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One carschooling mom has a degree in American Sign Language/Interpreting for the Deaf.  When she was a student, her instructor who was deaf, suggested practicing signing signs as a way to practice finger-spelling.  First, get a chart of finger-spelling sign symbols for the letters of the alphabet.  To play, try to finger spell any word [...]

November 17th, 2011 | Tags: , | Category: activities, Learning Fun, Road Scholar, travel | Leave a comment

What's in a Name?

When carschoolers get antsy on long trips, pull out your car atlas or map and challenge them to search for cities with weird and wacky names—the United States is full of them!  You could also challenge them to find (in the atlas) the following cities and towns and ponder the meaning of the names:

Unalaska, Alaska

Why, [...]

November 4th, 2011 | Tags: | Category: activities, Learning Fun, Road Scholar, travel | Leave a comment

Honesty is the Best Policy

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong, by James W. Loewen identifies historical markers, monuments, and sites in every state that have historical interpretations that are either misleading or wrong.  Loewen is the author of the award-winning best seller Lies My Teacher Told Me, a book that discredits 12 leading high school history [...]

October 27th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: activities, Learning Fun, Road Scholar, travel | Leave a comment
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