. When it comes to homeschooling there are several competing interests that vie for your education dollar. They will misinform you if it serves their purpose to separate you from your cash, [...]
Family Water Experiments: Make a Splash!
Becky Rupp's "Make a Splash!" is now available on Parent at the Helm's Resource Page - just click "Resources" link at the top of the home page! Becky originally prepared this collection of interesting water experiments for presentation to Vermont libraries. Now your family can have fun, get wet, and learn - just in time for summer! Please [...]
Good Stuff for Special Days by Becky Rupp
Good Stuff for Special Days by Becky Rupp Coming up this month on April 14th: a brand new moon! For thousands of years, various cultures have used the first sighting of the new crescent moon as the basis for their calendars. Moslems today, for example, depend on the naked-eye sighting of the first waxing crescent moon as the starting [...]
Visionary Look at New Schools for a New Century By Patricia Kokinos
We have another guest writer today. Patricia Kokinos is a former school teacher and administrator who has written a novel, Angel Park, about the bureaucracy, corruption, and power politics that plague public education. Her website, Change the Schools, contains much more information about the work in which she is involved. Please welcome her [...]
Resources Resources By Becky Rupp
Resources Resources By Becky Rupp In this edition, learn how to make a boomerang work right, discover fiber arts for grades three to eight, and (Grandma Linda's favorite!) a nice variety of science cookies (yes, you read that right!); trilobite cookie, anyone? The Paper Boomerang Book Mark Latno’s The Paper Boomerang Book (“Build [...]
