Weekend Links

50 most poignant first lines of poetry

Kids Homefront Army

The Bell Jar is Middle Aged

www.poetryfoundation.org/article/242402

I can't believe they teach this novel in high school! That's just asking for trouble. I home school mainly to keep my daughters ignorant of SP's existence. However, this is a nice reflection on an iconic book.

Drill for Skill

Maths Trainer

Thanks for the link Helena! This is the mathematical equivalent of hiding vegies in the spaghetti sauce.
Me: Hey, would you like to play this game on the computer ?
Snowy: YES!!! Can I do it for 10 minutes ?
Afterwards
Snowy: Can I play it for half an hour next time ? I need to beat my score.
Me: YES!!!

Lovely Helena. Lovely computer. Lovely Math Trainer.

Family Volunteering Ideas

I stumbled across a website lately that had some great ideas for volunteer projects the whole family can take part in.
Check it out here.

I'm hoping to do the Bookshare Box Library with our book club this year.

Funny

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

World's Best Craft for Children Website

http://belladia.typepad.com/crafty_crow/

Enjoy!

What She Said

http://www.bigquestionsonline.com/columns/susan-jacoby/multiculturalism-and-its-discontents

If Words Fall Into Disrepair

"If words fall into disrepair, what will substitute ? Words are all we have."
Tony Judt

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/jun/17/words/