Incorporating the World

One of the advantages of being home, is that we can fit more into our day than we could otherwise. Two things I wanted to do was encourage was the reading of news/current events and using technology. The best thing on that front that we've done is the Smithsonian Tween Tribune. The Smithsonian has put together an online newspaper for kids with age-appropriate articles and quizzes for each. The kids can go on and choose an article that they are interested in and then either take a comprehension quiz or leave a comment to the article (which I get to approved before posting to the public). Some of the articles have been on kids crossing a river in India just to get to school, a dog with 2 legs and how much sleep kids should get (this sparked much discussion and won them a later bedtime!). They get a wider view of the world and practice with technology and social media and I hope that they are getting exposed to something more than our bubble of the world.