Independent Community Freeschool

Watched Netflix - Mythbusters, Beyblade, Eureka, Futurama, Destroy Build Destroy, Pair of Kings and Star Trek: The Next Generation YouTube - Nerd(3) videos and Total Biscuit videos, Let's Play videos - Trowlr: Bury My Heart at Trowlr Mountain, ViViD, and Trilby: The Art of Theft Web Series - Crash Course, YogsCast and YogLabs Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie (on the big screen) Played 3DS - Epic Mickey: The Power of Illusion, Scribblenauts Unlimited, WarioWare D.I.Y., and Denpa Men 2 PS3 - Terraria, Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2), and Little Big Planet Karting (LBPK) WiiU - New Super Mario Bros. U iPad - Terraria, Bad Piggies, Slice It, The Sandbox, Paint with Time, Whizzball, and Fill the Pot Computer - Minecraft Table Top - Mine Shift, Castle Keep, Cthulhu Fluxx, and Family Fluxx Read Magazines - NatGeo Kids and GameInformer Putting Time in Perspective Researched Geologic Eons, eras, periods, and years Pi Nucleus and Periodic Table via Crash Cour...

So, it might seem as though we have dropped off the face of the Earth or that we "took a Summer Break", but neither is the case. Before I go any farther, I never intended for this blog to be editorial or contemplative, just archival, but I feel like I want, nay, need to say some things. One of my friends, a mother of a toddler, who is considering home/unschooling her child and who was homeschooled herself, asked me the other day, "So, do you, like, give E a break during the Summer or is it just all the time?" I believe I've quoted her fairly well (or at least the general idea of what she said). I know (and some of you know) that people who ask questions like this have not really grasped the concept of unschooling, but that's okay: I love my friend. I just said, "No, we just do our thing, living life, all of the time." What I *do* mind isn't innocent questions from friends, but keeping track of what we do. It's no secret that I abhor a...

Proposed Educational Objectives by Subject Area For Elijah Parham’s Home Education Program, 2013-2014 [The affidavit must include] “an outline of proposed education objectives by subject area... The required outline of proposed educational objectives shall not be utilized by the superintendent in determining if the home education program is out of compliance with this section and section 1327.” -- PA Home Education Law The primary educational objective for Elijah Parham’s home education program is to continue to use the resources available in our community to provide a well-rounded education based on Elijah’s interests and abilities. We will continue the approach that has worked well in the past, choosing specific topics as we go, based on interest and academic readiness. Because of the flexibility offered by home education, specific topics listed in these objectives are only examples, which can and will be changed based on Elijah’s evolving needs and interests; we will take a...

Books Field Guide to Luck Pass the Celery Ellery Polka Bats and Octopus Slacks The Robots are Coming The Blood Hungry Spleen Cowboy and Octopus National Lampoon's Favourite Comics of the 21st Century SpongeBob Squarepants Survival Guide Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure! #1 Learn to Draw Manga books 2 & 3 World of Inventors: Thomas Edison -- One Man's Extraordinary Influence Upon the World LEGO Star Wars comic World of Archie Digest #1 Spongebob Comics: Freestyle Funnies Adventure Time Free Comic Book Day #1 Diary of a Zombie Kid #1 Adventure Time #1 Adventure Time #2 Adventure Time #3 Dictionary Thesaurus Magazines Game Informer NatGeo Kids Lego Club The Brick Journal Ranger Rick Ask! Range Finder Seattle (May 2013) Visit Vancouver USA:  Regional  Visitors Guide (2013) Web Comics Garfield Minus Garfield xkcd Web Series CrashCourse Yogscast Lore In One Minute VlogBrothers YogsLab Game Theory Table Top The Way Games Work ...

Language Arts Elijah reads on a daily basis for information and pleasure; though he reads both fiction and non-fiction, he prefers non-fiction. He enjoys writing comics, emails, grocery lists, table top game instructions, and notes and plans his for video game designs. Both his handwriting and typing skills have improved vastly this year. His spelling and reading comprehension are both well beyond average for his age group. This year, Elijah was especially fascinated with linguistics, translations, accents, and foreign languages. We spent a great deal of time focusing on these concepts, as well as literary devises, such as metaphors, alliteration, and idioms.  Elijah is adept at finding information via online wikis, Internet and Google searches, encyclopedias, and the library catalogue. He knows how to use a dictionary and thesaurus. Poem Game design notes Game design notes Rules to a game made up by E MAD Libs are fairly popular around here Scrabble game E b...

**I couldn't finish the last update before we went out of town, so I just extended it to after we got back home for our Pacific Northwest Adventure!** Watched Netflix - Ed, Edd, Eddy; MAD, Futurama, iCarly, Psych, Prototype This, Camp Lazlo!, ParaNorman (movie), WordGirl, Secret Mountain Fort Awesome, Dexter's Laboratory, Bones, SquidGirl, Scooby Doo, Soul Eater, Radio Rebel (movie), World of Quest, Destroy Build Destroy, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Problem Solverz, Regular Show, Powerpuff Girls, Dude What Would Happen?, Hoodwinked 2 (movie), Generator Rex, Suite Life on Deck, A.N.T. Farm, Beakman's World, Cowder, Johnny Test, Amazing World of Gumball, Regular Show, Mythbusters YouTube - Aperture R & D, Homestar Runner/Strongbad Emails, Minecraft MODs, Peanut Butter Gamer, CupQuake, Press Heart to Continue, Minecraft Tutorial: Survive and Thrive II Let's Play videos - Crashtastic, Castlevania, Castlevania II, Starseed Pilgrim, Happy Wheels, Wes...