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If she likes digital art then she might like making her own comic book: http://www.professorgarfield.org/comics_lab_extreme/ Then there is an animation site that is fun! http://www.doink.com/
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He is in the IT field.
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Many places will not allow you to bring your own laptop to hook up but what you can do is make a list of the exact pages you want to print off and email it to yourself. Once you are at an internet cafe, library or kinkos you can log in and print out what you want from your list. You can open several different sites and just hit print print print. You don't have to wait until they are all printed out. This is what we did when we were with out a printer for some time. However if you are going to print in color you really might want to think of purchasine a bubble jet printer. Just investigate how much it cost to purchase new ink cartridges or refill them. Also check out Freecycle in your area you might find someone giving a printer away.
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I was wondering if there was anyone on here that is homeschooling in Saudi Arabia as DH is considering taking a position there. Could you please inform me as to what problems you have faced? I understand we would have to bring our curriculum with us but is it difficult to find english reading books in Jeddah?
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Outside Gear/Playing Options
TinyTraveler replied to MeaganS's topic in General Education Discussion Board
For a cheap sand box get a large used tractor tire, paint it any color you want with exterior latex paint and fill with sand. It is cushiony enough to sit on the sides and deep enough to really have some fun. Play house (if you can invest some more for one of the wooden tool sheds from Homedepot or Lowes, when the kids grow out of it it can really function as a tool shed) If you have someone handy here are some plans to be able to make several differnt big toys for your back yard: http://bioengr.ag.utk.edu/extension/extpubs/Plans/6317.pdf big wheel, slip and slide, kiddy pool, don'e forget other things like bubbles, and jump ropes. You could also do a chineese jump rope (long elastic with ends sewn together, could cover it with a sleeve of fabric to make it easier for preschoolers it will end up looking like a giant hair scrunchy) here is a video how to play: http://www.youtube.com/user/rubberbandskipper#p/a/u/1/04KL3l0L0AU you could paint a hopscotch or 4 square on a concrete patio or use concrete stepping stones for hopscotch. -
Our DD (3 yrs) likes watching Dora the Explorer in English/Spanish, and I think it is a cute way to intro. the concept of different languages. She has picked up several words and likes to use them when she can with us. As this would be her 3rd language I am only feeding her some vocabulary at the moment. She already understands about different lanugages because she speaks Arabic and English equally. Since English is the minority language in our house I use flash cards, watch cartoons, Sesame street clips from Youtube.com (there are some in spanish), reading lot of books, picture books so that I can point to the picture of the nouns while I read. The action words I almost act out while reading the stories to her. Here is a spanish program for small kids: http://www.spanishtown.ca/spanishforkids/grade1/monthlyvocabulary/month3activities/audio-formas.htm This one if for adults but you can make lists of words and get the native speakers to teach you how to say them (free). http://www.byki.com/ Mighty Books Jr. has books that have audio so that he can hear things being said in spanish. Could still be free if you use the code "Learntoread" http://www.mightybookjr.com/Sample_Books.php If you have Disney DVDs look to see if they have where you can change the language in the set up section. Usually it is spanish or french. Depending on where you live you might be able to change the audio of your TV programs (this depends on your TV and wether the TV channel offers it). I think the key is to let them see that there is a use for the language. Hope that I have been a help.
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German movies and Internet resources for teen?
TinyTraveler replied to Joan in GE's topic in Bilingual Education Board
DW-TV has a learning German section, as well as you can watch the news in either English or German: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2547,00.html This has several cartoons, the one that pops up is for preschool but if you look at the bubbles at the top you might find something interesting to your student. http://www.tivi.de/tiviVideos/kanal/997748?view=flash They have some livestream video of their TV programs (my 2 fav. German tv channels): http://www.zdf.de/ http://www.rtl2.de/ -
International version of Disney Channel shows?
TinyTraveler replied to Dmmetler's topic in Bilingual Education Board
If you are going to have someone send you a DVD from overseas the DVD most likely will not work. There are different DVD formats. There are DVD machines that will play different formats but they are very expensive. -
We are much more simple and use a calender that we printed out from http://www.calendarlabs.com/pdf-calendar.php However I was looking at other printable calender sites and saw this one that looked like we might give it a try in the future. http://www.printablecalendar.ca/ I had to laugh when others talk about charting the weather. We live where it is always sandy and sunny, if we literally get 5 min of rain we run to the windows or heck run outside and celebrate, because we just got our years worth or rain fall. So if we charted weather it would be pretty boring except maybe twice a year when we get a sand storm.
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I seem to be missing something here. Why does it matter if they start their letters from the bottom? If their handwriting is neat and readable does it really matter?