A few years back I heard of Vitamin DW’s positive influence on our health. Vitamin D Council offered the only comprehensive information on vitamin D on the web. Our family has been supplementing with vitamin D during winter months with great results. Since there is more news about vitamin D nowadays with sometime conflicting information I’ve decided to share this resource with you.
Recent story from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/health/stories/2009/02/25/vitamin_D_multiple_benefits.html
Today I started reading Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track by Russell L. Ackoff, Daniel Greenberg. I am only on the first chapter but I can already see the wisdom in it. Although written largely about schools, there is plenty to learn from it for a homeschool parent. I will comment on it as I read through it. By the way, Russell L. AckoffW is a famous American systems thinking pioneer and author of many excellent books I’ve enjoyed reading over the years.
A small study of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder last year found that walks outdoors appeared to improve scores on tests of attention and concentration. Notably, children who took walks in natural settings did better than those who walked in urban areas, according to the report, published online in August in The Journal of Attention Disorders. The researchers found that a dose of nature worked as well as a dose of medication to improve concentration, or even better.
via Well – The 3 R’s? A Fourth Is Crucial, Too – Recess – NYTimes.com.
Interesting article. Worth reading.
I’ve added another Getting Started with Latin – Quiz ( #19 Lesson 51-52 ) at:
http://www.exsedda.org/quizzes
As always, I’d appreciate any feedback.
I’ve added another Getting Started with Latin – Quiz ( #18 Lesson 49-50 ) at:
http://www.exsedda.org/quizzes
As always, I’d appreciate any feedback.
I’ve started HomeschoolingDads group at tweetworks.com. Please join me at
http://www.tweetworks.com/groups/view/HomeschoolingDads
Use your existing Twitter username or creater one at Twitter.com.
You don’t need to be a dad to join!
Quiz Builder, the software I use to create these quizzes, is back in action.
I’ve added another Getting Started with Latin – Quiz ( #17 Lesson 47-48 ) at:
http://www.exsedda.org/quizzes
As always, I’d appreciate any feedback.
Here is a great bridge design software for your homeschooler. We have used this application prior to our homeschooling experiment. All our kids have had a great time trying to design a working bridge and then optimize it. It just may be the thing that awakens the engineer in your kid. Chronic Logic also has two other bridge design software applications but we have not tried those.
http://www.chroniclogic.com/index.htm?pontifex2.htm
I am having a problem with the quiz building application. That is why I haven’t been able to add more quizzes. I am waiting for support to help me.
I’ve added another Getting Started with Latin – Quiz ( #16 Lesson 45-46 ) at:
http://www.exsedda.org/quizzes
As always, I’d appreciate any feedback.
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