Welcome to the 91st Carnival of Homeschooling! Hi! I’m Eric Novak, and I’m going to be your guide, so hop on the tram and take a little ride around the fair grounds with me. We have quite a bit of ground to cover, so I’m going to get started right away! This carnival’s theme is the Fall County Fair.
Fair Sponsor
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Guest Relations
Do you need a little help finding your way around? If you need a map or your kids get lost, come right back here to the guest relation booth and one of the information clerks will be glad to help you find your way to your destination! If you’re new to homeschooling or a veteran needing some encouragement, this is definitely the place for you.
Lauren from Teach Me Mom shares an osmosis technique that she has found to be true in Every Kid is Homeschooled.
Jacque at Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths explains why Teaching Children Responsibility at Home is so important.
April from Lunablog explores how the “sharp little talons” of perfectionism hold us back and keep us down in Perfectionism – What is it good for? Absolutely Nuthin!
Heather from Sprittibee shares a Real-Time Homeschool Day Re-Cap. She encourages everyone to be thankful for making progress and building character and not just academics!
Tammy from Just Enough and Nothing More shares her views on the homeschool vs. public school debate. Is homeschooling better than school? Are apples better than bananas?
Jill from Through the Windowpane tells how the choices you make today will determine the paths your children take tomorrow in The Challenges and Disadvantages of Homeschooling.
Susan from Kerugma shows us that it is okay to take a break, even if it lasts a year! Biblically it is very acceptable to have A Sabbatical Year in Homeschooling.
Soap Box
Once in a while we homeschoolers have to tell others what’s on our minds. In fact, homescoolers in general love to hear what’s on other people’s minds. So listen closely as these fair goers get on their soap boxes and tell it like it is! Of course, with the coming elections we have some people throwing in their two cents about the candidates!
Katherine from No fighting, no biting offers a proposition for reducing the tax burden on homeschoolers in Your Tax Dollars and Mine!
The Tutor from Apollos Academy tells us why HSLDA Shouldn’t Endorse Federal Candidates.
Barbara Frank explains how one of the presidential candidates might cost us money and freedom in Get Your Hands Off Homeschoolers’ Checkbooks, Sen. Edwards!
Becky Brown states in plain words her thoughts about putting the needs of adults above the needs of the child in Getting off the Ladder.
MCMilker from The Not Quite Crunchy Parent explains how classically educated kids have different interests than typical kids and what may be the cause in Does Your Kid Sound Like he’s 30?
Socialization. People often blame homeschool parents for controlling their children too much by sheltering them, but Miss Jocelyn of Lothlorien disagrees in Socialized: Good or Bad?
Commercial Booths
Almost everyone is trying to get the attention of the passersbys, but these homeschoolers will have no trouble grabbing your attention.
Rose from Learning at Home is having way too much fun at her booth. Stop by for some samples and learn the history of marshmallows with Sticky Science.
Life without School is taking a poll! What is unschooling? and How do you unschool?
Brook from A Glimpse of My World will tell you all about one of her favorite all-time subjects in Journaling is awesome!
Paul from A Day in the Life of a Computer Geek makes it clear that even teens should be looking toward establishing Financial Futures.
Beverly from About Homeschooling has some printable worksheets and resources in Weather Printables.
Supposedly if I wrote this introduction in blue, you would be more inclined to read it. Is that why our links are highlighted in blue? Blue is supposed to increase an individual’s willingness to read something 80%. It’s a motivational color! Jennifer of Tomorrow is another Day will tell us why in The Power of Color.
Agricultural Shed
Nancy from The King’s Kreation shares the story of nurturing her husband’s faith after they lost their house in a fire in How’s it Growing??. Then her husband Gerald, from Shedding Notes, will give us some great tips for Canning Vegetables.
Storyteller’s Circle
Everyone loves a good story, so gather around as we listen to some of the best storytellers the fair has to offer.
Melanie from Just One of Four wonders if it’s worth the trouble to attend her family reunion. Learn the answer in Family Reunion.
Julee from Homeschooling Daze Blog reminisces about her own homeschool days and talks about how bit by bit the Lord is binding her family together while homeschooling in the midst of autism. She is Homeschooling Day by Day.
Janine from Why Homeschooling writes about starting another school year in the Cate Academy is back in session!
What do Dads do at a homeschooling camp anyway. David from Brugie Tales tells all.
Michelle from Usr/Bin/Mom relates the amazing conversations one has with a five year old.
Amanda from The Daily Planet tells us why homeschoolers don’t wear labels in Incorrectly Labeled.
Art and Craft Barn
Want to judge the entries at the art and craft barn for yourself? Come see the Grand Champion winners. Come on now, why not take a peek? Hey, I even have something at this booth! Take a look at my Toad Pictures!
Phil from A Family Runs Through It shares his picture of a homeschool child taking a Reading Break
Nancy of Homeschooling Is Life! brings us some rare photos taken on their way to the organic food farm yesterday in The Gift of Observation.
Reed and Cristina of Home Spun Juggling have a new comic for us! Not only will you discover that getting to an activity on time is hard enough, but getting everyone there ‘“
fully dressed ‘“ is nearly impossible. It’s Home Spun comic strip #139!
JoAnn from Our Homeschooling Expedition shows how to make a Veteran’s Day Lapbook!
Press Box
We have some expert journalists covering the fair and giving their reviews. Take a peek with me inside the press box!
Sarah of Small World reviews two of Highlight’s geography clubs: Top Secret Adventure and Which Way USA.
David from All Info about Homeschooling reviews Philosophy for Kids.Kathy from HomeschoolBuzz reviews Two-Minute Drill: Mike Lupica’s Comeback Kids.
Grandstand
Hurry, huury! The main show is about to begin. We have a couple of world famous archeologists and homeschooling speakers to entertain the grandstand crowd.
Melissa of Yesterday’s Hopes tells us how using the story of the world as a starting point, inspired her to plan an archaeological adventure in search of a lost tomb and its hidden treasures in We Found the Long Lost Tomb of Suburban Today!
Electrons don’t have neat little orbits. Dawn from Day by Day Homeschooling proves that not only do children learn in homeschool, adults do too. Glorious Atoms!
Matthew from Education for the Aughts shows us how to prepare a College Application Overview for Homeschoolers: Recommendations
Well that’s all folks! Climb down from the tram and you can hike your way around at your own pace. This is one fair that doesn’t have a closing date, so take your time!
I missed a few entries
Timothy Power
On the McGuffey Readers
Elena LaVictorire
Homeschooling and Sunday School
Christine MM
Homeschool Open House Week in Review. Week 3
Thanks for your entries everyone!
Eric Novak
AWESOME!!! Hey Eric! You did a fantastic job of putting the Carnival together, it’s all collaborated so nicely. I haven’t read all the entries but I will over the next few days. Thanks for inviting Gerald and I to join in with a post from blogs! We really appreciate all the hard work you did to put this on! GRRRREAT JOB!
Toodles!
Great job! I really enjoyed your theme, it’s my favourite so far.
Ah, I see you picked one for me. You rock.
Fantastic job, Eric! I can’t wait to read all the entries and am so excited at the timeliness of some of them for me!
Nice job hosting the carnival. Sorry I didn’t have anything to contribute!
~Mandy
Great carnival! Thanks for all of the work you put into it. It really paid off!
Hey there,
Very nice, very nice indeed! I was able to visit a few of the links earlier today and will probably be visiting others throughout the week. I’ll “promote” the carnival tomorrow.
RYC: Ahem *clears throat*, yeah, believe it or not, Power Rangers are yet another strange “dimension” of my past. At least Gene is WAY better than them.
And I’m so glad you’ll be doing the ‘Systematic Theology’ study! I still need to go read ch. 18 and 19.
Anyhoo, come check out my post for today: What’s wrong with this picture? And let me know what you think!
-Melanie
I’ve given you the “You Make Me Smile Award” come by my blog and pick it up.
Nancy
RYC: Really? I can’t wait to see what you have to say!
And, as I said, Power Rangers is a “’strange’ dimension of my past”, entirely. I hadn’t even thought about them in years! Basically, when I was around 10 and we had just moved, our new neighbors got us all hyped up about them. And that’s what we played (and watched) every day. For almost 3 years. So now you know something most people don’t know about me.
In fact, I’m not sure that my “best” friend even knows that. :-\ Weird.
Catch ya’ later!
-Melanie
Great job Eric!! Thanks for using my post and telling me about it! You did great putting this all together! It’s very neat.
~Brooke~
Yeah. if I thought really hard I might could find something, but it’s remembering to think really hard about something to blog about that’s the problem.
I really enjoyed the Carnival this week. You did a really nice job.
Amazing list Eric–I will be spending hours reading all these great links–