Month: October 2020
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Homeschool Journal – Our Schedule
I belong to a few homeschooling groups on Facebook and I see A LOT of posts about schedules. I just googled homeschool + schedule and the same thing comes up… lots of hits. I have mixed feelings about the schedule. Or maybe it is related to finding the perfect schedule. I don’t think there is…
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What are we reading?
We read a lot in this house. A lot. Thank goodness because that means there is always something to do! Here are some of our books as of September. There are probably some that are missing but we’ll try to keep it updated.
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Creating maps in Minecraft
The beginning of the Social Studies workbook we received from the school before Jack left for homeschooling is all about Quebec geography. So Jack is building maps in Minecraft. His first map is really a map. He is recreating the outline of a map of Quebec with Minecraft blocks and he has to label different…
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Writing process: start out loud
It is often difficult to get the ideas 💡 started when faced with a blank page. I showed Jack how to use the voice to text feature in Google docs so he can get his letter started orally (he is writing a letter to his friend about a calamity that happened to their minecraft base).…
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Warrior Kids Podcast
This podcast is about all things Indigenous! Our goal is to educate Indigenous and non-Indigenous kids, together. Pam Palmater, Mi’kmaq lawyer, professor, activist and politician from Mi’kma’ki, New Brunswick, Canada and the host of the podcast We started to listen to the Warrior Kids Podcast today while Jack is painting, I am working on a…
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Canadian Geographic Online Classroom
**Note – this resource no longer exists, unfortunately. It was quite wonderful. Instead, you can check out the Canadian Geographic educator resources here. Canadian Geographic has created an online classroom to help schools and families with home and virtual schooling. It is a wonderful resource and includes Indigenous perspectives in their more recent resources. We…
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Indigenous Curriculum
The social studies workbook Jack’s school gave us offers a very limited view of the history of Quebec and Canada, with a focus on settler stories and settler descriptions of the land. We will be using the workbook as a way to compare stories. It will form the basis of the timeline of history and…
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Math Problems from U. Waterloo
The Centre for Education on Mathematics and Computing of the University of Waterloo offers free math problems of the week for grades 3 and up. You can sign up to have it sent to your email on a weekly basis. They also have booklets of past problems from 2018-19 and 2019-20. CEHM Problem of the…
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Ethical issues in Minecraft
This article spurred some interesting conversation about the ethical treatment of animals… in Minecraft! I have heard myself say things like, “Why are you killing the panda, Jack?” a few times. While part of me agrees with his it’s just a video game, mom! defense, another part of me also thinks, hmmm… What do you…
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Kung fu and Minecraft math
We just finished a Kung Fu workout. We haven’t been attending our physical classes lately because of various covid-related issues. I wasn’t feeling well so went with caution and didn’t do anything with others. Then Montreal entered zone orange and I became concerned about being near others so I could still assure safety for my…