This morning both kids made online posters using Glogster for History.  Callie did one on the Magna Carta and Brent did one on Lief Erickson.  A couple things to note if you try this free service.  First, save frequently.  It doesn't save automatically, as Callie discovered today when she lost over an hours worth of work.  Second, don't hit the backspace button on the keyboard unless you are in a text field.  That is how Callie lost all that work.  Third, there is no spell/grammar check so we found it easier to type in a word processor and copy and paste.  I like the technology and the savings on wall space, but sometimes the features became more important than the information in the poster.  A simple syllabus with the required content can help kids stay on track.  Overall, a really nice site.

Well, it's that time of year.  Curriculum time.  At least it is for me.  I'm looking back and planning for the future.  I have been contacting companies about educational discounts and I keep running into a problem, they want me to have an official name for our school.  Their accountants prefer it if it doesn't have homeschool in the name.  So we decided to name our school and reap the benefits.  We got some ideas from A to Z Home's Cool.  We narrowed it down to two and we are now officially, drum roll, The Ocotillo Academy.  Bring on the discounts!

We've also decided to make our private homeschool site public.  This is the one the kids use regularly.  I had made a small public one with links, but got so many requests to see the real one, that I gave in.  I made a few changes to get it ready and there is a lot more information there now for fellow homeschoolers.