tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59199172007-02-13T11:27:03.926-08:00Homeschoolmum Reviewsmenoreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1153345363162271082006-07-19T14:41:00.000-07:002006-07-19T14:42:43.173-07:00Here is a great site about children's rights. You may not be aware of it, but psychiatric drugging of children has become outrageously common.
Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a "brave new world" when I read about the horrible things happening to children in the U.S.
These drugs aren't a cure for anything, and often end up creating horrible disabilities and addictions in the children.
Take menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1153082189902764562006-07-16T13:35:00.000-07:002006-07-16T13:36:29.916-07:00Here's another good quote today, by:
L. Ron Hubbard
"Save the child, and you save the nation."menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1152622114467743802006-07-11T05:47:00.000-07:002006-07-11T05:48:34.480-07:00Something from Nothing
I read this little story to my boys last night and we really enjoyed it. Besides being a nice story about family and memories, it had this really cool concept of reusing and recycling. Look for the mouse family on each page!menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1145986712434354722006-04-25T10:35:00.000-07:002006-04-25T10:38:32.456-07:00Great quote!
I just thought I'd share this today.
"Never let it be said of you that you lived an amateur life." -L. Ron Hubbardmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1145237719694124922006-04-16T18:33:00.000-07:002006-04-16T18:35:19.706-07:00Scientology Silent Birth
What exactly is a silent birth?
This is all about providing the best possible environment for the birthing mother and her new baby.
Silent births are labor and delivery done in a calm and loving environment. This means everyone attending the birth should refrain from spoken words as much as possible. Chatty doctors and nurses, shouts to “PUSH, PUSH” and loud or menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1144859029796897032006-04-12T09:23:00.000-07:002006-04-12T09:23:49.806-07:00703 Science Experiments is a really great book!
I wrote more about it at: Homeschoolmum.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1117538913884440542006-03-31T04:20:00.000-08:002006-04-03T20:12:23.830-07:00Scientology and Literacy and Education
I recently read about the work of the Church of Scientology in improving literacy in the United States. The NAACP honored L. Ron Hubbard -
NAACP Honours L. Ron Hubbard, Reverend Heber Jentzsch, and Isaac Hayes
You can read more about the Church of Scientology working to improve literacy and education:
Scientology Study Technology
What is Study Technologymenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1102372606903209382004-12-06T14:21:00.000-08:002004-12-06T14:36:46.903-08:00Some great books for helping your children study better can be found at Achieve Success
Books I have found particularly useful are:
How to Learn
Help your child understand what he reads
Effective Education
How to pass a test
menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1093962150717650402004-08-15T07:17:00.000-07:002004-08-31T07:22:30.716-07:00Recommended Website
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Game Review
Monopoly Junior
This is Monopoly for kids, and my kids love it! From my 4 year old to my 9 year old, it is one of their favorite games. Addition and subtraction skills are used for this one, and the theme is very entertaining.
What 7 year old wants to buy Park Place? Instead, they get to buy a cotton candy stand, a ferris wheel, a hauntedmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1090940157942761622004-07-27T07:55:00.000-07:002004-08-24T12:22:44.956-07:00Website Link:
Good News
Game Review
Candyland
I loved this game as a child, and I love it now as a mommy. I have six kids, and I've noticed that my girls generally like this game better than my boys.
It is very colorful, and the movements across the board are based on the color of the card one chooses from the deck. If you pick a blue card, you move to the nextmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1091599761741486682004-07-21T23:09:00.000-07:002004-08-31T07:16:40.726-07:00Recommended Website
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Toy Review
Barbie Toy Store
My daughters really like this toy, and they still have a lot of the pieces, after more than a year. The pieces are durable, considering that they are little plastic things, and they are very cute and brightly colored. The toys are toys they are famliar with; a See-and-Say toy, and other popular Mattel toys. They can menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1091298398778660452004-07-20T11:26:00.000-07:002004-08-31T08:02:57.060-07:00Recommended Website
Improve Marriage
Book Review
Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale
I don't normally review Kinsale's books because I think they are just too perfectly written for my meager attempts at review, but then that's not fair, is it? So, I'll attempt to put my admiration for this book into words...
Jervaulx, the hero of this book, is as flawed and perfectly loveable as menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1091238098937542682004-07-19T18:41:00.000-07:002004-08-24T12:30:45.620-07:00Recommended Website:
Scientology Home Page
Game Review
Harry Potters Sorcerer Stone
We actually enjoy playing this game, although the instructions were incomplete and we had to spend some time figuring out the rules of play ourselves.
One nice thing about this game is that the separate games don't all have to be played at once. You can take just one of the 6 game boards and play that, ormenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1091132619415535672004-07-18T13:23:00.000-07:002004-08-24T12:28:22.990-07:00Website Link:
POS Upgrade - find a better Point of Sale System
Little People SchoolBus
It's MUCH nicer than the old model. For one thing, it now comes with a wheelchair, and a ramp at the back. My kids really think this is great, and so do I. The wheelchair itself is very cute and easy to use for little hands.
I also thought the wheelchair was great for giving the kids the opportunity to menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1091035121536343502004-07-17T10:06:00.000-07:002004-08-24T12:26:52.856-07:00Website Review
Family Advice
Movie Review
Life is Beautiful
I was very moved by this movie, and I agree with another reviewer that it wasn't "exploitative". The Holocaust was the background.. the setting. The characters weren't backdrops to the story of the Holocaust, but rather the situation they were in simply emphasized the beauty within the main characters.
The lives of the menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1090005829253923972004-07-16T12:23:00.000-07:002004-08-24T11:59:32.796-07:00Recommended Website:
Happy Marriage
Book Review
The Haunting
The acting was really great, but some aspects of the storyline were a bit choppy. The scenery was magnificent, but some of the special effects were not the best.
It was an interesting combination of elements, actually. Some of it was pretty scary, and the superb acting made it altogether pretty palatable, despite some awkwardnessmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1090637936471723052004-07-15T19:52:00.000-07:002004-08-24T12:03:46.680-07:00Today's Link
Cure your Pet's Diabetes
Book Review
Flowers From the Storm by Laura Kinsale
I don't normally review Kinsale's books because I think they are just too perfectly written for my meager attempts at review, but then that's not fair, is it? So, I'll attempt to put my admiration for this book into words...
Jervaulx, the hero of this book, is as flawed and perfectly loveable as allmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1089827313193134032004-07-14T10:47:00.000-07:002004-07-14T10:48:33.193-07:00Recommended Website
Cranberries
Movie Review
The Snapper (1993) VHS ~ Colm Meaney
Okay, I have to admit, this one was a bit hard to handle in certain places. Certainly, the expectant mother was having trouble facing the realities of her situation herself. Not the fact of pregnancy - that was perfectly acceptable, and very refreshing, I thought. But the circumstances -- the father of the menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1090172475866182432004-07-13T10:37:00.000-07:002004-08-24T12:01:46.446-07:00Recommended Website
Homeschooling Links
Book Review
The Heiress by Jude Devereaux
This was probably the funniest historical romance I've ever read. The characters are very unique, and well formed, and the plot is surprisingly smooth. I did not detect any uncomfortable plot devices - the story was very natural, and the narration was interesting and light.
Devereaux has a wonderful sense menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1089663605868883722004-07-12T13:13:00.000-07:002004-07-14T10:47:15.936-07:00Recommended Website:
Scientology Handbook
Movie Review
The Postman (1997) VHS ~ Kevin Costner
I really like Costner heroes because they are very "real" people. The Postman is not a perfect heroic figure - he is simply a guy, trying to get along in a difficult situation, but unwilling to compromise his own integrity.
THAT, and that alone, is what makes him heroic. His own moral code ismenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1089564264963324962004-07-11T09:42:00.000-07:002004-07-14T10:46:07.626-07:00Recommended Website:
The Man Behind Scientology: David Miscavige
Movie Review
The Princess Bride
This has been one of my favorite movies for years, but we just picked up the dvd and watched it for the first time with the kids.
What a darling movie. The story is sweet, the characters are loveable (even the bad guys, in their own way), and the scenery is really pretty.
The movie menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1093963159583621902004-07-08T07:37:00.000-07:002004-08-31T07:39:19.586-07:00Recommended Website
Marriage Counseling
Book Review
The Lily Cupboard by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
This story is told rather ambiguously... the facts of the girl going to the country to stay with a family, and where she hides when the soldiers come, is simply told. Why she has to go to the country and why she has to hide, are more complex issues. This story does not attempt to explain menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1093962333740736102004-07-07T07:24:00.000-07:002004-08-31T07:25:33.740-07:00Recommended Website
Marital Help
Movie Review
Life is Beautiful
I was very moved by this movie, and I agree with another reviewer that it wasn't "exploitative". The Holocaust was the background.. the setting. The characters weren't backdrops to the story of the Holocaust, but rather the situation they were in simply emphasized the beauty within the main characters.
The lives of the menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-108917372298907472004-07-06T21:14:00.000-07:002004-07-06T21:15:22.990-07:00Recommended Website:
Battlefield Earth
Movie Review
Battlefield Earth (2000) DVD ~ John Travolta
This movie is really very fun. It's a classic sort of story, in that the bad guys are really bad, and the good guys are really good. This handling of good versus evil reminded me of really old stories which I have read, such as The Odyssey. There is no question about who the bad guy is. He's menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919917.post-1088876730240083252004-07-03T10:45:00.000-07:002004-07-06T21:14:00.500-07:00Recommended Website:
Silas Buckley
Book Review
Psychiatrists-- The Men Behind Hitler: The Architects of Horror by Thomas Roder
I think any comprehensive study of WWII should include this book. I read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" in high school, as part of my required reading for history class, but I think this book is much more complete in terms of what actually influenced menoreply@blogger.com