My new blog home

You’re cordially invited to join me at my Banquet Table and partake of all the goodies on it!

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all reference

Bible – http://www.biblegateway.com/

Dictionary – http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://dictionary.reference.com/reverse/ - for when you’re struggling to find the right word

Encyclopaedia -  http://www.reference.com/ 

Internet Search – www.google.com – also images, advanced search tips

Metric Conversion - http://www.metric-conversions.org/ – metric/imperial

http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm - calculator too

Thesaurus – http://thesaurus.reference.com/

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ - visual fun

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NZ

http://www.myhq.com/public/p/a/pamm/ - one homeschooler’s resource page for various topics

Science:

http://www.howtoteachscience.com/freestuff/labs_demonstrations_and_activites.html - pdf pages

Spelling Bee : http://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/?ad=google.spelling&gclid=COHlwqr5q5QCFR0ZagodMUsvtg - online

http://www.carey.ac.nz/Resources/Pages/Other_Links/ - what some theological lecturers link to

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What do you have on your mother-of-all-reference-pages reference page?

Live, love, and laugh – each day,
Shalom,   

Kia ora!  

1.

History overview : http://www.newzealandnz.co.nz/maori/

2.

Culture – protocols  (on marae etc) : http://www.maori.org.nz/ - overview
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/culture/culture-maori-culture.cfm

3.

Te Reo – language : http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/language/maori/
http://www.korero.maori.nz/

4.

Iwi – tribes : http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/maori/guides/iwi_map.htm

5.

Waiata – songs : http://folksong.org.nz/waiata.html
Stick game with music : http://folksong.org.nz/epapa/index.html 

6.

Unit Study overview : http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/maori.html 

7.

Whale Rider :
http://www.moviemusicuk.us/whaleridecd.htm  -   music
The haunting sound in the movie is made by synthesizer but mimics in part a Maori woodwind instrument.
http://www.aotearoa.co.nz/neptunes/putatara.htm   
http://www.carving.co.nz/puoro.html
movie synopsis  -  http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/WhaleRider.pdf

8.

Google images : “nz maori” - takes you to some interesting pages 

9.

Maori astronomy : http://www.astronomynz.org.nz/maori-astronomy/taatai-arorangi-maori-astronomy-2.html - star charts, lunar months, Matariki (new year)

10.

“Maori” in NZ Herald, New Zealand’s largest newspaper - sports and tribal settlements

ALSO … a webquest …http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/maori.html

Here’s a few unrelated links to things that caught my mind-eye:
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Now I know where to find my Nana.

http://web.hcc.govt.nz/jsplive/assure32.jsp - fill in the name of the deceased in the boxes provided and their listing and map for the Hamilton cemetery will come up.

http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145827212/Cemetery_Maps - maps

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An utterly fascinating illustration of this duping of ourselves is the latest arts building opened at Ohio State University, the Wexner Center for the Performing Arts, another one of our chimerical exploits in the name of intellectual advance. Newsweek branded this building “America’s first deconstructionist building.” It’s white scaffolding, red brick turrets, and Colorado grass pods evoke a double take.

But puzzlement only intensifies when you enter the building, for inside you encounter stairways that go nowhere, pillars that hang from the ceiling without purpose, and angled surfaces configured to create a sense of vertigo. The architect, we are duly informed, designed this building to reflect life itself-senseless and incoherent- and the “capriciousness of the rules that organize the built world.”

When the rationale was explained to me, I had just one question: Did he do the same with the foundation?

The laughter in response to my question unmasked the double standard our deconstructionists espouse. And that is precisely the double standard of atheism! It is possible to dress up and romanticize our bizarre experiments in social restructuring while disavowing truth or absolutes. But one dares not play such deadly games with the foundations of good thinking.
- Ravi Zacharias

 New Zealand home educators are online.

Here’s some that I found: (expanded & republished)

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/AngtheFLYingKiwi/ - Ang

http://momentsofwhimsy.blogspot.com/ - Cate

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ChrissyShads/ - Christina

http://thenewunschooler.blogspot.com/ - Colleen

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KiwiSmithFamily/ - Craig Barbara

http://www.cynthiahancox.com/blog/ - Cynthia 
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/CynthiaH/ 

http://wonder-mints.blogspot.com/ - Darnia

http://3kiwihomeschoolers.blogspot.com/ - ‘J’s Mum’
http://kiwidigitalscrapbooking.blogspot.com/

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kiwimumoffive/ - jaybee

http://homeschoolingdiary.wordpress.com/ - Jen 

http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/ - Johanna
http://lapbooking.wordpress.com

http://katekiwi.blogspot.com/ - Kate

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kiwigirl/

http://www.homesteadblogger.com/atTheGoodLife - Leanne

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/OurSchoolingJourney/ - Maree

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/mlaktin/ - Marilyn

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/wisdomspearls/ - Melody

http://www.rachel-larkin.com/ - Rachel L, Ak

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LittleSchoolHouse/ - Rachel L, Chch

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kiwigirls - Rachel R

http://www.xanga.com/Rabbits_Nest - Raewyn, top SI
http://weblog.xanga.com/Rabbits_Nest

http://watercolourdreams.blogspot.com/ - Sandra

http://sharonnz.blogspot.com/ - Sharon

http://unschoolersanonymous.blogspot.com - Shell, Wn

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KuraKainga/ - ‘Sherena’

I shall keep looking – and adding …

http://singleparenthomeschoolingdownunder.homeschooljournal.net/

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Roses07/

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/happyathome/ -

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/NZHomeEd/

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/mum2two/ - Chch

So, it’s winter downunder !

Here’s some pics and links of our beaches…

Mt Maunganui - east coast, North Island, New Zealand

Whangamata – further up the east coast, Nth Is, NZ

New Plymouth – west coast, Nth Is, NZ  -  also here and click for larger images – gorgeous

Memories of earlier (warmer) days …
Johanna

http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/ - facts, weather, history, food, etc 

Scenery – http://images.google.co.nz/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENNZ243&q=zealand+scenery - our beautiful scenery – click more pages …
http://images.google.co.nz/images?q=zealand+scenery+waikato&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENNZ243&sa=2 -a  search for Waikato pics, but more than my region is represented amongst these images.
Also here: http://images.google.co.nz/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENNZ243&q=scenery+waikato&btnG=Search+Images

Birds – http://nzbirds.com/birds/birdsong.html - my favourite NZ bird is piwakawaka = fantail
Kiwi – http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/NativeBirdsAndBats/Kiwi
http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/NativeBirdsAndBats/Kiwi/en?shortstory=true - easy read
Images + Media – http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/NativeBirdsAndBats/Kiwi/en?shortstory=true

http://grantfinlay.podomatic.com/ - sounds recorded in New Zealand, mainly around Auckland 

Traffic Cameras - http://traffic.transit.govt.nz/Traffic.do?view=cctv - check the traffic and the weather in Auckland, NZ’s main city.

God Defend New Zealand (national anthem – and hear it here. More info here.)

I love my country!

PS: Must mention my absolute favourite comedian – I will watch anything he was in (yes, sadly he died in 1991 – too soon) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_T_James
Check YouTube for “Billy T. James” – also check related videos.

http://www.wordworx.co.nz/seriously.html

- only one weblink today, but this one may be enough to keep you occupied for 2 minutes …  54 one-liners to tell your friends.

My favourite : I feel like I’m diagonally parked in a parallel universe.

V8s are coming our way in a couple of days,
Blessings on your going to sleep and on your getting up,
Johanna

Hello fellow Kiwi bloggers,

Would you like to join a Kiwi Home Educators blog ring?
Your blog doesn’t have to be about homeschooling (exclusively).
But live in or be from New Zealand – and have home educated.

www.ringsurf.com/ring/nr96/ – view – Kiwi Home Educators – just new

www.ringsurf.com/netring?action=addform&ring=nr96 – sign up

The best code to copy and paste for the blog badge on your sidebar is: (picture is of Tarore)
* * In your widget title, put “Blog Ring“.

<table border=1><tr><td><div style=”{padding: 5px; border: solid 1px #0000aa;}”><CENTER><A href=”http://www.ringsurf.com/ring/nr96/”><IMG alt=”Kiwi Home Educators” src=”http://www.ringsurf.com/images/6/nr96-1.jpg” border=0><BR><B>Kiwi Home Educators BLOGRING</B></A><BR><a href=” http://www.ringsurf.com/ring_browser.php?ring_id=nr96; action=next”>Next site</a> <BR> <A href=”http://www.ringsurf.com”>Ringsurf</A>  </CENTER></div></div></td></tr></table><br>

if that doesn’t work with picture etc, then try:

<A href=”http://www.ringsurf.com/ring/nr96/” mce_href=”http://www.ringsurf.com/ring/nr96/”><IMG alt=”Kiwi Home Educators” src=”http://www.ringsurf.com/images/6/nr96-1.jpg” mce_src=”http://www.ringsurf.com/images/6/nr96-1.jpg” border=”0″><BR><B>Kiwi Home Educators</B></A><BR><A href=”http://www.ringsurf.com” mce_href=”http://www.ringsurf.com”>Ringsurf</A>

could add on:

<BR><A href=”http://www.ringsurf.com/ring/nr96/” mce_href=”http://www.ringsurf.com/ring/nr96/”><IMG src=”http://www.banner-ex.net/pics/Ringsurf_88×31.jpg” mce_src=”http://www.banner-ex.net/pics/Ringsurf_88×31.jpg” border=”0″></A>

http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky

Wow! what a wonderful resource on New Zealand – geology, seashells, birds, and on and on.

This is the Encyclopaedia of NZ.

off to have another look …