On this, the last day of 2012, the moms chat about the holidays, update listeners on their last month, and how to start the New Year right with homeschooling!

 

Links in this Episode:

 

Homeschooling with the Amazing Race

Tina’s kiddos’ shadow puppets she mentioned they did when the race went to Indonesia.

Magic Tree House series: List of books in the first series (which is what Tina’s son is reading currently), and the Magic Tree House website (complete with book samples, games, videos, and a neat “Reading Program to Adventure” program where your child can earn stamps for completing trivia questions related to the facts learned from the books!)Magic Tree House Research Guides and Fact Trackers (nonfiction companion books for the series)

 

How to Train Your Dragon movie:

Review on Kids-in-Mind

Review on CommonSenseMediaHow to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular

 

Homeschool Co-ops

R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey by Pandia Press

 

Scrooge with Albert Finney

(You can watch the entire movie on YouTube for FREE!)

Tina’s list of essential Christmas movies

 

 

Math Mammoth

 

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

 

The picture mentioned, of Beckie’s dog Sadie and Tina’s husband, Adam

 

 

Beckie’s kids’ new dressers!

 

 

Little Free Library

Books of the Week:

* Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede

* Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George

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