http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:37:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Myhomeschoolplancomhttp://feedburner.google.com Day Three was Good Friday, an important day in the Church Calendar. Serendipity stepped in and we visited the Cloisters on this day. I say this because we had low expectations about our visit, but, as we were studying medieval times, thought this would be a good place to visit. In ... http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2010/08/vacation-review-new-york-day-3-part-1/ In my last post I described day 1 of our trip.  Day 1 as I described it was our first full day. We arrived on a Tuesday afternoon and visited Times Square, our Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Trip was on Wednesday. Also, after visiting Ellis Island on Day 1, ... http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2010/07/vacation-review-new-york-day-2/ As our ‘big’ vacation this year, my wife, 3 kids and I, went to New York over spring break. Yes, it was over three months ago, but I decided to not let that stop me. I’ll be posting some reviews of the places we went. On our first day there we ... http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2010/07/95/ You’d think I would ‘get it’. I was the kid who loved the Godfather from way too young an age. I’ve read every bio about Frank Sinatra I could get my hands on. An italian inventor discovered something first and didn’t get credit? I was all over it. Why, because I’m ... http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2010/06/in-my-tribe/ My daughter Ruthie, age 10, has had the same bedroom layout since we moved to Minnesota five years ago. When she asked if she could re-do her bedroom, we decided to use this as a chance to provide an outlet for her creativity.I was inspired by Randy Pausch's The Last ... http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2010/05/encouraging-creativity-painting-my-daughters-bedroom/ First and foremost, we are really sorry about the site being down this week. We are going to add a month to every paying customers activation period. And if you were in a trial period this month, we will extend the trial an additional month. What happened: Our web host provider ... http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2010/04/update-on-site-outage/ A very Happy and safe New Year to all of our myhomeschoolplan customers. This has been a great year and we hope 2010 will be even better. http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2009/12/happy-new-year/ I generally don't cross-link from one of my blogs to another but the audiences overlap in this case so I'm making an exception. I recently read The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold and wrote a brief review on my personal blog. http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2009/12/the-annotated-turing/ It is very easy to get caught up in holiday planning and get stressed out about the details. Homeschooling parents are no different in this regard. And when you finally look up, you've missed the actual holiday. I saw this cartoon today, and it struck me how appropriate this message ... http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2009/12/slow-down-and-enjoy/ One of the things I love about our homeschooling journey is the field trips. Tomorrow, we are going to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts where they are hosting "The Louvre and the Masterpiece" from through January 10, 2010. From the site:Marvel at superb art objects from France's great museum. Drawing ... http://blog.myhomeschoolplan.com/2009/11/field-trip/