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Elijah blowing out the candles on his 18th birthday! This year was Elijah's "12th grade" and final year of home education. It has been a more relaxed year of tying up loose ends despite still living through a global pandemic! E only had one more credit for English and some yearly Health, Safety, & P.E. to check off in order to graduate. Below are the descriptions of subjects that Elijah focused on this year, the credits given, and the materials and resources accessed (not an exhaustive listing). Elijah Uriel Parham July 1st, 2021 - June 2nd, 2022 (12th Grade) 1.0 English: Thematic Film Study and Analysis  .25 Health: Health, Safety, and Physical Education 1.25 Total Credits

E in the hammock This year was Elijah's "11th grade" year. It has definitely been an exciting year, especially living during a global pandemic for a second school year! Below are the descriptions of subjects that Elijah focused on this year, the credits given, and the materials and resources accessed (not an exhaustive listing). Elijah Uriel Parham July 1st, 2020 - June 30th, 2021 (11th Grade) 1.0 English: Constructed Language:  1.0 Maths: Integrated Algebra I 1.0 Maths: Philosophical & Natural Geometry 1.0 Science: Biology I 1.0 Social Studies: Vexillology & Heraldry 1.0 Art: Art Appreciation & History .50 Health: Health, Safety, and Physical Education 6.50 Total Credits

Books Dictionary Thesaurus Story of Your Life (Ted Chiang; audiobook) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Manhunt: The 12-day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (James Swanson; audiobook) In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers who Tried to Build a Perfect Language (Arika Okrent; book) The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2017 Photograde: Official Photographic Grading Guide for United States Coins Reading various (toddler/picture) books to Hazel 50 Birds and Mammals of Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania Game Commission Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels; book) Magazines LEGO Club Game Informer Muse Ask! NatGeo Kids Babel Web Series/YouTube Channels Tom Scott (educational travel) 8-bit Music Theory (music theory) PESfilms (award winning stop motion) Extra Credits (analysis of gaming) Extra History (world history) JJay Berthume (music composition) Wo...

Books: Dictionary Thesaurus An assortment of board books & picture books Elijah has read to Hazel Magazines: Game Informer NatGeo Kids Lego Club Ask! Muse Tape Op Web Series/YouTube Channels: Good Mythical Morning (talkshow/pop culture) Loading Ready Run (comedy skits & improv) Friday Nights (Magic The Gathering) Game Theory (gaming commentary) Table Top (live game playing of table top games) Artifexian (world building) Xidnaf (linguistics) Conlang Critic (constructed languages) MinuteEarth (Earth's flora & fauna) Tom Scott (educational travel) Mumbo Jumbo (Minecraft redstone building tutorials) Documentaries: Let's Examine Constructed Languages, by Rakehell Gardener Podcasts: Conlangery (descriptive linguistics in constructed languages)  No Such Thing As A Fish (interesting facts) A1: Sir Harold Evans Gets Righteous About Writing   TED Radio Hour: Spoken and Unspoken   Lexicon Valley (linguistics podcast from Slate) Speculative Grammarian (satirical ...

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   magicmultiverse.net The day before yesterday Raccoons International...

Books Monster Spotter's Guide to North America National Geographic KIDS Almanac 2015 Dictionary Thesaurus Pocket Guides to Wildflowers, Wild Edibles, and Mushrooms Magazines Game Informer NatGeo Kids Lego Club Ranger Rick Ask! Muse Web Comics Garfield Minus Garfield xkcd Web Series CrashCourse Yogscast Lore In One Minute VlogBrothers YogsLab Good Mythical Morning  Comic Misconceptions  Mental Floss  Your Grammar Sucks Spellslingers Game Theory Table Top Table Flip Vsauce Mind Blow Minute Physics AsapSCIENCE Fast Facts Nerdy Nummies OMGCraft Homestar Runner Iron Gamer TV, Movies , Netflix, & DVDs Mythbusters LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload  House M.D.  Digimon Fusion  My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic  Sword Art Online    FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman Dude What Would Happen Scooby Doo!: Mystery Incorporated Eureka Futurama A.N.T. Farm The Nut Job (movie) Ramsay's Kitchen Ni...

Watched Netflix - LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload, House M.D., Digimon Fusion, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Sword Art Online, Crash & Bernstein, FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, Dude What Would Happen, Scooby Doo!: Mystery Incorporated, Eureka, Futurama, A.N.T. Farm, The Nut Job (movie), Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmare, Dr. Who, Torchwood YouTube Channels - TeamHyperCube, Ashens, SkyDoesMinecraft, OfficialNerdCubed, PewDiePie, jacksfilms, Markiplier, Minecraft SethBling, LewToons, CinemaSins, superamazingproject, Geek & Sundry, Northernlion, YOGSCAST Lewis & Simon Web Series - Good Mythical Morning, Comic Misconceptions, Mental Floss, Your Grammar Sucks, Table Top, Gavin or Google, Spellslingers Played PS3 - Little Big Planet 2 (LBP2) Kindle - Pocket Mine, Two Dots, Minecraft, Scribblenauts Remixed, Floors Computer - Minecraft (MC), Binding of Isaac w/ William Table Top - UNO, Family FLUXX, Word Pirates, Magic: The Gathering Read Magazines - AS...

Books Jam  by Yahtzee Croshaw Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure! #1 Adventure Time #4 Adventure Time #5 Adventure Time #6 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck National Geographic KIDS Almanac 2015 Dictionary Thesaurus Magazines Game Informer NatGeo Kids Lego Club Ranger Rick Ask! Range Finder Web Comics Garfield Minus Garfield xkcd Web Series CrashCourse Yogscast Lore In One Minute VlogBrothers YogsLab Game Theory Table Top Table Flip Vsauce Mind Blow Minute Physics AsapSCIENCE Fast Facts Nerdy Nummies OMGCraft Homestar Runner Iron Gamer TV, Movies , Netflix, & DVDs Mythbusters Beyblade Eureka Beakman's World Futurama DC Cupcakes Cake Boss A.N.T. Farm Chowder House Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Merlin LEGO Ninjago Adventure Time Dr. Seuss' The Lorax Codename: Kids Next Door Star Trek Enterprise Star Trek Voyager Star Trek DS9 Star Trek: The Original Series Destroy Build Destroy Dude What Would Happen? ...

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...

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 ...