Life on the Road

Welcome, one and all, to the 109th Blog Carnival of Homeschooling!

Thanks to Why Homeschool for allowing us to host the carnival, and to all the many bloggers who contributed.  And with such colorful and self-explanatory post titles, you all have made my job so easy! 

Being 8 months pregnant, there’s not really much else that spends a lot of time on my mind these days (have you voted in my Baby Pool?), so naturally the theme of the carnival had to fit in with that somehow.  A tall order, you say?

Children are a gift, and the responsibility we have to the future is so huge as to be overwhelming.  As homeschoolers, I feel we are taking a far more active role in the training of our children, and have far more opportunities – with every moment of every day – to impart the knowedge, wisdom, traits and values that we feel are important . . . to leave a legacy.

As today (1/29) would also be my father’s birthday were he still alive, this seemed a doubly appropriate theme.

We can encourage our children to reach out in a variety of ways, and leave a legacy of thinking out of the box.

Karen talks about Fostering an Entrepreneurial Spirit at Leaping From The Box. 

Amy Cortez uses travel as a part of her educational program in Travelin’ With The Kid in 2008 posted at Travelin’ With The Kid.

Saralee Sky presents Homeschooling vs Public Education posted at Womb To Grow.

Rose presents Greening up your curriculum posted at Learning at Home.

Joe Hitchem presents Stamp Collecting For Beginners posted at Stamp Collecting.

Carol presents HomeschoolCPA – The best jobs for teens (from a tax perspective) posted at HomeschoolCPA.

April presents Homeschool Hacking Tips: Make your own Nature Journal! posted at Lunablog.net.

We can stay aware of the issues that impact our lives, and leave a legacy of civic involvement.

Susan reminds us to stay civicly aware in State Legislatures are Back in Action, at Corn and Oil.

Timothy Power presents a very thoughtful Thoughts on Banita Jacks, Homeschooling, and Liberty at Sometimes I’m Actually Coherent - a post I think everyone, homeschooler or not, should take the time to read.

Activities Coordinator presents Mississippi’s Messing Up a Good Thing And Failing to Fix a Bad One posted at Life On The Planet.

Barbara presents a public school shocker in I Am Not Making This Up…. at Barbara Frank.

Miss Jocelyn, although not even old enough to vote, brings us a look at the Candidates of 2008 as based on their views of homeschooling at A Pondering Heart.

We can revel in special moments whenever and wherever they occur, and leave a legacy of spontanaiety – and gratitude.

Laura captures a fascinating experience, thanks to her prepared spontanaiety in Serendipity posted at I Ate The Sandbox.

Melissa shares the joy of knowing your kid “gets it” in The Things Children Say posted at Melissa’s Idea Garden. 

Not for those – like my hubby – who are spider squeamish!  Cristina presents Tales from the Tuffet posted at Home Spun Juggling.

Barbara presents some thoughts and ideas on Homeschooling With a New Baby at Fuel.

We can show our children we value their uniqueness – encourage them in their weakness and their strength – and leave a legacy of true self-acceptance. 

Adso of Melk shares Invisibly Gifted: The Problem of Being Profoundly Gifted, but Not in Math on Lorem Ipsum.

Katherine deals patiently with her reluctant writer in furiously writing, at No fighting, no biting! 

Janice Campbell declares that Our Students Need to Write More posted at Janice Campbell: Taking Time For Things That Matter.

christinemoers presents My little one has found her way through a crack posted at welcome to my brain.

Kevin presents Emotional Intellect and the Homeschooler posted at M4K Homeschooling & Education.

Michelle Kennedy presents Organically Inclined » To Homeschool or Not to Homeschool? posted at Organically Inclined.

We can truly lead by example, and leave a legacy of integrity.

Summer ponders Just What Is Mom Teaching? at Mom Is Teaching.

Elisheva Levin presents Unschooling Anxiety and Adjusting Our Routine posted at Ragamuffin Studies.

SupUrbanMom encourages us all to give thought to our daily school habits in Save a Tree, Would Ya? posted at ROCity Family Adventures.

Lori re-examines her motivation for homeschooling in Re-evaluating Homeschooling posted at The Simple Life at Home.

Tea Party Girl offers a timely word of encouragement: It’s Not All Up to You–Wednesday’s Heart of Tea posted at Tea Party Girl.

Tammy offers her insights on Arrogant Homeschoolers, at Life Without School.

Lori explains How Homeschooling is Like Investing in the Stock Market at MORTpiphanies.

NerdMom explores the famous Yeats quote on education in Heart of the Matter posted at Nerd Family.

We can teach whenever and wherever works best for our family, with whatever materials work best for our family… and leave a legacy of flexibility, open-mindedness, and resourcefulness.

Enjoy the story of an audio-book road trip - Reading On The Road posted at On Living By Learning.

Sheri discusses scheduling in schooling through life posted at Shades of Pink.

GrrlScientist shares her review of Attenborough in Paradise posted at Living the Scientific Life.

Joanne presents Deschooling For Parents posted at An Unschooling Life.

HappyCampers shares a fascinating field trip to A Dairy Goat Homestead? No Whey! posted at Reese’s View Of The World.

Looking for something to read?  The Winter Reading Challnege brings us two submissions:  (Homeschooled Senior) Miss Amanda presents My 2008 List Of Books To Read posted at The Daily Planet, and Jacque presents Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths – Winter Reading Challenge: My Books 2008 posted at Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths.

L presents SCHOLA: Homeschooling With Ben (that’s Benjamin Franklin!) posted at SCHOLA.

Kathy expores boy-focused history with What a Night for a Knight posted at My Quivers Full.

Alasandra presents We Are Celebrating Robert E. Lee’s Birthday Today posted at Alasandra & The Cats.   (Hubby is from Mississippi, so we enjoy the “rebel” side of things here, as well!)

Julie presents an introduction to Visual Mnemonics at Home Education Resources.

Rebecca presents some great – and free – homeschool resources: Free is good! posted at The Upside Down World.

Kathy reviews the 2008 Caldecott medal winner in The Invention of Hugo Cabret: Homeschool Review posted at Homeschoolbuzz.com Reviews.

Beverly shares resources for Groundhog Day Fun at Beverly’s Homeschooling Blog (About.com).

Sol Lederman goes against his math grain and shares some anagramming fun with Male Nerd Sol posted at Wild About Math!.

We can just plain teach our children well, and leave a legacy of competence.

Denise teaches us to play Euclid’s game on a hundred chart posted at Let’s play math!.

Renae shares about Dominion, Reason 2 of Why Study Math posted at Life Nurturing Education.

Alvaro Fernandez explores inner space: Looking inside the Brain: is my Brain Fit? posted at Brain Blog.

Eric Koshinsky introduces Computer-Assisted Language Learning with Give CALL a Try posted at Teachers Call.

ChristineMM discusses the opportnities of a Free Phonics Curriculum Online at The Thinking Mother.

Sunniemom presents some Random Thoughts on Home Education posted at A Woman On Purpose.

Rebecca shares the fun results of a homeschool group event: Mid-Winter Tournament posted at Little Homeschool on the Prairie.

Phil shares about his education in report-writing, with Tales Of A Fourth Grade Something at A Family Runs Through It.

We can train up our children in the ways of our spiritual heritage, and leave a legacy of faith.

Dolfin presents Tu B’Shevat – book review and learning board posted at Lionden Landing.

And an interesting finale, in which homeschooled students have a chance to express the legacy they see developing in their lives:

Why Homeschool presents The Laurel Springs School video contest winners.

Thank you for reading…  Of course, please let me know if you find any errors or broken links!

Please take a moment to post a link to the carnival on your blog, as well as adding it to any social bookmarking sites you use (the “Share This” link, below, will make it easy for most of them!) — help spread the word about homeschooling, and the carnival, and send some traffic to all these terrific bloggers who took the time to share their lives with us.

Don’t forget to send in your post for next week’s carnival, as well, hosted at Beverly’s Homeschool Blog at About.com!  Just click on over to the easy submision form at Blog Carnival…