Did you know: The World's Smallest Countries

There are 17 small countries of less than 200 square miles in area

They are:

1.Vatican City
2.Monaco
3.Nauru
4.Tuvalu
5.San Marino
6.Liechtenstein
7.Marshall Islands
8.Saint Kitts and Nevis
9.Seychelles
10.Maldives
11.Malta
12.Grenada
13.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
14.Barbados
15.Antigua and Barbuda
16.Andorra
17.Palau


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Halloween Stuff for kids

This is a cool quizz and here is a more difficult halloween quizz for adults


See how much you know about world harvest celebrations !

Here is a good place to write your own halloween story by filling in the blanks

JOKE
Q.  Why didn't the skeleton dance at the halloween party?
A.  because he had no body to dance with

Hint - if you are smart you will guess the answer
but
if you are very smart you will figure out how to find the answer in this post (Try highlighting the spaces after A.)

My Essay on World Religions

An Essay on World Religions

World Religions

I took this book - World Religions by Simon Adams, out of the library.

It has a long lists of religions from Ancient Egypt to Modern Religions.

I am also using the topic of World Religions to write and essay for english.

There really are a lot of religions. Its interesting and I learnt quite a lot from the book.

Perhaps that is why there is no world peace with so many people believing their own religion is the right and only one.

Some other homeschoolers blogs

These home-schooling blogs are worldwide as there is no need to restrict homeschoolers to their own countries education system.

Other blogs are useful for seeing other peoples experiences be they better or worse than our own. Its also useful to see the links that other homeschooling families have posted and maybe you find something interesting.

If you find just one interesting link or post then thats a good thing for the day :)

Basically all children, worldwide should be learning the same types of things at certain ages, based also on their capability.

A good tip is to look through the older posts on blogs, as they have a lot of info on. (Don't just look at the first page and then close the window) :

http://handmadehomeschool.wordpress.com/

http://www.sarahsellers.co.uk/blog/

http://guiltfreehomeschooling.org/

http://www.squidoo.com/uk_home_education

http://icky.blogspot.com/

http://www.timsellers.net/homeschool/index.html

http://homeschool4us.blogspot.com/

http://ahomeschooljourney.blogspot.com/

http://cinc-house.blogspot.com/

http://homeeducator.blogspot.com/

So by the end of this excerice you may find that you are doing better than other homeschoolers or that you have a lot to do.

You might have heard the term un-schooling and need to look into what that means and if you think it will work for you.

Personally I really enjoy homeschooling and like the mix of my books, the internet and then a little un-schooling. By our un-schooling I mean that there might be something I want to learn about thats not part of what we are doing. Sometimes we put what we are doing on hold and go for what I want to learn about and sometimes we put what I want to learn about on the list for later. Its a good mix.

I do know some families that "unschool" everyday, totally....... and the kids just dont get around to any learning ever, (they just goof off all the time and misbehave).

I also know some families who obsessively work to a schedule. Either way either parents or kids or both get bored. So a good mix works well.

Variety is the spice of life and keeps the interest going.

Home schooling is a journey, enjoy the ride, not just the destination.