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Diary of a one-time relaxed classical-schooling parent in New York City... A is in 10th Grade for the 2007-08 school year and is no longer homeschooling as of this year. You are welcome to check out the archives or read my latest banter. Email maitresse AT gmail DOT com

1.28.2010

A little slideshow that A made...

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Books that A has read for pleasure thus far 2005-06

  • Kissing the Rain by Kevin Brooks
  • The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  • Summerland by Michael Chabon
  • Johnny Hazzard by Eddie De Oliveira
  • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
  • The Scorpion King by Nancy Farmer
  • HOOT by Carl Hiaasen
  • Dirty Liar by Brian James
  • Perfect World by Brian James
  • Tomorrow, Maybe by Brian James
  • Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
  • The Keys to the Kingdom: Mister Monday by Garth Nix
  • The Keys to the Kingdom: Grim Tuesday by Garth Nix

The College Survey

  • Amherst College
  • Bowdoin College
  • Brown University
  • Cornell University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Duke University
  • Harvard University
  • Middlebury College
  • New York University
  • Pomona College
  • Swarthmore College
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Wellesley College
  • Williams College
  • Yale University

Some of the things we use in our curriculum

  • Well Trained Mind ("The Guide")
  • Chemistry
  • Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
  • G.U.M. Grammar
  • Latin
  • Physics
  • Saxon Homeschool(Math) Algebra 1
  • Stanford EPGY
  • Wordly Wise
  • Writing Strands
  • NYCHEA: A Membership-Based Source of Classes with Other Homeschoolers

Homeschool Links, In No Order Of Importance

  • Well Trained Mind
  • The Denim Jumper (the secular homeschool playground!)
  • Unschoolers
  • PhatMommy
  • Bent Pedagogy
  • Classical Adventures
  • MySchola
  • Farm School
  • Nobody Knows Anything
  • Princess Ennui
  • Mental Multivitamin
  • Lioness Homeschool
  • Poppins Classical
  • Itinerary Marlette and Guisseppe
  • HMS Indefatigable
  • Yet Another Homeschool Blog
  • Modern Mother
  • Nunc Aut Numquan
  • Atypical Life
  • Forever December
  • Writing and Living
  • Relaxed Homeskool
  • Scrappity Doodah
  • Homeschooling in New York
  • Homeschool NYC
  • New York City Home Educators' Alliance
  • Gothamist
  • Lux Permanet
  • Manolo's Shoe Blog
  • Not Martha
  • Orion's Blog
  • Pink of Perfection
  • Swiss Miss
  • That Other Blog of Maitresse's
  • The Sartorialist
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • Heather Mills McCartney
  • International Justice Mission
  • Kids With Cameras
  • Peaceworks
  • the 92nd Street Y
  • P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
  • American Museum of the Moving Image
  • American Museum of Natural History
  • Asia Society
  • Brooklyn Children's Museum
  • Children's Museum of Manhattan
  • El Museo del Barrio
  • Ellis Island Foundation
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York
  • Forbes Galleries (totally free, truly amazing stuff & great for kids)
  • The Frick Collection
  • Guggenheim Museum NY
  • International Center of Photography (the school has scholarships for kids)
  • Japan Society
  • The Jewish Museum
  • The Lower East Side Tenement Museum
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  • The National Museum of the American Indian
  • New York Hall of Science
  • The Noguchi Museum
  • Slavery in New York (presented by the NY Historical Society)
  • The Studio Museum in Harlem
  • United Nations
  • The Whitney Museum of American Art
  • The Full Museum List, Created by Our New York Gub'ment
  • Chelsea Piers
  • Fencers Club
  • Fencing lessons if you don't have a lot of money: The Peter Westbrook Foundation
  • Skateboarding Spots in NYC
  • Trapeze School NY
  • Tribeca Performing Arts Center
  • Theatre Development Fund
  • Booze and Yarn
  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Depression/Mood Disorder Help
  • Sober Recovery (Various 12 step programs)
  • Suicide Prevention National Listings
  • Suicide Prevention NY
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