Carschooling

Infallible History

chameleon — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:02:48 +0000

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 [...]

Poetry in Motion

chameleon — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:53:09 +0000

Ask your carschoolers to pick one word from a billboard or road sign. Then tell them to try to find all the words that sound alike or that rhyme.

For example, let’s say they pick the word “free” from a billboard. Now think of all the words that rhyme, such as “tree,” “bee,” “see,” “me,” “he,” [...]

What’s Your Record?

chameleon — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:48:44 +0000

One of the greatest carschooling resources is the Guinness Book of World Records. It has many practical uses for math in it that help kids see how math is used in the real world. It includes statistics, facts, and figures on the greatest speed achieved by a human being; circumnavigations by balloonists, ships, and airplanes; [...]

Spring is in the Air

chameleon — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:45:48 +0000

One of the most obvious changes in seasons occurs in the fall when the leaves of deciduous trees turn color and fall off. Nature’s counterpoint can be viewed in early spring when those same trees begin to bud and grow new leaves and flowers.

Have your carschoolers collect one specific kind of leaf and do some [...]

Inspire Your Child’s Inner Photojournalist

chameleon — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Most children really enjoy using a camera and taking pictures. Have them keep their very own photographic journal of your carschooling adventures. Digital cameras are great fun because you can see how the picture looks instantly. Let carschoolers take turns photographing interesting things along the way. They will learn quickly how to adjust the way [...]

The Writing on the Wall…

chameleon — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:06:51 +0000

Practice foreign languages by translating the names of common things you see through the car window in the language you want to practice. To practice nouns, one player calls out whatever he or she sees in English-car, boy, cow, and so forth-and the other players try to say the word in Spanish, French, or any [...]

What’s The Largest Organ in the Human Body?

chameleon — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:40:58 +0000

The answer may surprise you, it’s your skin! Skin forms a protective layer over the body to help prevent injury and disease, keeps moisture in the body, regulates the body temperature, produces vitamin D, and excretes waste. Looking at skin through a magnifying glass or jeweler’s loop is a terrific way to see the many features [...]

Sticker States

chameleon — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:05:45 +0000

Here is a fun idea for a long car trip! Copy or print a map of the United States for each of your carschoolers. Next, purchase a pack of inexpensive stickers. Make sure each carschooler has a different sheet of stickers, so the kids can tell them apart. And don’t forget to have at least [...]

On This Day…

chameleon — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:00:48 +0000

Here are some resources for finding out about historical events that occurred on any given day of the year:

Carschooling Website: At www.carschooling.com you can sign up for our free eZine with historical information about each day of the year. Library of Congress Website: American Memory at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today offers “Today in History,” which lists events that took [...]

Break It Down

chameleon — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:00:12 +0000

Use words on road signs and billboards to help your carschoolers learn to identify words with certain letter blends, suffixes, or prefixes. Tell them to find all the words that begin with the letter blend th, or all the words with the prefix pro, or all the words with the suffix –ing.

Here are some more [...]