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Log of Books & Materials Used 2015-2016 & Attendance Statement

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Books
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Mogworld  by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw

Magazines
Game Informer
NatGeo Kids
Lego Club
Ask!
Muse

Web Series
CrashCourse
Yogscast
Lore In One Minute
VlogBrothers
YogsLab
Good Mythical Morning
Comic Misconceptions 
Loading Ready Run
Mental Floss
Friday Nights
MTG Goldfish
Spellslingers
Game Theory
Table Top
Table Flip
Fast Facts
Iron Gamer
Artifexian & Xidnaf YouTube channels (World Building & Linguistics)

TV, Movies, Netflix, & DVDs
House M.D.
Digimon Fusion
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Sword Art Online
Dr. Who
Torchwood
Future Card Buddy Fight
Card Fight Vanguard 
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (in theatre!)
RiffTrax Live: Time Chasers
Lie To Me
Yugioh: Zexal
Lab Rats
Case Closed: One Truth Prevails 
Street Genius
What Went Down
Danger Mouse: Classic Collection
Fry's Planet Word

Webpages
MineCraft Forums
magiccards.info 
International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (NATO phonetic alphabet)

Video Games & Table Top Games
Little Big Planet 3
Two Dots
Minecraft 
WarioWare D.I.Y.
Words with Friends
Scrabble
UNO
Magic: The Gathering
Aquarius
Pandemic
Poker & Blackjack
Time Line
Munchkin Deluxe
Boss Monster
Dead Money
Give Me the Brain
Forbidden Desert
Forbidden Island
Super Mario Maker
Yugioh Online
Golf (card game)
Munchkin Loot
Cunning Folk
Lord of the Fries
Avignon: Clash of Popes
Smoke and Mirrors
The Capitols
Talisman
Pairs & Zombie Pairs
Concept
We Didn't Play Test This Game At All
Super Fight
Yoshi's Woolly World
Werewolves

Other Resources
NPR in the car
Minecraft MOD instructions
Twitter.com
Facebook.com
Pinterest.com
Wikipedia.com
Wiktionary.com
Khan Academy
Personal game Notes, Plans, & Schematics
Minecraft Building Tutorials
USA map, local maps (Pittsburgh, PA)

Attendance Statement
In accordance with the Pennsylvania Home Education Law, I attest that "a minimum of one hundred eighty (180) days of instruction OR nine hundred (900) hours of instruction per year at the elementary level" have occurred this year for Elijah.
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