Independent Community Freeschool

Lots of cool things happened, we assure you! However, we just never got around to writing it down or taking too many pictures. We've been too busy lately. Look for a return to bi-weekly update posts in the very near future - we promise!

Watch Let's Play videos Rounding Numbers - BrainPOP Money - BrainPOP Sgt. Frog Pucca Beatles - BrainPOP Adventure Time Carbon Dating - BrainPOP Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 (w/ M & W) WarioWare D.I.Y. - 3DS Farkle - iPad (w/ M) Read/Research "Poon Trees" (Calophyllum) MadLibs Diary of a Wimpy Kid #2 Rodrick Rules Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3 The Last Straw Discuss How ball point pens work Hyperthermia Occupy Wall Street (OWS) Occupy Pittsburgh (OccupyPgh) 1% vs. 99% Racial inequality in social movements like OccupyPgh & the world in general Fashion Looking Like Awesome Write MadLibs Newspaper Story Listen Voice recordings Create Voice recordings MadLibs w/ W Newspaper w/ W Buttered Toast Little Big Planet 2 level design WarioWare D.I.Y. microgames Illustrated story (marker on paper) Go/Community Burger King Starbucks Burgatory Barnes & Noble Bookstore Java House Trader Joe's East End Food Co-op Heal...

Watch Spy Kids - movie Wizards of Waxerly Place Sgt. Frog Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide New Electric Company iCarly Beakman's World Let's Play videos Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 (w/ W) Quoridor - board game (w/ W & M) Various online flash games Read/Research Ranger Rick Magazine ASK! Magazine Discuss Apple sauce, apple juice, cider & hard cider Write 'Crime Report' Listen Joker by Steve Miller Band Various music - Pandora Radio Ambient music - Pandora Radio History of Lyrics That Aren't Lyrics (watch this, it's good!) Create Little Big Planet 2 level designs A fake crime report & weather report (complete w/ recorded sound effects) Noodle Bowl Soup Go/Community Oh Yeah! Ice Cream & Waffle Shoppe D's Six Pax & Dogz Visited w/ neighbor Amelia Health/PE/Safety Playing in the rain Helped make grocery list Other Rearranged media center in front room

Watch Dude, What Would Happen? Let's Play videos - Minecraft Adventure Time Drake and Josh Pucca The New Adventures of Nanoboy Homestar Runner iCarly Cyberchase The New Electric Company Wizards of Waverly Place Futurama Play Pencil Kids Games - online Farkle w/ M - iPad Scrabble w/ M (beat M) - iPad Electric Box 2 - online Nitrome.com games - online Various online flash games Lego Pirates of The Caribean - 3DS Lego Homemade Board Games Cooking Mama - 3DS Civiballs - online Powder Game - online Scribblenaughts - 3DS WarioWare D.I.Y. - 3DS Candy Land States & Capitals Puzzle Blocks & Ball Run Read/Research Lego Catalog 3 Laws of Robotics Newspaper GameInformer Magazine Discuss Realities of our family food budget Pricing strategies for E's business W explained to E the circuitry of a contact microphone power supply/amp Why the 1st letters of most words in a show/episode title are capitalized Flooding in Pennsylvania Why cacti ...

No conference is complete without donuts Watch Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide iCarly Northeast Unschooling Conference (NEUC) Talent Show Space Balls the animated series Let's Play videos New Vi Hart Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 WarioWare D.I.Y. - 3DS Battleship Cars - PS3 Various flash games - online Hambo - online Papa's Pizzaria - online Snail Bob 2 - online Splitter Pals - online Papa's Freezeria - online Read/Research Conference schedule The Best of Archie Comics Diary of a Whimpy Kid, book 1 Spy vs. Spy Archie Comics Halloween ASK Magazine Lego Anatomy Friday's (day 2 of NEUC) schedule Discuss Hurricane safety, what is a hurricane & how are they different than typhoons & tornadoes Difference between a lake & a pond Tribute to Hurricane Irene who visited us as a tropical storm @ NEUC Write IOU Listen Welcome speech at NEUC 'On Point': Whales Have Developed a Religion - NPR (radi...

Watch Time lapsed Minecraft videos Let's Play videos New Vi Hart Mirrormask - movie Powerpuff Girls Homestar Runner Adventure Time Spy vs. Spy Johnny Test iCarly Wizards of Waverly Place Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Nameits Pictionary Papa's Burgeria - online Made up maths game w/ dice (adding & subtracting) Playmobile Knights - 3DS Read/Research Ranger Rick magazine Katydids here & here Google Translate - Chinese, Turkish & Czech E w/ katydid Discuss Calendars & number of days in a month Anger & what to do about it Commenting in online forums The difference between muffins, English muffins & crumpets Write Brain teasers Create Maths game w/ dice Designed levels for LBP2 Graffiti Can - iPad Scratch Programming Voice recordings & remixing Miis - 3DS Puppets & a puppet show Water molecule (paper & craft sticks) Robot dinosaur gets defeated by bomb-toting superhero Listen Radio ...

Watch Homestar Runner Synesthesia video Let's Play videos Cartoon Network Powerpuff Girls The Fairly Odd Parents Adventure Time Dude What Would Happen? Adventure Time Stop Motion Pedestrian Pinball Pulse TV Play Physicsgames.net Various online games ModNation Racers Little Big Planet 2 w/ W & cooperative play via PSN Scrabble w/ M - iPad 'Aliens' wins the game Create/Make/Program ModNation Racers Levels Little Big Planet 2 Levels Page of Wikis & Guides on blog (helped M) Art Drew pictures of the Powerpuff Girls Drew signs for Sunshine Cleaning Company (a company E invented) Spray painting - iPad Read/Research LEGO Builder forum Adventure Time Wiki Stephen Fry's Language Typography video (must see) Silly Signs - book Discussed - Roman numerals & the terms 'detour' & 'prosecute' Google Translate - various languages The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future - book S...

Watch Science Nation video - sun spots Adventure Time Mythbusters Let's Play videos Spongebob Fairly Odd Parents Obsessives: Soda Pop Dude What Would Happen? Lego stop motion videos The Super Mario Bros. Super Show Play Doodle Train - iPad Aqueduct 101 - online Pirate Ship Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Various other online games Sand Test Hangman w/ W - iPad Atari Greatest Hits - iPad Make/Do/Art Scratch programming Made a movie about a super hero Drawing Pictures in Photobooth - iPad E doing Edvard Munch's "The Scream" Go/Community Claire visits 1hr Brighton Heights Coffee Shop (Java N Cream) w/ Gyres 1.5hrs Burger King Sushi Tomo Human Motion Center - M's physical therapy Dr. Altman's Office - M's x-rays & check up Music Singing Fingers - iPad Bobby McFerrin Pentatonic Scale video Science NPR: Science Friday (July 22nd) - Exploring The Wild Life of Our Bodies - Yes, We Do Have Bananas, For N...

Watch Let's Play videos The Fairly Odd Parents Adventure Time Dude What Would Happen? Hackers (movie) MST3K: The Star Fighters MST3K: The Giant Gila Monster Invader Zim Phineas and Ferb Super Why?: Humpty Dumpty and Other Fairytale Adventures Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Little Big Planet 1 - PS3 Balance - online Sand Test - online Droplets -iPad Slice It -iPad Doodle Bowl - iPad Crazy Electric - iPad Whizzball - iPad Nitrome.com Lazylaces.com Scrabble - iPad (beat M) Painting Doors - online 7 Words - iPad Electric Box - iPad Plumbers 2 - online Doodle Train - iPad Finger Block - iPad Doodle Bowling - iPad Read/Research Lego Catalog Mod Nation Racers blog post & links New X Men 1 & 2 Bartleby's Button Book - iPad Ask! Magazine Choose Your Own Adventure #1 The Circus Choose Your Own Adventure #3 Sunken Treasure Lego Club Magazine What are 'synonyms' ? Write Notebook 'chat' w/ M 'to-do' li...

Date Started: July 1st, 2011 Date Ended: June 30th, 2012 (regular 'school year' begins July 1st & ends June 30th) Subjects Journalled: Maths Computer/Game Programming English (Reading & Research, Writing & Spelling) PA History US History Health & Physical Education (PE) Music Art Science Geography Civics Safety (Safety and Fire Prevention) Community & Socialization Log of Books & Materials Field Trips Attendance

Watch BrainPop.com - painting, polyhedrons, basic probability, Pi, bruises, Internet, computer viruses, skin, obesity, multiplication, Roman numerals and mean, medium, mode & range Super Mario Brothers' Super Show Hello Kitty Fairy Tale Theatre Spongebob Movie Spongebob Let's Play Videos - Mario ROM hacks Super Why! Attack of the Eraser & Jack and the Beanstalk Rugrats The Fairly Odd Parents Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Little Big Planet - PSP Super Scribblenauts - DS Parcheesi Taboo Legos Mod Nation Racing - PSP WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS & Wii Various online flash games Scrabble w/ M (beat M) - iPad Casey's Contraptions - iPad Water Works - iPad Doodle God - iPad Doodle Devil - iPad E wins by a point Read/Research/Do Ranger Rick's Just for Fun magazine Chatting w/ Kendall via DS Scratch Programming website for animation inspiration Write/Draw Magnetic poetry w/ M - iPad Grocery List Drew id...

Watch Lego Stop Motion videos Stick Person Animation videos Homestarrunner.com Regular Show cartonnetwork.com Let's Play videos - Minecraft Lego Building Instruction videos Cartoonnetwork.com - Adventure Time & Regular Show Dirty Jobs Shark Week Invader Zim Shrek New Adventures of Scooby Doo Play Farkle - iPad Little Big Planet - PSP Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Tamagotchi Connection Corner 2 - DS homestarrunner.com Whizzball - iPad Nitrome.com WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS Lego Batman - DS Super Scribblenauts - DS I Spy (card game) Art Mandala creation program - iPad Math Tangrams - iPad Nim - iPad Farkle - iPad Heath/PE Outside play Food prep Helped make grocery list Read/Research Google Translate - translating Russian and Czech for gaming Homestar Runner wikiguide Duncan yo-yo special moves book Go/Community Human Motion Center - M's physical therapy Dr. Dan Altman's Office - M's follow up appointment Other Elijah's Godf...

Watch Let's Play videos - Super Scribblenauts Homestarrunner.com Project animation videos on scratch.com How-To videos for stripgenerator.com Marble Run videos for inspiration  Domino Run videos for inspiration Play Casey's Contraptions - iPad WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 (w/W) Super Scribblenauts - DS Line Rider - online Scrabble - iPad (beat M 76 to 73) Mr. Potato Head Rush Hour - iPad Heist - iPad Word POP - iPad Nitrome Games on nitrome.com E wins by 3 points Go/Community Human Motion Center (M's physical therapy) Sushi Tomo Gyres visit (2.5hrs) James-Wagners visit (1.5hrs) Sonic Read/Research Wikipedia - cats, feral cats, outer space, space exploration, space colonization, bombs & feeps Comics stripgenerator.com ComicQuest Space Agent Ranger Rick Magazine

Watch Vi Hart videos Let's Play videos - Scribblenauts, Minecraft, Super Paper Mario Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends Adventure Time Homestarrunner.com BrainPop.com - Digestive System, Vaccines & Mars Mysterious Cities of Gold The Amazing World of Gumball Mythbusters Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 The Hacker - online Homestarrunner.com games Spite Cannon 2 - online WarioWare D.I.Y. - Wii & DS Legos Various flash games Various iPad games Physicsgames.net Make Made a movie Level designs in Little Big Planet 2 Write Letter to William on computer Go/Community Mad Mex Sarah, Ernesto & Azrael visit (3hrs) James visits & cleans (2hrs) Dr. Altman's office (M's 2wk post-op appt) Burger King Jill visits & drops off books (1hr) Erika visits (1hr) Sushi Tomo Human Motion Center (M's physical therapy)

Watch Let's Play Videos Chowder - cartoonnetwork.com Play Various flash games online Infamous w/W - PS3 Little Big Planet 2 w/W - PS3 Physicsgames.net Whizzball Globs World Music Music On a Long Thin Wire - Alvin Lucier Korg Monotron Community Krystyna visits (2hrs) Sarah visits (1.5hrs) Erika visits (1hr) - brought M 'boneknit' Make/Write Comics on stripgenerator.com Levels for Globs World

Watch BrainPop.com - Credit Cards; Distance, Rate & Time; Power; Gravity; and Acceleration Let's Play Videos - Minecraft CartoonNetwork.com Rube Goldberg Time Machine Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Contour Game - online Whizzball - online Super Scribblenauts - DS WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS Dragon's Lair - PS3 Infamous - PS3 Dynamic Systems - online Iggle Pop - MAC Make Homemade card game Whizzball levels Go/Community Gyres (3hrs) Trader Joe's East End Community Food Cooperative Whole Foods Burger King Allegheny General Hospital Target Game Stop Read Comics on Stripgenorator.com Ranger Rick Magazine Music E made himself into a one-man-band

Watch Let's Play videos - YouTube.com (Plants vs. Zombies) Touchwood Phone Ad (musical ball track) Latest Vi Hart videos here & here . Animating Boxes at 3am  Play Blocks Pirate Ship Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Physics Games Powder Game   Wario D.I.Y. - DS Super Scribblenauts - DS Lazylaces.com  Do/Projects Scratch Read ComicQuest Space Agent Go/Community Annual Anarchist Ball The Gyres' (total 3hrs) Violet & River visit (total 3hrs) Health/PE Dancing - Annual Anarchist Ball Walking - strolling around the neighborhood Listen Red Lauan Tree - Before and After the Fire . (William's Band) Beat Circus - Dreamland . Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra - Hothouse Stomp .

Watch Let's Play videos - YouTube.com   Play Legos Hangman Lazylaces.com Pencil Kids Games The Big Escape 1 - 3 & 4 Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Physics Games WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS Tamagotchi Connection Corner Shop 2 - DS Various Flash Games - online Moonster Safe (completed) I-Spy (impromptu) Read ASK! Magazine The Pocket Guide to Mischief The Pocket Guide to Games Research/Conversations What does ' muddled ' mean? Go/Community The Gyres' (3hrs) Trader Joe's East End Food Co-op Burger King

Watch Let's Play videos - YouTube.com   Angry Beavers - Netflix Mysterious Cities of Gold - Netflix Pocoyo ( English & Spanish ) - YouTube.com  Play Lincoln Logs Frontier Logs Blocks Mr. Potato Head Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Physics Games (Sugar, Sugar; Cover Orange, etc.) Wario D.I.Y. - DS Super Scribblenauts - DS Numbskull  Do/Projects Made Mobius Strips (for Mobius Monday) Everything Kids Egypt Puzzle Book Read Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book (read to Violet - 1yr old) 100 Rebus puzzles  Conversations/Research What is a Meme (and here & we both laugh as we were ' RickRolled ')? Is there a list of all the stickers in LBP? Oxymora , Spoonerisms & Palindromes . Spelling Dungeon Go/Community Mad Mex Trader Joe's East End Food Co-op The Gyres' (total 4hrs) Violet & River visit (total 6hrs) Other Helped w/ rearranging living room to make way for the 'new couch'.

Well, as you can plainly see, this blog has been severely neglected. But, that doesn't mean that we haven't been doing things! Here's a recap of the last couple days. Watch "Let's Play" videos - YouTube.com Pi is (still) Wrong Vi Hart videos - Vi Hart The Sound of Pi Math Doodles a la Vi Daily Doodles 09.10.09 Math Class Doodler Julie The Doodler videos - YouTube.com Pi Draw/Write/Art 'Adventure' Stories - pen & paper Screw Portraits The Book Surgeon Play Little Big Planet 2 - PS3 Powder Game - OL Super Scribblenauts - DS Read ASK Magazine Game Informer Magazine Lego Club Magazine Do/Projects Helped put together blog post on Uriel Fury for Pi Day Conversations/Research What does 'anachronism' mean?  Why is Wednesday called Wednesday? (What about the other days of the week? And the months too?) Pi One Million Digits of Pi Functions Discontinuity Is 'appreciate' from another language? (Wh...