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Looking for Summer Fun 2011

Summer fun may be just around the corner from you. This link has a nice collection of activities and their websites for places. ClassTrips.com

Building a Video Collection.

Sometimes when you home school it’s difficult to remember or keep track of where you saw a particular online history, religious, or some other type of educational video that you want to include with your studies.

Now that there are several different online video formats available for free online video watching it makes it easier and at the same time more difficult to incorporate videos into a lesson. Some video websites tend to scare me with what pops up after your children view the clip your interested in showing them. Or there is a video line up with anybodies guess what will be viewed.

You can view my Catholic homeschool oriented video collection here.

One Stop Shopping

Here is a new site that being added to daily. It’s growing so fast that the links can hardly keep up.
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The site is OneStopShoppingList.com

Bookmark it or send it to a friend – just in time for back to school and early christmas shopping.

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Summer Time Traveling

Don’t leave home without checking Mass times!

Whether your traveling across states or across countries. Masstimes.org  is the website you need to memorize. You will always know where to find a Mass and what time it is offered when your traveling.

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Masstimes.org is a website that covers all languages and locations of masses all over the world. Choose your destination location and your language preference. See where Masses are going on all over the world every day.

While on the road consider the following radio stations. You may be able to find them on satellite radio. The following links offer online Radio stations and include local Catholic radio stations.

Ave Maria Radio

Domestic Church Media

Vatican Radio

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Sacred Heart radio

St. Joseph Radio

EWTN AM/FM radio stations

EWTN Satellite Radio for US and Canada

Take some audio books along:

There are lots of link on this website to free audio files. However, if that’s not enough you should check with this website called Simply Audiobook  you can browse over 11,000 titles to choose from. Browse Now! You can rent audio book with no time limit on returns.




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My List – Free Science and Nature Study



PharmaOmega Learn is designed for school-aged children who need omega-3 to help them focus and do their best in school.

Interactive Homeschool Fun and Learning find hours of Educational Website for Science, Nature Study, Spaces Exploration and Environment.

ll the activities listed below are free of charge. You may be asked occasionally on a site for your email address, if it wasn’t a safe site it would not have made it on my list!

More of my lists are coming soon and being updated I hope you enjoy them.

4H Virtual Farm

http://sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualfarm/main.html

Learn everything about living on a farm. Dairy, Beef, aquaculture, Poultry, Horse Farm, wheat Farm; view videos, live cam, see live chicks hatched, read all about farming.  Meet other Farm kids.

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Virtual Forests

http://sites.ext.vt.edu/virtualforest/

Virginia Cooperative Extension virtual Forest

Click the Tree Detective  help identify trees or solve mysteries.

Old Field Succession see how the land is used.

Photosynthesis interactive; very good educational tool that can be used for teaching photosynthesis.

Fun inviting learning activities.

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Zoos

Smithsonian Zoo Animal links

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/default.cfm

They have live webcams and audio to hear what the animal sound like. They also offer photogalleries.

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Smithsonian National Zoo

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ConservationCentral/walk/default.cfm

At Conservation Central there are live webcams and audio to hear what the animal sound like. This website also offer photo galleries.  The fantastic multimedia section comes with or without narratives. Great for the Charlotte Mason types to use on a rainy day.   There are other selections too, such as, Dirt Detective Tree and soil, Forrest layers, Tree ID walk, Observing Seasonal Changes.

Have Fun with this one!

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Bird Habitats and sounds

Your family with have fun with these sites and use them time and again.

Bird Calls by Habitat

http://www.learnbirdsongs.com/habitats.php

Country, Forest, Cityscapes and wetlands

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Bird Calls Audio only

http://www.enature.com/birding/audio.asp

List of several birds by category with their calling sounds, Great for testing Bird lovers

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Fish Game

http://www.epa.gov/fishadvisories/kids/arcade.html

Find and catch the fish that are safe to eat and throw back the fish that are not safe to eat. You think it’s just a game until you realize the types of fish that are safe and which types of fish are not safe to eat. Good Game.

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Nature Sounds – Natural Museum in California

http://www.museumca.org/naturalsounds/home.html

Listen to what nature sounds like in California – from the Great Basin, Coast Mountains, desert, coastline and more. Learn about the animals that live in those areas of California.

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Field Guide Indexes

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/index.asp

All types of critters and animals. Find a field guide to just about everything, insects, mammals, reptiles, butterflies, trees, seashore, wildflowers, spiders, ocean, poisonous, dangerous, endangered and native plants.

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National Geographic Videos

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/

• Kids Sections -
• Animals

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/kids/index.html

• Games Animals and stories

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

• Activities

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Activities/

• Science – Equinoxes, Moon, Solar System, Sun, Solar Blast, Missions to Mar, voyager, Hubble Telescope. Also learn about the environment, travel and culture tells about different countries and hurricanes in the special video section.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/science/index.html

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Yellowstone National Park Service

http://www.nps.gov/yell/forkids/index.htm

• Main Kids Page includes – website scavenger hunt, Alphabet animal and sounds live book, online Coloring book, print coloring pages, puzzles, word games and Wolf Quest

• Game: What’s the difference between Antlers and horns? Match the horns and Antlers to the animal.

http://www.nps.gov/yell/forkids/ahdiff.htm

• Go on an electronic Virtual Field Trip to the following locations

http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/

Go on a Geyser Quest, Bison Roam and Yellowstone Exposed field trip. Sounds like fun check it out!

No cost it really is  free.

National Park Service

For home school kids who can’t leave the area this Web Ranger option with over 50 interactive games, would make summer a little more fun. You must sign up before you can join in the fun yet, definitely worth it and it’s free.

http://www.webrangers.us/index.cfm

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Printables from National Parks

Find all the Junior Ranger zones at http://www.nps.gov/learn/juniorranger.cfm

• Become a Junior Ranger with a Free printable Activities book – Lincolns Historic home

http://www.nps.gov/abli/forkids/junior-ranger-booklet.htm

• Big Cypress National Preserve Florida

http://www.nps.gov/bicy/forkids/beajuniorranger.htm

• Bandlands in South Dakota – Fun Pages -

http://www.nps.gov/badl/forkids/parkfun.htm

• Be a Fossil hunter; learn about Geology, Animal tracks, make an Armored Mud Ball and more.

Find more fun at the National Parks Fun pages for a park near you.

http://www.nps.gov/learn/parkfun.cfm

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Free Public Domain Images from Yellowstone National Park

http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/slidefile/index.htm

Use them for your school Projects! What a resource!

Public Domain – over 13,000 in the collection; over 23 categories  main categories and several subcategories to choose from of birds, animals, people, plants, scenery, weather,

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Free Sound Effect

http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/animal.html

Teach your children what animal’s sound like. This site has a wide selection of animals, just click and listen; very simple.  You could also download the sounds if you’re interested in doing an audible story and need the sound of an animal to enhance the story.

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Catholic Book Fair and JClub Great Catholic Kids Website by Pauline Sisters

Pauline Kids, the children’s imprint of Pauline Books & Media, has recently launched a new book fair program for Catholic schools called JClub. The JClub program provides students, teachers, and parents with quality Catholic reading material meant to nourish and enrich the faith of young readers.

The JClub book fair program includes a book fair list filled with supplemental Catholic material—stories, saint biographies, comics, games, activities, a chat with Jesus, and more. Along with this engaging and educational book fair list, Pauline Kids has included a companion website called JClub: A Catholic Place for Kids. The website is filled with video prayers and meditations, saint-a-day biographies, stories, polls, quizzes, games, and information for parents and teachers, along with printable teaching resources.

The JClub program includes the option of utilizing media literacy workshops in order to learn how to reach children through the media they are bombarded with every day. Sr. Rose Pacatte, Director of Pauline Center for Media Studies, provides articles for parents and teachers on the topic of media literacy, also known as “media mindfulness,” and how to utilize media as an educational tool on the JClub website.

JClub offers the book fair in several program formats, which can be found online at http://www.jclubcatholic.org under the “Bring Us to Your School” section. If you are interested in learning more about JClub or hosting a book fair, please contact Pauline Kids via email at jclub@paulinemedia.com.

Pauline Books and Media is the publishing house of the Daughters of St. Paul, an international Congregation of women religious whose mission is evangelization through the means of social communication. They operate fifteen retail book centers in North America and a publishing and distribution operation in Boston, Massachusetts. Arriving from Italy in 1932, the Daughters of St. Paul have been in America for over seventy-five years.

Contact:
Pauline Books & Media
http://www.jclubcatholic.org MA, 02130 US
Sally  Feller - Marketing Associate, 617-522-8911

Here is a blogspot for their childrens books

Computer Support and Where to buy Pinter ink

This is a continuation of “Before you Buy a Computer”

Part 2

There are some really save money and find deals out there to buy printer ink so don’t just think your stick with a certain price when buying printer ink. Unfortunately for me, I procrastinate until I am in desperate need of printer ink and then have pay a premium price when I purchase my ink, unlike my dad who stocks up! So, if your a stock up kind of person you can really find some great buys on any of these websites. I include today. Also check out the ink refills. Some are good, some aren’t. It just depend on your printer and the brand of ink you purchase. If your as frugal as I am I recommend you try ink refills at least once. Then you will know if it works for your printer. I found an off brand name like Nuke that work just as well and long as name brand for half the price. I used to find that brand at Office Depot.

For online discounts try these links for printer ink. I have included some discount codes for Free Shipping if you order anything online. And, all of these places are really pretty quick about getting them to you. Sometimes as quick as 2 days.

Like any home school parent we are always looking for deals. Grab these coupon codes  for Free shipping and stock up over the summer. Take you pick  find the right price and company for you.

Abucus says their ink products are superior quality. Since I recently found them it will be hard to decide which of these companies to buy from.

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Is one the first on it’s way to securing the average consumer. I haven’t talked about security or secure storage. I predict in the very near future every consumer will basically have some type of online secure storage for all of our photos and documents. We pretty much do now only these will be much more secure. I made be compared to renting hosting space only you use it for storage. However, depending on the amount of security you want will depend on the price you pay.

One you may be surprised in knowing is SnapFish.com is one of those type of sites.You Securely keeps your photos online.

If you nee help Fixing your computer try these people out.

I always recommend going to Housecalls by Trends Micro
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Well you can go to your local computer repair shop many times it’s just easier to pick up the phone.
I haven’t tried this tech support. Yet I am keeping their information close by in case I do need them. They are called Support.com – We fix computer problems!

I also recommend that people also go to Majorgeeks.com for answers to their computer problems. And if you own a business and need some massive professional help try calling The Nerds.net

When dealing with programs and applications I have found many of them oncnet.com also known as download.com. It’s a great website. If offers free software and trial software, plus it gives reviews on them and so much more. Their site has a editors choice and a users choice. That’s always good to see. In other words they do the research work so you don’t have to.

That’s how I found a program I use all the time on their site called Primo.pdf. Designed for corporate America the little guy can use this for free to create pdf files instead of printing a hard copies. I love that program.

More coming about programs I use in the future. That’s all for now.

Send a Fun Ecard

Just in time for Graduation season!

To go to Catholic E-card greetings  click here.

Sometimes sending a catholic ecard is not always appropriate for an friend or relative. And, it can be so difficult to find a fun free e-card. Here are some links to sites that won’t disappoint you. They are egreetings that are clean, fun and light.

This selection of free ecard sites can easily be used by both parents who want to inspire someone or your kids who may want to send messages to pen pals across the country or world or next door.

When my son was in Iraq his wife and children used Smilebox Free ecards that included photos and videos, plus their own music to keep him up with his children’s daily activities.




For Inspirational and Christian based ecards I have found Dayspring.com to be one of the best.



This is not Catholic but it’s a wonderful e-greetings site and you can’t beat FREE.

For kid style e-greeting site that girls will love!

whether your child has an American girl doll or not,  they will especially like sending free ecard from American girl ecard from American Girls ecard central.

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