Archive for the ‘Website Reviews’ Category

  • Dropbox

    Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

    Dropbox is an online backup and file sharing tool. It works seamlessly with Windows/Mac/Linux to provide a “My Dropbox” folder that automatically synchronizes with their service. I installed it on our daughter’s laptop and told her to just save all her files in “My Dropbox”. She’s been able to do it just fine and all [...]

  • Resources for Teaching Chess

    Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

    Teaching chess to a home school student can be a challenge. Most parents can teach the moves and maybe a bit of strategy, but then it falls apart. Local chess clubs, co-op chess classes, and private chess coaching are the usual route to continue learning chess. But with some good resources, parents can teach solid [...]

  • Handwriting Help

    Sunday, October 19th, 2008

    This week’s theme over at Teachnology is handwriting. There is a video for lefties, and tons of resources for making your own practice sheets. Check out the whole unit here. Teachnology is a fantastic resource for homeschoolers and supplemental work. Enjoy! Photo courtesy of Aby Arabit.

  • Planarity Insanity

    Thursday, August 28th, 2008

    Do you get excited when your yo-yo gets tangled? Does your heart leap at the opportunity to rewind a gnarly skein of yarn? Planarity by John Tantalo just might be your dream come true! This incredible game is a great supplement to the study of planar graphs. The object of the game is to “untangle” [...]

  • The Fantastic Contraption

    Thursday, August 28th, 2008

    One of our family’s favorite pastimes is solving puzzles and Fantastic Contraption captivated us from the beginning. The goal of the game is to move a given object into the goal, a designated box. The object starts in a workspace where you build your contraption. There are just so many different possible solutions that we’ve [...]