Start the New Year right with homeschooling (Ep 23, 12/31/12)

Homeschooling with the Amazing Race
Tina’s kiddos’ shadow puppets she mentioned they did when the race went to Indonesia.

Magic Tree House series: List of books in the first series (which is what Tina’s son is reading currently), and the Magic Tree House website (complete with book samples, games, videos, and a neat “Reading Program to Adventure” program where your child can earn stamps for completing trivia questions related to the facts learned from the books!)Magic Tree House Research Guides and Fact Trackers (nonfiction companion books for the series)

How to Train Your Dragon movie:
Review on Kids-in-Mind
Review on CommonSenseMediaHow to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular

Homeschool Co-ops
R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey by Pandia Press

Scrooge with Albert Finney
(You can watch the entire movie on YouTube for FREE!)
Tina’s list of essential Christmas movies

Math Mammoth

Fresno Chaffee Zoo

The picture mentioned, of Beckie’s dog Sadie and Tina’s husband, Adam

Beckie’s kids’ new dressers!

Little Free Library

• Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
• Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
• At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
• Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Trixie the Halloween Fairy by Daisy Meadows
• Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
• Flow my Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick

• Alphabet Glue
• The Crafty Crow