Homeschooling Resource of the Day: 09/20/07

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20 Sep 2007 08:53 AM

Welcome to another edition of homeschooling resource of the day. As always, if you see something you want changed, you have something you would like added, or know of something that should be featured please feel free to leave me a comment.

Today's website is Wowio. Wowio is a homeschooler's dream. Hundred of free e-book downloads, with more publishers and books being added often. (Parents, please note that you should supervise your children when visiting this site as it does contain adult content in some areas.)There are so many good books here it's amazing. There are so many project books from Acient Egypt to civil war and everything in between, there are some great puzzle books, craft books galore. You do have to create an account, which is free, and there are three different ways you can verify your identity.

Word of the day: hubris \HYOO-bruhs\, noun: Overbearing pride or presumption.

Today's homeschooling book(s) of the day is What Your ... (insert grade here) Needs to Know. This series of books is a great guide for any homeschooler. This is a series from K-6 and not only covers each subject your child should be learning, but divides each subject into different topics. You can use these books as a curriculum, or just use them when you are wondering "Did we forget something?"

This Day in History Sept. 20th 1850 : Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue 1873 : Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) 1881 : Chester Arthur becomes third president to serve in one year 1958 : Martin Luther King Jr stabbed in chest by a deranged African American woman in NYC 1962 : James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its 1st African American 1985 : Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest 1990 : Saddam Hussein demands US networks broadcast his message

Journal Prompt: If you could talk to any person, living or passed, who would it be? What would you talk about?

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Nola Redd (7081) 23 Sep 2007 05:43 PM

Looks like an awesome site. Thanks for the link!

Michele Thorne (461) 26 Sep 2007 05:04 PM

You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Eve Bristow (40) 01 Oct 2007 12:48 AM

Parents be sure to supervise your children on this site, there are pornographic comics (and other potentially objectionable content) on this site.

Valorie Delp (49340) 03 Oct 2007 05:27 AM

Eve. . .

Wowio is not a site for children. It is a site for adults. In my opinion--your children have no business being on it at all! It has some fantastic free resources that might be of interest to homeschoolers. For example, I downloaded the entire works of Beatrix Potter. We at the families.com homeschooling blog always recommend that you check out a site first--even if it is intended for children. The internet is constantly changing and what was there today may well be different tomorrow. We have edited the blog to reflect this. As always, thanks for your comments.

Nicole Humphrey (15757) 03 Oct 2007 10:33 AM

Michele, Thank you so much for this great resource you provide. This website looks great, and with me suddenly homeschooling one of my children, this will come in SO handy (especially since Ancient Civ is one of our topics!) hehehe.

Anyway, thank you for all you do and I know I will be reading this category often!