A Thought To Ponder

Education is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible - Robert M. Hutchins

Studying... Black History/African-American History and Culture

Here are some books that feature Black/African-American Characters


PICTURE BOOKS
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Masai and I - Virginia Kroll
Africa Brothers and Sisters - Virginia Kroll
Faraway Drums - Virginia Kroll
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (An African Tale) - John Steptoe
Phillis Big Test - Catherine Clinton

CHAPTER BOOKS
A Song for Harlem (Scraps of Time 1928) - Patricia C. McKissack
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes

VIDEOS:
Jirimpimbira - An African Folktale

A Quote For the Day

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new - Og Mandino

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur
Hacking Agag to Pieces (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Lessons from a Modern-Day Moral Shipwreck (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
When Believers Stop Believing: Portrait of an Apostate - John MacArthur w/ Phil Johnson

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. (Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93

Studying... Poetry

Picture Books
Shape Me A Rhyme (Nature's Forms In Poetry) - Jane Yolen/Jason Stemple
Behind the Museum Door (Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums) - selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Count Me A Rhyme (Animal Poems by the Numbers) - Jane Yolen/Jason Stemple
Here's A Little Poem (A Very First Book of Poetry) - Collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters
Poems About the Planet: The Sun in Me compiled by Judith Nicholls


Audiobooks
CD: John Keats - Selected Poems (Read by Frederick Davidson)

Studying... Health

Here are some of the resources we used while studying Health & Fitness. All of the books and DVDs were found at the library. Please don't overlook the library as a low cost resource.

Picture Books
Brianna Breathes Easy - Virginia Kroll (A Book about Asthma)
My Sister Then And Now - Virginia Kroll (A Book about Mental Illness)

Books
HEALTH ZONE SERIES:
Stay Fit! How You can Get in Shape - Matt Doeden

DVD
Life's Greatest Miracle - PBS/NOVA
Life Cycles - Discovery School (Grades 3-6)

Websites
www.nutritionexplorations.org

Quote for the Day

The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values. - Dean William R. Inge

Quote for the Day

It's not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn - Hannah More

Quote for the Day

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did. - Sarah Caldwell

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. (Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93

Studying... Science: Astronomy

Here are some of the resources we used

DVD
Discovery School: Exploring Stars (Grades 3-6)

Quote for the Day

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance - Franklin P. Jones

Vocabulary for the Day

pedagogical

(adj)

of, relating to, or befitting a teacher or education

QUOTE FOR THE DAY

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. - Albert Einstein