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What Is Big Green Chair?

It's Big. Big Green Chair is a big idea.  It's intent is to gather and grow a community … keep reading

Learn Place Value by Playing War

Learning place value can sometimes be a challenge for young math students.  This is because they are … keep reading

Homeschool Geek Week

This week is Homeschool Geek Week here at the blog. We are hosting a series on the Secular … keep reading

Homeschool Geek Week Topics

Amber August 10, 2015

Homeschool Geek Week Topics

We have invited the Professor to the blog to help us out with all the extra work this week since Bitty is hard at work over on the website. He has just sent us this week's syllabus and the daily schedule of topics are listed below. Of course you can jump … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, How to be a..., Uncategorized Tagged With: artillery, Charlotte Mason, Homeschool Dad, homeschoolgeek, How To Be A Coder, iterative design, learn to code, maker movement, Robotics, robots, teach kids to code, teach kids to program, YouTube

How To Be A Homeschool Geek!

Amber August 9, 2015

How To Be A Homeschool Geek!

You might be a homeschool geek if you: …know that Python lives in the computer not a tank; ...that you should never put your Raspberry Pi in the oven; ...buy filament for your printer instead of ink. This week I am guest posting over at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, Big Green Chair, How to be a...

The Photographers Eye Workshop

Amber August 3, 2015

The Photographers Eye Workshop

The Photographer's Eye Friday, August 7th. 10:0am - 4:00pm Board Room @ Imaginon 1 hour lunch break beginning @ 12:30pm This is a FREE event - to register email: amber.brighthouse@gmail.com (Students must be at least 12 to participate in Imaginon … [Read more...]

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Printrbot Simple Metal

David April 21, 2015

Printrbot Simple Metal

We recently bought a Printrbot Simple Metal 3D printer to use around our home office. I learned about this printer from Scott Hanselman and his 3D printer shootout. Having limited experience using printers (I also have access to a Cubify printer.) I was a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology Tagged With: 3D printing, adjust the z axis, homeschool, Homeschool Dad, printrbot simple metal

Meet Us At The CMLibrary Idea Box

Amber March 31, 2015

Meet Us At The CMLibrary Idea Box

Tuesday, March 31st at 12:00pm Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Main 310 N. Tryon St We will join the MakerSpace guys at Idea Box at noon tomorrow (12 and up only). We will be on hand to learn and share. Our twelve year old will be in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, MeetUps Tagged With: 3D printer, adobe illustrator, Charlotte MeetUps, Design, homeschool, homeschool science, Idea Box, Khan Academy, Kids Programming, LED, lynda.com, Maker Space, Minecraft, pixel art, Raspberry Pi, Robotics, scratch, Snap Circuits, stopmotion animation, vine

Five More Favorite YouTube Channels

David March 24, 2015

Five More Favorite YouTube Channels

Here are five more YouTube channels that we love.  If you missed it you can also read our first post Our Top Five Favorite YouTube Channels for Math and Science. Numberphile is filmed and produced by Brady Haran and focuses on mathematics.  It...  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math, Reviews, Science Tagged With: homeschool, Math, Numberphile, YouTube

Pi Day 2015

David March 14, 2015

Pi Day 2015

This is how we spent our Pi Day.  Hope you enjoy. With such a large family Pi is hardly enough to go around. If you find yourself in the same predicament might we suggest Tau? If you don't know about tau you can read more about its case to be the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Homeschool Math, Living Math, Pi Day, Pi Day 2015, Sir Cumference, Tau

Stream YouTube To Roku With Your Phone

David February 19, 2015

Stream YouTube To Roku With Your Phone

We use YouTube channels in our homeschool. Check out five of our favorite channels for science and math. Since that post we have watched many videos on physics, astronomy, and chemistry. Recently we discovered that we can use the YouTube app on our phone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology Tagged With: iPad, Mobile Homeschool, Phone, Roku, YouTube

Family Scrum

David February 16, 2015

Family Scrum

I use agile and scrum everyday at work, but it was not until recently that we started using the scrum methodology for our weekly family meetings and for daily updates.  As a family, we do modified scrum for our daily meetings before I go to work and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inside Voices Tagged With: Agile Family, Agile Family Manifesto, Agile Family TED Talk, family logistics, kanban, scrum

Are You An Agile Family?

Amber January 26, 2015

Are You An Agile Family?

About a month ago David came home from work, turned on the TV and asked me to come into the room. I heard the familiar woosh of a TED Talks video and sat with him in The Big Green Chair. A co-worker told him he should watch this video about using Agile in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Technology, Inside Voices Tagged With: Agile Family Manifesto, Agile Family TED Talk, homeschool life, homeschool organizational tool

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