Monthly Archives: June 2008

We’re All Home Schoolers

By CircleReader | June 30, 2008

Today’s homes are if anything even more important in the educational ecosystem of most Americans.

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The Learning Lifestyle and the Web of Ideas

By CircleReader | June 26, 2008

Find the secret key to learning at Janice Campbell: The Overstuffed School Schedule vs. The Learning Lifestyle:

Over time, I learned that we could study any number of topics without weariness if we did two essential things…

While you’re there, take time to follow the link to The Core Curriculum Teaches Connections

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Black History in June

By CircleReader | June 19, 2008

Celebrating Juneteenth and Loving Day: freedom marches on.

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The Heart of Father’s Day

By CircleReader | June 15, 2008

Fathers are parents as well; we deal with those who are tender, and weak, and unprepared. Our strength is employed to their good and enjoyed in their company. That is the true heart of a father. It is a context of relationship changes everything.

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The Library Has Landed! Phoenix Takes Books to Mars

By CircleReader | June 11, 2008

Human interactions with the Red Planet have long been a blend of wonder, science, imagination, fear, longing & engineering. In honor of this interplay, The Planetary Society has placed a DVD among the scientific instruments on board the Phoenix Lander that touched down on the Martian south pole this last memorial day. And it carries books.

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A Modest Proposal

By CircleReader | June 11, 2008

It held the title of “most e-mailed story” at the New York Times for most of the day on Tuesday, but is that really how you would want to recommend these books to your spouse?

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Firefox 3: How to Surf the Web

By admin | June 10, 2008

I’ve been using the open-source Firefox web browser since 2003, when a techie friend (thanks, Rocky!) emailed our church list to suggest it as a less virus-vulnerable alternative to the standard Microsoft mess.

That makes me an internet expert ;) –and since I know everything there is to know, I thought I’d write you this handy guide:

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